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Aaron
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LEGISLATIVE AND
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GOVERNMENTAL
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Prepared by Aaron Read & Associates, LLC
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CDFF
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AB 50 ( Nava)
Disaster relief. ( Amended 04/22/2010)
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Position:
S3
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Under
the California Disaster Assistance Act the state share may be up to 100% for
costs connected with certain events only if the local agency has adopted a local
hazard mitigation plan in accordance with specified federal law. This bill
would eliminate the requirement that adoption of the federally specified
local hazard mitigation plan include required specified elements. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
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Status: 04/29/2010-To inactive file on motion of
Senator Kehoe.
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Current Location: 04/29/2010-S
INACTIVE FILE
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AB 79 ( Duvall) Disaster relief. ( Amended
05/21/2009)
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Position:
S3
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Existing
law authorizes a county board of supervisors to provide by ordinance for the
reassessment of property that is damaged or destroyed, without fault on the part
of the assessee, by a major misfortune or calamity, upon the application of
the assessee or upon the action of the county assessor with the board's
approval. With respect to certain counties that have adopted reassessment
ordinances and have been declared by the Governor to be in a state of
emergency as a result of certain events, existing law provides for state
allocations of the estimated amounts of the reductions in property tax
revenues resulting in certain fiscal years from reassessments under those
ordinances. Existing law also continuously appropriates, without regard to
fiscal years, moneys in the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties for
purposes of funding these state allocations. This bill would provide for
similar state allocations with respect to property tax revenue reductions
resulting from a reassessment for damages incurred within the Counties of
Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino, which were declared by the Governor to
be in a state of emergency due to the wildfires that commenced in November
2008. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
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Status: 08/27/2009-In committee: Held under
submission.
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Current Location: 08/27/2009-S APPR.
SUSPENSE FILE
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AB 155 ( Mendoza)
Local government: bankruptcy proceedings. ( Amended
06/01/2010)
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Position:
COSPONSOR
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Under
existing law, any taxing agency or instrumentality of the state may file a
petition and prosecute to completion bankruptcy proceedings permitted under the
laws of the United States. This bill would provide that a local public entity
may only file under federal bankruptcy law with the approval of the
California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission, except as specified.
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Status: 06/14/2010-To inactive file on motion of
Senator DeSaulnier.
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Current Location: 06/14/2010-S
INACTIVE FILE
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AB 181 ( Bass)
Budget Act of 2009. ( Amended 09/04/2009)
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Position:
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The
Budget Act of 2009 (Chapter 1 of the 2009-10 Third Extraordinary Session, as amended)
made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2009-10
fiscal year. The act, among other things, authorized the Director of Finance
to reduce items of appropriation to reflect a reduction in employee
compensation achieved through the collective bargaining process or through
existing administrative authority in the total amounts of $1,477,917,000 from
General Fund items and $973,058,000 from items relating to other funds. This
bill would reduce those amounts to $1,052,917,000 from General Fund items and
$658,058,000 from items relating to other funds. In addition, the bill would
authorize the Director of Finance to reduce, with specified exceptions, items
of appropriation for state operations in the total amounts of $425,000,000 from
General Fund items and $315,000,000 from items relating to other funds. The
bill would make the director's authority to make those reductions contingent
on the imposition of no more than 2 furlough days per month on state
employees. This bill contains other related provisions.
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Status: 09/08/2009-Read second time. To third
reading.
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Current Location: 09/08/2009-S THIRD
READING
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AB 424 ( Torres)
Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act: public education campaign. (
Amended 06/22/2010)
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Position:
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The
Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act requires every local public agency to establish
and operate, or to be a part of, an emergency telephone system using the
digits "911," and creates the State 911 Advisory Board to assist in
facilitating the purpose of the act to establish the number 911 as the
primary emergency telephone number statewide. This bill would require the
office of the State Chief Information Officer to develop and implement a
public education campaign to instruct the public on the appropriate and
inappropriate uses of the 911 emergency telephone number system.
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Status: 07/15/2010-In committee: Placed on APPR
suspense file.
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Current Location: 06/22/2010-S APPR.
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AB 609 ( Conway) County employees retirement: administrative
costs. ( Amended 06/22/2010)
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Position:
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The
County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 requires a board of retirement, or a
board of retirement and the board of investment, with appointed members to
annually adopt a budget covering the entire expense of administration of the
retirement system and prohibits the expense incurred in any year from
exceeding 18/100 of 1% of the total assets of the retirement system. This
bill would instead prohibit expenses incurred in any year from exceeding
25/100 of 1% of the accrued actuarial liability of the retirement system. The
bill would also make a conforming change regarding maximum expense in any
year the expenditures include certain computer expenses.
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Status: 06/30/2010-Read second time. To third
reading.
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Current Location: 06/30/2010-S THIRD
READING
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AB 635 ( V. Manuel Perez) Fire protection: air purifying devices. (
Amended 04/02/2009)
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Position:
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Existing
law establishes the State Board of Fire Services in the Office of the State
Fire Marshal. Existing law requires the board to recommend the establishment of
minimum standards with respect to specified elements of fire protection,
including fire equipment. This bill wouldprovide that a state or local agency
shall not prohibit a firefighter from using an air purifying device during a
wildland fire .
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Status: 07/02/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(13). (Last location was G.O. on 7/8/2009)
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Current Location: 07/02/2010-S DEAD
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AB 790 ( Hernandez)
State employees: compensation. ( Amended 03/22/2010)
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Position:
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The
California Constitution requires the Legislature to pass a Budget Bill by
June 15 of each year for the fiscal year commencing on July 1. Existing law provides
that no state officer or employee shall be deemed to have a break in service
or to have terminated his or her employment, for any purpose, or to have
incurred any change in his or her authority, status, or jurisdiction or in
his or her salary or other conditions of employment, solely because of the
failure to enact a Budget Act for a fiscal year prior to the beginning of
that fiscal year. Under the California Constitution, money may be drawn from
the State Treasury only through an appropriation made by law and upon a
Controller's duly drawn warrant. This bill would continuously appropriate
from the General Fund and other specified funds to the Controller an amount
necessary for the payment of compensation and employee benefits to state
employees, as defined, for work performed on or after July 1 of a fiscal year
for which no budget has been enacted. This bill contains other related
provisions.
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Status: 04/08/2010-Read third time. Urgency clause
refused adoption. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 3117.) Motion to reconsider made by
Senator Correa. Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3117.)
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Current Location: 03/24/2010-S THIRD
READING
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AB 1225 ( De
La Torre) Emergency and disaster response exercises: infectious
diseases. ( Amended 01/25/2010)
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Position:
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The
California Emergency Services Act sets forth the duties of state and local agencies
in emergency and disaster preparedness and response generally. This bill
would additionally require, pursuant to the act, that the State Department of
Public Health and local public health departments, when conducting emergency
or disaster preparedness exercises relating to the outbreak of an infectious
disease, establish a process to identify any deficiencies in the preparedness
plans and procedures and track implementation of corrective measures,
according to specified criteria. The bill would required the department to
make an after-action report available either by posting it on the departments
Internet Web site, providing in upon request, or both. By imposing a new duty
on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This
bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
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Status: 06/24/2010-From committee: Do pass, and
re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24).
(CORRECTED)
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Current Location: 06/24/2010-S APPR.
