Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to immediately revoke the driving privilege of a person upon receipt of a duly certified abstract of the record of a court showing that the person has been convicted of, among other things, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Existing law requires a person who has been convicted of driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated, as specified, to install an interlock ignition device on the vehicle they operate for a mandatory period of time as ordered by the court. This bill, Irene's Law, would require the department, commencing on January 1, 2031, to revoke the driving privilege of a person upon a showing that the person has been convicted of a violation of driving while intoxicated that proximately causes bodily injury to any person other than the driver and has 4 or more prior convictions within a 10-year period for, among other things, driving while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage. The bill would additionally prohibit the department from reinstating that person's driving privileges until the expiration of 72 months after the date of revocation, subject to certain requirements, including, among others, agreeing to maintain a functioning, certified ignition interlock device, for a mandatory term of 72 months.
Existing federal law, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020, designates the 3-digit telephone number "988" as the universal number within the United States for the purpose of the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operating through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Existing law, the Miles Hall Lifeline and Suicide Prevention Act, requires, among other things, the California Health and Human Services Agency (agency) to create, no later than December 31, 2024, a set of recommendations to support a 5-year implementation plan for a comprehensive 988 system. Existing law requires the agency to convene a state 988 advisory group for purposes of advising the agency on the set of recommendations and requires the recommendations to include specified information. Existing law requires the advisory group to meet at least once per quarter until December 31, 2024. Existing law authorizes the agency to disband the advisory group on or after January 1, 2025. Existing law requires the agency, until December 31, 2029, to post regular updates, no less than annually, regarding the implementation of 988 on its public internet website. This bill would require the advisory group to meet at least once per quarter until December 31, 2029. The bill would authorize the agency to disband or reconvene the advisory group on or after January 1, 2030. The bill would require the above-described regular updates to include, among other things, the progress toward statewide interoperability between 988 and 911. The bill would require the agency to have the primary responsibility for statewide governance and implementation of the 988 system. The bill would require the agency to maintain a 988 System Governance Board to provide cross-agency coordination and oversight related to implementation of the 988 system, as specified. The bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services to be responsible for oversight of 988 center operations, among other things. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services (office) to establish and convene the State 988 Technical Advisory Board for purposes of advising the office on, among other things, recommendations on the feasibility and plan for sustainable interoperability between 988, 911, and behavioral health crisis services. Existing law requires the advisory board to meet no less than quarterly until December 31, 2028. Existing law, after December 31, 2028, authorizes the office to disband the advisory board. Existing law requires the office to appoint a 988 system director to implement and oversee the policy and regulatory framework for the technology infrastructure, coordination, and transfer of calls between 988, 911, and behavioral health crisis services. This bill would require the advisory board to meet no less than quarterly until December 31, 2029, and thereafter, would authorize the office to disband or reconvene the advisory board. The bill would delete the requirement for the office to appoint a 988 system director. The bill, on or before December 31, 2029, would require the office, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services, to procure, implement, and designate a single statewide interoperability platform capable of facilitating real-time communication and warm handoffs between 988 centers and 911 public safety answering points. No later than June 1, 2027, the bill would require the Emergency Medical Services Authority, in consultation with the office and the State Department of Health Care Services, to develop and adopt mandatory statewide protocols governing the transfer of calls and communications from 911 public safety answering points to 988 centers, as specified. The bill would require the authority to consult with, among others, county behavioral health agencies to develop these protocols. Existing law establishes the 988 State Suicide and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Fund for the deposit of 988 surcharge revenue. Existing law requires 988 surcharge revenue to be prioritized to fund, among other things, the 988 centers, including the efficient and effective routing of telephone calls, personnel, and the provision of acute behavioral health services through telephone call, text, and chat to the 988 number. Existing law requires 988 surcharge revenue in the 988 State Suicide and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Fund to be available upon appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes. Existing law requires an entity seeking funds available through the 988 Suicide and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Fund to annually file an expenditure and outcomes report, as specified. This bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services to develop and maintain a statewide 3-year expenditure methodology for the 988 State Suicide and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Fund, as specified. The bill would require the methodology to be completed on or before June 30, 2027, and to first be used for, or before, the 2028–29 budget year. The bill would require the entity seeking funds to include in the report the net revenues, expenditures, and sources of revenues for 988 and receiving or seeking funds, as specified. The bill would also make conforming changes to the provisions relating to the disbursement of moneys in the 988 State Suicide and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Fund.
