Existing law authorizes 2 or more public agencies, as defined, to enter into an agreement to exercise common powers. Existing law also permits certain federally recognized Indian tribes to enter into joint powers agreements with particular parties and for limited purposes. This bill would include a federally recognized Indian tribe as a public agency that may enter into a joint powers agreement. This bill would also make conforming changes by conforming related code sections. This bill would also prohibit any joint powers authority that includes a federally recognized Indian tribe from authorizing or issuing bonds pursuant to the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985 unless the public improvements to be funded by the bonds will be owned and maintained by the authority or one or more of its public agency members, and the revenue streams pledged to repay the bonds derive from the authority, one or more of its public agency members, or any governmental or public fund or account, as defined, the proceeds of which may be used for that purpose. This bill would state that this bill does not affect, modify, or repeal any existing joint powers authority formed prior to this bill, including a joint powers authority that includes a federally recognized Indian tribe as a party or cooperating agency. This bill would state that this bill continues any authority granted by any prior law for a federally recognized Indian tribe to enter into a joint powers agreement.
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This measure would recognize June 19, 2011, as Veterans of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces Day, in memory of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for freedom and democracy and the victims of the Vietnam War, and in honor of the survivors, activists, and freedom fighters of that war.
This measure would recognize March 31, 2011, 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 continue designation and observance of the month of October as Italian American Heritage Month. This measure would also encourage the Legislature to continue the Italian American Legislator Project and welcome the exhibit "The Italian American Legislator Project of 2011: A Legacy of Service to the California Legislature" to the State Capitol Building in October 2011 and encourage all Californians, through the K–12 curriculum and otherwise, to learn about the history, role, and contributions of Italian Americans to the State of California.
Existing law requires corporations to register with the Secretary of State and file annual statements of information with specified information. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to annually mail a notice of compliance three months prior to the close of the applicable filing period. This bill would revise and recast those provisions and would instead allow a corporation to receive the annual renewal notice provided by the Secretary of State by electronic mail. The bill would make conforming changes to the statement of information, including with regard to mailing and street addresses. The bill would also make conforming and other changes to provisions that apply to credit unions and common interest developments, as specified.
Existing law requires the assessor, tax collector, and auditor to charge and collect a $1 fee for preparing specified documents, including, among others, a certificate of payment showing taxes paid. This bill would instead require the assessor, tax collector, or auditor to charge and collect a fee to cover the actual and reasonable costs incurred by the assessor, tax collector, or auditor to prepare a certificate of payment showing taxes paid. This bill would require the board of supervisors of the county to establish the fee subject to specified requirements.
Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, sets forth the procedures for incorporations and changes of organizations of cities, including procedures for disincorporation. This bill would provide that every city with a population of less than 150 people as of January 1, 2010, would be disincorporated into that city's respective county as of 91 days after the effective date of the bill, unless a county board of supervisors determines, by majority vote within the 90-day period following enactment of these provisions, that continuing such a city within that county's boundaries would serve a public purpose if the board of supervisors determines that the city is in an isolated rural location that makes it impractical for the residents of the community to organize in another form of local governance. The bill would also require the local agency formation commission within the county to oversee the terms and conditions of the disincorporation of the city, as specified. The bill would become operative only if AB 781 of the 2011–12 Regular Session is enacted.
This measure would resolve that the month of April be designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, would recognize April 27, 2011, as Denim Day California, and would encourage everyone to wear jeans on that day to help communicate the message that there is no excuse for, and never an invitation to, rape or sexual assault.