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AB 1253 ( Harkey) Coastal resources: California Coastal Act
of 1976: development: fireworks displays. ( Amended
06/09/2010)
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Position:
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The
California Coastal Act of 1976 provides for the planning and regulation of development,
under a coastal development permit process, within the coastal zone. Existing
law defines development for these purposes. This bill would provide that
"development" does not include a fireworks display conducted by a
public entity. This bill contains other related provisions.
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Status: 06/16/2010-In committee: Set, first
hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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Current Location: 06/10/2010-S N.R.
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AB 1592 ( Nava)
State employees: memorandum of understanding. ( Introduced
01/04/2010)
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Position:
SPONSOR
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Existing
law provides that a provision of a memorandum of understanding reached
between the state employer and a recognized employee organization representing
state civil service employees that requires the expenditure of funds does not
become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
This bill would approve provisions of memorandum of understanding entered
into between the state employer and State Bargaining Unit 19 that require the
expenditure of funds, and would provide that these provisions will become
effective even if these provisions are approved by the Legislature in
legislation other than the annual Budget Act. This bill contains other
related provisions.
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Status: 07/02/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(13). (Last location was P.E. & R. on 6/10/2010)
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Current Location: 07/02/2010-S DEAD
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AB 1603 ( Solorio)
Workers' compensation: temporary partial disability. ( Introduced
01/05/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the
Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, that generally
requires employers to secure the payment of workers' compensation, including
medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out
of, and in the course of, employment. Existing law provides certain methods
for determining workers' compensation benefits payable to a worker or his or
her dependents for purposes of temporary total disability, temporary partial
disability, permanent total disability, permanent partial disability, and in
case of death. This bill would require that an employee be deemed to be
temporarily partially disabled during the period when the employee's
disability is permanent and stationary, no more than 60 days have elapsed
after the date the employee was informed that his or her disability is
permanent and stationary, the employer has not offered the employee regular,
modified, or alternative work, and the employer has not informed the employee
that it will not offer the employee regular, modified, or alternative work.
This bill contains other existing laws.
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Status: 05/07/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(6). (Last location was INS. on 1/14/2010)
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Current Location: 05/12/2010-A DEAD
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AB 1648 ( Jeffries) Vehicles: firefighter's operation of
firefighting equipment: driver records. ( Amended
07/15/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law prohibits a person from operating firefighting equipment unless that person
has in his or her possession a valid driver's license for the appropriate
class of vehicle operated. This bill would revise and recast the provisions
regulating the operation of firefighting equipment to permit certain persons
employed as a firefighter or registered as a volunteer firefighter to operate
firefighting equipment only if the person holds a class A, class B, or class
C license , with certain exceptions, and a firefighter endorsement issued by
the Department of Motor Vehicles, after providing to the department proof of
current employment or registration as a volunteer firefighter with a fire
department and evidence of fire equipment operation training, as specified,
passing the written firefighter examination developed by the department with
the cooperation of the Office of the State Fire Marshal, and submitting a
report of medical examination on a department-approved form . This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
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Status: 07/15/2010-From committee: Amend, do pass
as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). Read
second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Current Location: 07/15/2010-S APPR.
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AB 1651 ( De
La Torre) Public Employees' Retirement Law: furloughs: retirement
credit. ( Amended 05/28/2010)
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Position:
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The
Public Employees' Retirement Law provides retirement benefits based upon a
member's final compensation and years of credited service. That law provides that
members in the personal leave program shall receive credit for service that
would have been credited had the employee not been in the personal leave
program. This bill would provide that the calculations for retirement
allowances, under the Public Employees' Retirement Law, for specified local
safety members and persons who are employees of specified educational
entities and who are subject to mandatory furloughs shall include, as credit
for service and compensation, the amount of service and compensation that
would have been credited and paid had the employee not been subject to
mandatory furloughs on or after July 1, 2008, as specified.
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Status: 07/15/2010-In committee: Placed on APPR
suspense file.
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Current Location: 06/29/2010-S APPR.
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AB 1654 ( Conway) School districts: emergency vehicles. (
Introduced 01/15/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law authorizes school district governing boards to provide and maintain motor
vehicles for use of that district's security or police department. Existing
law further provides that these motor vehicles are authorized emergency
vehicles and may be equipped and operated as specified in the Vehicle Code.
This bill would authorize school district governing boards that do not
operate security or police departments to provide and maintain motor vehicles
for the use of the district in emergency situations. The bill would provide
that these vehicles would be authorized emergency vehicles, as defined, when
operated in an emergency situation by an authorized district employee.
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Status: 04/23/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(5). (Last location was ED. on 1/27/2010)
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Current Location: 04/23/2010-A DEAD
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AB 1658 ( Lieu)
County employees' retirement: service credit: safety members. (
Enrolled 07/06/2010)
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Position:
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The
County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 authorizes a member of that system
who becomes a safety member by operation of a specified law to receive service
credit, as a safety member, for duties performed, prior to the change in law,
which, under current law constitutes service as a safety member. Existing law
requires a member that elects to receive the service credit to pay an amount
equal to the contributions the member would have made for that service, plus
interest. This bill would authorize specified members in the County of Los
Angeles that become safety members by operation of a specified consolidation
of departments within that county to receive service credit, as a safety
member, for duties performed as an officer prior to the consolidation. This
bill would require a member that elects to receive the service credit to pay
an amount equal to the contributions, together with the regular interest the
member would have made for that service, either by a lump sum payment or by
installment payments.
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Status: 07/06/2010-Enrolled and to the Governor at
10:30 a.m.
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Current Location: 07/06/2010-A
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AB 1660 ( Salas)
Airports: emergency aircraft flights for medical purposes. (
Chaptered 07/09/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law exempts an emergency aircraft flight for medical purposes, as defined, by
law enforcement, firefighting, military, or certain other persons, from local
ordinances adopted by a city, county, or city and county, that restrict
flight departures and arrivals to particular hours of the day or night, that
restrict the departure or arrival of aircraft based upon the aircraft's noise
level, or that restrict the operation of certain types of aircraft. This bill
would also exempt from the above types of local ordinances the aircraft or
equipment used during a medical emergency, or emergency personnel and first
responders involved in treating the medical emergency, for purposes of
returning to its base of operation. The bill would also make a clarifying
change.
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Status: 07/09/2010-Chaptered by Secretary of State
- Chapter 54, Statutes of 2010.
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Current Location: 07/09/2010-A
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AB 1669 ( Jeffries) Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection: employment: criminal background checks. ( Introduced
01/20/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL-Fire) to be
responsible for the fire protection, fire prevention, maintenance, and
enhancement of the state's forest, range, and brushland resources, contract
fire protection, associated emergency services, and assistance in civil
disasters and other nonfire emergencies. This bill would require the
department to conduct a state and federal level criminal offender record
information search through the Department of Justice prior to hiring an applicant
for a permanent position as a firefighter with the department or the State
Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, with exceptions, beginning on January
1, 2012. The bill would require the department to conduct the same criminal
offender record information search for applicants of both permanent and
seasonal positions as a firefighter, with exceptions, beginning on January 1,
2014. The bill would require the Department of Justice to provide the
information electronically, and would require the department to request the
Department of Justice to provide subsequent arrest notification services. The
bill would require the applicant to pay the fee charged by the Department of
Justice for processing the request, unless otherwise negotiated under
collective bargaining procedures, and would require the department to refund
the fee once that person had been employed for 24 months cumulatively. This
bill contains other related provisions.
