This measure would designate April 18, 2012, as DMV/Donate Life California Day in the State of California, and April 2012 as DMV/Donate Life California Month in the State of California, and would encourage all Californians to be organ, tissue, and blood donors.
This measure would designate February 2012 as No Place for Hate (registered trademark) Month.
This measure would honor and recognize the service and sacrifice made by members of the Armed Forces and their families on the occasion of Armed Forces Day on May 19, 2012.
The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to classify personal property for differential taxation or for exemption by means of a statute approved by a 23 vote of the membership of each house. This bill would, pursuant to this constitutional authorization, on and after January 1, 2013, impose a tax on every qualified lessee, as defined, of qualified heavy equipment, as defined, for the privilege of leasing or renting qualified heavy equipment in this state at the rate of 1.25% of the gross receipts of the qualified lessee. This bill would provide that this tax shall be in lieu of any personal property tax on qualified heavy equipment. This bill would require the tax to be administered by the State Board of Equalization and to be collected pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Fee Collection Procedures Law. This bill would require all revenues, interest, penalties, and other amounts derived from the imposition of the tax to be deposited in the Heavy Equipment Revenue Fund in the State Treasury, established by this bill. This bill would require all revenues in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be used to reimburse local entities for their loss of property tax revenues resulting from this bill. By expanding the application of the Fee Collection Procedures Law, the violation of which is a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandate 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. Section 2229 of the Revenue and Taxation Code requires the Legislature to reimburse local agencies annually for certain property tax revenues lost as a result of any exemption or classification of property for purposes of ad valorem property taxation. This bill would provide that, notwithstanding Section 2229 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, no appropriation is made and the state shall not reimburse local agencies for property tax revenues lost by them pursuant to the bill. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
This measure would designate April 2012 as California Autism Awareness Month, would affirm the Legislature's commitment to the important issues related to autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) , and would emphasize that each and every individual with an ASD is a valued and important member of our society.
This measure would recognize April 23, 2012, to April 30, 2012, inclusive, as Black April Memorial Week, and April 2012 as Vietnamese American month.
This measure would acknowledge the month of April 2012 as Child Abuse Prevention Month, and encourage the people of the State of California to work together to support youth-serving child abuse prevention activities in their communities and schools.
Existing law sets forth the requirements for the solicitation and evaluation of bids and the awarding of contracts by public entities and authorizes a public entity to use, enter into, or require contractors to enter into, a project labor agreement for a construction project if the agreement includes specified taxpayer protection provisions. Existing law also provides that if a charter provision, initiative, or ordinance of a charter city prohibits the governing board's consideration of a project labor agreement for a project to be awarded by the city, or prohibits the governing board from considering whether to allocate funds to a city-funded project covered by such an agreement, state funding or financial assistance may not be used to support that project, as specified. This bill would additionally provide that if a charter provision, initiative, or ordinance of a charter city prohibits, limits, or constrains in any way the governing board's authority or discretion to adopt, require, or utilize a project labor agreement that includes specified taxpayer protection provisions for some or all of the construction projects to be awarded by the city, state funding or financial assistance may not be used to support any construction projects awarded by the city, as specified.
Existing law defines certified interior designers and interior design organizations, permits a certified interior designer to obtain and use a stamp identifying the designer, and, among other things, makes it an unfair business practice for a person to represent himself or herself as a certified interior designer unless he or she complies with certain requirements. This bill would create the California Registered Interior Designers Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The bill would require the membership of the board to consist of an unspecified number of members who are required to be registered interior designers and an unspecified number of public members. The bill would require the Governor to appoint the public members and the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly to appoint unspecified numbers of the licensee members. The bill would provide for the licensure and regulation by the board of persons who engage in the practice of registered interior design, as defined. The bill would require the board to issue a license to a person who meets specified requirements, including, but not limited to, completing an application, paying a specified fee, submitting proof of successful completion of certain education and work experience, and submitting proof of passage of an examination approved by the board or a specified examination prepared and administered by the National Council for Interior Design. The bill would also require the board to issue a license to, among others, specified certified interior designers or persons with certain interior design experience if they are certified by the National Council for Interior Design or have passed an examination approved by the board or a specified examination administered by the National Council for Interior Design. The bill would enact various provisions regarding the practice of registered interior design, including, but not limited to, practice requirements, license requirements, conditions for license renewals including the completion of continuing education, and grounds for revocation or suspension of a license, among other disciplinary actions. The bill would authorize licensees, architects, landscape architects, and engineers to join or form business organizations or associations, except as specified, with persons outside their field of practice if certain requirements are met. The bill would authorize a licensee, if required by a local government in relation to the issuance of a permit, to prepare and seal interior design documents to be submitted for certain building permits. The bill would create the California Registered Interior Designers Board Fund and would authorize the committee to impose various fees on registered interior designers to be deposited in that fund. The bill would make it unlawful for a person to hold himself or herself out as, or solicit business as, a registered interior designer or use the title "registered interior designer" unless licensed pursuant to these provisions. The bill would also prohibit a person from engaging in the practice of registered interior design without a license. The bill would make a violation of any of these provisions a misdemeanor and, by creating a new crime, would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would enact related provisions, and would declare the intent of the Legislature in this regard. 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.
This measure would call upon all Californians to observe César Chávez's birthday, March 31, as a day of public service, to recognize the hard work and self-sacrifice that farmworkers go through to feed all the families in our state, and to learn from César Chávez's life and his mission of nonviolence, social justice, and selfless service to others.
