This measure would designate February 2012 as No Place for Hate (registered trademark) Month.
Existing law prohibits state and local agencies from negotiating life and disability insurance or requiring the placing of that insurance through particular agents, brokers, or companies, except to the extent that the state has a direct financial interest in the subject of the insurance, as specified. Existing law excepts from these provisions a tax-sheltered annuity under an annuity plan that meets the requirements of Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code to be placed or purchased for an employee, as specified. Existing law requires an annuity contract and custodial account as described in Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code to be offered to all employees of any state agency who are members of the State Teachers' Retirement Plan, any employee of a local public agency or political subdivision of the state that employs persons to perform creditable service subject to coverage by the plan, and eligible state employees of a state employer under the uniform state payroll system, excluding the California State University System. The Teachers' Retirement Law provides a registration process for information relating to tax-deferred retirement investment products. This bill would authorize a school district, a community college district, a county office of education, or a charter school to select specific 403(b) products offered by 4 or more vendors of tax-deferred retirement investment products described in Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, through a due diligence and competitive review process, as specified. The bill would make a related statement of legislative intent.
Under existing law, an action may be brought for nonpayment of wages, fringe benefits, or health and welfare or pension fund contributions. This bill would require a direct contractor, as defined, making or taking a contract in the state for the erection, construction, alteration, or repair of a building, structure, or other work, to assume, and be liable for, any debt owed to a wage claimant for labor incurred by a subcontractor or contractor acting under, by, or for the direct contractor in performing labor, construction, or other work included in the subject of the original contract. The bill would authorize civil actions to enforce this liability, as provided.
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.
(1) Existing law authorizes railroad and rail transit grade crossings to be equipped with an automated rail crossing enforcement system if the system is identified by signs clearly indicating the system's presence and visible to traffic approaching from each direction. Existing law requires that only a governmental agency, in cooperation with a law enforcement agency, may operate an automated rail crossing enforcement system. Existing law requires the driver of any vehicle or a pedestrian approaching a railroad or rail transit grade crossing to stop not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail and to not proceed until he or she can do so safely, whenever either of 2 specified conditions exist and also requires a driver or pedestrian to not proceed through, around, or under any railroad or rail transit crossing gate while the gate is closed. Existing law requires that a notice of a violation of these provisions is subject to the specified procedures for the issuance of a notice to appear. This bill would revise and recast these provisions to apply to railroad and fixed guideway crossings. The bill would add specific procedures for the processing of a notice of violation based upon evidence from an automated rail or fixed guideway enforcement system in lieu of the existing procedures for the issuance of a notice to appear. The bill would also add specific requirements for a driver or pedestrian when making a stop at a railroad or fixed guideway crossing. By expanding the definition of an existing crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require that a person convicted of any violation described in these provisions not be permitted to attend traffic violator school for more than one violation at a time, and would require the course curriculum to include specific training on the dangers of operating a vehicle near or through a railroad or fixed guideway crossing. The bill would make other conforming and technical changes to these provisions. (2) 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 respectfully request Congress and the Department of Defense to remain committed to maintaining the 144th Fighter Wing and the Aerospace Control Alert mission in California in order to prevent any negative impacts to Southwest air defense operations, the California economy, and the ability of first responders to protect the residents of this state.
Existing law designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with coordinating efforts to attain and maintain ambient air quality standards. Existing law also designates the state board as the state agency with the primary responsibility for the control of vehicular air pollution. Existing law requires the state board to identify toxic air contaminants that are emitted into the ambient air of the state, and requires the state board to establish toxic control measures for toxic air contaminants. Existing law requires specified civil penalties be assessed and recovered in a civil action for specified violations to be brought by the Attorney General, by any district attorney, or by the attorney for any air pollution control or air quality management district in which the violation occurs. Existing law requires, if the action for civil penalties resulting from specified violations is brought by a district attorney or by an attorney for a district, the entire amount of the penalty collected be paid to the treasurer of the district on whose behalf judgment was entered. This bill would require any city attorney of a city having a population in excess of 750,000, any city attorney of a city and county, or a city prosecutor in any city with a full-time city prosecutor, with the consent of the district attorney, to recover specified civil penalties in a civil action for specified violations. The bill would require, if the action for civil penalties resulting from specified violations is brought by a district attorney, an attorney for a district, a city attorney of a city having a population in excess of 750,000, a city attorney of a city and county, or a city prosecutor in any city with a full-time city prosecutor, with the consent of the district attorney, the entire amount of the penalty collected be paid to the treasurer of the city, county, or city and county in addition to the district on whose behalf judgment was entered.
This measure would designate March 25 through March 31, 2012, as California Tsunami Awareness Week.
This measure would declare the week of March 12, 2012, through March 16, 2012, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