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Status: 04/23/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(5). (Last location was NAT. RES. on 3/22/2010)
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Current Location: 04/23/2010-A DEAD
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AB 1696 ( Berryhill, Bill) Death benefits: payment duration. (
Amended 05/11/2010)
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Position:
COSPONSOR
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Existing
law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the
Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, that
generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers' compensation
for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, and in the course
of, employment. Existing law provides certain methods for determining
workers' compensation benefits payable to a worker or his or her dependents
for purposes of temporary disability, permanent total disability, permanent
partial disability, and in the case of death. Existing law provides that
totally dependent minor children of a deceased worker shall receive death
benefits until the youngest child attains 18 years of age, or until the death
of a child physically or mentally incapacitated from earning, at a weekly
rate of at least $224. This bill would extend death benefits until the
youngest child attains 19 years of age if the child is still attending high
school and is receiving the benefits as a child of certain public employees
killed in the performance of duty.
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Status: 07/01/2010-Read second time. To third
reading.
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Current Location: 07/01/2010-S THIRD
READING
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AB 1699 ( Hernandez)
State employees: compensation. ( Introduced 02/01/2010)
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Position:
COSPONSOR
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The
California Constitution requires the Legislature to pass a budget bill by
June 15 of each year for the fiscal year commencing on July 1. Existing law provides
that no state officer or employee shall be deemed to have a break in service
or to have terminated his or her employment, for any purpose, or to have
incurred any change in his or her authority, status, or jurisdiction or in
his or her salary or other conditions of employment, solely because of the
failure to enact a Budget Act for a fiscal year prior to the beginning of
that fiscal year. Under the California Constitution, money may be drawn from
the Treasury only through an appropriation made by law and upon a
Controller's duly drawn warrant. This bill would continuously appropriate
from the General Fund and other specified funds to the Controller an amount
necessary for the payment of compensation and employee benefits to state
employees, as defined, for work performed on or after July 1 of a fiscal year
for which no budget has been enacted. This bill contains other related
provisions.
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Status: 07/15/2010-From committee: Do pass. (Ayes
6. Noes 1.) (July 15).
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Current Location: 06/24/2010-S APPR.
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AB 1856 ( Fong)
Public employees' retirement. ( Amended 06/07/2010)
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Position:
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The
Public Employees' Retirement Law provides a comprehensive set of rights and benefits
based upon age, service credit, and final compensation. Under the Public
Employees' Retirement Law, members may elect to receive service credit for
various types of public service, and this election is effective only if an
appropriate payment, or authorization for payment, of the contributions and
interest required for the credit is made. That law calculates retirement
benefits , in part , based on years of creditable service and authorizes a
member to receive additional service credits, as specified. This bill would
authorize a member authorized to pay for credit for service in after-tax
installments to elect in writing, including by verified electronic
transaction, at any time prior to retirement, to suspend after-tax
installment payments for a period not to exceed 12 months or to prospectively
cancel payment of the remaining unpaid balance for those installment
payments, as specified. The bill would require that installment payments
automatically resume at the end of the suspension period, or earlier if
requested by the member. The bill would prohibit an additional suspension of
those installment payments for the same service for 3 years following the
resumption of installment payments. The bill would require that the balance
due at the end of a suspension period be recalculated to include interest
accrued during the suspension. This bill contains other related provisions.
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Status: 07/01/2010-In Assembly. Concurrence in
Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 8 pursuant to
Assembly Rule 77.
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Current Location: 07/01/2010-A
CONCURRENCE
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AB 1913 ( Davis)
Retirement: pension fund. ( Amended 04/22/2010)
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Position:
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The
Public Employees' Retirement Law creates the Public Employees' Retirement
Fund, which is a trust fund created and administered solely for the benefit
of the members and retired members of this system and their survivors and
beneficiaries. The Board of Administration of the Public Employees'
Retirement System has the exclusive control of the administration and
investment of the retirement fund. This bill would require the Board of
Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers' Retirement
Board , on or before January 1, 2012, until January 1, 2016, to report annu
ally to the Legislature the ethnicity and gender of emerging investment
managers, as defined, who participate in managing its portfolio of fund
management contracts, as specified. The bill would also require the board to
develop and include in the report plans and strategies to increase the
participation of emerging investment managers until they manage at least 10%
of the board's actively managed portfolio . This bill contains other existing
laws.
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Status: 06/03/2010-Referred to Com. on RLS.
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Current Location: 06/03/2010-S RLS.
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AB 1987 ( Ma)
Public retirement: final compensation: computation: retirees. (
Amended 06/01/2010)
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Position:
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The
Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees'
Retirement System (PERS), which provides a defined benefit to its members based
on age at retirement, service credit, and final compensation. PERL defines
"final compensation" for purposes of calculating a member's
retirement allowance. The State Teachers' Retirement Law, which applies to
specified school employees, and the retirement laws for county employees and
city employees also provide for a defined benefit based on age at retirement,
service credit, and final compensation. This bill would generally provide,
effective July 1, 2011, that any change in salary, compensation, or
remuneration principally for the purpose of enhancing a member's benefits
would not be included in the calculation of a member's final compensation for
purposes of determining that member's defined benefit. The bill would require
the board of each state and local public retirement system to establish, by
regulation, accountability provisions that would include an ongoing audit
process to ensure that a change in a member's salary, compensation, or
remuneration is not made principally for the purpose of enhancing a member's
retirement benefits. This bill would limit the calculation of a member's
final compensation to an amount not to exceed the average increase in
compensation received within the final compensation period and the 2
preceding years by employees in the same or a related group as that member.
This bill would also require a board of each state and local public
retirement system to establish, by regulation, a requirement that a retired
person may not perform services for any employer covered by a state or local
retirement system until that person has been separated from service for a
period of at least 180 days. This bill would provide for the implementation
of the changes under the applicable retirement laws that apply to counties
and cities. This bill contains other related provisions.
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Status: 06/24/2010-From committee: Do pass, and
re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23).
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Current Location: 06/24/2010-S APPR.
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AB 2008 ( Arambula) Public employment: furloughs. ( Amended
05/28/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law sets forth the general policy that the workweek of a state employee shall
be 40 hours and authorizes workweeks of different hours to be established in
order to meet varying needs of different state agencies. Existing law also
authorizes the Governor to require that the 40-hour workweek be worked in 4
days in any state agency or part thereof when the Governor determines that
the best interests of the state would be served thereby. Existing law vests
the Department of Personnel Administration with the duties and
responsibilities exercised by the State Personnel Board with respect to the
administration of salaries, hours, and other personnel-related matters. This
bill would, except as otherwise specifically authorized by the Legislature,
provide that employees of the Franchise Tax Board and the State Board of
Equalization would not be subject to furloughs implemented by any Executive
order or by any other action of a state agency, board, or commission. The
bill would also prohibit a state agency, board, or commission from directly
or indirectly implementing, or assisting in implementing, a furlough of those
employees. The bill would define "employee" for the purpose of
those provisions and would also specify that nothing in the bill shall be
construed as legal authorization for the imposition of furloughs on employees
through an Executive order.
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Status: 07/15/2010-From committee: Do pass. (Ayes
7. Noes 1.) (July 15).
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Current Location: 06/24/2010-S APPR.
