Existing law required the State Board of Education to adopt statewide academic content standards in the core curriculum areas of reading, writing, and mathematics, and requires the Academic Content Standards Commission to develop academic content standards in language arts and mathematics. Existing law also authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to recommend, and for the state board to approve, modifications to the common core academic content standards in mathematics, as specified. This bill would require the Superintendent, by January 1, 2017, to recommend to the state board a schedule for the regular update of academic content standards in all subjects for which standards have been adopted by the state board in accordance with specified procedures, including the establishment of academic content standards advisory committees for those purposes and the recommendation of proposed updates by those committees to the state board.
Existing law establishes the California Earthquake Authority, which is authorized to transact insurance in the state as necessary to sell policies of basic residential earthquake insurance, as provided. Existing law provides that a public purpose will be served by a voluntary contractual assessment program that provides the legislative body of a public agency with the authority to finance the installation of seismic strengthening improvements that are permanently fixed to residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, or other real property. For purposes of financing the installation of seismic strengthening improvements, "public agency" means a city, county, or city and county. This bill would include the California Earthquake Authority as part of the definition of "public agency" for this purpose. The Improvement Bond Act of 1915 provides authority for the legislative body of any city to determine that bonds may be issued to pay for specified works of improvement. This bill would include the California Earthquake Authority as part of the definition of "city" or "municipality" for purposes of this act. Existing law authorizes the Earthquake Loss Mitigation Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, to be applied to supply grants and loans or loan guarantees to dwelling owners who wish to retrofit their homes to protect against earthquake damage. This bill would also authorize the money in the fund to be used to fund seismic strengthening improvements permanently fixed to residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, or other real property and an account for related loan losses, and to acquire debt obligations issued to fund these seismic strengthening improvements, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would require the California Earthquake Authority to establish a loan loss reserve account in the fund for the deposit of moneys to be expended for loan losses incurred in connection with financing seismic strengthening improvements. This bill would (1) revise or waive certain notice and reporting requirements generally applicable to contractual assessments for contractual assessments that finance seismic strengthening improvements, (2) absent specified conditions, presume statewide scope of any California Earthquake Authority programs of contractual assessments for seismic strengthening improvements, and (3) provide for payment of assessments pursuant to the contractual payment schedule for any California Earthquake Authority program, notwithstanding any bonds secured by those assessments. The bill would require the California Earthquake Authority, prior to entering into a voluntary contractual assessment with a property owner to finance seismic strengthening improvements, to disclose the terms and conditions of the voluntary contractual assessment, and to notify the property owner, in writing, that he or she may be required to pay the remaining principal balance of the voluntary contractual assessment when he or she refinances or sells the property. The bill would specify that the California Earthquake Authority shall require each property owner to sign a document acknowledging his or her receipt of this written disclosure. The bill would also require that seismic strengthening improvements that are permanently fixed to real property and that are financed pursuant to the program comply with all applicable state and local building standards.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The existing definition of an electrical corporation excludes from that definition a corporation or person employing landfill gas technology or digester gas technology for the generation of electricity for (1) its own use or the use of not more than 2 of its tenants located on the real property on which the electricity is generated, (2) the use of or sale to not more than 2 other corporations or persons solely for use on the real property on which the electricity is generated, or (3) the sale or transmission to an electrical corporation or state or local public agency, if the sale or transmission of the electricity service to a retail customer is provided through the transmission system of the existing local publicly owned electric utility or electrical corporation of that retail customer. The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a renewables portfolio standard requiring all retail sellers, as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, at specified percentages of the total kilowatthours sold to their retail end-customers during specified compliance periods. The program additionally requires each local publicly owned electric utility, as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources to achieve the targets established by the program. The program, consistent with the goals of procuring the least-cost and best-fit eligible renewable energy resources that meet project viability principles, requires that all retail sellers procure a balanced portfolio of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as specified, referred to as the portfolio content requirements. Existing law requires every electrical corporation to file with the commission a standard tariff for electricity generated by an electric generation facility, as defined, that qualifies for the tariff, is owned and operated by a retail customer of the electrical corporation, and is located within the service territory of, and developed to sell electricity to, the electrical corporation. This tariff requirement is known as the renewable feed-in tariff program. The program additionally requires the commission, by June 1, 2013, to direct the electrical corporations to collectively procure at least 250 megawatts of cumulative rated generating capacity from developers of bioenergy projects that commence operation on or after June 1, 2013. Pursuant to this requirement, the commission has established the small-scale bioenergy feed-in tariff program. This bill would provide that renewable energy credits may be used to meet the first category of the portfolio content requirements if (1) the credits are earned by electricity that is generated by an entity that, if it were a person or corporation, would be excluded from the definition of an electrical corporation by operation of the exclusions for a corporation or person employing landfill gas technology or digester gas technology, (2) the entity employing the landfill gas technology or digester gas technology has a first point of interconnection with a California balancing authority, a first point of interconnection with distribution facilities used to serve end users within a California balancing authority area, or is scheduled from the eligible renewable energy resource into a California balancing authority without substituting electricity from another source, (3) where the electricity generated that earned the credit is used at a wastewater treatment facility that is owned by a public entity, (4) the generating capability, as specified, of the wastewater treatment facility that earned the renewable energy credit is first put into service on or after January 1, 2016, and (5) the wastewater treatment facility does not participate in the small-scale bioenergy feed-in tariff program. The bill would prohibit a public entity, selling renewable energy that is eligible to meet the first category of the portfolio content requirements pursuant to the bill's provisions, from making any marketing or advertising claims regarding the renewable attributes of the electricity that earned the renewable energy credit. The bill would require that the electricity generated that earned the renewable energy credit that is sold by the public entity be added to the total retail sales of the retail seller or local publicly owned electric utility purchasing the renewable energy credit for purposes of determining their renewables portfolio standard procurement requirements.
