Under existing law, the Director of Industrial Relations is the Administrator of Apprenticeship and is authorized to appoint assistants necessary to effectuate the purposes of state law governing apprenticeships. Existing law requires, with certain exceptions, that all workers employed on public works be paid not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work is performed and establishes prevailing wage requirements with regard to holiday and overtime work. Existing law requires that every apprentice employed on public works projects be paid the prevailing rate of per diem wages for apprentices in the trade for which he or she is registered and that employers who employ apprentices on public works projects comply with other specified provisions. Existing law exempts certain public works projects from the prevailing wage requirements applicable to workers if the awarding body contracting for public work initiates and enforces a labor compliance program that meets specific statutory and regulatory requirements and ensures compliance with prevailing rate wage laws. Existing law requires that all labor compliance programs obtain the approval of the director. This bill would provide that an awarding body that implements an approved labor compliance program may, upon mutual agreement with the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards and at his or her discretion, assist the director in the enforcement of prevailing rate wage laws and other requirements that apply to apprenticeships in public works projects through the operation of that approved labor compliance program under terms and conditions prescribed by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards. The bill would allow a contractor to appeal the result of a labor compliance program enforcement action related to apprenticeships in public works projects through specified procedures. The bill would provide that, if the involvement of the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards in a labor compliance program enforcement action is limited to a review of an assessment and the matter is resolved without litigation, the awarding body that has implemented the labor compliance program shall enforce any applicable penalties and shall deposit any penalties and forfeitures collected in its general fund.
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Existing law authorizes a city, county, or city and county to establish a 5-year pilot program that implements a procedure to declare a motor vehicle to be a public nuisance when the motor vehicle is used in the commission of specified crimes related to prostitution. This bill would repeal the provisions authorizing the pilot program and would instead authorize a city, county, or city and county to adopt an ordinance declaring a motor vehicle to be a nuisance subject to an impoundment period of up to 30 days when the motor vehicle is involved in the commission of any one or more of specified crimes related to prostitution or illegal dumping of commercial quantities of waste matter upon a public or private highway or road, if the owner or operator of the vehicle has had a prior conviction for the same offense within the past 3 years. The bill would require the ordinance to include specified provisions related to notice, the payment of towing, storage, and administrative fees, the provision of a poststorage hearing, and the release of the impounded vehicle. This bill would also require the ordinance to provide that a person operating or in charge of a storage facility is civilly liable to the owner of the vehicle or the person who tendered the towing, storage, and related fees for 4 times the amount, not to exceed $500, if the person operating or in charge of the storage facility fails to comply with specified requirements to accept a valid bank credit card or cash for the payment of those fees.
Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon receipt of an application for an automobile dismantler's license that is accompanied by the appropriate fee, to make a thorough investigation of the information contained in the application, not later than 120 days from the receipt of that application, except this investigation requirement does not apply to information in the application relating to permits, numbers, or a plan that may be required by other provisions of law. This bill would require the department to instead make a thorough investigation of all of the information contained in the application for a new license. This bill would require the department to make a thorough investigation of all the information contained in the application for a renewal of a license beginning January 1, 2011.
Existing law, the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, establishes a program of cooperative federalism for the regulation of telecommunications to attain the goal of local competition, while implementing specific, predictable, and sufficient federal and state mechanisms to preserve and advance universal service, consistent with certain universal service principles. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law requires the commission to oversee administration of the state's universal service programs, including the deaf and disabled programs. The existing deaf and disabled universal service program, among other things, requires the commission to design and implement a program to provide a telecommunications device capable of serving the needs of individuals who are deaf or hearing impaired, together with a single party line, at no charge additional to the basic exchange rate, to any subscriber who is certified as an individual who is deaf or hearing impaired. Existing law requires the commission, with certain exceptions, until January 1, 2010, to establish a rate recovery mechanism through a surcharge not to exceed 0.5% applied to a subscriber's intrastate telephone service, to allow providers of equipment and service pursuant to the state's deaf and disabled universal service programs to recover costs as they are incurred. Existing law requires the commission to annually review the surcharge level and the balances in the funds established to fund the state's deaf and disabled universal service programs and, until January 1, 2010, authorize the commission to make any necessary adjustments to the surcharge to ensure that the deaf and disabled universal service programs are adequately funded and the fund balances are not excessive. This bill would instead make January 1, 2014, the termination date for the requirements placed on the commission relative to funding of the deaf and disabled universal service programs. Existing law makes any public utility and any corporation other than a public utility that fails to comply with any part of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission guilty of a crime. Because the program that is extended under the provisions of this bill require a decision or order of the commission to implement, and violation of the order or decision would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by extending the operation of a crime. 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.
Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, grants persons with developmental disabilities the right to receive services and supports to meet their needs. Existing law requires that the State Department of Developmental Services contract with private nonprofit corporations for the operation of regional centers to obtain services and supports for an individual with a developmental disability in accordance with his or her individual program plan (IPP) . Existing law establishes an independent State Council on Developmental Disabilities to, among other things, develop and implement the state plan required by the federal government. This bill would encourage the individual program planning team to discuss school-to-work opportunities for consumers commencing at 14 years of age. This bill would require the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to form a standing Employment First Committee, as specified, to implement an Employment First Policy by July 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, report to the Legislature and the Governor describing the committee's work and recommendations.
Existing law requires a person in a trade or business who negotiates specified contracts or agreements primarily in the languages of Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, or Korean to deliver to the other party, prior to execution of the contract or agreement, a translation of the contract or agreement in the applicable foreign language, except as specified. Under existing law, failure to comply with these provisions entitles the aggrieved party to rescind the contract or agreement. Under existing law, these provisions apply to specified loans or extensions of credit subject to the Industrial Loan Law and the California Finance Lenders Law. This bill would, in the alternative, require a supervised financial organization, as defined, that negotiates primarily in one of those languages in the course of entering into a contract or agreement for a loan or extension of credit secured by residential real property, to deliver, prior to the execution of the contract or agreement, and no later than 3 business days after receiving the written application, a specified form in that language summarizing the terms of the contract or agreement, as specified. The bill would provide that a supervised financial organization that complies with these provisions would be deemed to be in compliance with the translation requirement in existing law described above. The bill would also provide that a supervised financial organization that complies with the translation requirement in existing law would be in compliance with these provisions. The bill would provide for administrative penalties against specified licensed persons for violations of these provisions. The bill would require the Department of Corporations and the Department of Financial Institutions to create a new form for these purposes, as provided, and to make it available in each of the languages described above. The bill would authorize an action against a supervised financial organization for a violation of these provisions to be brought only by a licensing agency or by the Attorney General. These provisions would become operative beginning on July 1, 2010, or 90 days after issuance of a form as provided, whichever occurs later. The provisions of this bill would not affect the obligations of a real estate broker, as specified.
This measure would recognize the pioneering work of promotores and community health workers in delivering vital and cost-effective health care services in communities throughout California and declare October 2009 as California Promotores Month.
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 would proclaim October 23 to October 31, 2009, inclusive, as Red Ribbon Week, and would encourage all Californians to help build drug-free communities and participate in drug prevention activities.
This measure would recognize the importance of California Native American Day, celebrated this year on September 25, 2009, and the concurrent California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference to the enhancement of awareness of California Indian culture.