Existing law, the Corporation Tax Law, allows various credits against the tax imposed by that law, including, among others, a credit in an amount equal to the minimum tax credit, as defined. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation modifying existing tax credits.
Existing law provides that the sovereignty of the state resides in the people thereof, and all writs and processes shall issue in their name. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) , grants to a consumer various rights with respect to personal information, as defined, that is collected by a business, as defined, including the right to request that a business delete personal information about the consumer that the business has collected from the consumer. Existing law, the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, an initiative measure approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, amended, added to, and reenacted the CCPA. The CCPA establishes the California Privacy Protection Agency with full administrative power, authority, and jurisdiction to implement and enforce the CCPA. Existing law authorizes the California Privacy Protection Agency to, upon the sworn complaint of any person or on its own initiative, investigate possible violations of the CCPA relating to any business, service provider, contractor, or person. Existing law requires the agency to notify in writing the person who made the complaint of the action, if any, the agency has taken or plans to take on the complaint, together with the reasons for that action or nonaction. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Existing law requires a state and local public agency to provide assistance to veterans on the same basis as it provides to any other eligible person. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to adopt new, or expand existing, fixed charges, as defined, for the purpose of collecting a reasonable portion of the fixed costs of providing electrical service to residential customers. Under existing law, the commission may authorize fixed charges for any rate schedule applicable to a residential customer account. Existing law requires the commission, no later than July 1, 2024, to authorize a fixed charge for default residential rates on an income-graduated basis, as provided. Existing law requires increases to electrical rates and charges in rate design proceedings to be reasonable and subject to a reasonable phase-in schedule relative to the rates and charges in effect before January 1, 2014. This bill would repeal those provisions relating to fixed charges and rate increases.
(1) Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (AUMA) , an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) , among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities. Under MAUCRSA, the Department of Cannabis Control has sole authority to license and regulate commercial cannabis activity. MAUCRSA authorizes the department to issue state licenses only to qualified applicants. MAUCRSA imposes various requirements on an applicant for a license, including, among other things, requiring an applicant to submit a notarized statement that the applicant will enter into, or demonstrate that it has already entered into, and will abide by the terms of a labor peace agreement, as specified. Existing law imposes the notarized-statement requirement on an applicant with 20 or more employees and, commencing July 1, 2024, on an applicant with 10 or more employees and prohibits the department from renewing a license, on or after July 1, 2024, unless the licensee submits a notarized statement that the licensee has entered into and will abide by the terms of a labor peace agreement. This bill, for purposes of these provisions, would determine the number of employees of an applicant or licensee by reference to the applicant or licensee's federal employer identification number, individual tax identification number, or social security number, as specified. The bill would require an applicant to provide that information. Existing law requires the Contractors State License Board to require, as a condition precedent to the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued maintenance of a license, that the applicant or licensee have on file at all times a current and valid Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance or Certification of Self-Insurance in the applicant's or licensee's business name, as specified. This bill similarly would require the Department of Cannabis Control to require, as a condition precedent to the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued maintenance of a license, that the applicant or licensee have on file at all times a current and valid Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance or Certification of Self-Insurance in the applicant's or licensee's business name. The bill would require the department and the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement to enforce this requirement pursuant to their existing enforcement authorities. The bill would impose this requirement on licensees or applicants with 10 or more employees on or before July 1, 2024, and for all other licensees or applicants on or before December 31, 2024. This bill would require a licensee that employs 10 or more workers to provide to the department, by a specified date, the total number of full- and part-time employees, temporary workers, and independent contractors who provide services to the licensee, as described, and the specific employer identification number applicable to each of those workers. (2) Existing law, as established in the case of Dynamex Operations W. v. Superior Court (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903 (Dynamex) , creates a presumption that a worker who performs services for a hirer is an employee for purposes of claims for wages and benefits arising under wage orders issued by the Industrial Welfare Commission. Existing law provides that for specified unemployment insurance and employment purposes, a person providing labor or services for remuneration is considered an employee rather than an independent contractor unless the hiring entity demonstrates otherwise, as described. This bill would apply the law established in the Dynamex case and the provision described above to a worker who performs services for a licensee under MAUCRSA or for a person or entity who is required to obtain such a license, as specified. (3) Existing law requires an employee to furnish, semimonthly or at the time of each payment of wages, either as a detachable part of the check, draft, or voucher paying the employee's wages, to their employee an accurate itemized statement in writing showing, among other things, gross wages earned. Existing law imposes related requirements on the keeping, inspection, and request for itemized statement records, and sets forth remedies and penalties for noncompliance. Existing law also requires employers to provide to each employee a written notice containing certain information regarding their wages and employer information. This bill would require an employer licensed under MAUCRSA to comply with the above-described requirements. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and charges it with, among other duties, establishing minimum standards relating to physical, mental, and moral fitness that govern the recruitment of peace officers. Existing law provides that members of the commission receive no compensation, and that attendance at meetings of the commission is deemed performance by a member of the duties of the member's local governmental employment. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.
Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, requires a restaurant selling hamburger or imitation hamburger, as defined, to accurately inform the consumer public of the contents. Existing law prohibits a restaurant from using the term "hamburger" or "burger" in any advertisement or menu to refer to imitation hamburger. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
Under existing law, the Department of Industrial Relations collects, compiles, and presents facts and statistics relating to the condition of labor in the state. Existing law prohibits, in the department's reports, the use of the names of persons supplying information, except as specified. Existing law makes any agent or employee of the department who violates this provision guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that prohibition.
The California Constitution provides that the University of California constitutes a public trust, and requires the university to be administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes. These provisions grant the regents all the powers necessary or convenient for the effective administration of its trust. This measure would require all students attending the University of California, regardless of immigration status, to be eligible to apply for and accept paid opportunities at the University of California, including, but not limited to, employment, fellowships, residencies, apprenticeships, and contract work. The measure would require the regents to adopt policies consistent with that requirement.
Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to control and regulate the connection of an automatic dialing-announcing device to a telephone line. Existing law defines "automatic dialing-announcing device" as any automatic equipment that incorporates a storage capability of telephone numbers to be called, or a random or sequential number generator capable of producing numbers to be called, and the capability, working alone or in conjunction with other equipment, to disseminate a prerecorded message to the telephone number called. Existing law imposes various requirements on the use of an automatic dialing-announcing device. This bill would expand that definition of "automatic dialing-announcing device" to include calls made using an artificial voice, as specified. Under existing law, a violation of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because a violation of a commission action implementing this bill's requirements would be a crime, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law requires the Governor to create the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, and specifies the duties of the coordinating council to include creating partnerships among state agencies and departments, local government agencies, and specified federal agencies and private entities, for the purpose of arriving at specific strategies to end homelessness. Existing law requires agencies and departments administering state programs to collaborate with the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to adopt guidelines and regulations to incorporate core components of Housing First. This bill would repeal Housing First policies and related requirements, thereby removing the requirement on those state agencies and departments to incorporate core components of Housing First.
