This measure would proclaim May 6, 2012, to May 12, 2012, inclusive, to be California Charter Schools Week, and would state that the Legislature joins the California Charter Schools Association in congratulating charter schools for the accomplishments and contributions they have made to public education.
This measure would designate April 18, 2012, as DMV/Donate Life California Day in the State of California, and April 2012 as DMV/Donate Life California Month in the State of California, and would encourage all Californians to be organ, tissue, and blood donors.
This measure would honor and recognize the service and sacrifice made by members of the Armed Forces and their families on the occasion of Armed Forces Day on May 19, 2012.
This measure would designate April 24, 2012, as "California Day of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923." It would memorialize the Congress and the President of the United States to act likewise to commemorate the Armenian Genocide.
Existing law creates within state government the Department of Justice, under the direction and control of the Attorney General. Existing law requires the Franchise Tax Board to, among other things, administer personal and corporation income tax laws and certain other nontax programs, including the collection of specified delinquent debt. This measure would require the Franchise Tax Board, for each year from 2014 through 2018, to annually submit to the Legislature a report that details the tax receipts collected during the immediately preceding taxable year from qualified persons. The measure would define a qualified person as, among others, a person who is not eligible to receive a social security number, but who has filed a state income tax return with a valid individual taxpayer identification number. The measure would provide that a qualified person voluntarily participates in the reporting program pursuant to an application process to be administered by the Department of Justice. The measure would provide that information collected under the program is confidential and not subject to public disclosure, except for purposes authorized under this measure. The measure would require the destruction of all records collected under this measure, as provided. The measure would provide that its provisions become inoperative on January 1, 2020. The California Constitution provides that the powers of state government are legislative, executive, and judicial. Existing law requires that the Governor see that the law is faithfully executed. Existing law provides that the Governor is the sole official organ of communication between the state and the government of any other state or of the United States. Existing provisions of federal law regulate immigration. This measure would require the Governor to request that the President of the United States to, among other things, direct the Department of Homeland Security, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) , and other relevant federal agencies, to not expend money or resources during the term of the program to apprehend, detain, or remove any qualified person participating in the program, or to prosecute any individual employing a qualified person.
This measure would acknowledge the month of April 2012 as Child Abuse Prevention Month, and encourage the people of the State of California to work together to support youth-serving child abuse prevention activities in their communities and schools.
This measure would call upon all Californians to observe César Chávez's birthday, March 31, as a day of public service, to recognize the hard work and self-sacrifice that farmworkers go through to feed all the families in our state, and to learn from César Chávez's life and his mission of nonviolence, social justice, and selfless service to others.
This measure would proclaim California as a Purple Heart State, honoring the service and sacrifices of our nation's men and women in uniform wounded or killed by the enemy while serving to protect the freedoms enjoyed by all Americans.
Existing law requires the State Public Health Officer to establish a statewide system for the collection of information determining the incidence of cancer, as specified. Existing law authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to assist every veteran of the United States and the dependent or survivor of every veteran of the United States in presenting and pursuing a claim as the veteran, dependent, or survivor may have against the United States arising out of war service, and in establishing the veteran's, dependent's, or survivor's right to any privilege, preference, care, or compensation provided by the laws of the United States or of this state. This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to establish a statewide system for the collection of information about veterans who have or have had a presumptive illness relating to qualifying military service, as determined by the federal Department of Veterans Affairs. It would also require the department to evaluate the sources of a presumptive illness and evaluate measures designed to eliminate, alleviate, or ameliorate its effect.
