This measure would designate May 29, 2018, as 529 College Savings Day, to raise awareness about the importance of saving for college with the help of 529 college savings plans.
This measure would recognize May 2018 as Blue Star Mothers of America Month in California, as specified.
This measure would urge lawmakers in Poland to reverse or revise a recent Polish law on speech related to the Holocaust, would call on Congress to join that effort, and would call for a renewed commitment to Holocaust education in California.
This measure would recognize May 2018 as National Mental Health Awareness Month in California to enhance public awareness of mental illness.
Existing law imposes an excise tax on motor vehicle fuel (gasoline) and requires these taxes to be deposited in the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account. Existing law requires the moneys attributable to the excise tax on gasoline related to specified off-highway motor vehicles and off-highway vehicle activities to be transferred monthly from the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account to the Off-Highway Vehicle Trust Fund. With respect to the portion of those moneys attributable to an increase in the excise tax as a result of the elimination of the sales tax on gasoline effective July 1, 2010, existing law instead requires those moneys to be transferred to the General Fund. With respect to the portion of those moneys from a $0.12 per gallon increase in the excise tax commencing November 1, 2017, and future inflation adjustments from that increase, existing law instead requires those funds to be transferred to the State Parks and Recreation Fund, to be used for state parks, off-highway vehicle programs, or boating programs. Existing law also requires the Controller to withhold $833,000 from the monthly transfer to the Off Highway Vehicle Trust Fund, and transfer that amount to the General Fund. This bill would, on June 30, 2019, eliminate the requirement that the Controller withhold $833,000 from the monthly transfer to the Off-Highway Vehicle Trust Fund and transfer that amount to the General Fund. The bill would thereby transfer this amount monthly to the Off-Highway Vehicle Trust Fund.
Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care services, including medical transportation services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions. Existing law and regulations prescribe various requirements governing payment policies and reimbursement rates for these services. This bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services to establish payment rates for ground ambulance services based on changes in the Consumer Price Index-Urban.
Existing law, the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997, establishes the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to provide grants or revolving fund loans for the design and construction of projects for public water systems that will enable those systems to meet safe drinking water standards. This bill would, to the extent funding is made available, authorize the State Water Resources Control Board to establish a grant program to provide funding to a county or qualified nonprofit organization, as specified, to provide low-interest loans to defined property owners for the replacement of corroded or lead-containing plumbing and service lines that adversely impact drinking water standards or for the installation of a point-of-use or point-of-entry water treatment system, as specified. The bill would require a county or qualified nonprofit organization that receives a grant pursuant to these provisions to annually provide to the state board specified information relating to the loans awarded and projects funded. The bill would authorize the state board to use a funding source that is authorized for and consistent with the purposes of the program.
The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws. This bill, for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, and before January 1, 2024, would allow a credit against the taxes imposed under both laws to a qualified employer in an amount equal to 35% of the qualified wages paid or incurred during the taxable year to a qualified employee, defined to mean an employee who has no functional hearing and has completed, or is completing, specified rehabilitative services. The bill would prohibit the credit from exceeding $2,100 per employee. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
