This measure would declare the last week of March every year as a statewide week of advocacy for Latino education.
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This measure would recognize April 2010 as County Government Month.
This measure would recognize March 2, 2010, as "Read Across America Day."
This measure would establish, until January 1, 2014, the California Task Force on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education for the purpose of promoting the improvement of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology education across the state. The task force would consist of Members of the Legislature and experts appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Committee on Rules. The task force would conduct its business on a volunteer basis, be able to accept private funds, and would submit an annual report on its work to the Legislature.
This measure would request that the Congress and the President of the United States enact the Medicare Secondary Payer Enhancement Act of 2010.
This measure would proclaim May 12, 2010, as California Lab Day.
This measure would designate the 2nd week of October 2010, and annually thereafter, as Disability History Week, and would encourage public and private institutions of higher education, state and local agencies, nonprofit and community-based organizations, and private businesses and corporations to observe Disability History Week by dedicating appropriate classroom instructional time or by coordinating all-inclusive activities to be conducted during that week to afford opportunities for students and the general public to learn more about the disability community and to celebrate and honor its role in contemporary American society.
This measure would declare the Legislature's support for the observance of "Spirit of '45 Day" on the second Sunday in August to commemorate the anniversary of the end of World War II on August 14, 1945.
This measure would recognize each 2nd week of February hereafter as African American Mental Health Awareness Week.
(1) Existing law requires, if a person is convicted of a specified driving-under-the-influence (DUI) offense and the offense occurred within 10 years of 2, or 3 or more prior specified DUI offenses that resulted in a conviction, that the person be punished by enhanced penalties, and that the person's privilege to operate a motor vehicle be revoked by the Department of Motor Vehicles for a period of 2, 3, 4, or 5 years, as applicable. This bill would require the department to permanently revoke the driver's license of a person who was previously convicted of 3 or more specified DUI offenses. The bill would prohibit a person whose driver's license is permanently revoked by the department under these provisions from registering a vehicle in this state. Because a person who violates this prohibition is guilty of a crime, this bill would create a new crime, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The bill would also authorize a person who had only 3 convictions of a DUI offense, and whose driver's license was permanently revoked by the department to petition the court for the reinstatement of his or her privilege to drive after a period of 5 years from the date of his or her last conviction if the person successfully passes a written test and driving test for the license classification and successfully completes a specified alcohol treatment program. The bill would require the court to consider 5 specified factors in determinating whether to order the department to reinstate the person's license. (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.