Existing law establishes the California Rehabilitation Oversight Board in the Office of the Inspector General and requires the board to evaluate mental health, substance abuse, educational, and employment programs for inmates and parolees operated by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Existing law requires the board to submit biannual reports to the Governor and Legislature regarding the effectiveness of treatment and rehabilitation services and to make recommendations with respect to modification, additions, and eliminations of these programs. This bill would require the board's reports to recommend the elimination of any program or treatment effort the board finds is not cost effective or is unsuccessful. This bill would require the board to complete an evaluation of all of these programs by January 1, 2021, and would state the intention of the Legislature that the board complete 10% of its evaluation each year.
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(1) The California Constitution requires the Legislature to convene in regular biennial session at noon on the first Monday in December of each even-numbered year to consider legislation and the Budget Bill. This measure would require the Legislature to convene in regular biennial session, but would require, commencing on December 6, 2010, that the sessions held in odd-numbered years be budget sessions, and sessions held in even-numbered years be general sessions. The measure would require the Legislature in the budget session to adopt Budget Bills for each of the 2 subsequent fiscal years. The measure would require the Legislature, during a budget session, to meet only to conduct oversight and review of the revenues and expenditures of the state and to consider Budget Bills, budget implementation bills, as defined, and related revenue bills, except the Legislature could consider urgency statutes. (2) The California Constitution requires that a budget be submitted by the Governor, and that the Legislature pass a Budget Act on or before June 15. Funds may be expended from the State Treasury for support of the state government only through an appropriation made by the Legislature. This measure would require, in each odd-numbered calendar year, commencing in 2011, that the Governor submit to the Legislature 2 proposed budgets for the 2 subsequent fiscal years, respectively. (3) The California Constitution permits revenues from taxes imposed by the state on motor vehicle fuels and funds in the Public Transportation Account in the State Transportation Fund to be loaned to the General Fund. That loan is required to be repaid in full either during the same fiscal year in which the loan was made or within 3 fiscal years from the date on which the loan was made if specified conditions apply. If the loan is to be repaid in full during the same fiscal year, the repayment may be delayed until a date not more than 30 days after the date of enactment of the Budget Bill for the subsequent fiscal year. The measure would provide that the repayment may be delayed until a date not more than 30 days after the date of enactment of the Budget Bill for the subsequent fiscal year, or July 31 of that subsequent fiscal year, whichever is later.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit, as defined, to be achieved by 2020, equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions levels in 1990. The act requires the state board, on or before January 1, 2011, to adopt greenhouse gas emission limits and emission reduction measures, as defined, by regulation to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases, in furtherance of achieving the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit, with the regulations to become operative beginning January 1, 2012. This bill would make technical and nonsubstantive revisions to the above requirements.
Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board and the California regional water quality control boards prescribe waste discharge requirements in accordance with the federal Clean Water Act and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (state act) . The state act, with certain exceptions, imposes a mandatory minimum penalty of $3,000 for each serious waste discharge violation or for certain other described violations if those violations occur 4 or more times in any period of 6 consecutive months, as prescribed. Civil liability may be imposed administratively by the state board or a regional board or those boards may request the Attorney General to petition the superior court to impose the liability. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
This measure would congratulate and commend the Boy Scouts of America on their 100th anniversary and centennial celebration, and recognize the achievements and impacts the scouting program has had on youth.
Existing law authorizes a local authority to permit, by ordinance or resolution, the operation of golf carts on a highway under certain circumstances. This bill would authorize a local authority, by ordinance or resolution, to permit a senior citizen to operate a golf cart on streets and highways under its jurisdiction that are designated under an ordinance or resolution. The bill would require the ordinance or resolution to include, among other things, a designation of the highways on which a golf cart may be operated, a requirement that a person desiring to operate a golf cart as authorized apply to the local authority for a permit to operate the golf cart and an identification sticker for the golf cart, and a provision prohibiting the operation of a golf cart as authorized unless the permit has been issued and the sticker is affixed to the golf cart. The bill would prohibit the local authority from authorizing the operation of a golf cart on a highway with a speed limit of more than 25 miles per hour. The bill would also prohibit the local authority from authorizing the crossing of a highway with a speed limit of more than 25 miles per hour, or the crossing of a state highway, by a golf cart, unless that crossing is authorized by the agency having primary traffic enforcement authority over the highway. The bill would specify that a driver's license is not required to operate a golf cart as authorized under the ordinance or resolution and would also specify that a golf cart operated as authorized under the ordinance or resolution is not required to comply with certain motor vehicle equipment requirements. The bill would make it an infraction to operate a golf cart in violation of these provisions or of an ordinance or resolution adopted as authorized. By creating a new crime, the 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 establishes various offenses relating to the unauthorized provision of specified items to persons confined in local and state correctional facilities. This bill would provide, subject to exceptions, that any inmate or ward who possesses any cellular telephone or other wireless communication device or any component thereof, including, but not limited to, a subscriber identity module (SIM card) or memory storage device, or any person who possesses with the intent to deliver, or delivers, to an inmate or ward in the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation any cellular telephone or other wireless communication device or any component thereof, including, but not limited to, a subscriber identity module (SIM card) or memory storage device, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding $5,000. The bill would also provide that if a person visiting an inmate or ward is found to be in possession of a cellular telephone or other wireless communication device or any component thereof, including, but not limited to, a subscriber identity module (SIM card) or memory storage device, when searched or subjected to a metal detector, as specified, that cellular telephone or wireless communication device or component shall be subject to confiscation. The bill would require posted notices regarding those search and confiscation provisions, as specified. By creating a new crime, 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.
This measure would recognize the week of April 18, 2010, through April 24, 2010, as Crime Victims' Rights Week.
This measure would respectfully memorialize the Congress and President of the United States to recognize the vital role general aviation plays in the economy, health, safety, and protection of the nation, and abstain from legislation and policies that impact this industry's ability to continue to function effectively.
This measure would proclaim the month of May to be Women Veterans Recognition Month.