Existing law establishes the California Environmental Protection Program for the preservation and protection of California's environment and requires the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to administer the program. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the administration of the program.
Under existing law, every person who suffers detriment from the unlawful act or omission of another is authorized to recover from the person in fault a compensation in money, which is called damages. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
The Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup Program, administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, pays for the cleanup of solid waste disposal sites and for the cleanup of solid waste at codisposal sites, as specified. This bill would authorize the department, beginning July 1, 2024, and upon appropriation by the Legislature, to collect and properly manage illegally disposed hazardous waste and household hazardous waste, as defined, regardless of whether they were codisposed with nonhazardous solid waste. The bill would require the department to annually seek up to $500,000 from the Department of Toxic Substances Control in reimbursement for grants awarded and program costs incurred. The bill would also prohibit the department from expending funds from the Integrated Waste Management Fund for purposes of this program in excess of the amount reimbursed by the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
(1) Existing state sales and use tax laws impose a tax on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state of, or on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state. The Sales and Use Tax Law provides various exemptions from those taxes, including an exemption for the sale of, or the storage, use, or consumption of, food products for human consumption. Proposition 163, an initiative measure approved by the voters at the November 3, 1992, general election, amended the California Constitution to prohibit the State of California or any of its political subdivisions from levying or collecting a sales or use tax on the sale of, or the storage, use, or other consumption in the state of, food products for human consumption except as provided by statute as of the effective date of that provision and in statute defined, for purposes of the sales and use tax exemption described above, "food products" to mean, among other things, sugar and sugar products, candy, gum, confectionery, and cocoa and cocoa products. This bill would delete "candy" from the definition of "food products," described above, that are exempt from tax. The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to amend or repeal an initiative statute by another statute that becomes effective when approved by the electors. This bill would provide that the deletion provision described above would become effective only upon approval of the voters. It would also provide for submission of this measure to the voters for approval at the next statewide general election. (2) This bill would also enact the Child Welfare Funding Act that would require a sales tax return filed with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) to report gross receipts for sales tax purposes to segregate the taxable sales attributable to the sale of candy, as defined, on a line or a separate form, as prescribed by the department. The bill would require an amount equal to the total amount of gross receipts, or adjusted gross receipts, attributable to the sale of candy for the prior fiscal year as reported to the Department of Finance (DOF) by the CDTFA, as specified, to be deposited into the Candy Tax Fund, created by the bill, as soon as reasonably possible and would require all amounts in the fund to be distributed to the Child Welfare Grant Program Fund, a continuously appropriated fund that the bill would create for the purpose of funding the Child Welfare Grant Program grants described below. By creating a continuously appropriated fund and allocating moneys to that fund, this bill would make an appropriation. This bill would also establish the Child Welfare Grant Program and would require the State Department of Social Services to annually, on or before December 31, distribute to any qualified recipient with dependent minors a Child Welfare Grant Program grant, as prescribed. The bill would define "qualified recipient" to mean an individual who is a resident of the state and either filed a joint income tax return for the preceding taxable year that reported gross income in an amount not exceeding $150,000 or filed an individual income tax return for the preceding taxable year that reported gross income in an amount not exceeding $112,000. This bill would provide that the provisions described above relating to the Child Welfare Funding Act and the Child Welfare Grant Program would become operative only if the amendment to Proposition 163 described above is approved by the voters and takes effect. The bill would make the operation of its provisions contingent upon approval by the voters of an unspecified Assembly Constitutional Amendment of the 2023–24 Regular Session.
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils and authorizes the governing board of a school district to employ properly certified persons for this purpose. Existing law requires a school of a school district or county office of education and a charter school to notify pupils and parents or guardians of pupils no less than twice during the school year on how to initiate access to available pupil mental health services on campus or in the community, or both, as provided. This bill would require a school district, county office of education, state special school, or charter school that serves pupils in grades 6 to 12, inclusive, to, in consultation with school and community stakeholders, school-employed mental health professionals, and behavioral health experts, and before an unspecified school year, adopt a policy on universal mental health screening of pupils for youth behavioral disorders, as defined, in grades 6 to 12, inclusive, as provided. To the extent the bill would impose additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires, among other things, a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA prohibits an action or proceeding from being brought in a court to challenge the approval of a project by a public agency unless the alleged grounds for noncompliance are presented to the public agency orally or in writing by a person during the public comment period provided by CEQA or before the close of the public hearing on the project before the issuance of the notice of determination. This bill would require the alleged grounds for noncompliance with CEQA presented to the public agency in writing be presented at least 10 days before the public hearing on the project before the issuance of the notice of determination. The bill would prohibit the inclusion of written comments presented to the public agency after that time period in the record of proceedings and would prohibit those documents from serving as basis on which an action or proceeding may be brought.
