The State Teachers' Retirement Law, which is administered by the Teachers' Retirement Board, prescribes a comprehensive system of rights and benefits for its members, including disability benefits, retirement benefits, and death benefits. Existing law requires the Teachers' Retirement Board to fix the compensation of specified executive and managerial positions, including that of the chief executive officer, system actuary, general counsel, chief investment officer, and other investment officers and portfolio managers whose positions are designated as managerial, and to whom specified procedures and conflict-of-interest provisions apply. This bill would add the positions of chief operating officer and chief financial officer to those positions for which the board is required to fix the compensation and would make the individuals holding those positions subject to those conflict-of-interest provisions. The bill would also prohibit the salaries of the chief operating officer and chief financial officer from exceeding 150 percent of the prevailing salary for the Governor, as specified. The bill would additionally remove the position of chief of staff from those positions that are subject to conflict-of-interest provisions that limit postemployment appearances before, or communication to, the board.
Existing law establishes the Department of Fish and Game and sets forth the duties of that department. This bill would rename the Department of Fish and Game the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and would make related changes. The bill would prohibit existing supplies, forms, insignias, signs, logos, uniforms, or emblems from being destroyed or changed as a result of changing the name of the Department of Fish and Game to the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and would require their continued use until exhausted or unserviceable. The bill would prohibit the department from revising information technology systems or programs sooner than otherwise planned as a result of the change in the name of the department. This bill would also provide that, on or after January 1, 2013, the Department of Fish and Wildlife may be referred to, where appropriate and as deemed by the Director of Fish and Wildlife, as CAL WILD. This bill would prohibit existing supplies, forms, insignias, signs, or logos from being destroyed or changed as a result of authorization to use CAL WILD, where appropriate, to refer to the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and would require their continued use until exhausted or unserviceable.
Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, provides for the operation of public water systems, and requires the State Department of Public Health to adopt regulations for these purposes. Under existing law, regulations adopted by the department are required to include requirements governing the use of point-of-entry and point-of-use treatment by public water systems in lieu of centralized treatment, where feasible. Existing law requires the department to adopt emergency regulations governing the permitted use of point-of-entry and point-of-use treatment by public water systems in lieu of centralized treatment and requires that these emergency regulations remain in effect until the earlier of January 1, 2014, or the effective date of the required nonemergency regulations. Existing law limits these regulations to public water systems with less than 200 service connections. This bill would, instead, limit these regulations to public water systems with less than 500 service connections, and would require the emergency regulations to remain in effect until the earlier of January 1, 2016, or the effective date of the required nonemergency regulations. Existing law prohibits the department from issuing a permit to a public water system to allow the use of point-of-use treatment, unless the department makes specified determinations. This bill would additionally prohibit the department from issuing a permit to a public water system to allow the use of point-of-entry treatment, unless the department makes specified determinations. The bill would require that prior to the approval of a permit allowing installation of point-of-use or point-of-entry treatment devices, that a water system submit a capital outlay plan outlining the plan for construction of centralized treatment, as specified. The bill also would require the department to conduct a full audit of the water system's finances. The bill would require the department to charge a fee to a public water system that is seeking a permit or an amendment to a permit for purposes of conducting these administrative and regulatory activities.
Existing law provides that in all cases where property used or intended to be used to facilitate any violation of specified controlled substance offenses is seized and forfeited to a state or local governmental entity and, where necessary, sold, the moneys forfeited or the proceeds of sale shall be distributed by the state or local governmental entity to specified persons or entities for specified purposes, including for the purpose of combating drug abuse. Existing law, the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, includes provisions authorizing the seizure and forfeiture of property involved in, or purchased with the proceeds from, a controlled substance offense. This bill would provide that property is deemed to be seized whenever any agency takes possession or control of it. The bill would add provisions that provide that seizing agencies or prosecuting attorneys authorized to bring civil forfeiture proceedings shall not directly or indirectly transfer seized property, including any property seized by state or local law enforcement officers who are detached to, deputized or commissioned by, or working in conjunction with, a federal agency to any federal agency or any governmental entity not created under and subject to state law, unless the court enters an order, as specified, authorizing the property to be transferred. The bill would provide that, where a state or local agency transfers seized property to any federal agency for forfeiture in violation of these provisions, the state or local agency shall be liable to the state in an action brought by the Attorney General or a private attorney for 24% of the proceeds received by the state or local agency from the federal government, to be deposited in the General Fund for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for drug prevention and treatment services, and would authorize the recovery of the costs of the suit by the Attorney General or the private attorney.
