This measure would recognize February 5, 2024, to February 9, 2024, as National School Counseling Week.
This measure would declare the month of September 2023 as Children's Emotional Wellness Month in California.
This measure would honor the late civil rights pioneer Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
This measure would proclaim October 21, 2023, and the same date each year thereafter, as Hanbok Day in the State of California.
This measure would declare that the month of January 2024 be recognized as National Mentoring Month, would thank those who participate in quality mentoring programs, and would call upon residents to help close the gap between the availability of mentors and the number of children facing challenging circumstances, as specified.
Existing law authorizes the operation of an autonomous vehicle on public roads for testing purposes by a driver who possesses the proper class of license for the type of vehicle operated if specified requirements are satisfied. Existing law prohibits the operation of an autonomous vehicle on public roads until the manufacturer submits an application to the Department of Motor Vehicles, as specified, and that application is approved. This bill would require a manufacturer of an autonomous vehicle to report to the department a collision on a public road that involved one of its autonomous vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 10,001 pounds or more that is operating under a testing permit that resulted in damage of property, bodily injury, or death within 10 days of the collision. The bill would require a manufacturer of an autonomous vehicle to annually submit to the department specified information regarding the deactivation of the autonomous mode for its autonomous vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 10,001 pounds or more that were operating under a testing permit that authorized the vehicle to operate on public roads. The bill would prohibit the operation of an autonomous vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 10,001 pounds or more on public roads for testing purposes, transporting goods, or transporting passengers without a human safety operator physically present in the autonomous vehicle at the time of operation. The bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles, by January 1, 2029, or 5 years after commencement of testing, whichever occurs later, and upon appropriation by the Legislature, to submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature evaluating the performance of autonomous vehicle technology and its impact on public safety and employment in the transportation sector for autonomous vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 10,001 pounds or more. The bill would require the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the Department of Transportation, the State Air Resources Board, and other relevant state agencies to provide additional information needed to research the report.
The Transactions and Use Tax Law requires, before the operative date of an ordinance imposing a transactions and use tax pursuant to the law, a governmental entity authorized to impose a tax pursuant to the law to contract with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to perform all functions incident to the administration and operation of the ordinance, as prescribed. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