Existing law generally prohibits the carrying of a concealed firearm, subject to specified exemptions. A violation of this prohibition is punishable either as a felony or misdemeanor, as specified. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Social Services and requires the department and the counties to administer public social services programs. This bill would prohibit a call, made by or on behalf of a county for the purposes of administering public social services programs, to an applicant or recipient of benefits from blocking caller identification information and would require the call to display a telephone number. By imposing a higher level of service on counties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
The Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006 establishes a procedure for the Public Utilities Commission to issue state franchises for the provision of video service, defined as video programming services, cable service, or open-video system service, except any video programming provided by a commercial mobile service provider, as defined in federal law or video programming provided as part of, and via, a service that enables users to access content, information, email, or other services offered over the public internet. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision naming that act.
Existing law establishes the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program, administered by the State Department of Education, with the purpose of encouraging, maintaining, and strengthening the delivery of high-quality career technical education programs. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation relating to career technical education and career guidance.
The California Constitution provides various veteran's real property tax exemptions, including a $1,000 exemption for veterans meeting certain criteria, a $1,000 exemption for unmarried spouses of deceased veterans meeting certain criteria, and a $1,000 exemption for parents of deceased veterans meeting certain criteria (regular veteran's exemptions) . The California Constitution also authorizes the Legislature to exempt from property taxation in whole or in part the home of a person or a person's spouse, including an unmarried surviving spouse, if the person incurred specified injuries or died while on active duty in military service, as described. Existing property tax law, pursuant to this authorization, provides a disabled veteran's property tax exemption for the principal place of residence of a veteran, the veteran's spouse, or the veteran and veteran's spouse jointly, and the unmarried surviving spouse of a veteran, as provided, if the veteran is blind in both eyes, has lost the use of 2 or more limbs, or is totally disabled as a result of injury or disease incurred in military service, or if the veteran has, as a result of a service-connected injury or disease, died while on active duty in military service (disabled veteran's exemption) . Existing law exempts that part of the full value of the residence that does not exceed $100,000, or $150,000 if the household income of the claimant does not exceed $40,000, as adjusted for inflation, as specified. Existing property tax law provides that a disabled veteran's exemption granted to a claimant is in lieu of the regular veteran's exemptions and any other real property tax exemption to which the claimant may be entitled. This bill, for property tax lien dates occurring on or after January 1, 2024, would instead allow a claimant to combine the disabled veteran's exemption with any other real property exemption to which the claimant may be entitled, including the regular veteran's exemptions. By imposing additional duties on local tax officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals, purposes, and objectives that the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to comply with these requirements. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. Existing law requires the state to reimburse local agencies annually for certain property tax revenues lost as a result of any exemption or classification of property for purposes of ad valorem property taxation. This bill would provide that, notwithstanding those provisions, no appropriation is made and the state shall not reimburse local agencies for property tax revenues lost by them pursuant to the bill. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
Existing law, the Emergency Medical Air Transportation Act, imposed a penalty of $4 until December 31, 2022, upon every conviction for a violation of the Vehicle Code or a local ordinance adopted pursuant to the Vehicle Code, other than a parking offense. The act requires the county or court that imposed the fine to transfer the revenues collected to the Treasurer for deposit into the Emergency Medical Air Transportation and Children's Coverage Fund. Existing law requires the assessed penalty to continue to be collected, administered, and distributed until exhausted or until December 31, 2023, whichever occurs first. Existing law establishes the Aeronautics Account in the State Transportation Fund, and continuously appropriates the moneys in the account for expenditure for airport purposes by the Division of Aeronautics within the Department of Transportation and the California Transportation Commission. This bill would annually transfer $8,000,000 from the Aeronautics Account to the Emergency Medical Air Transportation and Children's Coverage Fund and continuously appropriate those moneys to augment Medi-Cal reimbursement for emergency medical air transportation and related costs.
