Existing law establishes the Salmon, Steelhead Trout, and Anadromous Fisheries Program Act to protect and increase the naturally spawning salmon, steelhead trout, and anadromous fishery resources of the state. Existing law defines anadromous fish as fish that spawn in fresh water and spend a portion of their lives in the ocean. This bill would add legislative findings and declarations to the act. The bill would proclaim and reaffirm a legislative goal of restoring Chinook and Coho salmon populations to sustainable levels, sufficient to support viable recreational, commercial, and tribal fisheries, and to make substantial progress within the next decade toward meeting this goal. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature, in implementing this goal, that the department utilize the best available science in determining where to focus and prioritize conservation planning efforts for recovery of Chinook salmon and other salmonid species. The bill would also designate the Chinook salmon as the official state anadromous fish.
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(1) Existing law prohibits a person from operating firefighting equipment unless that person has in his or her possession a valid driver's license for the appropriate class of vehicle operated. Existing law requires an applicant for a driver's license to submit to an examination appropriate to the class of vehicle the applicant desires to drive. Class B vehicles include, among others, a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of more than 26,000 pounds. Successful completion of the examination to drive a class B vehicle qualifies the person to operate all vehicles covered under class C. Class C vehicles include, among others, a vehicle with a GVWR of 26,000 pounds or less. This bill would revise and recast the provisions regulating the operation of firefighting equipment, as defined, to permit certain persons employed as a firefighter or registered as a volunteer firefighter to operate firefighting equipment only if the person holds a class A, class B, or class C license, with certain exceptions, and a firefighter endorsement issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, after providing to the department proof of current employment or registration as a volunteer firefighter with a fire department and evidence of fire equipment operation training, as specified, passing the written firefighter examination developed by the department with the cooperation of the Office of the State Fire Marshal, and submitting a report of medical examination on a department-approved form. (2) Existing law requires an employer of a driver who drives a specified vehicle, including a vehicle for which the driver is required to have a class A or B license, to participate in a pull-notice system, for the purpose of providing the employer with a report that shows, among other things, the driver's current public record as recorded by the department. Existing law requires a fee to accompany a request to participate in the pull-notice system. This bill would exempt a fire department, as described, from paying the requisite fee to participate in the pull-notice system. The bill would make related changes. (3) This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 1808.1 of the Vehicle Code proposed by AB 2777 to be operative only if AB 2777 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2011, and this bill is chaptered last. (4) This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 12804.9 of the Vehicle Code proposed by SB 1475 to be operative only if SB 1475 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2011, and this bill is chaptered last.
Existing law provides that any person who, orally, in writing, or by wearing any military decoration, falsely represents himself or herself to have been awarded any military decoration, as specified, with the intent to defraud, is guilty of an infraction. This bill would instead provide that the offense is a misdemeanor, or in the case where the person committing the offense is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States, an infraction or a misdemeanor, as specified, and would exempt face-to-face solicitations involving less than $10. The bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 19.8 of the Penal Code proposed by AB 451 and AB 1675, to be operative only if this bill and one or both of the other bills are chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2011, and this bill is chaptered last. By increasing the penalty for an existing offense, this bill would impose 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.
Existing law requires the Corrections Standards Authority to establish minimum standards for state and local correctional facilities, including standards restricting the shackling of women in labor, during childbirth, and while in recovery after giving birth, and to review those standards biennially and make any appropriate revisions, as specified. This bill would require that the standards ensure that women who are pregnant shall not be shackled by the wrists, ankles, or both during any transport, during labor, during delivery, and while in recovery after giving birth, except that the least restrictive restraints possible may be used when deemed necessary for the inmate, consistent with the legitimate security needs of the inmate, the staff, and the public. The bill would require the authority to develop these standards regarding the shackling of pregnant women as part of its biennial review of its standards. Under existing law, pregnant inmates of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, wards of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, and wards in the custody of a local juvenile facility, are to be transported in the least restrictive way possible when being taken to a hospital for purposes of childbirth. This bill would prohibit inmates and wards of these facilities who are known to be pregnant from being shackled by the wrists, ankles, or both during any transport, during labor, during delivery, and while in recovery after giving birth, unless deemed necessary for the safety and security of the inmate or ward, the staff, and the public. If restraints are deemed necessary during labor, delivery, recovery after birth, or transport, this bill would allow the person to be restrained in the least restrictive way possible, consistent with the legitimate security needs of each inmate or ward, the staff, and the public.
