(1) The Enterprise Zone Act provides for the designation and oversight by the Department of Housing and Community Development of various types of economic development areas throughout the state, including enterprise zones, targeted tax areas, local agency military base recovery areas (LAMBRAs) , and manufacturing enhancement areas, collectively known as geographically targeted economic development areas, or G-TEDAs. Pursuant to these provisions, qualifying entities in those areas may receive certain tax and regulatory incentives. This bill would, until January 1, 2020, establish the Clean Manufacturing and Job Creation Incentive Act of 2012, and would authorize the legislative body of a city, county, or city and county to establish a clean manufacturing zone, as defined, within the city, county, or city and county's boundaries for the purpose of providing incentives to manufacturing businesses to locate within that city, county, or city and county. (2) Existing property tax law provides for the levy of an annual ad valorem tax on personal property, with certain exceptions, based upon the full value of that property. This bill, commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, would, until January 1, 2020, authorize local agencies, as defined, to provide an annual rebate to a taxpayer in an amount that shall not exceed the amount of property tax revenue paid by the taxpayer for that year for qualified manufacturing property that is located within a clean manufacturing zone.
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(1) Existing law provides that a person with a class C license may operate a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles of 26,000 pounds or less when it is operated by a farmer, an employee of a farmer, or an instructor credentialed in agriculture as part of a specified instructional program, it is used exclusively in the conduct of agricultural operations, and it is not used in the capacity of a for-hire carrier or for compensation. This bill would additionally authorize a class C licenseholder to operate, until January 1, 2018, a combination of vehicles with a specified gross combination weight rating and gross vehicle weight rating that meets specified operating conditions, including being operated by a farmer or an employee of a farmer and being operated within 150 miles of a farm. (2) Existing law excludes certain vehicles from the definition of a commercial motor vehicle for purposes of the Motor Carriers of Property Permit Act. This bill would exclude, from that act, until January 1, 2018, a pickup truck, as defined, or a vehicle that has a flatbed of less than 9 feet and meets certain conditions regarding its weight rating and operation. The bill would also exclude until January 1, 2018, a combination of vehicles with a specified weight rating that meets certain conditions regarding the weight rating and operation of those vehicles. (3) The bill would require the Department of the California Highway Patrol to submit a report, by January 1, 2017, to the Legislature, that evaluates the exemptions provided by the bill and recommends as to whether those exemptions should be continued. The bill would repeal the report requirement on January 1, 2021.
Existing law establishes the segments of the public postsecondary education system in the state, including the University of California administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law establishes the Higher Education Outreach and Assistance Act for Emancipated Foster Youth, which requires the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to perform specified services to assist emancipated foster youth. This bill would enact the Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act of 2012, which would additionally require the California State University, and request the California Community Colleges and the University of California, to establish foster youth campus support programs, which are separate from the Higher Education Outreach and Assistance Act for Emancipated Foster Youth, to provide comprehensive support and outreach services, as specified, to current and former foster youth in an effort to retain foster youth in higher education. The bill would require the California State University, and request the California Community Colleges and the University of California, to designate a foster youth campus support program coordinator using new or existing resources. The bill would require the State Department of Social Services to annually notify foster youth 13 years of age or older, and those foster youths' caregivers, of the postsecondary educational support provided to them pursuant to this bill.
Existing law encourages and authorizes all state agencies to cooperate with federally recognized California Indian tribes on matters of economic development and improvement for the Indian tribes. Existing law provides that cooperation by state agencies with federally recognized California Indian tribes on those matters may include certain activities, but it may not include activities that promote gambling. This bill would, instead, provide that cooperation and consultation by state agencies with federally recognized California Indian tribes shall not be construed to include activities that promote gambling. This bill would require every state agency, on or before January 1, 2014, to adopt a policy to consult with federally recognized Indian tribes prior to the development of regulations, policies, rules, plans, or other actions that will significantly or uniquely affect that tribal community.
This measure would designate May 2012 as Foster Care Month in California.
This measure would designate the week of April 15 to 21, 2012, as "National Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week," and would encourage the promotion of policies and programs that seek to reduce cancer disparities and improve cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and followup care for all Californians.
This measure would designate the second full week in April as California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
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.