The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act contains various provisions regulating the application for, the issuance of, the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon, alcoholic beverage licenses by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Existing law provides for various annual fees for the issuance of alcoholic beverage licenses, depending upon the type of license issued. This bill would authorize the department to issue an on-sale beer and wine paint and sip license to a person that has premises for the primary purpose of art classes that are scheduled in a bona fide manner for a fee, subject to specified conditions. The bill would impose an original fee and an annual renewal fee for the license, which would be deposited in the Alcohol Beverage Control Fund. Because the violation of a provision of a license is punishable as a misdemeanor and the bill would create a new category of license, the bill would expand the definition of a crime, thereby imposing 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.
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Existing law establishes a specialized license plate program under which the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) issues specialized license plates on behalf of a sponsoring state agency that meets certain requirements. Existing law authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to sponsor a Gold Star Family specialized license plate program, which allows specified persons to apply for Gold Star Family license plates. Existing law requires that Gold Star Family license plates be issued in a sequential series. Existing law imposes additional fees for the issuance and renewal of specialized license plates, but exempts Gold Star Family license plates from those fees. Existing law also requires an applicant to pay specified environmental fees when applying for a specialized environmental license plate, and directs the DMV to deposit this revenue in the California Environmental License Plate Fund. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2021, require the DMV to issue Gold Star Family license plates as environmental license plates if the requester pays the above-described environmental license plate fees and specialized license plate fees. The bill would direct the revenue generated from the environmental license plate fees to be deposited into the Motor Vehicle Account within the State Transportation Fund until the DMV's upfront cost of implementing this program is covered. The bill would then direct this revenue to be deposited into the Veterans Service Office Fund.
Existing law establishes fees for the registration of vehicles to be collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) , and requires that a penalty be assessed for delinquent payment of vehicle registration, as specified. This bill would require the department to permit the payment of registration renewal fees in installments, as specified. The bill would subject a registered owner who fails to pay the registration renewal fees in full by the due date to the delinquent payment penalties described above.
Existing law, the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, establishes the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology for the licensure and regulation of barbering and cosmetology. The act, for provisions related to the operation and licensing of mobile units, defines a mobile unit to mean a self-contained, self-supporting, enclosed mobile unit that is at least 24 feet in length, that is licensed as an establishment for the practice of any occupation licensed by the board, and that complies with specified provisions and regulations. The act requires an application for a state license to operate a mobile unit and an application to transfer ownership or control of a licensed mobile unit to include, among other items, a detailed floor plan, specified proof of purchase or lease of the mobile unit and shop equipment, copies of certain local licenses or permits, and proof of compliance with applicable city, county, and state plumbing, electrical, and fire laws. The act requires a state license to authorize the operation of the unit only within designated geographical boundaries, and makes the operation of the unit outside those boundaries unlawful, unless a license for the expanded geographical area has been obtained, as specified. The act requires a mobile unit to be equipped with a list of specified functioning systems, including, among others, a specified container for waste materials, a specified toilet, and a self-contained, potable water supply, as specified. The act requires, in the event of depletion of potable water, the operation of the mobile unit to cease until the supply is replenished. A violation of the act is a crime, unless otherwise provided. This bill would revise the definition of mobile unit to mean a self-contained, self-supporting, enclosed movable unit in which any activity licensed under this chapter is practiced. The bill would remove the requirements that the above-described applications include copies of certain local licenses or permits and proof of compliance with applicable city, county, and state plumbing, electrical, and fire laws, and would, instead, require those applications to include a signed acknowledgment under penalty of perjury that they are in compliance with all applicable city and county requirements, including plumbing, electrical, and fire laws. The bill would remove the requirement that the application for a state license include proof of purchase or lease of the shop equipment. The bill would remove the geographical boundaries limitations on the license to operate a mobile unit. The bill would revise the list of functioning systems with which a mobile unit is required to be equipped to, among other things, remove the specified container for waste materials and the specified toilet. The bill would make the requirement that a mobile unit be equipped with a self-contained, potable water supply contingent upon the mobile unit offering shampooing services, and would remove the requirement that operation of the mobile unit cease if the supply is depleted. By imposing additional requirements on persons licensed under the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, a violation of which is a crime, and by expanding the crime of perjury, the 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law, as amended by the Gang Violence and Juvenile Crime Prevention Act of 1998, approved as Proposition 21 at the March 7, 2000, statewide general election, and by the Sexual Predator Punishment and Control Act: Jessica's Law, approved as Proposition 83 at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, classifies certain felonies as violent felonies for purposes of sentencing. Existing law imposes an additional one-year term for a felony and a 3-year term for a violent felony for each prior separate prison term served for a violent felony. Existing law, as added by Proposition 184, approved at the November 8, 1994, statewide general election, and amended by the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012, approved as Proposition 36 at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election, commonly known as the Three Strikes Law, also imposes additional years of imprisonment in state prison on a person who commits a violent felony and has been convicted of, or who has a prior conviction for, a violent felony. The Legislature may amend the above-specified initiative statutes by a statute passed in each house by a 23 vote. This bill would amend the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 by making human trafficking to effect or maintain a violation of specified sex crimes a violent felony. Because this bill would increase penalties for 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 requires school districts and county offices of education to be responsible for the overall development of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of its schools operating kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law requires