This measure encourages the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to consider and adopt the American Council on Education credit recommendations to give veterans due credit for their military experience.
Existing law makes it a crime for a person to disturb, obstruct, detain, or interfere with any person carrying or accompanying human remains to a cemetery or funeral establishment, or engaged in a funeral service or an interment. This bill would make it a crime, punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding 6 months, or by both, for a person to engage in picketing, as defined, except upon private property, which is targeted at a funeral, as defined, during the time period beginning one hour prior to the funeral and ending one hour after the conclusion of the funeral. The bill would set forth related findings and declarations. Because this bill would create a new crime, 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 prohibits the Department of Transportation, until January 1, 2014, from withholding retention proceeds when making progress payments for work performed by a contractor. This bill would make these provisions operative until January 1, 2020. The bill would also make a statement of legislative findings. The State Contract Act, generally requires bids to be presented under sealed cover and accompanied by bidder's security in the form of cash, a cashier's check, a certified check, or a bidder's bond, as provided. This bill would allow as acceptable forms of bidder's security, an electronic bidder's bond by an admitted surety insurer, a signed bidder's bond by an admitted surety insurer, and cash, a cashier's check, or certified check, as provided.
This measure would declare December 12, 2012, as California Bullying Prevention Day, and would recognize the need for individuals, schools, communities, businesses, local governments, and the state to take action on behalf of bullying prevention in California.
This measure would acknowledge the 75th anniversary of the federal Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program and recognize, among others, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for its leading role in restoring healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and other natural resources throughout the nation.
Existing law requires a family court to determine the best interest of the child for purposes of deciding child custody in proceedings for dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, legal separation of the parties, petitions for exclusive custody of a child, and proceedings under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act. In making that determination, existing law requires the court to consider specified factors, including whether either of the child's parents habitually or continually uses alcohol or illegal drugs. The court may require independent corroboration of an allegation that a parent is habitually or continually using controlled substances or illegal drugs. This bill would require a family court to consider, in determining the best interest of the child in custody proceedings, either parent's habitual or continual abuse of prescribed controlled substances. Existing law, until January 1, 2013, authorizes a court to require any person who is seeking custody of, or visitation with, a child who is the subject of a custody, visitation, or guardianship proceeding, to undergo testing for the illegal use of controlled substances and the use of alcohol under specified circumstances, as specified. This bill would delete the repeal clause for these provisions and thus extend the operation of these provisions indefinitely.
This measure would urge the United States Postal Service to end its plan to reduce the frequency of mail delivery from 6 days to 5 days a week, and to take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of this 6-day mail delivery service.
This measure would proclaim August 15, 2012, as India's Independence Day, and would urge all Californians to join in celebrating India's independence.
This measure would (1) designate the bicycle pedestrian path on the replacement Gerald Desmond Bridge on State Highway Route 710, in the County of Los Angeles, as the Mark Bixby Memorial Bicycle Pedestrian Path, (2) designate a portion of State Highway Route 129, in the County of Santa Cruz, as the Ohlone Kallentaruk Highway, (3) designate a portion of State Highway Route 5, in the County of San Diego, as the Oceanside Police Officer Daniel S. Bessant Memorial Highway, (4) designate a portion of State Highway Route 101, in the County of Los Angeles, as the Los Angeles Police Officer Ian J. Campbell Memorial Highway, (5) designate a portion of State Highway Route 10, in the City of Alhambra, as the Officer Ryan Stringer Memorial Highway, (6) designate a specified safety roadside rest area on State Highway Route 280, in the County of San Mateo, as the Officer Dale M. Krings Memorial Rest Area, (7) designate the Talmage Road and State Highway Route 222 bridge across the Russian River, in the County of Mendocino, as the Ron Ledford Memorial Bridge, (8) designate a specified portion of State Highway Route 405, in the County of Los Angeles, as the Hawthorne Police Officer Andrew Garton Memorial Highway, (9) designate a portion of State Highway Route 99, in the County of San Joaquin, as the Donald Mark Lichliter Memorial Highway, (10) designate a portion of State Highway Route 101, in the County of San Luis Obispo, as the Christopher Meadows Memorial Highway, (11) designate the interchange of State Highway Route 5 and State Highway Route 50, in the County of Sacramento as the California State Engineer Memorial Interchange, (12) designate a portion of State Highway Route 198, in the County of Kings, as the Christian Vasquez Memorial Highway, (13) designate a portion of State Highway Route 86S, in the County of Riverside, as the CHP Officer Saul Martinez Memorial Highway, (14) designate a portion of State Highway Route 12, in the County of Sacramento, as the CHP Officer Charles "Chuck" Sorenson Memorial Highway, (15) designate a portion of State Highway Route 101, in the County of Santa Clara, as the CHP Officer Charles Lilly Memorial Highway, (16) designate a portion of State Highway Route 1, in the City of Fort Bragg, as Jere Melo Memorial Highway, (17) designate a portion of State Highway Route 680, in the City of Fremont, as the CHP Officers Frederick Wayne Enright and Adolfo Martinez Hernandez Memorial Highway, (18) designate a portion of State Highway Route 74, in the County of Riverside, as the CHP Officer Michael Allen Brandt Memorial Highway, (19) designate a portion of State Highway Route 80, in the County of Yolo, as the CHP Officer William "Ivan" Casselman Memorial Highway, (20) designate the interchange of State Highway Route 154 and State Highway Route 101, in the County of Santa Barbara, as the CHP Officer James C. O'Connor Memorial Interchange, (21) designate a portion of State Highway Route 10, in the unincorporated area of the County of Riverside, as the CHP Officer Ambers O. "Sonny" Shewmaker Memorial Highway, (22) designate a specified portion of State Highway Route 10, in the County of San Bernardino, as the Sergeant Darrell Keith Lee, Sergeant Gary Wayne Wolfley, and Officer Sergio Carrera, