California Bills

Existing law authorizes the Department of Human Resources, with respect to each state officer and employee who either is excluded from the definition of state employee by specified law, or is a nonelected officer or employee of the executive branch of government who is not a member of the civil service, to provide for vacation, sick leave, annual leave, and bereavement leave benefits, including the lump-sum payment of any amount of accumulated leave. Existing regulations of the department authorize, upon an annual determination by the department whether or not a buy-back will be offered, prescribed buy-back of unused leave credit by managerial, supervisory, confidential, excluded, and related employees, including annual caps of 80 hours for managerial employees and 40 hours for nonmanagerial employees. This bill would authorize certain of those employees, upon the department's annual determination, to elect annually to be paid at their regular rate of pay for up to 80 hours of eligible unused leave credit. The bill would require the department to determine the date of eligibility and conditions of buy-back and the period for application.

Existing law permits a conservator of the estate to petition the probate court for an order fixing and allowing compensation to the conservator for services rendered and to the attorney for services rendered. Existing law also permits a person who unsuccessfully petitioned for the appointment of a conservator to petition the probate court for an order fixing and allowing compensation to the person and the person's attorney for services rendered in connection with the appointment of a conservator. This bill would permit a person who successfully petitioned for the appointment of a conservator, as specified, to petition the probate court for an order fixing and allowing compensation to the person and the person's attorney for services rendered in connection with the appointment of a conservator.

Existing law requires each fair to annually report to the Department of Food and Agriculture the total number of credential and courtesy pass admissions issued and honored at the fair. This bill would repeal this requirement.

Existing statutory law and the California Constitution provide for equal property rights for both citizens and noncitizens. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the statutory provision.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2016.

Existing federal law requires the United States Secretary of Transportation to carry out a surface transportation project delivery program, under which the participating states assume certain responsibilities for environmental review and clearance of transportation projects that would otherwise be the responsibility of the federal government. Existing law, until January 1, 2017, provides that the State of California consents to the jurisdiction of the federal courts with regard to the compliance, discharge, or enforcement of the responsibilities the Department of Transportation assumed as a participant in this program. This bill would delete the January 1, 2017, repeal date and thereby extend these provisions indefinitely.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2016.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2016.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2016.