the schoolsite council of a school to write and develop the comprehensive school safety plan relevant to the needs and resources of that particular school, in consultation with a representative from a law enforcement agency, a fire department, and other first responder entities. Existing law requires the plan to include specified components, including procedures for conducting tactical responses to criminal incidents. Existing law requires a petition to establish a charter school to include, among other things, a reasonably comprehensive description of the procedures that the charter school will follow to ensure the health and safety of pupils and staff, including requiring the development and annual update of a school safety plan that includes certain safety topics and procedures. This bill would require a comprehensive school safety plan, and the school safety plan of a charter school, to include a targeted violence prevention plan that, among other things, establishes a multidisciplinary threat assessment team of school personnel who will direct, manage, and document the threat assessment process, as prescribed. The bill would authorize, upon a preliminary determination by the threat assessment team that an individual poses a threat of violence to themself or others, any state or local agency or program that provides services to the individual to share with any other state or local agency or program records or information that are confidential or exempt from disclosure if the records or information are reasonably necessary to evaluate the threat, ensure access to appropriate services for the individual, or ensure the safety of the individual or others. The bill would also require a school district, county office of education, or charter school that has a memorandum of understanding with a local law enforcement agency to incorporate the applicable targeted violence prevention plan requirements into that memorandum of understanding. Under existing law the Legislature encourages, as comprehensive school safety plans are reviewed and updated, all plans, to the extent that resources are available, to include policies and procedures aimed at the prevention of bullying and to include clear guidelines for the roles and responsibilities of mental health professionals, community intervention professionals, school counselors, school resource officers, and police officers on school campuses, if the school district uses these people. This bill would require, rather than encourage, comprehensive school safety plans, and school safety plans of charter schools, to include those elements as the plans are reviewed and updated. By imposing additional requirements on school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools in relation to school safety plans, the 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, 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 the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Motor Vehicles implement procedures to ensure, to the fullest extent permitted by the resources made available to it, that a person who is requesting certain services will not be required under normal circumstances to wait in any one line for service longer than 12 hour during the department's published or posted hours of operation. This bill would instead require the department to implement those procedures. The bill would also require every office of the department to post information relating to wait times and would require the department to make that wait time information available on the department's Internet Web site and by telephone.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish contracts for electronic programs that allow qualified private industry partners to provide services that include processing and payment programs for vehicle registration and titling transactions. Existing law authorizes the department to enter into a partnership with an interstate carrier partner to provide electronic vehicle registration services and to enter into contractual agreements with interstate carrier partners, if certain criteria are met. This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to explore ways to increase its partnerships with motor clubs, qualified private industry partners, and others to provide services traditionally provided by the department and would authorize those partners to provide specified services. The bill would require the department to submit a report to the Legislature every 2 years beginning January 1, 2022, on its progress to expand and increase those partnerships.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to contract with entities organized to operate family child care home education networks that support educational objectives for children in licensed family child care homes that serve families eligible for subsidized care. Existing law requires the family child care home education network programs to include certain components, including an assessment of each family child care home provider to ensure that services are of high quality and are educationally and developmentally appropriate. Existing law imposes various requirements on family child care home education network contractors, including recruiting, enrolling, and certifying eligible families. This bill would additionally require family child care home education network contractors to offer providers at least 12 hours annually of training and technical assistance in group or individual settings.
(1) Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) , an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, among other things, establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee the administration of various parts of the MHSA. The MHSA authorizes the commission to, among other things, establish technical advisory committees, assist in providing technical assistance to accomplish the purposes of the MHSA, and employ all other strategies necessary or convenient to enable it to perform its duties. Existing law authorizes the MHSA to be amended by a 23 vote of the Legislature if the amendments are consistent with, and further the purposes of, the MHSA, and also permits the Legislature to clarify procedures and terms of the MHSA by a majority vote. This bill would require the commission, by January 1, 2021, to establish technical assistance centers and one or more clearinghouses to support counties in addressing mental health issues of statewide concern, with a focus on school mental health and reducing unemployment and criminal justice involvement due to untreated mental health issues. The bill would also require the commission to develop a fiscal transparency and accountability strategy, a program transparency and accountability strategy for local government mental health programs, and an outcome transparency and accountability strategy for local government mental health programs in order to support public understanding of mental health funding, access to mental health services, and outcomes achieved by publicly funded or supported mental health programs. The bill would give the commission access to data, information, policies, procedures, and practices held or maintained by state and local agencies in order to develop these strategies and would require the commission to comply with applicable privacy and confidentiality laws with respect to this data. By requiring local agencies to provide access to the commission, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) The MHSA also requires counties to create plans for innovative programs, funds for which may be expended upon approval by the commission. This bill would, subject to the availability of funds, require the commission, by January 1, 2021, to establish an innovation incubator to support implementation of those innovative programs. (3) By authorizing a new use of MHSA moneys, this bill would amend the MHSA. The bill would state the findings and declarations of the Legislature that this change is consistent with and furthers the intent of the MHSA. (4) 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 the statutory provisions noted above.