This measure would proclaim May 2011 as Buy California Small Business First Month.
This measure would proclaim July 27, 2011, as Korean War Veterans Armistice Day. It would urge Californians to remember the Korean War and those who fought against communism. It would also urge Governor Jerry Brown to proclaim July 27, 2011, as Korean War Armistice Day and instruct all state departments, agencies, interested groups, organizations, and individuals to fly the United States flag at half-mast on July 27, 2011, in memory of the veterans who died as a result of their service in Korea.
This measure would urge Congress to extend the alternative minimum tax holiday for private activity bonds.
Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, requires the Secretary of State to establish and maintain on the Internet an updated Directory of Lobbyists, Lobbying Firms, and Lobbyist Employers. The act further requires lobbyist employers and persons making certain payments to influence legislative or administrative actions to file periodic reports disclosing, among other information, their lobbying interests. This bill would require that the online directory maintained by the Secretary of State also contain information regarding lobbying interests. The bill would require that the periodic reports filed by lobbyist employers and other persons contain, in addition to their lobbying interests, the bill numbers of any legislation lobbied during the reporting period. The bill would also require the Secretary of State to display on his or her Internet Web site, within 90 days of the end of each calendar quarter, a list of the lobbying interests containing a specific reference to a bill number, accompanied by a list of all lobbyist employers who reported each of those lobbying interests, reported for the prior calendar quarter. Existing law makes a knowing or willful violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 a misdemeanor and subjects offenders to 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.
This measure would memorialize the Legislature's support for the school-based health center program authorized by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, an appropriation by the United States Congress to fund this program, policies that include school-based health centers as a partner in creating a medical home for all children, and the inclusion of school-based health centers in the reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Existing law establishes simplified procedures for addressing a decedent's estate valued under $100,000, including authorizing the successor of the decedent to collect property due to the decedent without letters of administration or awaiting probate of a will. Existing law excludes certain property from the determination of the value of the estate, including salary or other compensation owed to the decedent, not to exceed $5,000. Existing law permits a court, pursuant to a petition, to determine succession to property in an estate valued under $100,000, as specified. Existing law establishes an affidavit procedure by which a person may be designated as a successor to a decedent to a particular item of real property valued at no more than $20,000. Existing law establishes an affidavit procedure by which a surviving spouse may collect salary or other compensation owed the deceased spouse when the amount does not exceed $5,000, as specified. This bill would increase the amount of salary or other compensation to be excluded from the determination of the value of the estate from $5,000 to $15,000. The bill would also increase the values in the succession and transfer provisions described above from $100,000 to $150,000 for an estate, from $20,000 to $50,000 for real property, and from $5,000 to $15,000 for salary or compensation. The bill would also make conforming changes.
This measure would proclaim the month of June to be June Dairy Month in California, in honor of the work of dairy producers in California, and would encourage all Californians to continue to support the American dairy industry by including dairy products as part of a healthy diet.
This measure would urge Congress to defeat H.R. 1161 in order to protect and preserve the ability of California wineries, and all wineries in the United States, to ship wine directly to consumers without discrimination or unnecessary limitation between in-state and out-of-state wine producers.
Existing law provides that when an application for an order has been made to a judge, or to a court, and refused in whole or in part, or granted, or granted conditionally, or on terms, any party affected by the order may, within 10 days after service upon the party of written notice of entry of the order and based upon new or different facts, circumstances, or law, make application to the same judge or court that made the order, to reconsider the matter and modify, amend, or revoke the prior order. This bill would provide that an order denying a motion for reconsideration made pursuant to the provision described above is not separately appealable. The bill would provide, however, that if the order that was the subject of the motion for reconsideration is appealable, the denial of the motion for reconsideration is reviewable as part of an appeal from that order.
This measure would recognize May 2011 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.