Existing law requires a manufacturer or supplier making an environmental marketing claim relating to the recycled content of a plastic food container product to maintain specified information and documentation in written form in its records in support of that claim and to, upon request, furnish that maintained information to any member of the public, as specified. Existing law requires the maintained information to include that the recycled content for materials has been diverted from the solid waste stream either during the manufacturing process (preconsumer) or after consumer use (postconsumer) and that the recycled content claim conforms to the uniform standards for recycled content contained in the Federal Trade Commission Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims. Existing law provides for the imposition of a civil penalty by a city, county, or the state for a violation of these provisions. This bill would, beginning January 1, 2030, expand the application of those provisions from plastic food container products to all products making recycled content claims. The bill would revise the reference to the Federal Trade Commission Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims to specifically refer to those guides as they read on January 1, 2026. The bill would additionally require documentation in written form that the recycled content material claimed does not exceed the amount of third-party certified recycled content introduced into the manufacturer's or supplier's overall supply stream for the material used in that product line. The bill would require the recycled content claim to be based on the actual recycled content used in the production of the material used in the product line using specified methods. The bill would require a manufacturer or supplier making an environmental marketing claim relating to the recycled content of a product other than a plastic food container product to furnish, upon request, the aforementioned maintained information to the Attorney General, as specified. The bill would also keep any confidential, proprietary, or trade secret information provided or obtained regarding a product, other than a plastic food container product, confidential, as provided. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.
Existing law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish a local assistance grant program for fire prevention and home hardening education activities in California and extends eligibility for grants to, among others, local agencies, resource conservation districts, fire safe councils, the California Conservation Corps, certified community conservation corps, Native American tribes, and qualified nonprofit organizations. Existing law requires the department, on or before December 31, 2023, and annually thereafter, to post on its internet website certain information regarding hazardous fuel reduction and vegetation management projects funded or conducted by the department for the preceding fiscal year, including projects funded under the department's Wildfire Prevention Grants Program, as provided. Existing law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish a statewide program to allow qualified entities, as defined, who have completed a specific training program developed and administered by the department to support and augment the department in its defensible space and home hardening assessment and education efforts. This bill would require the department, in consultation with the State Fire Marshal's Wildfire Mitigation Advisory Committee, to establish a wildfire mitigation validation program to provide voluntary official recognition to a community that achieves progress toward community-scale wildfire preparedness and mitigations. The bill would require the department, in consultation with the committee, to (1) set the wildfire mitigations, including, among other things, home hardening and defensible space requirements, and (2) set the minimum percentage of mitigations required to achieve recognition and set increases in those percentages, as provided. The bill would authorize the department, commencing with the 2028–29 fiscal year, to disburse funds appropriated for the Wildfire Prevention Grants Program to recognized communities that partner with fire safe councils or other eligible groups, as provided. The bill would authorize the department to prioritize disadvantaged recognized fire communities pursuant to its established procedures for prioritizing disadvantaged applicants for the Wildfire Prevention Grants Program.
Existing law requires an elections official, upon receiving a vote by mail ballot, to compare the signature on the identification envelope with either the signature appearing on the voter's affidavit or signature appearing on a form that is part of the voter's registration record. Existing law requires an elections official, if it is determined that the signatures do not compare, to notify the voter of the opportunity to verify the voter's signature. Under existing law, if an elections official has a telephone number or email address on file for a voter whose signature does not compare, the elections official is required to notify the voter by telephone, text message, or email, as specified. Existing law requires a county elections official to establish a free access system that allows a vote by mail voter to learn if the voter's vote by mail ballot was counted, as specified. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to maintain a system to allow a vote by mail voter to track the voter's vote by mail ballot through the mail system, as specified. This bill would require the Secretary of State to implement and make available to county elections officials a system that allows voters to access electronic signature curing, as defined. The bill would require the Secretary of State to make available on its internet website specified data regarding voters' use of the system.