Existing law establishes the State Lands Commission in the Natural Resources Agency. Under existing law, the commission classifies state land for its different possible uses and has jurisdiction over various state lands. This bill would prohibit a person from constructing, placing, maintaining, owning, using, or possessing a structure or facility on land under the commission's jurisdiction, unless all necessary easements, leases, permits, and other instruments required by law that authorize the construction, design, placement, maintenance, ownership, use, or possession of the structure or facility have been obtained. This bill would establish a civil penalty or fee for a violation of that provision. A person who violates that provision would either be liable for a penalty of not more than $1,000 a day or assessed a monthly use and occupancy fee that is not more than 60% higher than the full fair market rental for each day that a violation occurs. The bill would state criteria for determining the appropriate penalty or fee. The bill would exempt a telegraph or telephone corporation undertaking specified action and a franchised cable television corporation, limited to their usage of poles, conduits, cables, wires, and associated appurtenances under either their ownership or the ownership of an electrical corporation, from that penalty and fee. The bill, among other things, also would establish procedures to enjoin such activity, remove a violating structure or facility, and serve notice of any violation.
(1) The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, which is administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, establishes an integrated waste management program. The act creates the Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan Subaccount in the Integrated Waste Management Account and continuously appropriates the funds deposited in the subaccount to the department for making loans for the purposes of the Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan Program (program) . Existing law makes the provisions regarding the loan program, the creation of the subaccount, and expenditures therefrom inoperative on July 1, 2011, and repeals them as of January 1, 2012, and provides for disposition of funds remaining after inoperation and repeal. This bill would define the term "department" for purposes of the act. The bill would prohibit the department from funding a loan under the program until it determines that the applicant has obtained all significant, as determined by the department, applicable federal, state, and local permits and would extend the program and the continuous appropriation to July 1, 2021, and the repeal date to January 1, 2022, thereby making an appropriation. (2) The act requires, upon authorization by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, the Controller to transfer a sum that does not exceed $5,000,000 from the account to the subaccount as necessary to meet anticipated loan demand under the program. The act provides that the transferred amount is a loan to the subaccount, repayable with interest to the account. This bill would delete the limitation of the transfer to $5,000,000 and the requirement that the amount transferred be a loan to the subaccount, repayable with interest. The bill would retroactively delete the requirement that the amount transferred from the account to the subaccount be repaid with interest.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides for specified labeling requirements for containers of alcoholic beverages sold within this state. This bill would require any wine bottled on or after January 1, 2014, labeled with an American Viticultural Area established pursuant to federal law that is located entirely within a county of the 19th class, to bear the designation "Sonoma County" on the label in specified type size as determined by the size of the wine container, as prescribed. The bill would authorize the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to suspend or revoke the license of any person who violates those provisions. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that a violation of its provisions is a misdemeanor, unless otherwise specified. This bill, by creating a new crime, imposes 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.
Existing law authorizes the Elk Valley Rancheria Tribal Council, as the governing body of the Elk Valley Rancheria, California, a federally recognized Indian tribe, to enter into a joint powers agreement with the County of Del Norte and the City of Crescent City, or both, and deems that joint powers agency to be a public agency for this purpose. Existing law also prohibits the joint powers authority from authorizing or issuing bonds pursuant to the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985, unless the funded public improvements will be owned and maintained by the authority or one or more public agency members and the revenue streams pledged to repay the bonds derived from the authority or one or more of its public agency members. This bill would authorize the Smith River Rancheria Tribal Council, as the governing body of the Smith River Rancheria, California, a federally recognized Indian tribe, to enter into a joint powers agreement to participate in the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority, and would extend the prohibition against issuing bonds for public improvements except under specified circumstances to this authority.
This measure would recognize March 31, 2010, as the anniversary of the birth of César Chávez, and would call upon all Californians to participate in appropriate observances to remember César Chávez as a symbol of hope and justice to all persons.
This measure would recognize the contributions of the automotive aftermarket to the state and consumers and its efforts to educate the motoring public about the benefits of proper vehicle maintenance. The measure also would recognize and support the designation of April as National Car Care Month and encourage all citizens to participate in activities that promote proper vehicle maintenance.