The State Historical Building Code authorizes the State Historical Building Safety Board to write regulations, and have consultation, review, and appellate functions for code and regulation issues relating to qualified historic buildings, structures, and properties. Existing law requires the replacement of equipment or modification of components inside existing playgrounds to conform to the playground-related standards set forth by the American Society for Testing and Materials and the playground-related guidelines set forth by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. This bill would place qualified playgrounds and playground sites with historical or cultural significance under the exclusive jurisdiction of the State Historical Building Code.
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Existing law authorizes a regional transportation agency, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, to apply to the California Transportation Commission to develop and operate high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes, including administration and operation of a value-pricing program and exclusive or preferential lane facilities for public transit. Existing law, until January 15, 2013, specifically authorizes a value-pricing and transit development demonstration program involving HOT lanes to be conducted, administered, developed, and operated on State Highway Routes 10 and 110 in Los Angeles County by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) under certain conditions. Existing law also requires a specified report to be submitted by the department and LACMTA to the Legislature by December 31, 2012. This bill would extend the authorization for the demonstration program until January 15, 2015, and would require the associated report to be submitted to the Legislature by December 31, 2014.
Existing law contains provisions relating to supervision of continuing care contracts, including requirements governing continuing care communities and contracts. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to regulate activity relating to continuing care contracts, and requires that continuing care retirement communities maintain an environment that enhances residents' independence and self-determination and in that regard imposes various requirements on a care provider. Existing law defines various terms for purposes of those contracts and requirements, and imposes specified civil and criminal penalties for violations of those provisions. This bill would define the term "residential temporary relocation" to mean the relocation of one or more residents, except in the case of a natural disaster that is out of the provider's control, from one or more residential living units, assisted living units, skilled nursing units, or a wing, floor, or entire continuing care retirement community building, due to a change of use or major repairs or renovations. The bill would limit residential temporary relocation to a period of at least 9 months but not to exceed 18 months without the written agreement of the resident. This bill would require continuing care contracts to state that the resident has a right to terminate his or her contract after 18 months of residential temporary relocation, as defined, and set forth provisions for refunds due to cancellation for this reason. This bill would require providers to include in resident contracts the procedures to be followed to ensure that residential temporary relocations provide comparable levels of care, service, and living accommodations. The bill would also specify procedures to be taken for residential temporary relocation, return to the unit vacated, and the extension of residential temporary relocation. Because this bill would change the definition of a crime, it 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.
Existing law provides that it is an infraction, punishable by a fine not to exceed $250 and by specified community service, to evade the payment of any fare of, or to engage in passenger misconduct on or in a facility or vehicle of, a public transportation system. Existing law authorizes the City and County of San Francisco and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to adopt and enforce an ordinance to impose and enforce civil administrative penalties for fare evasion or passenger misconduct, other than by minors, on or in a transit facility or vehicle in lieu of the criminal penalties, with specified administrative adjudication procedures for the imposition and enforcement of the administrative penalties, including an initial review and opportunity for a subsequent administrative hearing. Fare evasion and passenger misconduct violation penalties are deposited in the general fund of the City and County of San Francisco or the County of Los Angeles, as applicable. This bill would authorize the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, the Sacramento Regional Transit District, Long Beach Transit, Foothill Transit, and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District to adopt and enforce a similar administrative adjudication ordinance. Fare evasion and passenger misconduct violation penalties would be deposited in the general fund of the county in which the citation is administered. This bill would make various other changes to these provisions that would be applicable to all 7 agencies. The bill would limit the amount of the administrative penalty to the maximum fine that may otherwise be imposed if the conduct were to be charged as an infraction and would provide that a person receiving an administrative citation may not also be charged with that infraction. The bill would require an issuing agency to adopt a written procedure for a person receiving a citation to request an administrative hearing without first paying the amount due, upon satisfactory proof of an inability to pay. The bill would expand the notification to be provided to the person by the issuing agency upon denial of an initial review of the citation. This bill would incorporate changes to Section 640 of the Penal Code made by AB 2324, to become operative only if both this bill and AB 2324 are enacted, and this bill is enacted last.
Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, contains various provisions regarding the packaging, labeling, and advertising of food, drugs, and cosmetics. A violation of any of these provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor. This bill would require all manufacturers of Asian rice based noodles to place labels on the Asian rice based noodles that indicate the date of manufacture and to include a warning that the Asian rice based noodles are perishable and must be consumed within 4 hours of manufacture. Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities, as defined. The law requires the State Department of Public Health to adopt regulations to implement and administer those provisions, and delegates primary enforcement duties to local health agencies. A violation of any of these provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor. This bill would permit the sale of Asian rice based noodles, as defined, that have been at room temperature for no more than 4 hours and would prohibit the sale of Asian rice based noodles unless they are labeled according to the requirements of this bill. This bill would also require the local enforcement agency to approve the manner in which Asian rice based noodles kept at room temperature are to be consumed, cooked, or destroyed. By imposing new duties upon local agencies and expanding the definition of a crime, this 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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 (the Greene Act) , requires the State Allocation Board to allocate to applicant school districts prescribed per-unhoused-pupil state funding for construction and modernization of school facilities, including hardship funding and supplemental funding for site development and acquisition. This bill, on and after July 1, 2011, would require all new construction projects submitted to the Division of the State Architect pursuant to the Greene Act to include locks that allow doors to classrooms and rooms with an occupancy of 5 or more persons to be locked from the inside, except as specified.
Existing law requires the residence address in a record of the Department of Motor Vehicles to be kept confidential, with specified exceptions. One exception applies to an insurance company when the company requests the information for the purpose of obtaining the address of another motorist or vehicle owner involved in an accident with the company's insured. This bill would expand this exception to include an authorized contractor acting on behalf of an insurance company pursuant to a contractual agreement. This bill would require that, among other things, all information obtained from the department by an authorized contractor of an insurance company be subject to the use or disclosure limitations and data security requirements that exist for any principal under applicable state and federal law. The bill would require an insurance company to be responsible for any misuse of the information by the contractor. The bill would also subject the contractor to, among other things, the requirement that the information obtained from the department be destroyed once the contractor has used the information for the authorized purpose.
Existing law requires, subject to specific exemptions, public records to be open to public inspection. This bill would require the office of the State Chief Information Officer to create and maintain a Reporting Transparency in Government Internet Web site, as prescribed. This bill would require, subject to specific exemptions, state agencies to post specified audits to that Internet Web site. This bill would require the Department of General Services, the office of the State Chief Information Officer, and other state agencies to post specified summary data regarding contracts awarded by the state to that Internet Web site. This bill would also require the office of the Governor to post specified financial statements and reports to that Internet Web site. The bill would exempt certain constitutional officers from the requirement of posting the information to the Reporting Transparency in Government Internet Web site, if that officer posts the required information to his or her official Internet Web site, as specified.
Existing federal law requires that fur products be labeled with the names of any animals used, manufacturer, country of origin, and other specified information. Fur products with a relatively small quantity or value of fur that is worth $150 or less are exempt from these labeling requirements. This bill, commencing September 1, 2011, would prohibit the sale or display for sale of any coat, jacket, garment, or other clothing apparel made wholly or partially of fur, regardless of the price of the apparel or the amount or value of the fur contained therein, without having attached thereto and conspicuously displayed a tag or label including the names of the animals from which the fur was acquired and the country of origin of any imported furs. Used articles of clothing would be exempt from these labeling requirements. The bill would provide that any violation of the labeling requirements is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 for the first violation, and not more than $1,000 for each subsequent violation, except as specified.
(1) Existing law, except as specified, authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles, for good cause, to issue an instruction permit to any physically and mentally qualified person who applies to the department for an instruction permit and meets any one of 5 specified requirements, including the requirement that the person be 15 years and 6 months of age or older and have successfully completed an approved course in automobile driver education and be taking driver training, as specified. Existing law also provides that a person, while having in his or her immediate possession a valid permit issued pursuant to the above provisions, may operate a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, motorized scooter, or a motorized bicycle, when accompanied by, and under the immediate supervision of, a California-licensed driver with a valid license of the appropriate class, 18 years of age or over whose driving privilege is not on probation. This bill would delete the above alternative requirement and raise the age of the California-licensed driver to 21 years of age. The bill would also make conforming changes to these provisions. (2) The Brady-Jared Teen Driver Safety Act of 1997 allows for the issuance of a driver's license to an applicant who is at least 16 years of age but under 18 years of age pursuant to the provisional licensing program. Under the act, licensees are required to meet specified requirements, driver education, and training. The act requires, among other things, that the applicant for an original license be issued an instruction permit to operate a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle or motorized bicycle, only when the person is either taking specified driver training instruction or practicing that instruction, provided the person is accompanied by, and is under the immediate supervision of, a California-licensed driver 25 years of age or older whose driving privilege is not on probation. The act also requires that the applicant complete 50 hours of supervised driving practice prior to the issuance of a provisional license, which is in addition to any other driver training instruction required by law. This bill would delete the requirement that the applicant be taking or practicing specified driving instruction to be issued an instruction permit under the act and would require that a licensed driving school or independent driving instructor provide a driving log that the student may use to document the 50 hours of supervised practice. The bill would make other conforming and clarifying changes to these provisions. (3) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 12509 of the Vehicle Code proposed by AB 1952, to be operative only if AB 1952 and this bill become effective on or before January 1, 2010, and this bill is enacted last.