(1) The hazardous waste control laws require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to regulate the handling and management of hazardous waste and hazardous materials. A violation of the hazardous waste control laws is a crime. Existing law prohibits an owner or operator of a storage facility, treatment facility, transfer facility, resource recovery facility, or disposal site from accepting, treating, storing, or disposing of a hazardous waste at the facility, area, or site, unless the owner or operator holds a hazardous waste facilities permit, as provided. Existing law provides that a facility with the onsite accumulation of hazardous waste for a specified period of time by a generator of less than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste in any calendar month is not a storage facility if the quantity of hazardous waste accumulated onsite never exceeds 6,000 kilograms, the generator is in compliance with certain federal regulations, and the generator does not hold acutely or extreme hazardous waste in an amount greater than one kilogram for a specified period of time. Existing state regulations authorize a small quantity generator to accumulate various quantities of hazardous waste without a permit if certain conditions are met. This bill would instead provide that a facility with the onsite accumulation of hazardous waste for a specified period of time by a generator of less than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste in any calendar month is not a storage facility if the generator complies with those state regulations. Existing law imposes various manifest requirements for transporting hazardous waste, including, among others, requiring any person generating hazardous waste that is transported, or submitted for transportation, for offsite handling, treatment, storage, disposal, or any combination thereof, to complete a manifest. Existing law authorizes specified manifest requirements for transporting hazardous waste to be satisfied through the use of the United States Environmental Protection Agency electronic manifest (e-Manifest) system. This bill would require certain reports required to be submitted to the department when a manifest is not received to instead be submitted to the e-Manifest system. For purposes of the hazardous waste control laws, "treatment" means any method, technique, or process that is not otherwise excluded from the definition pursuant to these laws and that is designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste or any material contained therein, or that removes or reduces its harmful properties or characteristics for any purpose. Existing law excludes from that definition of "treatment" specified activities. This bill would exclude from that definition of "treatment" the compaction of hazardous waste under specified conditions, including, among others, requiring that the waste being compacted is not a free liquid, as defined, is not a solid that meets the ignitability or reactivity characteristic, as described, does not alter the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of the waste, other than physical changes inherent to compaction, and does not result in fugitive dust, fire, or explosion. Existing law designates certain generators of hazardous waste as a very small quantity generator if they generate less than certain amounts, based on type, of hazardous waste per calendar month established in a specified federal regulation. This bill would delete the reference to that federal regulation and instead designate as very small quantity generators those that generate less than certain amounts established in a state regulation with identical thresholds as the federal regulation for the generation of acute and nonacute hazardous waste, except as provided. This bill would also make other changes related to hazardous waste and nonsubstantive changes. To the extent this bill changes the conduct that constitutes the crime of violating the hazardous waste control laws, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law establishes the Board of Environmental Safety in the Department of Toxic Substances Control with specified duties. Existing law requires the board to annually prepare and transmit to the Secretary for Environmental Protection an annual review of the department's performance as compared to its objectives, including, but not limited to, the performance of the Director of Toxic Substances Control. This bill would require the board to post that review on its internet website. The bill would authorize the review to include, to the extent feasible using existing resources, other reviews, recommendations, and findings related to the department's performance, as specified. (3) The Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act (the act) generally regulates aboveground storage tanks that contain petroleum and that meet certain requirements. The act requires its provisions to be implemented by a unified program agency, as provided, and requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to adopt regulations implementing these provisions. A knowing violation of specified provisions of the act after reasonable notice of the violation is a crime. The act specifically excludes from the definition of an "aboveground storage tank" for purposes of the act oil-filled electrical equipment if the oil-filled electrical equipment meets specified conditions. The act further excludes from that definition a tank in an underground area that has the capacity to store less than 55 gallons of petroleum, has secondary containment, and is inspected monthly, if a specified condition is met. For purposes of the act, a "tank in an underground area" means a stationary storage tank that meets specified criteria and, among other things, the structure in which the storage tank is located, at a minimum, provides for secondary containment, as provided. For purposes of this definition, a shop-fabricated double-walled storage tank with a mechanical or electronic device used to detect leaks in the interstitial space meets the requirement for secondary containment of the contents of the tank. This bill would revise the exemption for oil-filled electrical equipment by clarifying that it applies if the single piece of equipment meets those conditions. The bill would revise the exemption