Asm. Henry Perea

This measure would declare March 2011 to be California School Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, and urge that the issue of bullying, and methods of preventing it, be discussed with appropriate activities in California schools during this time.

This measure would acknowledge the 50th anniversary of service by African American justices in the California courts, and would encourage all Californians to share in statewide and local celebrations throughout the year to recognize the contributions and diversity of these and other judicial trailblazers. The bill would also call upon the leadership of the judicial, legislative, and executive branches of government, and the greater legal, educational, and justice communities, to sponsor and participate in educational and outreach activities that highlight the work of the justices of the California Courts of Appeal and the California Supreme Court.

This measure would proclaim May 1 through May 8, 2011, as California Holocaust Memorial Week and would urge Californians to observe these days of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust in an appropriate manner.

This measure would acknowledge the month of April 2011 as Child Abuse Prevention Month, and encourage the people of the State of California to work together to support youth-serving child abuse prevention activities in their communities and schools.

This measure would recognize April 28, 2011, as Workers Memorial Day.

This measure would recognize April 24, 2011, to April 30, 2011, inclusive, as Black April Memorial Week, and April 2011 as Vietnamese American month.

This measure would designate March 2011 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

This measure would declare March 2011 to be Arts Education Month, would encourage all elected officials to participate with their educational communities in celebrating the arts, and would urge all residents to become interested in and give full support to quality school arts programs for children and youth.

The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law, in specified conformity with federal income tax laws, provide certain gross income exclusions, as specified. This bill would, under both laws, provide additional conformity with federal income tax laws by adopting specified provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 relating to gross income exclusions for reimbursements for medical care expenses under specified plans for dependents, as specified. Existing law excludes from the definition of "wages," for purposes of the unemployment insurance law, remuneration in excess of $7,000 paid to an individual by an employer during any calendar year, with respect to employment. That law also excludes from the definition of "wages" the amount paid by an employer for insurance or annuities, or into a fund to provide for any payment made to or on behalf of an employee or any of his or her dependents under a plan or system, as specified, on account of sickness or accident disability, medical or hospitalization expenses in connection with sickness or accident disability, or death. This bill would, under the unemployment insurance law, provide additional conformity with federal law by adopting specified provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 relating to an exclusion from wages for amounts expended for medical care. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.