Existing law grants to the Central Valley Flood Protection Board the authority to carry out various flood control activities, including the authority to construct, maintain, and operate ditches, canals, pumping plants, and other drainage works. Existing law requires revenues, rents, and proceeds from sale of crops from lands under the control of the board be paid into the State Treasury, as specified, with the balance of the revenues, rents, and proceeds going to the credit of the General Fund. Existing law establishes the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District under the management and control of the board for the purposes of carrying out specified flood management activities within the boundaries of the district. Existing law authorizes the district to acquire, own, hold, use, and enjoy any and all properties necessary for the purposes of the district. Existing law requires all moneys collected upon sales or otherwise be deposited in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District Fund, as specified. Existing law requires moneys in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District Fund be paid out upon warrants of the Controller and requires the Controller to issue warrants upon the funds whenever drafts of the board are presented. This bill would additionally authorize the district to sell, lease, rent, or otherwise dispose of a right-of-way, easement, or property, as specified, and to take, receive, and apply for purposes of flood control the income, profit, and revenue received from the lease or rental of the property. By adding a new source of revenue to a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District.
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2470.).
The Gambling Control Act provides for the licensure of certain individuals and establishments involved in various gambling activities, and for the regulation of those activities, by the California Gambling Control Commission. Existing law prohibits a person under 21 years of age from being eligible for a work permit in a gambling establishment. Existing law also prohibits a person under 21 years of age from entering the premises of a licensed gambling establishment, except as provided. This bill would permit a person between 18 and 21 years of age to work in a gambling establishment in a classification that entails providing services on and off the gaming floor that are not involved in play of any controlled game, as specified.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Consumer Affairs to enter into a contract with a vendor for the licensing and enforcement of the BreEZe system, which is a specified integrated, enterprisewide enforcement case management and licensing system, no sooner than 30 days after written notification to certain committees of the Legislature. Existing law requires the amount of contract funds for the system to be consistent with costs approved by the office of the State Chief Information Officer, based on information provided by the department in a specified manner. This bill would, on or before March 1, 2016, or thereafter when available, require the department to submit an annual report to the Legislature and the Department of Finance that includes, among other things, the department's plans for implementing the BreEZe system at specified regulatory entities included in the department's's 3rd phase of the BreEZe implementation project, when available, including, but not limited to, a timeline for the implementation. The bill would also require the department to post on its Internet Web site the name of each regulatory entity that is utilizing the BreEZe system once the regulatory entity begins using the BreEZe system. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2021.)
Existing law, until January 1, 2019, authorizes the governing board of a school district, without advertising for bids, to lease real property owned by the school district for a minimum rental of $1 per year if the instrument by which this property is leased requires the lessee to construct, or provide for the construction of, a building to be used by the school district during the term of the lease and provides that the title to the building shall vest in the school district at the end of the lease. This bill would provide that when a project for the construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any structure, building, or other improvement of any kind that was leased through an instrument pursuant to the provisions described above before July 1, 2015, and that instrument is later determined to be invalid, the contractor who entered into the contract with the school district is entitled to be paid the reasonable cost of the labor, equipment, materials, and services furnished by the contractor before the date of the determination, subject to specified conditions. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Read. Amended. Adopted. (Page 2423.).
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 24. Noes 3. Page 1985.)
Existing federal law, commonly known as Public Law 280, authorizes the state to exercise jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indians in the areas of Indian country within the state, and gives state criminal laws the same force and effect within Indian country as they have elsewhere in the state. Existing state law creates the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training that, among other things, establishes levels of standards and training for peace officers, as specified. Existing law requires the commission to implement courses of training related to various topics applicable to peace officers. This bill would require every police chief, county sheriff, or other head of a law enforcement agency to assess his or her jurisdiction to determine if any Indian tribal lands lie within the jurisdiction. The bill would require the police chief, county sheriff, or other head of a law enforcement agency, if he or she determines that Indian tribal lands exist within his or her jurisdiction, to ensure that those peace officers employed by the agency who work in, or adjacent to, Indian tribal lands, or who may be responsible for responding to calls for service on, or adjacent to, Indian tribal lands, complete a course that includes, but is not limited to, a review of Public Law 280. By creating new duties for local officials, 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 these statutory provisions.
