This measure would urge the President and the Congress of the United States to craft a balanced and workable approach to reduce incentives for and minimize unnecessary patent litigation while ensuring that legitimate patent enforcement rights are protected and maintained.
This measure would recognize June 2015 as Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month, and June 21, 2015, as The Longest Day in California, and would urge all residents to wear purple on this day to help spread global awareness of the Alzheimer's Association's vision of imagining a world without Alzheimer's disease.
This measure would request the Congress of the United States of America to further amend the GI Bill of Rights to make benefits available to veterans for use as startup capital in the establishment of first businesses.
This measure would proclaim June 2015 as California-Grown Flower Month to recognize and honor the men and women of the California-grown flower industry for their dedication and productivity.
Existing law requires that candidates for the Republican county central committee appear on the local ballot and specifies the manner of their election. In a county containing less than 5 Assembly districts, a committee must be elected by supervisor districts, in accordance with a specified formula. In a county containing more than 4 and less than 20 Assembly districts, a committee must be elected from Assembly districts and consist of 6 members from each district. This bill would impose a state-mandated local program by requiring that, notwithstanding the above, the committee in Placer County be elected by supervisor districts, and that the committee be composed of 7 members elected from each of the supervisor districts. 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
Existing law, the Vacation Ownership and Time-share Act of 2004, requires a developer, defined as a person who creates a time-share plan or is in the business of selling time-share interests, to prepare, for issuance by the Real Estate Commissioner, a public report that discloses certain facts concerning the developer and time-share plan and to provide a copy of the public report in writing to each purchaser of a time-share interest in a time-share plan at the time of purchase. Existing law requires a developer who offers a purchaser the opportunity to subscribe or become a member of an exchange program to provide the purchaser with specified disclosures in writing. Existing law makes a violation of the public report disclosure requirement a public offense. This bill would require the developer to provide the purchaser with the public report or other disclosures in writing or in a digital format at the discretion of the purchaser. By changing the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law provides that it is the duty of a real estate broker or salesperson to a prospective purchaser of residential real property comprising one to 4 inclusive, residential dwelling units or a manufactured home, to make a reasonably competent and diligent visual inspection of, and disclosure regarding, the property, as specified, except for transfers that are required to be preceded by the furnishing of a copy of a specified public report and to transfers that can be made without a specified public report, unless the property has been previously occupied. This bill would also create an exception for a transfer that is required to be preceded by the furnishing of a copy of the public report required pursuant to the above-described act, unless the property has been previously occupied. 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 property tax law establishes a veterans' organization exemption under which property is exempt from taxation if, among other things, that property is used exclusively for charitable purposes and is owned by a veterans' organization. This bill would provide that the veterans' organization exemption shall not be denied to a property on the basis that the property is used for fraternal, lodge, or social club purposes, and would make specific findings and declarations in that regard. The bill would also provide that the exemption shall not apply to any portion of a property that consists of a bar where alcoholic beverages are served. Section 2229 of the Revenue and Taxation Code requires the Legislature to reimburse local agencies annually for certain property tax revenues lost as a result of any exemption or classification of property for purposes of ad valorem property taxation. This bill would provide that, notwithstanding Section 2229 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, no appropriation is made and the state shall not reimburse local agencies for property tax revenues lost by them pursuant to the bill. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
Existing law requires the Judicial Council to establish a Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program, under which volunteers serve as court appointed child advocates to provide designated services and support to dependent children and nonminor dependents in juvenile dependency proceedings. Existing law provides that a minor, under certain circumstances, is subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. If the minor has violated a law or ordinance, existing law authorizes the juvenile court to adjudge the minor to be a ward of the court. This bill would authorize the appointment of a CASA in a juvenile delinquency proceeding, and would provide that a CASA shall be considered court personnel for purposes of inspecting the case file of a dependent child or ward of the juvenile court.
