Existing law establishes the Department of Motor Vehicles in the Transportation Agency and sets forth the powers and duties of the department, including, but not limited to, vehicle registration and the issuance and renewal of driver's licenses. Existing law defines a "person," for the purposes of these and related provisions, as a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation. Under existing law, a violation of, or failure to comply with, any provision of the Vehicle Code is unlawful and constitutes an infraction, unless otherwise provided. This bill would make it unlawful for any person to sell, or offer for sale, an appointment with the department, as specified. Because a violation of this provision would be an infraction, the bill would create 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
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Existing law sets forth a method for providing special education and related services to pupils with exceptional needs. Existing law permits, under certain circumstances, contracts to be entered into for the provision of those services by nonpublic, nonsectarian schools or agencies, as defined, and requires a contracting local educational agency to pay to the nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency the full amount of the tuition for individuals with exceptional needs who are enrolled in programs provided pursuant to the contract. Existing law authorizes a master contract for special education and related services provided by a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency only if the school or agency has been certified as meeting specified standards. Existing law sets forth the certification process and procedures for the nonpublic, nonsectarian schools or agencies that seek certification from the Superintendent of Public Instruction. This bill would instead require a contracting local educational agency to pay the full amount of the tuition or fees, as applicable, for individuals with exceptional needs who are enrolled in programs or receiving services provided pursuant to such a contract. Commencing with the 2020–21 school year, the bill would require a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency to include in its certification application documentation that the nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency will train staff who will have contact or interaction with pupils during the schoolday, as prescribed, and would impose related training and verification requirements on nonpublic, nonsectarian schools or agencies and contracting local educational agencies. Commencing with the 2021–22 school year, the bill would require a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency to include in its certification application documentation that the administrator of the nonpublic, nonsectarian school holds or is in the process of obtaining a specified credential, degree, or license and, in certain cases, 2 years of experience. Commencing with the 2020–21 school year, the bill would require a local educational agency that enters into a master contract with a nonpublic, nonsectarian school to conduct onsite visits to the nonpublic, nonsectarian school, as specified, and would require the State Department of Education, on or before June 30, 2020, to create and publish criteria for reporting the findings of a monitoring visit to the department. The bill would require a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency to notify the department and the local educational agency with which it has a master contract of any pupil-involved incident at the school or agency in which law enforcement was involved, as specified. The bill would authorize the department, if an investigation conducted by the department results in a finding that pupil health or safety has been compromised or is in danger of being compromised at a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency, to immediately suspend or revoke the certification of the nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency. The bill would require a nonpublic, nonsectarian school serving pupils with significant behavioral needs or who are on behavioral intervention plans to have a qualified individual onsite during school hours, as specified. The bill would also make other changes relating to nonpublic, nonsectarian schools or agencies.
This measure would condemn regulations recently adopted by the Department of Homeland Security to prescribe how a determination of inadmissibility for a person who is not a citizen or national is made based on the likelihood that the person will become a public charge. This measure would also urge the federal government to repeal the new regulations.
This measure would state that the Legislature strongly and unequivocally supports the existing fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards, the preservation of California's authority to enact stricter air pollution standards pursuant to its federal Clean Air Act waiver, and the enactment of a voluntary agreement between the State Air Resources Board and automobile manufacturers that preserves California's status as a leader in the fight for clean air; will consider any and all appropriate actions to maintain and enact vehicle emissions standards for the protection of public health, California residents, and the economy; supports any and all appropriate actions that enhance longstanding protections for the public's health, California residents, and the economy; and strongly urges the President and Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, and the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency to reject the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Proposed Rule for Model Years 2021–2026.
This measure would call upon all Californians to embrace the individual and social benefits of family and community acceptance, upon religious leaders to counsel on LGBTQ matters from a place of love, compassion, and knowledge of the psychological and other harms of conversion therapy, and upon the people of California and the institutions of California with great moral influence to model equitable treatment of all people of the state.
This measure would designate June 2019 as Second Chances Month in California, highlighting existing services and events to support reentry from incarceration.
This measure would recognize the need to pursue avenues to implement proposed reparations for the descendants of African slaves in the United States. The measure would further recognize August 2019 as marking 400 years since Africans were brought to Virginia.
This measure would welcome refugees and declare its support for the resettlement of refugees in California, no matter their religion, race, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity, or country of origin, and calls upon other local governments and communities to join them in supporting a stronger national effort to resettle the world's most vulnerable refugees. This measure would call on the federal government to resettle all 30,000 refugees that the United States has committed to resettle in the fiscal year 2019, and would call on Congress and the presidential administration to raise the Presidential Determination to at least 75,000 refugees for fiscal year 2020.
This measure would designate October 20, 2019, and each 20th day of October thereafter, as Leyte Landing Commemoration Day in recognition of the significance of the Leyte landing in liberating the Philippines from Japanese occupation and would also honor the significant contributions to California made by generations of Filipino Americans since that time.
Existing law provides for the licensing of traffic violator school owners, operators, and instructors by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law sets forth requirements for traffic violator schools, including that the school procure and file with the department a bond of $15,000 for home study schools and $2,000 for classroom-based schools. Existing law prohibits an office or place of business of a traffic violator school from being within 500 feet of a court of law. Beginning July 1, 2020, this bill would require a traffic violator school to procure and file a bond of $15,000 with the department, and would require an office or place of business of a traffic violator school to meet certain criteria, including having a minimum of 100 square feet and not being located within 50 feet of another licensed traffic violator school.