Existing law authorizes the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank to enter into loan agreements with a sponsor or a participating party in order to finance a project related to infrastructure or economic development. Existing law requires the bank to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Joint Legislative Audit Committee on various topics related to the operation of the bank's projects. This bill would authorize the bank, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to enter into participation loan agreements, as defined, with financial institutions for the bank to purchase interests in loans made or held by financial institutions to small businesses. The bill would require the bank, if an appropriation is made to finance the participation loan program, to include in its annual report a summary of the participation loan agreement program, and would require the bank to also submit that portion of the report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature. The bill would authorize the bank, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to enter into syndicated loan agreements, as defined.
Existing law establishes several developmental centers within the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services. This bill would permit the real property within the grounds of a developmental center, as specified, that is determined to no longer meet the needs of the state for directly serving persons with developmental disabilities to be made available for lease and be leased, to generate revenue for deposit into the Californians with Developmental Disabilities Fund, which the bill would create. The bill would require moneys in this fund to be made available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for purposes of serving persons with developmental disabilities.
The Political Reform Act of 1974 regulates the receipt of gifts by public officials and also regulates the activities of members of the lobbying industry, including lobbyist employers. Under existing law, public officials are prohibited from accepting gifts from any single source in any calendar year with a total value of more than $250, as adjusted biennially by the Fair Political Practices Commission. Existing law also prohibits a lobbyist or lobbying firm from giving gifts to a public official aggregating more than $10 in a calendar month or from acting as an agent or intermediary in the making of any gift or arranging for the making of any gift by any other person. This bill would prohibit a lobbyist, lobbying firm, or lobbyist employer from giving to an elected state officer or a member of that officer's immediate family, and would prohibit an elected state officer from accepting from a lobbyist, lobbying firm, or lobbyist employer, certain gifts, including spa treatments, recreational trips, and gift cards. However, under the bill, these prohibitions would not apply to a fundraising event for a bona fide charitable organization. This bill would also prohibit a lobbyist employer from giving to an elected state officer, or a lobbyist, lobbying firm, or lobbyist employer from giving to a member of that officer's immediate family, specified entertainment tickets with face values exceeding $25, including theater, concert, and amateur sporting event tickets. Existing law makes a violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 subject to administrative, civil, and criminal penalties. This bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating additional crimes. 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. The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.
(1) Existing law, the After School Education and Safety Program Act of 2002, enacted by initiative statute, establishes the After School Education and Safety Program to serve pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 9, inclusive, at participating public elementary, middle, junior high, and charter schools. The existing act makes 1.5% of the funds appropriated for purposes of that program available to the State Department of Education for specified purposes. This bill, for the 2013–14 fiscal year to the 2019–20 fiscal year, inclusive, would require the department to annually transfer $150,000 of those funds to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing through an interagency agreement for purposes of implementing the California After School Teacher Pipeline Program. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and school districts or county offices of education receiving program funds, as described in (2) , minimize administrative costs to ensure the greatest number of pilot participant grants. (2) Existing law establishes the California School Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program for the purpose of recruiting paraprofessionals to participate in a program designed to encourage them to enroll in teacher training programs and to provide instructional service as teachers in the public schools. This bill would establish the California After School Teacher Pipeline Program, a pilot program, for purposes of improving the quality and retention of after school personnel and recruiting qualified after school instructors to participate on a pilot basis in the California School Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program. The bill would require the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to select up to 4 school districts or county offices of education receiving program funds under the California School Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program to apply for pilot program funds. The bill would require the commission to use the $150,000 annually transferred by the department, as described in (1) above, to award a grant to each selected applicant, not to exceed $3,500 per pilot participant per year. The bill would require the commission, before January 1, 2017, to report to the Legislature and the Superintendent of Public Instruction regarding the pilot program, as specified. The bill would make these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2020, and repeal them on January 1, 2021. (3) The After School Education and Safety Program Act of 2002 authorizes the Legislature to amend certain of its provisions to further its purposes by majority vote of each house. This bill would set forth a legislative finding and declaration that this bill furthers the purposes of that act.