for a tank in an underground area that has the capacity to store less than 55 gallons of petroleum by requiring the tank to have secondary containment of the contents of the tank, associated piping, and ancillary equipment, until cleanup occurs, and if the tank, piping, and ancillary equipment are inspected monthly. To the extent that the revisions to these exemptions would impose a higher level of service on local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The act further requires each owner or operator of a tank facility to immediately, upon discovery, notify the Office of Emergency Services and the unified program agency of the occurrence of a spill or other release of petroleum, as specified, that is required to be reported pursuant to specified water control laws imposing water discharge notice requirements. Existing water control laws exempt a discharge in compliance with waste discharge requirements or other water control laws from that notification requirement. This bill would instead make that notification requirement applicable to a discharge of any petroleum into or upon any waters of the state. The bill would make the exemption pursuant to the water control laws applicable to that notification requirement. By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would also make clarifying changes to the act. (4) Existing law provides for the regulation of underground storage tanks by the State Water Resources Control Board and the unified program agency. Existing law defines an "underground storage tank" for these purposes. Existing law requires the interstitial space of the underground storage tank to be maintained under constant vacuum or pressure such that a breach in the primary or secondary containment is detected before the liquid or vapor phase of the hazardous substance stored in the underground storage tank is released into the environment. This bill would make that requirement applicable to the interstitial space of the underground storage tank that is buried. Existing law requires a local agency to inspect every underground tank system within its jurisdiction at least once every year. Existing law requires a local agency to prepare a compliance report detailing the inspection and to send a copy of this report to the permitholder and the owner or operator, if the owner or operator is not the permitholder. Existing law requires, within 60 days after receiving a compliance report or special inspection report, the permitholder to file with the local agency a plan to implement all recommendations contained in the compliance report or to demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the local agency, why these recommendations should not be implemented. This bill would instead require the permitholder to return to compliance within 30 days after receiving a compliance report or special inspection report and would eliminate the option to file a plan to implement all recommendations. The bill would authorize the local agency to approve a plan to return to compliance in excess of 30 days, as long as the plan to return to compliance is received by the local agency within 30 calendar days of the permitholder receiving the compliance report or special inspection report. (5) Existing law requires a business to establish and implement a business plan for emergency response to a release or threatened release of a hazardous material in accordance with prescribed standards if the business meets specified conditions at any unified program facility, including, among other conditions, if the business handles a hazardous material or a mixture containing a hazardous material that has a quantity at any one time during the reporting year that is equal to, or greater than, 55 gallons for materials that are liquids, 500 pounds for solids, or 200 cubic feet for compressed gas. This bill would provide that the above provision does not apply to specified gasses, including oxygen, nitrogen, or nitrous oxide, as provided. (6) 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 specified reasons.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, by the State Department of Public Health. A violation of these provisions is generally a crime. Under existing law, if a person dies in a hospital, convalescent hospital, or board and care facility without known next of kin, the person in charge of the hospital or facility is required to give immediate notice of that fact to the public administrator of the county in which the hospital or facility is located, and if the person in charge fails to do so, the hospital or facility is liable for the cost of internment, as specified, and specified losses incurred by the estate or beneficiaries as a result of the failure to notify. This bill would instead require the licensee in charge of a general acute care hospital or a skilled nursing facility to make a reasonable attempt to notify any known next of kin, as specified. The bill would state that this requirement is met if a skilled nursing facility notifies the person's resident representative or has the body transferred to a hospital after death, or if the person notified the hospital or facility, prior to death and in writing, that they do not want their known next of kin to be notified of their presence or death. The bill would require, if a reasonable attempt is made or the person expressed a desire that next of kin not be notified, as specified, that the hospital or facility give notice to the public administrator as described above. The bill would make a hospital or facility that fails to notify any known next of kin liable for a continuing civil penalty of $200 per day, up to a maximum of $50,000, measured from the time it would take to make a reasonable attempt to notify the next of kin until the actual knowledge by the next of kin of the decedent's death. The bill would also make a hospital or facility that fails to notify the county public administrator, as specified, liable for a continuing civil penalty of up to $200 per day, up to a maximum of $50,000, measured from the 5th business day following a person's death until the county public administrator is notified. The bill would authorize a licensee that disputes the assessment of a civil penalty to, within 10 working days of the notification of the penalty, request a hearing pursuant to specified law.
