This measure would recognize May 2012 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.
This measure would recognize June 27, 2012, as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day.
This measure would declare the Legislature's recognition of the importance of access to local parks, trails, open space, and facilities for the health and development of all Californians. This measure would also declare July 2012 as "Parks Make Life Better!®" Month.
 (1) Existing law provides that specified persons, including laborers, as defined, who contribute labor, skill, or services to a work of improvement, shall have a mechanic's lien upon the property so improved. This bill would authorize, until January 1, 2018, a car washing and polishing employee to record and enforce a wage lien upon specified real and personal property for wages and other compensation and related penalties and damages owed the employee. The bill would prescribe requirements relating to the recording and enforcement of the wage lien. (2) Existing law provides that a claimant other than a direct contractor may not enforce a lien unless the claimant records a claim of lien after he or she ceases to provide work, and before the earlier of (a) 90 days after completion of the work of improvement or (b)  30 days after the owner records a notice of completion or cessation. This bill would provide that a laborer may not enforce a lien unless he or she records a claim of lien after he or she ceases to furnish labor or services, and before the earlier of (a) one year after completion of the work of improvement or (b) 180 days after the owner records a notice of completion or cessation. (3) Existing law requires the court, in an action to enforce a mechanic's lien, to allow as costs, in addition to any other costs allowed by law, the amount paid to verify and record the claim of lien, as specified. This bill would provide that a laborer shall be entitled to the court costs and attorney's fees incurred as a result of recording and foreclosing on a mechanic's lien, and, upon award, these amounts shall be considered part of the lien and shall relate back to the date of recording of the lien.
This measure would designate the month of April 2012 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, would recognize April 25, 2012, as Denim Day California, and would encourage everyone to wear jeans on that day to help communicate the message that there is no excuse for, and never an invitation to commit, rape.
This measure would declare May 23, 2012, as the 24th Annual State Scientist Day, as a tribute to the dedication and professionalism of the state scientists who work on behalf of all the residents of California.
Existing law imposes various taxes, including taxes on the privilege of engaging in certain activities. The Fee Collection Procedures Law, the violation of which is a crime, provides procedures for the collection of certain fees and surcharges. This bill would impose a tax on persons operating a sexually oriented business, as defined, at the rate of $10 per visit by a customer to the business inclusive of admission and reentry. The tax would be administered by the State Board of Equalization and would be collected pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Fee Collection Procedures Law. The bill would create the Sexual Assault Treatment and Prevention Fund, and would require that all revenues, less refunds and the costs of the administration of the tax, derived from the tax be transferred to the fund. This bill would provide that moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be used by the California Emergency Management Agency for specified purposes related to the treatment and prevention of sexual assault. Because this bill would expand application of the Fee Collection Procedures Law, the violation of which is 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. This bill would become operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 90 days after the effective date of this bill. This bill would include a change in state statute that would result in a taxpayer paying a higher tax within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, and thus would require for passage the approval of 23 of the membership of each house of the Legislature.
Existing law establishes a Health Science and Medical Technology Project, administered by the State Department of Education to provide competitive grant funds to California public schools offering grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to enhance existing or establish new health-related career pathway programs, including programs at California partnership academies and regional occupational centers and programs, as well as other health science and medical technology pathway programs. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to report to the Legislature and the Governor on the efficacy of this project on or before January 1, 2012. Existing law repeals the project as of January 1, 2014. This bill would recast and revise the provisions relating to the Health Science and Medical Technology Project. The bill would require grant recipients to design and implement a multiyear coherent sequence of standards-based academic and career technical education courses and work-based learning experiences that provide pupils as early as middle school with a structured progression of secondary and postsecondary education. The bill would specify the purposes of the project. The bill would require the department to monitor and review all grantees under the project. The bill would instead require the department to report to the Legislature and the Governor on the efficacy of the project on or before January 1, 2016. The bill would also move the date of the termination of the operation of the project from January 1, 2014, to July 1, 2018, on which date these provisions would become inoperative, thereby extending the duration of the project by 4 12 years.
Existing law requires the funds derived from the sale of surplus property to be used for capital outlay or for costs of maintenance of school district property that the governing board of the school district determines will not recur within a 5-year period. Existing law authorizes the proceeds from a lease of school district property with an option to purchase to be deposited into a restricted fund for the routine repair of school district facilities, as defined, for up to a 5-year period. Existing law, in addition, authorizes the proceeds from the sale or lease with option to purchase to be deposited in the general fund of the school district if the school district governing board and the State Allocation Board determine that the school district has no anticipated need for additional sites or building construction for the 10-year period following the sale or lease with option to purchase, and the school district has no major deferred maintenance requirements and requires those proceeds to be used for one-time expenditures, and prohibits their use for ongoing expenditures, including, but not limited to, salaries and other general operating expenses. Existing law, notwithstanding the provisions above and until January 1, 2014, authorizes a school district to deposit the proceeds from the sale of surplus real property, together with any personal property located on the property, purchased entirely with local funds, into the general fund of the school district and to use the proceeds for any one-time general fund purpose. This bill would authorize the San Marino Unified School District to sell the site of the former Stoneman Elementary School to the City of San Marino and deposit the proceeds from the sale, together with any personal property located on the property, purchased entirely with local funds, into the general fund of the school district and to use the proceeds for any one-time general fund purpose. Before exercising this authority, the school district would be required to submit documents containing certain certifications to the State Allocation Board. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of San Marino and the San Marino Unified School District.
Existing workers' compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers' compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, or in the course of, employment. Existing law prohibits an acupuncturist, as defined, from being authorized to determine disability for certain purposes relating to workers' compensation disability payments and benefits. Existing law establishes the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation within the Department of Industrial Relations. Under existing law, the duties of the commission include conducting a continuing examination of the workers' compensation system, and of the state's activities to prevent industrial injuries and occupational diseases. This bill would require the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation to submit to the Legislature, by December 31, 2013, an assessment of whether acupuncturists, and acupuncturists who additionally have obtained qualified medical evaluator status, possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities to conduct disability evaluations in the workers' compensation system, and if not, the additional training or certification that would be required to achieve that status.
