Existing law establishes a property tax exemption for disabled veterans. Existing law provides that for property for which the disabled veterans' exemption would have been available but for the taxpayer's failure to receive a timely disability rating from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) , there shall be canceled or refunded any taxes, including any interest and penalties thereon, levied on that portion of the assessed value of the property that would have been exempt under a timely and appropriate claim, provided that the claimant meets specified conditions. These conditions are that (1) the claimant had an application pending with the USDVA and subsequently received a rating that qualifies the claimant for the disabled veterans' exemption, and (2) the claimant subsequently files an appropriate claim for the exemption the later of 30 days of receipt of the disability rating from the USDVA or on or before the next following lien date. This bill would make these provisions applicable to property for which the disabled veterans' exemption would have been available but the taxpayer had not yet received a disability rating from the USDVA that qualifies the claimant for the exemption. The bill would delete the first condition described above requiring the claimant to have had an application pending with the USDVA and subsequently have received a qualifying rating. The bill would also change the timeframe for which a claimant may file an appropriate claim for the exemption to 90 days of receipt of the disability rating or on or before the next following lien date.
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This measure would establish, until January 1, 2014, the California Task Force on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education for the purpose of promoting the improvement of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology education across the state. The task force would consist of Members of the Legislature and experts appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Committee on Rules. The task force would conduct its business on a volunteer basis, be able to accept private funds, and would submit an annual report on its work to the Legislature.
This measure would proclaim May 12, 2010, as California Lab Day.
This measure would designate the 2nd week of October 2010, and annually thereafter, as Disability History Week, and would encourage public and private institutions of higher education, state and local agencies, nonprofit and community-based organizations, and private businesses and corporations to observe Disability History Week by dedicating appropriate classroom instructional time or by coordinating all-inclusive activities to be conducted during that week to afford opportunities for students and the general public to learn more about the disability community and to celebrate and honor its role in contemporary American society.
This measure would declare the Legislature's support for the observance of "Spirit of '45 Day" on the second Sunday in August to commemorate the anniversary of the end of World War II on August 14, 1945.
Existing law designates specified days as having special significance, and specifies how the days of special significance should be observed in public elementary and secondary schools and educational institutions. This bill would repeal and recast these provisions. This bill would express findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to Ronald Reagan. This bill would designate February 6 of each year as Ronald Reagan Day, and would encourage public schools and educational institutions to engage in exercises remembering the life of Ronald Reagan, as specified. Existing law requires the Governor to proclaim various days in honor of a person, status, or an event. This bill would require the Governor to annually proclaim February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day.
Existing law provides for the establishment of various commissions within state government. This bill would, until January 1, 2012, establish the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission in state government to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth. The bill would require the commission to recommend appropriate means to allow Californians to celebrate Ronald Reagan's life by honoring, promoting, and remembering his achievements for this state and country. The bill would prohibit the commission from using public funds and would require the commission to be solely supported by private funds. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law includes as an implement of husbandry, among other things, any vehicle that is operated upon a highway only for the purpose of transporting agricultural products and is in no event operated along a highway for a total distance greater than one mile from the point of origin of the trip. This bill would add an all-terrain vehicle used in agricultural operations as an implement of husbandry.
(1) Existing law allows school districts to agree among themselves to designate a single district, or a county superintendent to agree to act on behalf of participating school districts within the county or contiguous counties, for the purposes of performing specified duties regarding criminal background checks and maintaining employment lists if a person is an applicant for employment, or is employed on a part-time or substitute basis, in a position not requiring certification qualifications in multiple school districts within a county or within contiguous counties. This bill, in addition, would extend this authority to a noncertificated candidate who is assuming a paid or volunteer position, as specified, in multiple school districts within a county or within contiguous counties. (2) Existing law, commencing on July 1, 2010, requires that a noncertificated candidate obtain an Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate from the Commission on Teacher Credentialing before assuming a paid or volunteer position to supervise, direct, or coach a pupil activity program sponsored by, or affiliated with, a school district, as defined. Existing law exempts volunteer supervisors for breakfast, lunch, or other nutritional periods and nonteaching volunteer aides, as defined, under the immediate supervision and direction of certificated personnel of the district from this requirement. This bill instead would provide that the requirement to obtain an Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate is applicable to a paid or volunteer position to work with pupils in a pupil activity program sponsored by a school district. The bill would provide that a parent volunteering in a classroom or on a field trip or a community member providing noninstructional services is a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of the exemption described above. The bill would provide that the requirement to obtain a certificate does not apply to a candidate who is required by the school district to clear a Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal background check prior to beginning the paid or volunteer activities. (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.