This measure would request the President and the Congress of the United States to enact the Social Security Fairness Act of 2009, which would repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision from the Social Security Act.
This measure would make various statements regarding the importance of New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) to the California economy and would declare the necessity for the Legislature to utilize its vested powers to keep NUMMI in California.
This measure requests the United States government to restrict swordfish imports unless and until there is a process by which a nation seeking to export swordfish or swordfish products to the United States provides reasonable proof of the effects on marine mammals of the commercial fishing technology used to obtain the swordfish or swordfish products, and the National Marine Fisheries Service receives that proof and determines that the proof demonstrates that the swordfish or swordfish products to be imported were not caught with commercial fishing technology that results in the incidental kill or incidental serious injury of marine mammals in excess of United States standards.
This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway Route 15 in Temecula as the Deputy Kent Hintergardt Memorial Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering those costs, to erect those signs.
This measure would urge the President and the Congress of the United States to expand federally funded research efforts aimed at developing a reliable means of detecting pancreatic cancer in its early stages.
Existing law recognizes that the California Interscholastic Federation is a voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic athletic activities in secondary schools. Existing law expresses the intent of the Legislature to ensure that all pupils in foster care and those who are homeless, as defined, have a meaningful opportunity to meet the challenging state pupil academic achievement standards to which all pupils are held and that, in fulfilling their responsibilities to these pupils, educators, county placing agencies, care providers, advocates, and the juvenile courts shall work together to maintain stable school placements and to ensure that each pupil is placed in the least restrictive educational programs, and has access to the academic resources, services, and extracurricular and enrichment activities that are available to all pupils. This bill would require that a foster child who changes residences pursuant to a court order or decision of a child welfare worker be immediately deemed to meet all residency requirements for participation in interscholastic sports or other extracurricular activities.
(1) Existing law, the Osteopathic Act, an initiative act approved by electors on November 7, 1992, requires the Governor to appoint 7 members to the Board of Osteopathic Examiners. This bill would require the Governor to appoint 2 additional members to the board who must be naturopathic doctors, as specified, and would make other related changes. Existing law, the Naturopathic Doctors Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors by the Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law makes the act inoperative on July 1, 2010, and repealed on January 1, 2011. This bill would abolish the Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine and create the Naturopathic Medicine Committee within the Osteopathic Medical Board of California to administer the act. The bill would provide that the committee shall consist of 9 members, as provided, and meet at least 2 times each calendar year. The bill would make other conforming changes and would provide that these provisions are to remain in effect until January 1, 2013. (2) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of structural pest control operators by the Structural Pest Control Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. This bill would transfer the Structural Pest Control Board from the jurisdiction of the Department of Consumer Affairs to the jurisdiction of the Department of Pesticide Regulation. (3) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of electronic and appliance repair dealers by the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law also provides for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in various businesses associated with home furnishings, by the Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation within the Department of Consumer Affairs. This bill would create one bureau, the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation to administer these provisions. (4) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of professional engineers and land surveyors by the Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. The Geologists and Geophysicists Act establishes the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists in the Department of Consumer Affairs until January 1, 2011, and requires the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists to administer the act. This bill would abolish the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists and instead require the Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors to administer the act. The bill would make conforming changes and would require the Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors to receive 2 personnel-years that were previously allocated to the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists for the performance of responsibilities under the act. (5) Existing law establishes the Inspection and Maintenance Review Committee to analyze the effect of the improved inspection and maintenance program on motor vehicle emissions and air quality, as specified. Existing law requires the review committee to submit periodic written reports to the Legislature and the Governor on the performance of the program, including quantification of the reduction in emissions and improvement in air quality attributed to the program, and make recommendations on program improvements at least every 12 months. This bill would provide that these provisions are to remain in effect until January 1, 2012. (6) The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on July 1, 2009. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on July 1, 2009, pursuant to the California Constitution.
(1) Existing law creates the California Integrated Waste Management Board with specified powers and duties. This bill would abolish the California Integrated Waste Management Board and transfer its duties and responsibilities to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, which would be created by the bill in the Natural Resources Agency, under the direction of an executive officer known as the Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery. The bill would authorize the director to accept on behalf of the department federal grants, and require the grants to be deposited in the Special Deposit Fund, which is continuously appropriated, thereby making an appropriation. (2) Under existing law, the Department of Conservation administers the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act. This bill would transfer those duties to the Division of Recycling that the bill would establish within the newly created Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. (3) Existing law establishes the Office of Education and the Environment in the California Integrated Waste Management Board. This bill would transfer the Office of Education and the Environment to the California Environmental Protection Agency.
This measure would declare the week of June 29 through July 5, 2009, Yellow Ribbon Week to show support for military families and for troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This measure would acknowledge the history of the Chinese in California, recognize the contributions made to the State of California by Chinese Americans and Chinese immigrants, and express regret for past discriminatory laws and constitutional provisions which resulted in the persecution of Chinese living in California.
