Existing law, the DNA and Forensic Identification Database and Data Bank Act, as amended by Proposition 69 of the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, which permits legislative amendment for specified purposes, including expeditious crime solving and exoneration, provides that the Department of Justice, through its DNA Laboratory, is responsible for the management and administration of the state's DNA and Forensic Identification Database and Data Bank Program. The act imposes certain requirements on local law enforcement agencies that collect specimens or samples pursuant to these provisions, including that the specimens or samples collected be forwarded immediately to the department and in compliance with department policies. This bill would require that all DNA samples or specimens collected in criminal investigations be processed and analyzed for identification purposes within 30 days of collection.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation and regional transportation agencies, as defined, until January 1, 2012, to enter into comprehensive development lease agreements with public and private entities, or consortia of those entities, for certain transportation projects that may charge users of those projects tolls and user fees, subject to various terms and conditions. Existing law limits the number of projects authorized pursuant to these provisions to 2 in northern California and 2 in southern California. Existing law provides that a lease agreement may provide for reasonable compensation to the leaseholder for the adverse effects on toll or user fee revenue due to competing transportation projects that may be undertaken, as specified. This bill would prohibit a lease agreement entered into on or after January 1, 2010, from providing for compensation for adverse effects of competing projects.
Existing law establishes the Biennial Inspection of Terminals program to ensure the safe operation of certain vehicles by a motor carrier through the inspection of these vehicles at the motor carrier's terminal by the Department of the California Highway Patrol. Existing law requires a motor carrier to submit an application for a terminal inspection accompanied with a payment of a fee. Existing law provides a fee schedule for a terminal inspection application based on the number of vehicles in the terminal, with a terminal of a fleet size of "1" required to pay $270. This bill would provide that a motor carrier who owns, leases, or otherwise operates not more than one power unit and not more than 3 towed vehicles shall be considered to have a terminal fleet size of "1."
The Milk and Milk Products Act of 1947 establishes standards for the inspection of milk products. Existing law authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to take specified actions relating to the inspection, sampling, and analyzing of milk products. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
The Sales and Use Tax Law imposes a tax on the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state, or on the sales price of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for the storage, use, or other consumption of that property in this state by the purchaser. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature, upon imposition of a tax under the Sales and Use Tax Law upon certain services, to enact legislation that would exempt from that tax any services purchased by a nonprofit organization.
(1) Existing law creates the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission as a joint powers agreement between the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles, and the Sixth District Agricultural Association, referred to as the California Science Center. This bill would require the California Science Center to sell the parcel of land that the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena occupy and the state's share of the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena structure by authorizing the Department of General Services to establish a process to solicit bids for the fair market sale of the parcel of the land and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena structure. Any buyer or buyers who specify that they will continue with the same use of the parcel of land and the Los Angeles Memorial sports Arena structure would be exempt from any applicable state and local environmental laws and regulations with regard to improvements, construction, or remodeling. (2) The California Constitution provides that the proceeds from the sale of surplus state property be used to pay the principal and interest on bonds issued pursuant to the Economic Recovery Bond Act until the principal and interest on those bonds are fully paid, after which these proceeds are required to be deposited into the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties. Existing statutory law similarly requires that the net proceeds received from any real property disposition be paid into the Deficit Recovery Bond Retirement Sinking Fund Subaccount, a continuously appropriated fund, until the bonds issued pursuant to the act are retired. By increasing the amount transferred into a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation. This bill would terminate the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission upon the completion of the sale of the land that the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena occupy. (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of each school district to establish a restricted fund to be known as the district deferred maintenance fund for the purpose of major repair or replacement of, among other things, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, electrical, roofing, floor systems, and any other items of maintenance approved by the State Allocation Board. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
Existing law defines "quasi-community property" to include all real or personal property, wherever situated, acquired by either spouse that would have been community property if the spouse had been domiciled in this state, as specified. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.
Existing law establishes the California State University and provides for its administration by the Trustees of the California State University. Existing law requires the trustees to provide by rule for the government of their appointees and employees. The bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that requirement.
Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, prohibits, with specified exceptions, a person from engaging in the manufacture, packing, or holding of any processed food in this state unless the person has a valid registration from the State Department of Public Health. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to the exceptions to the registration requirement.
Existing law generally regulates mortgage foreclosure consultants, as defined. Existing law states that it is the intent of the Legislature in those regulatory provisions to require that foreclosure consultant service agreements be expressed in writing, to safeguard the public against deceit and financial hardship, to permit rescission of foreclosure consultation contracts, to prohibit representations that tend to mislead, and to encourage fair dealing in the rendition of foreclosure services. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would protect consumers who seek out debt settlement or debt management services by codifying acceptable industry business practices and outlawing unacceptable industry business practices.
The Personal Income Tax Law and the Bank and Corporation Tax Law authorize various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws. This bill would allow a credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2009, and before January 1, 2019, in an amount equal to 5% of the amount paid or incurred for qualified property, as defined, not to exceed $10,000, that is used to meet diesel particulate matter reduction requirements. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