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AB 2051 ( Tran) Emergency services: preparedness. (
Introduced 02/18/2010)
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Position:
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The
California Emergency Services Act establishes, within the office of the
Governor, the California Emergency Management Agency and sets forth the duties
of the agency and its secretary with respect to specified emergency
preparedness, mitigation, and response activities within the state. This bill
would authorize the agency to prepare, in voluntary cooperation with specific
local governmental and nongovernmental entities, a specialized plan to
mobilize senior citizens and disabled persons during an emergency or natural
disaster.
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Status: 06/22/2010-From committee: Do pass, and
re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 22).
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Current Location: 06/22/2010-S APPR.
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AB 2105 ( Hagman) Land use: Subdivision Map Act. (
Amended 04/27/2010)
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Position:
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The
Subdivision Map Act defines the term "subdivision" to mean the division,
by a subdivider, of a unit or units of land, or any portion thereof, shown on
the latest equalized county assessment role as a unit or contiguous units,
for the purpose of sale, lease, or financing. The act requires property to be
considered as contiguous units, even if the property is separated by a
facility, if the units are in close enough proximity to be reasonably used
together to create a single subdivision project. This bill would modify the
definition of the term "subdivision" for purposes of the act by
expressly exempting property separated by specified types of facilities from
being considered as contiguous units. The bill would also prohibit that
property from being considered as separate parcels if the parcels created
would be inconsistent with the general plan or specified specific plans, or
create an economically unviable use.
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Status: 05/07/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(6). (Last location was L. GOV. on 4/28/2010)
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Current Location: 05/12/2010-A DEAD
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AB 2151 ( Torres)
Insurance: public safety employees: accidents. ( Amended
07/15/2010)
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Position:
COSPONSOR
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Existing
law provides that no insurer shall, in issuing or renewing a private automobile
insurance policy to a peace officer, member of the California Highway Patrol,
or firefighter, with respect to his or her operation of a private motor
vehicle, increase the premium on that policy for the reason that the insured
or applicant for insurance has been involved in an accident while operating
an authorized emergency vehicle, as defined, in the performance of his or her
duty during the hours of his or her employment. This bill would also provide
that no insurer shall, in issuing or renewing a private automobile insurance
policy to a peace officer, member of the California Highway Patrol, or
firefighter, with respect to his or her operation of a private motor vehicle,
increase the premium on that policy for the reason that the insured or applicant
for insurance has been involved in an accident while operating a private
vehicle in the performance of his or her duty at the request or direction of
the employer. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws.
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Status: 07/15/2010-From committee: Amend, do pass
as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 30). Read
second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Current Location: 07/15/2010-S APPR.
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AB 2173 ( Beall)
Emergency air medical transportation providers: penalty levy: reimbursement
augmentation. ( Amended 05/28/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law requires an additional county penalty of $7 for every $10, or part of $10,
to be levied upon every fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed and collected by
the courts for all criminal offenses, for deposit into specified county funds
relating to the construction of courthouses, criminal justice facilities, and
forensic laboratories, and the support of emergency medical services. This
bill, which is to be known as the Emergency Air Medical Transportation Act,
would impose, as specified, an additional penalty of $3 upon every conviction
for an offense involving a vehicle violation, except certain parking
offenses. This bill would require each county board of supervisors to
establish in the county treasury an emergency air medical transportation act
fund into which the penalty collected pursuant to this bill would be
deposited. This bill would require, on the last day of each calendar quarter
of the year, the county treasurer to transfer moneys in the county's
emergency air medical transportation act fund to the Controller for deposit
to the Emergency Air Medical Transportation Act Fund, which is created by the
bill. Moneys in the fund would be available, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, to the department solely for the purposes of augmenting Medi-Cal
reimbursement paid to emergency air medical transportation services providers
and to reimburse the department , the courts, and each county for the
expenses of administering the bill. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws.
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Status: 07/15/2010-From committee: Amend, do pass
as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). Read
second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Current Location: 07/15/2010-S APPR.
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AB 2253 ( Coto)
Workers' compensation: cancer presumption. ( Amended
05/28/2010)
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Position:
COSPONSOR
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Existing
law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative
Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee
for injuries sustained in the course of his or her employment. Existing law
requires an employer to provide, or pay for all reasonable costs of, medical
services necessary to care for or relieve work-related injuries. Existing law
further provides that in the case of active firefighting members of certain
state and local fire departments and in the case of certain peace officers, a
compensable injury includes cancer that develops or manifests itself during
the period when the firefighter or peace officer demonstrates that he or she
was exposed, while in the service of the public agency, to a known
carcinogen, as defined, and the carcinogen is reasonably linked to the disabling
cancer. Existing law establishes a presumption that the cancer in these cases
is presumed to arise out of, and in the course of, employment, unless the
presumption is controverted by evidence that the primary site of the cancer
has been established and that the carcinogen to which the member has
demonstrated exposure is not reasonably linked to the disabling cancer. This
bill would provide that the above-described presumption shall be extended to
a member following termination of service for a period of 3 calender months,
but not to exceed 120 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last
date actually worked in the specified capacity. This bill contains other
existing laws.
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Status: 06/24/2010-From committee: Do pass, and
re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 23).
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Current Location: 06/24/2010-S APPR.
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AB 2269 ( Adams) Workers' compensation: injury presumption:
heart trouble. ( Amended 04/13/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
workers' compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment
of workers' compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by
their employees that arise out of, and in the course of, employment. This
bill would delete the reference in the above-described provisions to officers
at the Atascadero State Hospital as security officers, and instead, refer to
those officers as peace officers. The bill would also add peace officers
employed at other hospitals, developmental centers, and community centers ,
as specified, to the list of persons to whom the above-described injury
presumption applies . This bill contains other existing laws.
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Status: 06/04/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 4/28/2010)
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Current Location: 06/04/2010-A DEAD
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AB 2301 ( Logue)
Fire protection: public lands: defensible space. ( Amended
05/28/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law requires a person who owns, leases, controls, operates, or maintains an
occupied dwelling or occupied structure in, upon, or adjoining a mountainous area,
forest-covered land, brush-covered land, grass-covered land, or land that is
covered with flammable material that is within a very high fire hazard
severity zone, as designated by a local agency, to maintain a defensible
space of 100 feet from each side and from the front and rear of the
structure. Existing law requires a person who owns, leases, controls,
operates, or maintains a building or structure in, upon, or adjoining a
mountainous area, forest-covered land, brush-covered land, grass-covered land,
or land that is covered with flammable material, within a state
responsibility area, to maintain a defensible space of 100 feet from each
side and from the front and rear of the structure. An insurance company that
insures an occupied dwelling or occupied structure is authorized to require a
greater distance, but this greater distance is prohibited from extending
beyond the property line unless allowed by state law or a local ordinance,
rule, or regulation. This bill would authorize a state public lands
management agency, as defined, to establish a discretionary permitting or
approval process containing specified elements, to consider an application
from a person to maintain defensible space on state public lands if that
person's defensible space requirement encroaches onto state public lands. The
bill would authorize a state public lands management agency to impose
conditions or limitations on maintenance of defensible space or that minimize
any other adverse impact to the environment.
