The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes various credits against the taxes imposed by that law, including a credit for qualified renters in the amount of $120 for married couples filing joint returns, heads of household, and surviving spouses if adjusted gross income is $50,000, as adjusted currently to $76,518, or less, and in the amount of $60 for other individuals if adjusted gross income is $25,000, as adjusted currently to $38,259, or less. This bill, for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2016, instead would increase this credit for a qualified renter to $200 for married couples filing joint returns, heads of household, and surviving spouses, and to $100 for other individuals. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
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Existing law prohibits a person who has 0.08% or more, by weight, of alcohol in his or her blood from driving a vehicle. Existing law also prohibits a person, while having 0.08% or more, by weight, of alcohol in his or her blood, from driving a vehicle and concurrently doing any act forbidden by law, or neglecting any duty imposed by law in driving the vehicle, when the act or neglect proximately causes bodily injury to a person other than the driver. Existing law establishes a rebuttable presumption for each of those offenses that the person had 0.08% or more, by weight, of alcohol in his or her blood at the time of driving the vehicle if the person had 0.08% or more, by weight, of alcohol in his or her blood at the time of the performance of a chemical test within 3 hours after the driving. This bill would make it an offense for a person who has 5 ng/ml or more of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol in his or her blood to drive a vehicle. The bill would also make it an offense for a person, while having 5 ng/ml or more of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol in his or her blood, to drive a vehicle and concurrently do any act forbidden by law, or neglect any duty imposed by law in driving the vehicle, when the act or neglect proximately causes bodily injury to a person other than the driver. The bill would establish a rebuttable presumption for each of those offenses that the person had 5 ng/ml or more of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol in his or her blood at the time of driving the vehicle if the person had 5 ng/ml or more of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol in his or her blood at the time of the performance of a chemical test within 2 hours of the driving. The bill would also require corroborating evidence, as specified, in addition to a level of 5 ng/ml or more of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the driver's blood, for a conviction for either of those offenses. The bill would make additional technical, nonsubstantive changes. By changing the definitions of existing crimes, 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 proclaim the month of April 2016 as Black April Memorial Month.
Existing law generally sets out the requirements for the submission of written reports by public agencies to the Legislature, the Governor, the Controller, and state legislative and other executive entities. This bill would require a written report, as defined, submitted by any state agency or department to the Legislature, a Member of the Legislature, or any state legislative or executive body to include a signed statement by the head of the agency or department declaring that the factual contents of the written report are true, accurate, and complete to the best of his or her knowledge. This bill would also make any person who declares as true any material matter pursuant to these provisions that he or she knows to be false liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $20,000.
This measure would declare the month of April 2016 as Financial Aid and Literacy Month, with the theme of "Prosperity Through Education," to raise public awareness about the continuing need for increased financial literacy.
This measure would recognize May 2016 as National Mental Health Awareness Month in California to enhance public awareness of mental illness.
This measure would recognize Nowrūz, the Persian New Year celebration.
This measure would recognize the month of April 2016 as Citrus Strong Month for the purpose of celebrating California's vibrant citrus industry and the benefits it provides to the state's environment, economy, and people, and to affirm that California is citrus strong.