Existing law establishes the State Department of State Hospitals, provides for the administration of state hospitals by the department, and provides for the involuntary confinement of certain individuals in those state hospitals, including persons who have been found incompetent to stand trial. This bill would authorize the department to expand a specified pilot program to establish competency restoration programs in prescribed counties, to provide treatment in county jails to individuals found incompetent to stand trial, and who have not been committed to a state hospital. By requiring specified counties to participate in the pilot program if it is expanded, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for competency restoration programs in Los Angeles County and Kern County. 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.
Existing law divides the state into agricultural districts within the boundaries of which agricultural associations may be formed. Existing law provides that District 28 is the County of San Bernardino. This bill would authorize the 28th District Agricultural Association, with the consent of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, to enter into a joint powers agreement for the purpose of creating a joint powers agency to operate, maintain, and improve the facilities and functions of the 28th District Agricultural Association. The bill would specify the powers of the joint powers agency, and would authorize it to accept the donation of, acquire, own, sell, or lease real property and to pledge its property or revenue for the sale of bonds to construct, equip, and furnish related facilities, except that the bill would prohibit the joint powers agency from selling, divesting, or pledging real property owned by the state without statutory authorization or the express consent of the Department of Food and Agriculture and the Department of General Services. The bill would permit employees of the 28th District Agricultural Association to make an election concerning employment with the joint powers agency, as provided. This bill would provide that the state is not liable for any debt of the joint powers agency. Existing law authorizes a nonprofit organization or a joint powers agency that holds an annual fair, as specified, to elect to be a member of the network of California fairs on conditions mutually agreed upon by the Department of Food and Agriculture and the nonprofit organization. This bill would also provide that the joint powers agency for the 28th District Agricultural Association may elect to be a member of the network of California fairs on terms and conditions mutually agreed upon by the Department of Food and Agriculture and the joint powers agency.
Existing law prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle upon a highway or in an offstreet public parking facility unless the motor vehicle is registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law requires a vehicle owned by a person residing outside the state that is based in California or primarily used on California highways to be registered in the state. Existing law imposes, with specified exemptions, a fee on the registration of a motor vehicle. Existing law authorizes certain local governmental entities to impose additional registration-related fees for specified purposes. This bill would impose an additional fee, in an amount to be determined as specified, at the time of registration or renewal of registration on a motor vehicle registered to a nonresident owner who submits a registration or renewal of registration form with a residence or business address, as applicable, that is outside of the state. The bill would provide that the above fee applies to a motor vehicle that is initially registered or that has a registration expiring on or after July 1, 2013. The bill would, upon appropriation of the Legislature, make the fees collected available to the Department of Motor Vehicles to reimburse its costs associated with establishing the fee and costs incurred in carrying out the bill, and, in equal portion, to the Department of the California Highway Patrol to support databases and public warning systems used to alert motorists and the general public of specified information and the Department of Justice to maintain criminal justice databases designed to enhance the effectiveness of public safety warning systems. This bill would include a change in state statute that would result in a taxpayer paying a higher tax within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, and thus would require for passage the approval of 23 of the membership of each house of the Legislature.
Existing law provides for state hospitals for the care, treatment, and education of mentally disordered persons. These hospitals are under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals, which is authorized by existing law to adopt regulations regarding the conduct and management of these facilities. This bill would require the department to reimburse an independent entity to conduct a review and analysis of staffing ratios to determine the appropriate levels for effective patient treatment, and would require a report with findings to be submitted to the Legislature by August 1, 2013. This bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2015.