Existing law creates the Department of Insurance to regulate the business of insurance. Existing law generally regulates residential property insurance, including homeowners' insurance. Existing law establishes the California FAIR Plan Association, a joint reinsurance association in which all insurers licensed to write basic property insurance participate to administer a program for the equitable apportionment of basic property insurance for persons who are unable to obtain that coverage through normal channels. Existing law requires the association to establish and maintain an internet website and toll-free telephone number, requires the association to cause the toll-free telephone number to be published in all general distribution telephone directories in the state, and requires the association to include the internet website address and toll-free telephone number on all communications with an applicant or insured. This bill would require the association to, each quarter, post on its internet website specified information, including the number of policies issued by the association in each ZIP Code and the risk exposure of the association. The bill would delete the requirement that the association cause its toll-free telephone number to be published in all general distribution telephone directories in the state. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 10095.5 of the Insurance Code proposed by AB 69 to be operative only if this bill and AB 69 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
(1) Existing law requires each chartering authority to be responsible for reviewing the audit exceptions contained in an audit of a charter school under its jurisdiction and determining whether the exceptions have been either corrected or an acceptable plan of correction has been developed, and after completing those financial and compliance audit oversight responsibilities, to identify and provide notification to the governing body of the charter school within 60 days of any material concern arising out of the chartering authority's ongoing oversight and monitoring activities. This bill would instead require the chartering authority, not later than July 1 of each year, to identify and provide written and timely notification of any material concern arising out of the chartering authority's ongoing oversight and monitoring activities during the previous 12 months. To the extent the bill would impose additional duties on chartering authorities, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials. Existing law requires, as a minimum requirement for a preliminary multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching credential, the satisfactory completion of a program of professional preparation, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the commission to issue a PK–3 early childhood education specialist instruction credential, as provided. Existing law requires a candidate for a credential to obtain a certificate of clearance from the commission before admission to student teaching under any professional preparation program approved by the commission, or participation in a field experience program, as provided. This bill would revise and recast that latter provision by requiring a candidate, before admission to any professional preparation program approved by the commission for one of the above-described credentials to provide verification that the candidate either (A) holds a valid permit or credential previously issued by the commission or (B) has applied for a certificate of clearance from the commission. For a candidate who provides verification that the candidate has applied for a certificate of clearance, the bill would require the candidate to obtain the certificate of clearance before beginning student teaching, clinic practice, or participation in a field experience program, as provided. This bill would require a professional preparation program approved by the commission for one of the above-described credentials to (A) submit specified candidate profile information to the commission for each enrolled credential candidate within 30 days of the candidate beginning the program, (B) update each candidate's profile information annually, and (C) indicate to the commission a candidate's program completion within 30 days of the candidate completing all credential requirements. Existing law requires the commission to annually use specified data provided by the State Department of Education to produce an initial data file of vacant positions, as defined, and educator assignments that do not have a clear match of credential to assignment. Commencing July 1, 2027, existing law requires a teacher employed by a local educational agency, as defined to include a school district, county office of education, charter school, or educational joint powers authority, and offering a course in which pupils receive course credit or that counts toward instructional minutes, or both, to hold the certificate, permit, or other document required by the commission for that assignment and to be monitored. This bill would, among other things, also require those teachers to be reported to the department by the local educational agency annually, and would remove educational joint powers authority from the definition of a local educational agency for purposes of these provisions. To the extent the bill would impose additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated program. (3) Existing law requires each school district that has one or more pupils who are English learners, and, to the extent required by federal law, each county office of education and each charter school, to assess the English language development of each pupil in order to determine the pupil's level of proficiency, as specified. Existing law requires the assessment for initial identification to be conducted upon the initial enrollment of a pupil, excluding enrollment in a transitional kindergarten program, as provided. Existing law authorizes a school district or charter school to maintain a transitional kindergarten program, as provided. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, by no later than March 31, 2026, to select, subject to the approval of the executive director of the State Board of Education, a list of screening instruments that meet specified requirements to support the identification of multilingual learners, as defined, enrolled in transitional kindergarten, and authorizes the Superintendent, in the 2026–27 school year, to select local educational agencies to voluntarily conduct a field test of the selected screening instruments. This bill would instead authorize the above-described field test to be conducted in the 2027–28 school year. Existing law, commencing with the 2027–28 school year, requires a local educational agency that serves pupils in transitional kindergarten to screen those pupils whose primary language is a language other than English, as indicated on a home language survey administered upon the pupil's enrollment, to identify them as multilingual learners using a screening instrument selected by the Superintendent, as provided. This bill would delay the commencement of that requirement until the 2028–29 school year. Existing law appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Fund