Existing law requires that a recreational vehicle dealer being issued a temporary branch license for selling new recreational vehicles at a show submit certain documentation to the Department of Motor Vehicles, including, for example, a manufacturer's written authorization for the sale specifying the dates and location of the show. Existing law imposes certain requirements if 9 or fewer dealers are participating in the show, including that the show is 50 miles or more from the dealer's established place of business, and that promotional materials include the name and established place of business of each participating dealer. Existing law excepts from those requirements, a recreational vehicle dealer participating in an annual show sponsored by a national trade association of recreational vehicle manufacturers, if the show is located in a county with a population of 6,000,000 or more persons. This bill would recast those provisions to except a recreational vehicle dealer being issued a temporary branch license from those requirements if the show is located in a county with a population of 9,000,000 or more persons, or at a location within 30 miles from the prior approved location of the show, and at least 10 manufacturers are participating in the show. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
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Existing law regulates home protection companies, which issue contracts for the repair or replacement of a component, system, or appliance of a home. Existing law requires a home protection company to file an annual statement exhibiting its conditions and affairs, as specified, and an annual statement of financial condition. Existing law requires a home protection company to maintain a reserve for unearned premiums in an amount not less than 40% of the aggregate premiums charged on its current contracts. Existing law requires the Insurance Commissioner to examine the affairs of a home protection company before licensure and at other times as appears necessary, and prohibits the commissioner from conducting more than one financial examination of a home protection company in a 5-year period, unless specified requirements are met. This bill would authorize the commissioner to extend the period between examinations up to 2 additional years if the commissioner determines that conditions warrant the extension, as specified.
Existing law requires the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to keep up to date a comprehensive plan for the development of the outdoor recreation resources of the state for purposes of the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965. Existing law establishes in the Natural Resources Agency the Blue Ribbon Committee for the Rehabilitation of Clear Lake, for the purposes of discussion, reviewing research, planning, and providing oversight regarding the health of Clear Lake. This bill would establish in the agency the Office of Sustainable Outdoor Recreation. The bill would require the office to undertake certain activities, including supporting the outdoor recreation economy of the state by engaging in specified activities. The bill would also require the office to create an advisory committee to provide advice, expertise, support, and service to the office. The bill would authorize the office to receive assistance and funds from public and private sources, and would require that the moneys received by the office pursuant to this provision or appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of the bill be deposited in the California Sustainable Outdoor Recreation Account, which the bill would create within the Office of the Secretary of Natural Resources. The bill would require, before the office could commence any program development activities pursuant to the bill, that an amount sufficient to administer at least 50% of the first fiscal year of the office's activities be deposited in the California Sustainable Outdoor Recreation Account.
This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway Route 395 in the County of Mono as the Senator David E. Cogdill, Sr., Memorial Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a list of reportable communicable and noncommunicable diseases and conditions and specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition. Existing law requires the department to develop information about various communicable diseases, including hepatitis C and meningococcal disease, and to make the information available to the public. Existing law also supports research into the development of a vaccine to protect against valley fever (coccidioidomycosis) . This bill would establish the Valley Fever Education, Early Diagnosis, and Treatment Act. This bill would, among other things, require the department to conduct a valley fever awareness campaign to communicate with local health jurisdictions, providers, and the public about valley fever, as described. The bill would authorize the department to award grants or enter into contracts to perform activities related to the awareness campaign, as specified. Those provisions would become inoperative on January 1, 2021.
This measure would express the support of the Legislature for the 23 Asilomar AI Principles as guiding values for the development of artificial intelligence and of related public policy.
This measure would proclaim the week of September 9, 2018, through September 15, 2018, as Suicide Prevention Week in California.
Under existing law, a hunting license grants the privilege to take birds and mammals. Existing law provides for the issuance by the Department of Fish and Wildlife of tags that are required in addition to a hunting license to take specified animals, including antelope, elk, bears, and bighorn rams. Existing law sets the fee for tags for those animals for a resident of the state as follows: $55 for an antelope tag, $165 for an elk tag, $15 for a bear tag, and $400 for a bighorn sheep tag. Existing law requires those fees to be adjusted annually pursuant to a specified index. This bill would, beginning July 1, 2019, and until July 1, 2025, reduce the fee required to obtain an antelope, elk, bear, or bighorn sheep tag to $20, as adjusted pursuant to the specified index, for a person who is a resident of the state and who possesses a junior hunting license. The bill would require the department to prepare a report to the Legislature no later than July 1, 2024, on the effect of these reduced-price tags on rates of participation by junior hunters, the Big Game Management Account, and the Fish and Game Preservation Fund. The bill would make other related and conforming changes.
This measure would proclaim November 2018 as Epilepsy Awareness Month and call for a recommitment to increasing awareness and understanding of those living with epilepsy.
This measure would urge pet owners in the state to take specified actions to prevent harm to pets caused by fire, prepare for fire emergencies at home, and take precautions to ensure the safe location, rescue, care, and medical treatment of all pets in the event of a wildfire in or around a pet owner's home.