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Status: 07/02/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(13). (Last location was N.R. & W. on 6/10/2010)
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Current Location: 07/02/2010-S DEAD
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AB 2331 ( Skinner)
Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act. ( Amended
06/29/2010)
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Position:
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The
Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act provides a set of rights and
procedural protections to specified firefighters. That act requires an administrative
appeal instituted by a firefighter under the act to be conducted in
conformance with rules and procedures adopted by the employing department or
licensing or certifying agency that are in accordance with specified
provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. This bill would specify that
notwithstanding that provision, if the employing department is subject to a
memorandum of understanding that provides for binding arbitration of
administrative appeals, the arbitrator or arbitration panel shall serve as
the hearing officer in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The
bill would specify, however, that a memorandum of understanding negotiated
with an employing agency would not control the process for administrative
appeals instituted with licensing or certifying agencies as those appeals
shall be conducted in conformance with the rules and procedures adopted by
the employing department or licensing or certifying agency that are in
accordance with specified provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act .
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Status: 06/29/2010-Read second time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
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Current Location: 06/29/2010-S THIRD
READING
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AB 2351 ( Chesbro)
Forest resources: demonstration state forests: campgrounds: user fees. (
Amended 04/15/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law authorizes money in the Forest Resources Improvement Fund (fund) to be expended,
upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the cost of operations associated
with the management of state lands operated as demonstration state forests by
the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Existing law requires, among
other things, that receipts from the sales of forest products be deposited on
a monthly basis with the State Treasurer in the fund. This bill would
authorize the department to collect recreational user fees for overnight
camping and reserved group activities in a demonstration state forest , in
the amount that would reimburse the department's costs related to maintaining
and improving, among other things, campground facilities. The bill would
require the fees to be deposited into the fund. This bill contains other related
provisions.
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Status: 06/30/2010-Read second time. To third
reading.
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Current Location: 06/30/2010-S THIRD
READING
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AB 2360 ( Chesbro)
Forest resources: Forest Resources Improvement Fund. ( Amended
04/12/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law authorizes money in the Forest Resources Improvement Fund (the fund) to
be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the cost of operations
associated with the management of state lands operated as demonstration state
forests by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The bill would
authorize money in the fund to be used to implement approved management plans
and to fund public education, restoration, research, and monitoring
activities related to a demonstration forest. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws.
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Status: 06/04/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/28/2010)
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Current Location: 06/04/2010-A DEAD
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AB 2399 ( Strickland, Audra) Fire protection districts. (
Introduced 02/19/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law, for purposes of the Fire Protection District Law of 1987, defines the
term "city" to mean any city whether general law or charter,
including a city and county, and including any city the name of which
includes the word "town." This bill would make technical,
nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
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Status: 05/07/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(6). (Last location was PRINT on 2/19/2010)
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Current Location: 05/12/2010-A DEAD
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AB 2456 ( Torrico)
Emergency medical services: regulation. ( Amended
06/23/2010)
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Position:
S1
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Existing
law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency
Medical Care Personnel Act, authorizes each county to designate an emergency medical
services (EMS) agency, for the establishment and administration of an
emergency medical services program in the county. Existing law also
establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA), which, among
other things, adopts guidelines and regulations governing the provision of
emergency medical services. Violation of these provisions is a crime. This
bill would specify that the regulations of the authority shall include
policies and procedures applicable to the functions, certification, and
licensure of all emergency medical technician personnel, as defined, and
would require the local EMS agencies to adhere to these standards. The bill
would authorize the authority to develop and adopt a related fee schedule and
fee increases to support the authority's actual costs to promulgate the
additional regulations. The bill would provide that any policies and
procedures implemented by a local EMS agency that are not in accordance with
the standards required under the bill are subject to approval by the Director
of the EMSA , as specified, and that an EMS service provider may appeal the
determination made by the director to the Emergen cy Medical Services
Commission . By requiring that the local entities comply with these
requirements, and by changing the definition of an existing crime, this bill
would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws.
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Status: 07/15/2010-Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Current Location: 07/15/2010-S APPR.
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AB 2492 ( Ammiano)
Property taxation: change in ownership. ( Amended
05/18/2010)
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Position:
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The
California Constitution generally limits ad valorem taxes on real property to
1% of the full cash value of that property. For purposes of this limitation,
"full cash value" is defined as the assessor's valuation of real
property as shown on the 1975-76 tax bill under "full cash value"
or, thereafter, the appraised value of that real property when purchased,
newly constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred. Existing property
tax law specifies those circumstances in which the transfer of ownership interests
in a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other legal
entity results in a change in ownership of the real property owned by that
entity, and generally provides that a change in ownership as so described
occurs when a legal entity or other person obtains a controlling or majority
ownership interest in the legal entity. Existing law also specifies other
circumstances in which certain transfers of ownership interests in legal
entities result in a change in ownership of the real property owned by those
legal entities. This bill would instead specify that when 100% of the
ownership interests in a legal entity, as defined, are sold or transferred in
a single transaction, as specified, the real property owned by that legal
entity has changed ownership, whether or not any one legal entity or person
that is a party to the transaction acquires more than 50% of the ownership
interests. The bill would require the State Board of Equalization to notify
assessors when a change in ownership as so described occurs. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
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Status: 06/21/2010-Read second time. To third
reading.
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Current Location: 06/21/2010-A THIRD
READING
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AB 2510 ( Fletcher) Public employees' retirement: contracting
agencies: postretirement health coverage. ( Amended
04/27/2010)
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Position:
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The
Public Employees' Retirement Law permits any public agency, as defined, to enter
into a contract to participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System, as
specified. The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act authorizes the
Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System to
contract with carriers for health benefit plans and major medical plans for
employees and annuitants, as defined. This bill would authorize the City of
San Diego to enter into an agreement with specified employees to provide
employer contributions for postretirement health care coverage to employees
with at least 10 years of credited service with the City of San Diego,
effective for employees that retire on or after the date that a memorandum of
understanding that authorizes this benefit becomes effective.
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Status: 06/24/2010-From committee: Do pass, and
re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar.
Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23).
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Current Location: 06/24/2010-S APPR.
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AB 2545 ( De
La Torre) Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act: prepaid mobile
telecommunications service. ( Amended 06/22/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
provisions of the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act establish the number
"911" as the primary emergency telephone number of use in the state.
The existing Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act generally imposes a
surcharge on amounts paid by every person in the state for intrastate
telephone service that is imposed at a percentage rate, not less than 0.5%
nor more than 0.75% as annually estimated to provide revenues sufficient to
fund "911" emergency telephone system costs for the current fiscal
year. Surcharge amounts are paid to the State Board of Equalization on a
monthly basis by the telephone service supplier and are deposited into the
State Treasury to the credit of the State Emergency Telephone Number Account
in the General Fund. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission
(PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone
corporations, except to the extent regulation of commercial mobile radio
service is preempted by federal regulation. This bill would require the PUC
to open proceedings or expand the scope of existing proceedings to determine
an equitable manner for collection of the surcharge from users of prepaid
mobile telecommunications services, and would require the PUC to advise the
board of its determination. This bill contains other related provisions.
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Status: 06/22/2010-Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Current Location: 06/22/2010-S APPR.
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AB 2550 ( Smyth) Municipal utility districts. (
Introduced 02/19/2010)
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Position:
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The
Municipal Utility District Act governs the formation and governance of a
municipal utility district. The act defines for its purposes the terms
"district," "special district," and "board."
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those definitions.
