(1) Existing law establishes a voluntary statewide registration program for persons who operate portable equipment that may cause the issuance of air contaminants. Existing law requires an owner or operator of portable equipment who elects to not voluntarily register his or her portable equipment through the statewide registration program to obtain a permit from the applicable air pollution control district or air quality management district. Existing law requires an engine that remains at a fixed location for more than 12 consecutive months to be excluded from the definition of portable equipment for these purposes. Existing law, for purposes of portable internal combustion engines, defines "fixed location" to mean any single site at a building, structure, facility, or installation. This bill, for purposes of registration programs for persons who operate portable equipment that may cause the issuance of air contaminants, instead would define "fixed location" to mean any single point within a building, structure, facility, or installation, to the extent allowed by federal law. The bill would prohibit districts from requiring a permit for the construction or operation of portable equipment whether or not that portable equipment replaces or supplements an ongoing primary activity at a facility or installation, provided the replacement or supplemental portable equipment meets the emission limits, as specified. By imposing new duties on air pollution control districts and air quality management districts, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) 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 these statutory provisions.
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Existing law requires the payment of taxes, fees, and surcharges that are administered by the State Board of Equalization under the provisions of the Sales and Use Tax Law, the Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law, the Use Fuel Tax Law, the Private Railroad Car Tax Law, the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Tax Law, the Alcoholic Beverage Tax Law, the Timber Yield Tax Law, the Energy Resources Surcharge Law, the Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act, the Hazardous Substances Tax Law, the Integrated Waste Management Fee Law, the Oil Spill Response, Prevention, and Administration Fees Law, the Underground Storage Tank Maintenance Fee Law, the Fee Collection Procedures Law, and the Diesel Fuel Tax Law. Existing law also creates a state tax lien that attaches to the property of any person who fails to pay any amount imposed under these laws when that amount becomes due and payable, but remains unpaid. Existing law requires that this state tax lien continue in effect for 10 years unless sooner released or discharged, or unless a notice of state tax lien is filed, as provided. This bill would authorize the State Board of Equalization or the Controller, as to liens filed under the Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law, to withdraw notice of a state tax lien if the liability that gave rise to the state tax lien, including penalties, interest, and fees, is paid in full. This bill would further require that any withdrawn state tax lien be applied as if notice of the state tax lien had not been filed, and require, as specified, written notice of the withdrawal of the state tax lien.
This measure would designate the month of November 2012 as California Runaway and Homeless Youth Month and would recognize the need for individuals, schools, communities, businesses, local governments, and the state to take action on behalf of runaway and homeless youth in California.
This measure would proclaim California as a Purple Heart State, honoring the service and sacrifices of our nation's men and women in uniform wounded or killed by the enemy while serving to protect the freedoms enjoyed by all Americans.
This measure would proclaim April 15 through April 22, 2012, as California Holocaust Memorial Week and would urge Californians to observe these days of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust in an appropriate manner.
Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue specialized license plates in accordance with requirements that include, among other things, a distinct license plate design or message that publicizes or promotes the official policy, mission, or work of a state agency and that additional fees charged be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for programs that further that agency's policy, mission, or work. This bill would require the department, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to design and make available for issuance specialized license plates that contain a message that promotes the policy of the state that prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived characteristics and disability, gender, gender identity, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. The bill would require that the specialized license plate be known as the "Antibullying License Plate Program." The bill would create the Antibullying Program Account in the Specialized License Plate Fund and moneys in the account would be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the program. The bill would require the State Department of Education to transfer sufficient moneys to the Department of Motor Vehicles to initiate the program.
This measure would respectfully request Congress and the Department of Defense to remain committed to maintaining the 144th Fighter Wing and the Aerospace Control Alert mission in California in order to prevent any negative impacts to Southwest air defense operations, the California economy, and the ability of first responders to protect the residents of this state.