Existing law creates the Imperial County Transportation Commission, requires the commission's governing board, among other things, to adopt an annual budget, and establishes certain notice requirements relating to the adoption of the annual budget. Existing law requires the commission to prepare a short-range transportation plan and a specified short-range transit plan, and to administer certain transportation moneys. Existing law authorizes the commission to use up to 3% of those transportation moneys for purposes of carrying out its planning and programming responsibilities. This bill would expressly limit the use of those transportation moneys to only its transportation planning and programming responsibilities. The bill would authorize the commission, in cooperation with local agencies, as defined, that elect to participate, to assist those agencies in the coordination, administration, and implementation of programs and policies. The bill would authorize the commission to evaluate, develop, and implement specified nontransportation programs that it determines would provide local benefits by consolidating and sharing costs and resources, by facilitating local agency cooperation, or by operating under the commission's management. The bill would expressly authorize the commission to function as a regional agency for purposes of the development of an integrated waste management plan and as a service authority for freeway emergencies, as specified. The bill would prohibit the commission from using transportation moneys for nontransportation purposes.
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This measure would recognize the month of June 2019 as Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month and Friday, June 21, 2019, as The Longest Day, and would urge all Californians to commemorate the month of June 2019 as Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month.
Existing federal law establishes the federal Pell Grant Program under Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide need-based grant awards to low-income students in order to promote access to postsecondary education. This measure would respectfully request the Congress and the President of the United States to immediately take action to increase the maximum annual amount of the federal Pell Grant Program award from $6,195 to at least $7,500 to further help low-income college students alleviate the burden of postsecondary education debt.
This measure would declare the month of June 2019 as Portuguese National Heritage Month.
This measure would declare June 5, 2019, as California Nonprofits Day in recognition of the importance of nonprofit organizations to the economy and well-being of this state.
This measure would proclaim the week of June 1 through June 9, 2019, as California Fishing and Boating Week.
This measure would recognize the importance of access to local parks, trails, open space, and facilities for the health, wellness, development, inspiration, and safety of all Californians and would declare the month of July 2019 as "Parks Make Life Better!"® Month.
This measure would acknowledge the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and express the Legislature's respect to Muslims across California and throughout the world on this occasion.