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Status: 05/07/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(6). (Last location was PRINT on 2/19/2010)
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Current Location: 05/12/2010-A DEAD
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AB 2601 ( Jeffries) Firefighting. ( Amended
04/12/2010)
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Position:
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The
State Assistance for Fire Equipment Act authorizes the Secretary of Emergency
Management to acquire specified firefighting apparatus and equipment for resale
to a local agency, as defined, that provides fire suppression services or a
fire company. Existing law also establishes the State Assistance for Fire
Equipment Account, a continuously appropriated fund, for purposes of the act.
Existing law requires the secretary to consult with a specified committee
before adopting regulations implementing the act. This bill would annually
appropriate $45,600,000 of revenue received by the state from the accessing
of oil and gas reserves located beneath state coastal waters, generally known
as the "T-Ridge Project," for firefighting purposes, including, but
not limited to, the purchase of firefighting and rescue vehicles and
equipment, vegetation management and defensible space projects, and specified
training courses and materials, thereby making an appropriation. This bill
would also require the secretary to consult with additional specified
individuals involved in firefighting before adopting certain regulations.
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Status: 04/23/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(5). (Last location was NAT. RES. on 4/20/2010)
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Current Location: 04/23/2010-A DEAD
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AB 2606 ( Hagman) Insurance: fire: standard form policy. (
Introduced 02/19/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law requires that all fire insurance policies on subject matter in this state
be on the adopted standard form, except as provided. This bill would make
technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
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Status: 05/07/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(6). (Last location was PRINT on 2/19/2010)
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Current Location: 05/12/2010-A DEAD
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ACR 106 ( Caballero)
CAL-FIRE Firefighter Matt Will Memorial Highway. ( Chaptered
06/17/2010)
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Position:
SPONSOR
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This
measure would designate a 5-mile portion of State Highway Route 156 from
State Highway Route 25 to State Highway Route 101 as the CAL-FIRE Firefighter
Matt Will Memorial Highway. The measure would also request the Department of
Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate signs showing this
special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
covering that cost, to erect those signs.
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Status: 06/17/2010-Chaptered by Secretary of State
- Chapter No. 38, Statutes of 2010
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Current Location: 06/17/2010-A
CHAPTERED
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SB 88 ( DeSaulnier)
Vehicles: firefighter license plates. ( Amended 06/29/2010)
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Position:
COSPONSOR
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Existing
law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue, upon the payment of
an initial fee of $35 and a $20 fee for each renewal of registration, special
interest license plates to firefighters who meet prescribed requirements. The
revenue derived from the payment of these special fees for firefighter
license plates, less the department's costs, are required to be deposited in
the California Firefighters' Memorial Fund. This bill would increase those
fees to $50 for the initial issuance of the special license plates and $35
for each renewal of registration of the vehicle. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws.
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Status: 06/29/2010-From committee with author's
amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Current Location: 06/29/2010-A APPR.
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SB 330 ( Yee)
Public records: auxiliary organizations. ( Amended
06/07/2010)
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Position:
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The
California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their
records available for public inspection and to make copies available upon
request and payment of a fee unless those records are exempt from disclosure.
This bill would require specified entities to comply with the act but would
not require these entities to disclose information obtained in the process of
soliciting potential donors that has actual or potential independent economic
value because it is not generally known to the public or because the
individuals can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use. This bill
contains other related provisions.
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Status: 06/24/2010-Read second time. To third
reading.
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Current Location: 06/24/2010-A THIRD
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SB 839 ( Runner)
Emergency Alert System: law enforcement officers. ( Amended
06/14/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law requires the California Highway Patrol to activate the Emergency Alert
System at the request of an authorized person at a law enforcement agency if a
child 17 years of age or younger, or an individual with a proven mental or
physical disability, has been abducted and is in imminent danger of serious
bodily injury or death, and other conditions are met. This bill would require
the California Highway Patrol, at the request of an authorized person at a
law enforcement agency, to activate the Emergency Alert System and issue a
blue alert, as defined, if a law enforcement officer has been killed, suffers
serious bodily injury, or is assaulted with a deadly weapon, the suspect has
fled the scene of the offense, and other specified conditions are met. This
bill would also require the California Highway Patrol to include information
describing blue alerts on its Internet Web site.
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Status: 06/23/2010-From committee: Do pass, but
first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent
Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Heard in committee
on June 22.)
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Current Location: 06/23/2010-A APPR.
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SB 883 ( Ashburn)
Public employees' retirement: service credit. ( Introduced
01/19/2010)
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Position:
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The
Public Employees' Retirement Law provides a comprehensive set of rights and
benefits for members of the Public Employees' Retirement System based upon age,
service credit, and final compensation. That law establishes retirement
formulas, known as the Second Tier, modified First Tier, and First Tier, that
are applicable to specified members of the retirement system. Under that law,
a member who elects to be subject to Second Tier benefits shall be paid his
or her accumulated contributions plus interest, subject to specified
conditions. Under that law, effective January 1, 2000, a member who received
service credit subject to Second Tier benefits may elect to become subject to
First Tier benefits and contribution rates. That law requires a member who
elects to become subject to First Tier benefits to deposit accumulated
contributions the member withdrew while he or she was subject to Second Tier
benefits, plus interest, as specified. This bill would make a technical, and
nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
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Status: 06/04/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(11). (Last location was RLS. on 2/4/2010)
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Current Location: 06/04/2010-S DEAD
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SB 897 ( Cox)
Subdivision maps. ( Introduced 01/25/2010)
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Position:
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The
Subdivision Map Act establishes a statewide regulatory framework for
controlling the subdividing of land. It generally requires a subdivider to submit
and file a tentative or vesting tentative map, which is made for the purpose
of showing the design and improvement of a proposed subdivision and the
existing conditions in and around it. This bill would make technical,
nonsubstantive changes to the vesting tentative map requirement.
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Status: 06/04/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(11). (Last location was RLS. on 2/4/2010)
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Current Location: 06/04/2010-S DEAD
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SB 902 ( Ashburn)
Fire protection: county regulation. ( Chaptered 07/09/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law authorizes the organization of fire companies by filing a certificate
with the county Fire and Rescue Operational Area Coordinator, as specified. Existing
law authorizes a county which has a population of 1,000,000 or more to
regulate the formation, continued existence, and ongoing operations of fire
companies, as specified. This bill would reduce the population requirement to
400,000 or more persons in order for a county to regulate the formation,
continued existence, and ongoing operations of fire companies.
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Status: 07/09/2010-Chaptered by Secretary of State
- Chapter 67, Statutes of 2010.
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Current Location: 07/09/2010-S CHAPTERED
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SB 919 ( Hollingsworth)
State employee benefits. ( Amended 04/21/2010)
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Position:
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The
Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) provides a defined benefit to members
of the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) based on age at retirement,
service credit, and final compensation, as those terms are defined. Under
PERL employees belong to various membership categories, which include state
safety members and state miscellaneous members. Safety members of PERS
receive a higher level of benefits and make higher contributions than state
miscellaneous members. Under existing law, effective July 1, 2004, specified
state employee positions in State Bargaining Unit 7 are classified as state
safety members of PERS. Certain managerial, supervisory, or confidential
positions, as well as specified officers and employees of the executive
branch, by virtue of their relation to State Bargaining Unit 7, are also
classified as state safety members of PERS. This bill would provide that
state employees in State Bargaining Unit 7 first hired on or after the date
the act takes effect, in job classifications formerly subject to state safety
membership prior to that date, shall be state miscellaneous members of PERS.
