Asm. Mike Gatto

This measure would recognize April 17, 2016, as World Hemophilia Day.

This measure would request the President and the Congress of the United States to express their support for access to comprehensive reproductive health care, including the services provided by Planned Parenthood, and to oppose efforts to eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

Existing law authorizes a state agency to apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to sponsor a specialized license plate program, and requires the DMV to issue those license plates if the sponsoring state agency meets certain requirements. Existing law requires the DMV to charge specified fees related to the issuance of those plates and to deposit the fees, less the DMV's costs, in the Specialized License Plate Fund. Existing law requires that moneys in the fund be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the sponsoring agency in proportion to the amount that is attributable to the agency's specialized license plate program. Existing law authorizes the sponsoring agency to use these moneys to fund projects and programs that promote the state agency's official policy, mission, or work. Existing law also establishes the Active Transportation Program in the Department of Transportation for the purpose of encouraging increased use of active modes of transportation, such as biking and walking. This bill would require the Department of Transportation to apply to the DMV, as specified, to sponsor a bicycle pathway license plate program, and would require the DMV to issue specialized license plates for that program if the Department of Transportation satisfies certain requirements. Notwithstanding the above-described provisions regarding fees for specialized plates, the bill would require the additional fees for the issuance, renewal, or transfer of these specialized license plates to be deposited, after the DMV deducts its administrative costs, in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund, to be available upon appropriation by the Legislature for the purpose of funding the Active Transportation Program. The bill would specify the appearance of the bicycle pathway license plate.

Existing law, the Corporation Tax Law, generally conforms to the federal income tax laws that apply to a regulated investment company and further provides that for purposes of the Corporation Tax Law, its "net income" is equal to its "investment company income." Existing law exempts from tax under the Corporation Tax Law, various organizations including credit unions, fraternal societies, social welfare organizations, and labor organizations. This bill would provide that under the Corporation Tax Law, a mutual fund investment management company wholly owned by one or more regulated investment companies and providing management services to the one or more regulated investment companies "at cost" is not subject to tax, except as specified. The bill would authorize the Franchise Tax Board to promulgate regulations as necessary or appropriate to carry out this provision. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2022. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.

Existing law provides that a person who drives a motor vehicle is deemed to have given his or her consent to chemical testing of his or her blood for the purpose of determining the drug content of his or her blood if lawfully arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Existing law provides that if a blood test is unavailable, the person shall be deemed to have given his or her consent to chemical testing of his or her urine and shall submit to a urine test. Existing law authorizes an officer to use a preliminary alcohol screening test that indicates the presence or concentration of alcohol based on a breath sample as a further investigatory tool in order to establish reasonable cause to believe the person was driving a vehicle in violation of certain prohibitions against driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. This bill would authorize an officer to use a preliminary oral fluid screening test that indicates the presence or concentration of a drug or controlled substance as a further investigatory tool in order to establish reasonable cause to believe the person was driving a vehicle in violation of certain prohibitions against driving under the influence of drugs.

Existing law authorizes a disabled person or disabled veteran to apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for the issuance of a distinguishing license plate or placard that entitles the person or veteran to various privileges, including parking in spaces designated for owners of those license plates and placards, parking for unlimited periods in a restricted zone, as specified, and parking in metered spaces without paying parking meter fees. Commencing January 1, 2018, this bill would delete the authority of a disabled person or disabled veteran who has been issued a placard as described above to park for an unlimited period in restricted zones and to park in metered spaces without paying parking meter fees. The bill, commencing January 1, 2018, instead, would authorize specified disabled persons and disabled veterans to apply for free-parking status, as specified, which would authorize the person to park in specified metered and unmetered parking spaces without being required to pay fees and for an unlimited period of time. The bill would require the department, commencing January 1, 2017, to begin to notify existing holders of a disabled driver placard of these changes to the disabled persons parking program, as specified. This bill would require an applicant to provide certification of his or her disability by a physician and surgeon, nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife, physician assistant, chiropractor, or optometrist, as specified. To knowingly provide a false disability certification for a disabled parking placard, or a free-parking sticker, emblem, or other indicia of free-parking status, would constitute unprofessional conduct and grounds for disciplinary action for any person regulated under specified provisions of law. Under existing law, a person to whom a disabled person placard has been issued is prohibited from various acts, including, but not limited to, lending the placard to another person, knowingly permitting use for parking purposes of the placard by one not entitled to it, or forgery, counterfeiting, or sale of the placard. Existing law also prohibits a person from displaying a placard that was not issued to him or her or that has been canceled or revoked. These acts are subject to the issuance of a notice of parking violation imposing a civil penalty, as prescribed, and constitute a misdemeanor punishable by a specified fine, imprisonment in the county jail, or both the fine and imprisonment. This bill would extend the above penalty provisions to acts including, but not limited to, forging, misuse, counterfeiting, or sale of a free-parking sticker, emblem, or other indicia of free-parking status issued by the department. The bill also would require an application for free-parking status under the bill to be signed under penalty of perjury. The bill would make those provisions operative January 1, 2018. By creating new crimes, the 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.

This measure would commend Muslim Americans for their economic, political, and cultural impact on California and the United States. This measure would call upon Members of the United States Congress to respect the First Amendment, and to speak out against and reject efforts to monitor mosques, efforts to police and profile Muslim Americans, and efforts to prohibit Muslims from immigrating to the United States, and to speak out against and reject any efforts to pursue an immigration policy based on religion.

This measure would declare the month of April 2016 as Financial Aid and Literacy Month, with the theme of "Prosperity Through Education," to raise public awareness about the continuing need for increased financial literacy.

This measure would recognize May 2016 as National Mental Health Awareness Month in California to enhance public awareness of mental illness.