Existing law includes provisions criminalizing conduct involving obscene matter and child pornography, including making the distribution of this material criminal. Existing law defines the term "distribute" for purposes of crimes relating to obscene matter. This bill would include within this definition of "distribute" making available for access or possession over the Internet. The bill would also provide that nothing in the provisions criminalizing conduct involving obscene matter and child pornography shall be construed to permit an action against an interactive computer service, electronic communication service, or remote computing service, as defined, that is inconsistent with specified provisions of federal law. By revising the definition of existing crimes to expand their application, 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.
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This measure would designate that January 18, 2010, be observed as the official memorial of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth, commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement in changing public policy in California and in the United States of America.
Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, governs the procedure for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies and for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of Administrative Law. Existing law requires the office to transmit a copy of a regulation to the Secretary of State for filing if the office approves the regulation or fails to act on it within 30 days. Existing law provides that a regulation or an order of repeal of a regulation becomes effective on the 30th day after it is filed with the Secretary of State, unless prescribed conditions occur. This bill would require the office to also submit to the Legislature for review a copy of each regulation that it submits to the Secretary of State. This bill would also require that a regulation become effective on the 90th day after it is filed with the Secretary of State, unless prescribed conditions occur. This bill would require the Legislature to refer a copy of every regulation submitted to it by the office to an appropriate policy committee for review of its consistency with the intent of the Legislature in regard to the statute that authorizes the particular regulation and to offer recommendations as to whether the regulation should be repealed by statute.
The Municipal Utility District Act governs the formation and governance of a municipal utility district. The act defines for its purposes the terms "district," "special district," and "board." This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those definitions.
Existing law requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to adopt reasonable rules and regulations that are designed to promote the safe operation of certain vehicles. Existing law establishes exceptions to these regulations for vehicles engaged in intrastate commerce that are not transporting hazardous substances, including, among other things, an exception for a driver employed by a law enforcement agency during an emergency or to restore public peace. This bill would include in these exceptions a driver employed under the direction or management of a county road commissioner, a county chief engineer, or a county engineer during an emergency for the purpose of maintaining, restoring, or reopening public roads, maintaining or restoring public infrastructure, or restoring or providing essential public service.
(1) Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to establish a California High School Coaching Education and Training Program to be administered by local school districts and to emphasize, among other things, training and certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid. Existing law requires each high school sports coach to complete a coaching education program developed by his or her school district or the California Interscholastic Federation that meets specified guidelines. Existing law makes a high school sports coach responsible for the costs of taking the prescribed course. This bill, commencing December 31, 2011, would require all coaches taking or renewing first aid certification to take training that includes a basic understanding of the signs, symptoms, and appropriate emergency action steps regarding potentially catastrophic injuries, including, but not limited to, head and neck injuries, concussions, 2nd impact syndrome, asthma attacks, heatstroke, and cardiac arrest. By requiring high school coaches to complete this additional training, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
Under existing law, each school district and campus of the California State University is authorized and is encouraged to establish and maintain a paper recycling program in specified areas owned or leased by the school district or campus where a significant quantity of wastepaper is generated or may be collected. This bill would authorize and encourage school districts and campuses of the University of California, California State University, and California Community Colleges also to establish and maintain a paper recycling program and a beverage container recycling program in those areas.
Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services, when authorized by the Legislature to use the design-build procurement process for a specific project, to contract and procure state office facilities, other buildings, structures, and related facilities, as provided. This bill would require the Department of General Services to submit to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, by January 1, 2015, a report containing a description of each public works project procured through the design-build process that is completed after January 1, 2010, and before December 1, 2014. The requirement for submitting a report would become inoperative on January 1, 2019, in accordance with other specified provisions. Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services to enter into only 7 design-build contracts pursuant to specified provisions, and requires 2 of these 7 to be for new veterans' homes in Fresno and Shasta counties, as prescribed. This bill would repeal that provision. The bill would also set forth its intent not to void or terminate design-build contracts already executed by the Department of General Services prior to the effective date of the bill.
(1) The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity to specified provisions of the federal Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007, allows an exclusion from a taxpayer's income for the discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness, as defined, if that debt is discharged after January 1, 2007, and before January 1, 2009, as provided. The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 extended the operation of those federal provisions to debt that is discharged before January 1, 2013. This bill would provide further conformity to those federal acts, including allowance of the exclusion for debt that is discharged before 2013, as provided. (2) This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The state board is required to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020, and to adopt rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emission reductions. The state board is authorized to adopt market-based compliance mechanisms, as defined, meeting specified requirements to be used for compliance with those regulations. This bill would prohibit the state board from implementing a market-based compliance mechanism that includes caps on greenhouse gas emissions and trading among participants unless it is a part of a legally enforceable regional or federal program.