The bill would provide that these provisions would apply notwithstanding a
certain statutory provision or any provision of an expired memorandum of
understanding, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws.
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Status: 06/14/2010-Set, second hearing. Failed
passage in committee. Reconsideration granted.
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Current Location: 06/14/2010-S P.E.
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SB 989 ( Hollingsworth)
Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004. ( Amended
05/11/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law, the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, allows aggrieved
employees to bring civil actions to recover penalties for violations of the Labor
Code if the Labor and Workforce Development Agency or its departments,
divisions, commissions, boards, agencies, or employees do not do so. The
penalties collected in these actions are distributed 75% to the agency to be
continuously appropriated for purposes of enforcement and education and 25%
to the aggrieved employee, except that if the person does not employ one or
more persons, 100% of the penalties are distributed to the agency by
continuous appropriation. This bill would require an employee requesting
court approval of the settlement of a civil action brought under the act to
serve a copy of the court's final approval order and settlement agreement to
the agency within 20 days after the order is made and the settlement is final
. This bill contains other related provisions.
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Status: 07/01/2010-Read second time. To third
reading.
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Current Location: 07/01/2010-S THIRD
READING
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SB 1026 ( Wyland)
Sex offenses: conditional exam of minor victims. ( Amended
04/12/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law provides for the examination of witnesses conditionally under certain
circumstances, including for the contemporaneous examination and cross-examination
by closed-circuit television of minor witnesses 13 years of age or younger if
the court makes specified findings. This bill would remove the requirement
that a witness be a minor 13 years of age or younger .
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Status: 05/07/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(6). (Last location was PUB. S. on 4/12/2010)
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Current Location: 05/12/2010-S DEAD
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SB 1036 ( Cedillo)
Tax administration: disclosure information: Franchise Tax Board and cities. (
Amended 04/20/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law authorizes a city that has entered into a reciprocal agreement, as
defined, with the Franchise Tax Board to exchange tax information, as provided,
but limits the use of that information to employees of the taxing authority
of a city. This bill would expand that limitation by authorizing any agent
designated by resolution of the city to examine all of the tax information,
provided that the resolution certifies that the designated agent satisfies
specified conditions.
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Status: 06/28/2010-Set, first hearing. Failed
passage in committee. Reconsideration granted.
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Current Location: 06/29/2010-A REV.
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SB 1082 ( Ashburn)
Public retirement: social security. ( Introduced 02/17/2010)
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Position:
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The
Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement system is
required, upon application by a public agency, as defined, to execute an agreement
with the federal government for the coverage of the public employees of the
agency under the federal Social Security Act in conformity with specified
regulations. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to the
provision of law that defines those entities that constitute a "public
agency" that is eligible to execute an agreement for coverage under the
federal Social Security Act.
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Status: 06/04/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(11). (Last location was RLS. on 2/25/2010)
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Current Location: 06/04/2010-S DEAD
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SB 1139 ( Correa)
State retirement: benefit programs. ( Amended 07/01/2010)
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Position:
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The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) provides a comprehensive set of
rights and benefits for various employees of the state and local agencies.
That law also establishes the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) and
sets forth the provisions for the delivery of benefits, including retirement
benefits , health benefits, and an optional tax-deferred compensation
program, to its members. Under that law, the retirement benefits of a
retirement system member are based, in part, on the completed service credit
and compensation received by that member. This bill would make technical and
clarifying changes to those provisions of law, including amendments that
rename the current "deferred compensation program" as the
"tax-preferred retirement savings program." This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
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Status: 07/01/2010-Read third time. Amended. (Page
5929.) To third reading.
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Current Location: 07/01/2010-A THIRD
READING
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SB 1147 ( DeSaulnier)
Master Plan for California Public Safety. ( Amended
05/20/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law provides for the safety of the public, as specified. This bill would
require the Legislature and the Governor to develop a Master Plan for California
Public Safety that has the objective of making the public safer and that
considers actions that may impact positively on public safety. The bill would
require the Milton Marks "Little Hoover" Commission on California
State Government Organization and Economy, by March 31, 2011, to identify and
compile relevant public safety reports and make recommendations to the
Legislature and the Governor for purposes of developing the master plan.
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Status: 06/04/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/27/2010)
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Current Location: 06/04/2010-S DEAD
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SB 1207 ( Kehoe)
Land use: general plan: safety element: fire hazard impacts. (
Amended 03/24/2010)
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Position:
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The
Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of a city or county to
adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan that includes various elements,
including, among others, a safety element for the protection of the community
from unreasonable risks associated with, among other things, wildland and
urban fires. The safety element includes requirements for state
responsibility areas, as defined, and very high fire hazard severity zones,
as defined. This bill would revise the safety element requirements for state
responsibility areas and very high fire hazard severity zones, as specified,
and require the safety element, prior to January 1, 2015, and thereafter upon
each revision of the housing element, to be reviewed and updated as necessary
to address the risk of fire in state responsibility areas and very high fire
hazard severity zones, taking into account specified considerations,
including, among others, the most recent version of the Office of Planning
and Research's "Fire Hazard Planning" document, which this bill
would require the office to update on or before January 1, 2012. By imposing
new duties on a city or county with regard to reviewing and updating its
general plan, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This
bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
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Status: 06/29/2010-From committee: Do pass, but
first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com.
on APPR. (Heard in committee on June 28.)
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Current Location: 06/29/2010-A APPR.
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SB 1209 ( Romero)
Public employees' retirement: postretirement death benefits. (
Amended 04/15/2010)
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Position:
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The
Public Employees' Retirement Law requires that, upon the death of any state or
school member after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance,
the sum of $2,000 be paid to the member's designated beneficiary, as
specified. Existing law provides that the additional employer contributions
required to fund this benefit be computed as a level percentage of member
compensation, and these are deposited in the Public Employees' Retirement
Fund, a continuously appropriated fund. This bill would , commencing January
1, 2011, increase the amount of benefits payable to designated beneficiaries
of retired school members , to $4,000 for deaths of retired school members
occurring on or after January 1, 2011, and before January 1, 2012; to $4,500
for deaths of retired school members occurring on or after January 1, 2012,
and before January 1, 2013; to $5,000 for deaths of retired school members
occurring on or after January 1, 2013, and before March 31, 2014. The benefit
amount payable to designated beneficiaries of retired school members who die
on or after April 1, 2014, would be in the amount of $5,000, as annually
adjusted pursuant to a specified formula . By providing for funds in the
Public Employees' Retirement Fund to be spent for a new purpose, and by
increasing contributions to that fund, this bill would make an appropriation.
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Status: 04/23/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(5). (Last location was P.E. & R. on 4/15/2010)
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Current Location: 04/23/2010-S DEAD
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SB 1220 ( Wolk)
Vehicles: emergency vehicles: fire apparatus. ( Amended
06/28/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law requires specified authorized emergency vehicles owned and operated by a
governmental agency that are first purchased on or after January 1, 1994, to meet
certain size, weight, and load requirements, including the requirement that
the manufacturer weigh and certify fire apparatus to determine compliance
with weight requirements. Existing law defines a "fire apparatus"
as, among other things, a vehicle designed, maintained, and used exclusively
for the suppression of fires or for fire prevention activities, including the
training of firefighters. This bill would instead define a "fire
apparatus" as a vehicle designed , maintained, and used under emergency
conditions to transport personnel and equipment, or for the suppression of
fires or mitigation of other hazardous situations, consistent with the 2009
edition of Standard 1901 of the National Fire Protection Association. This
bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
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Status: 06/29/2010-Read second time. To third
reading. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.
