Asm. Bob Blumenfield

This measure would recognize April 28, 2011, as Workers Memorial Day.

This measure would recognize April 24, 2011, to April 30, 2011, inclusive, as Black April Memorial Week, and April 2011 as Vietnamese American month.

This measure would designate March 2011 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

This measure would declare March 2011 to be Arts Education Month, would encourage all elected officials to participate with their educational communities in celebrating the arts, and would urge all residents to become interested in and give full support to quality school arts programs for children and youth.

The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law, in specified conformity with federal income tax laws, provide certain gross income exclusions, as specified. This bill would, under both laws, provide additional conformity with federal income tax laws by adopting specified provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 relating to gross income exclusions for reimbursements for medical care expenses under specified plans for dependents, as specified. Existing law excludes from the definition of "wages," for purposes of the unemployment insurance law, remuneration in excess of $7,000 paid to an individual by an employer during any calendar year, with respect to employment. That law also excludes from the definition of "wages" the amount paid by an employer for insurance or annuities, or into a fund to provide for any payment made to or on behalf of an employee or any of his or her dependents under a plan or system, as specified, on account of sickness or accident disability, medical or hospitalization expenses in connection with sickness or accident disability, or death. This bill would, under the unemployment insurance law, provide additional conformity with federal law by adopting specified provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 relating to an exclusion from wages for amounts expended for medical care. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.

This measure would declare March as Campus Safety Month, and would encourage citizens to visit the Internet Web site of the California Postsecondary Education Commission to view public safety information about public and private colleges and universities.

This measure would declare the week of March 14, 2011, through March 18, 2011, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.

This resolution would designate March 13 through March 19, 2011, as Sunshine Week.

This measure would proclaim the week of March 7 to March 14 of each year as California Arbor Week, and would urge California residents to observe the week with appropriate tree planting activities and programs.

This resolution would recognize the month of January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and it would recognize February 1, 2011, as California's Free From Slavery Day.