to the Superintendent to acquire the selected screening instruments and any training materials, as specified, and to support field tests of the screening instruments. Existing law requires those funds to be available for expenditure or encumbrance through June 30, 2028. This bill would instead require those funds to be available for expenditure or encumbrance through June 30, 2029. By extending the encumbrance or expenditure date for an existing appropriation, the bill would make an appropriation. (4) Existing law provides that each person between 6 and 18 years of age not exempted is subject to compulsory full-time education and requires a person subject to compulsory education to attend the public full-time day school or continuation school or classes in the school district in which the residence of the parents or legal guardian is located. Existing law requires a school district to accept enumerated documentation, including property tax payment records, as reasonable evidence of a pupil's residence. Existing law states that a pupil complies with the residency requirements if the pupil's parent is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within the state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order. Existing law authorizes a parent to use one of several enumerated addresses, including that of a temporary on-base billeting facility, for purposes of school application, enrollment, and registration. This bill would expand the list of addresses authorized for the purposes identified above to include, among others, an off-base hotel. To the extent the bill imposes additional duties on school districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (5) Existing law establishes that the State Seal of Biliteracy certifies attainment of a high level of proficiency by a graduating high school pupil in one or more languages, in addition to English, and certifies that the graduate meets certain criteria for being proficient in English and one or more languages other than English. For purposes of the State Seal of Biliteracy, proficiency in one or more languages other than English can be demonstrated through at least one of specified methods, including passing a world language Advanced Placement examination with a score of 3 or higher, passing a world language International Baccalaureate examination with a score of 4 or higher, or passing a world language ACTFL Writing Proficiency Test (WPT) and an Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) with scores of Intermediate Mid or higher. This bill would include, beginning with the 2024–25 school year, achieving a level 3 on the high school California Spanish Assessment (CSA) as another method to demonstrate language proficiency in one or more languages other than English for purposes of the State Seal of Biliteracy. (6) Existing law, on or before July 1, 2027, requires the governing board of a school district or educational joint powers authority, the governing body of a charter school, or the county superintendent of schools to adopt a policy for the local educational agency to comply with in order to evaluate and approve contractors. Existing law requires the policy to include certain provisions, including, among others, a provision that provides that a local educational agency shall only contract with an entity that has a business license or business certificate, where applicable, and has appropriate insurance for the service being offered. This bill would exempt contracts with family daycare homes and certain license-exempt providers from that provision. Existing law requires the above-described policy to also include a provision that provides that contractors are prohibited from charging fees to a pupil or the pupil's parent or legal guardian. This bill would require that provision to instead provide that contractors are prohibited from charging fees to a pupil or the pupil's parent or legal guardian, except as otherwise authorized for specified programs. (7) 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 the statutory provisions noted above. (8) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) , in consultation with the California Coastal Commission, to design and make available for issuance special environmental design license plates that bear a graphic design depicting a California coastal motif. The department is required to impose certain fees for the issuance, renewal, substitution, and transfer of the plates, in addition to the regular fees for an original registration or renewal of registration. Existing law requires that certain additional fees be allocated to the California Environmental License Plate Fund. The department, after deducting its administrative costs, is required to deposit any additional revenue derived from the issuance, renewal, transfer, and substitution of the special environmental design license plates, in the amount of 12 in the California Beach and Coastal Enhancement Account in the California Environmental License Plate Fund and 12 in the California Environmental License Plate Fund. Existing law requires the Controller to allocate the funds in the California Beach and Coastal Enhancement Account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, first to the California Coastal Commission for expenditure for the specified public beach and coastal maintenance programs and second, from funds remaining after the first allocation, to the State Coastal Conservancy for coastal natural resource restoration and enhancement projects and for other coastal projects. This bill would, for fees collected on or after January 1, 2027, allocate 12 of all additional revenue to the California Beach and Coastal Enhancement Account and would require the Controller, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, to allocate the moneys to the California Coastal Commission for beach and coastal maintenance programs and 12 to the Coastal Access Account for the support of grant programs administered by the State Coastal Conservancy, subject to a determination by the Department of Finance that a sufficient balance exists in the Environmental License Plate Fund to maintain the amount of the current year's total expenditures and a prudent reserve, as defined. Existing law authorizes state agencies to apply to the DMV to sponsor a specialized license plate program and requires the department to issue specialized plates for that program if the agency complies with certain requirements. The bill would make certain allocations of moneys deposited to the California Environmental License Plate Fund on or after January 1, 2027, from the 49ers Foundation license plate program. Specifically, the bill would require (1) 10% of these moneys to be deposited in the California Beach and Coastal Enhancement Account to be allocated, upon appropriation, to the California Coastal Commission for expenditure for the Whale Tail Grants Program, the Adopt-A-Beach program, the Coastal Cleanup Day program, and other coastal public education programs, (2) 10% to be deposited in the Coastal Access Account within the State Coastal Conservancy Fund to be allocated, upon appropriation, for support of the State Coastal Conservancy's Explore the Coast grants, and (3) 20% to be allocated, upon appropriation, for the Outdoor Equity Grants Program.