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Current Location: 06/29/2010-A APPR.
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SB 1258 ( Kehoe)
Emergency services: property insurance surcharge. ( Introduced
02/19/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law establishes the California Emergency Management Agency, which is
responsible for the state's emergency and disaster response services for certain
manmade disasters and emergencies, including responsibility for activities
necessary to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of
emergencies and disasters to people and property. This bill would establish
the Local Government Mutual Aid Enhancement Program in the agency, and would
require funds, as specified, deposited in the Emergency Response Fund, to be
allocated to the program upon appropriation by the Legislature. This bill
would require the Secretary of California Emergency Management to allocate
funds to specified entities, for the purpose of enhancing or sustaining fire
and rescue disaster mutual aid capacity to combat the effect of all hazard
disasters, as provided. This bill would also require the secretary, in consultation
with specified entities, to develop a strategy, as provided, for the
enhancement of mutual aid, and would require each fire and rescue operational
area to submit a 3-year strategy for the enhancement of fire and rescue
disaster mutual aid, as specified, to the secretary. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws.
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Status: 05/27/2010-Held in committee and under
submission.
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Current Location: 05/27/2010-S APPR.
SUSPENSE FILE
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SB 1280 ( Negrete
McLeod) Fire protection: state facilities. ( Introduced
02/19/2010)
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SPONSOR
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Existing
law establishes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in the Natural
Resources Agency. The department is responsible for the fire protection, fire
prevention, maintenance, and enhancement of the state's forest, range, and
brushland resources, contract fire protection, associated emergency services,
and assistance in civil disasters and other nonfire emergencies. This bill
would require a fire station of the department to be the primary responder
for an emergency call requesting emergency assistance that is made from a
facility that is operated by the state if certain conditions are met,
including if the fire station is immediately aware of the call, the call
requests emergency assistance of a type for which the fire station is
equipped to respond, the fire station is open, staffed, and available for
response, and the fire station is within a specified vicinity of the
facility.
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Status: 04/23/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(5). (Last location was N.R. & W. on 3/4/2010)
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Current Location: 04/23/2010-S DEAD
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SB 1281 ( Padilla)
Emergency medical services: defibrillators. ( Introduced
02/19/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law authorizes the Emergency Medical Services Authority to establish minimum
training and other standards for the use of automatic external defibrillators
(AED) and requires persons or entities that acquire the AEDs to comply with
maintenance, testing, and training requirements, which are scheduled to
change on January 1, 2013. Existing law sets forth tenant notice and other
requirements for building owners in which an AED is placed. This bill would
repeal those provisions. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws.
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Status: 05/07/2010-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule
61(b)(6). (Last location was JUD. on 5/4/2010)
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Current Location: 05/12/2010-S DEAD
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SB 1425 ( Simitian)
Public retirement: final compensation: computation: retirees. (
Amended 05/04/2010)
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Position:
W1
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The
Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees' Retirement
System (PERS), which provides a defined benefit to its members based on age
at retirement, service credit, and final compensation. PERL defines
"final compensation" for purposes of calculating a member's
retirement allowance. The State Teachers' Retirement Law (STRL) and the
retirement laws for county employees and city employees also provide for a
defined benefit based on age at retirement, service credit, and final
compensation. This bill would provide that any change in salary,
compensation, or remuneration principally for the purpose of enhancing a
member's benefits would not be included in the calculation of a member's
final compensation for purposes of determining that member's defined benefit.
The bill would generally require the board of each state and local public
retirement system to establish, by regulation, accountability provisions that
would include an ongoing audit process to ensure that a change in a member's
salary, compensation, or remuneration is not made principally for the purpose
of enhancing a member's retirement benefits. This bill would revise the
definition of "creditable compensation" and would limit the
calculation of a member's final compensation to an amount not to exceed the
average increase in compensation received within the final compensation
period and the 2 preceding years by employees in the same or a related group
as that member. This bill would also require a board of each state and local
public retirement system to establish, by regulation, a requirement that a
retired person may not perform services for any employer covered by a state
or local retirement system until that person has been separated from service
for a period of at least 180 days. This bill would provide for the
implementation of these required changes under the laws that govern PERS and
STRL. This bill contains other related provisions.
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Status: 06/23/2010-From committee: Do pass, but
first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com.
on APPR. (Heard in committee on June 23.)
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Current Location: 06/23/2010-A APPR.
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SBX8 29 ( Steinberg)
Public employment: furloughs. ( Vetoed 03/25/2010)
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Position:
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Existing
law sets forth the general policy that the workweek of a state employee shall
be 40 hours and authorizes workweeks of different hours to be established in
order to meet varying needs of different state agencies. Existing law also
authorizes the Governor to require that the 40-hour workweek be worked in 4
days in any state agency or part thereof when the Governor determines that
the best interests of the state would be served thereby. Existing law vests
the Department of Personnel Administration with the duties and
responsibilities exercised by the State Personnel Board with respect to the
administration of salaries, hours, and other personnel-related matters. This
bill would exempt employees in positions funded at least 95% by sources other
than the General Fund, employees of the Franchise Tax Board, and employees of
the State Board of Equalization from furloughs implemented by any state
agency, board, or commission. The bill would also prohibit a state agency,
board, or commission from directly or indirectly implementing, or assisting
in implementing, a furlough of those employees. The bill would define
"employee" for the purpose of those provisions and would also
specify that nothing in those provisions shall be construed as legal
authorization for the imposition of furloughs on employees through an
Executive order. The bill would also make related findings and declarations
in support of this measure. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws.
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Status: 03/24/2010-Vetoed by Governor (CORRECTED)
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Current Location: 03/24/2010-S VETOED
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SCA 12 ( Kehoe)
Public safety services: local government. ( Introduced
02/25/2009)
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Position:
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The
California Constitution prohibits any ad valorem tax on real property from
exceeding 1% of the full cash value of the property, subject to certain
exceptions. This measure would create an additional exception to the 1% limit
on ad valorem tax on real property, for an ad valorem rate imposed by a city,
county, city and county, or special district to pay for bonded indebtedness
incurred to fund facilities, buildings, or equipment used directly and
exclusively to provide emergency services to the public, or to fund the
related acquisition or lease of real property, if approved by 55% of the
voters of the city, county, city and county, or special district, as
applicable. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws.
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Status: 02/25/2010-Placed on inactive file on
request of Senator Kehoe.
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Current Location: 02/25/2010-S
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SCR 75 ( Hollingsworth)
Wildfires: United States Forest Service. ( Chaptered
07/07/2010)
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Position:
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This
measure would declare that there is an ongoing emergency due to the threat of
wildfire, call on the federal government to take immediate measures to
prevent imminent catastrophic wildfires, and request Governor Schwarzenegger
to advocate at the federal level for the United States Forest Service to
undertake prevention and maintenance work in the state's federal forest
lands.
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Status: 07/07/2010-Chaptered by Secretary of State
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