Existing law designates the Department of Food and Agriculture as the lead department in noxious weed management and requires the department, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, to implement provisions relating to noxious weed management. Existing law creates the Noxious Weed Management Account and requires moneys appropriated from the account for expenditure by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to be allocated, by percentage, for specified purposes, including, among others, 60% to eligible weed management areas or county agricultural commissioners for the control and abatement of noxious and invasive weeds, and 20% to qualified applicants, as defined, for research on the biology, ecology, or management of noxious and invasive weeds, the mapping, risk assessment, and prioritization of weeds, the prevention of weed introduction and spread, and education and outreach activities, as specified. Existing law requires a weed management area, as defined, to be formed in a county or other geographic area as a condition of eligibility for funds from the Noxious Weed Management Account. Existing law requires each weed management area or county agricultural commissioner to submit an integrated weed management plan to the department for review, approval, and funding. Existing law prohibits more than 10% of the noxious weed management funds distributed to a weed management area from being used for meeting, travel, administration, and coordination costs. This bill would make the 60% of the moneys in the Noxious Weed Management Account allocated for the control and abatement of noxious and invasive weeds only available to eligible weed management areas, as provided. The bill would revise the requirements for an integrated weed management plan submitted by a weed management area to include specific goals and purposes, as provided. The bill would revise the definition of "qualified applicant" for purposes of the 20% of the moneys in the account allocated for research and other purposes. The bill would specify that a given geographic area may only be part of a single weed management area and would prohibit more than 25%, rather than 10%, of the noxious weed management funds distributed to a weed management area from being used for meeting, travel, administration, and coordination costs. Existing law, until July 1, 2028, establishes in the department a Broomrape Program. Existing law establishes the Broomrape Board within the department to advise the secretary and make recommendations on all matters relating to broomrape, as specified. Existing law requires the board to recommend specified actions to the secretary, including, among other things, conducting research related to broomrape, surveying, detecting, analyzing, and treating causes of broomrape, and establishing an annual assessment rate or schedule of rates to be paid equally by producers and handlers of tomatoes. Existing law, for purposes of the program, defines "person" as a producer, handler, or any other entity that holds title to tomatoes subject to assessment pursuant to these provisions. Existing law creates the Broomrape Management Account, a continuously appropriated account, in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund and specifies the funds to be deposited into the account. Existing law provides that a violation of the Food and Agricultural Code is a misdemeanor, unless a different penalty is expressly provided. This bill would instead define "person" for purposes of the program as a producer, handler, or any other entity that holds title to a commodity subject to assessment pursuant to these provisions, and would define "commodity" for these purposes as tomatoes intended for processing and any other commodity impacted by broomrape, as specified by the secretary, and would make conforming changes. The bill would extend the operation of the Broomrape Program by 2 years until July 1, 2030. By extending the secretary's authority to expend moneys in a continuously appropriated account, the bill would make an appropriation. By extending the operation of crimes within the program, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. 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 establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development and requires it to administer various programs intended to promote the development of housing, as specified, pursuant to which the department provides financial assistance in the form of deferred payment loans to pay for the eligible costs of development of specified types of housing projects. Existing law sets forth various general powers of the department in implementing these programs, including authorizing the department to enter into long-term contracts or agreements of up to 30 years for the purpose of servicing loans or grants or enforcing regulatory agreements or other security documents. This bill would permit the department to, subject to prescribed requirements, authorize the transfer of the department residual receipts share or excess reserves, as defined, from one rental housing development to another rental housing development with the same owner, as specified.
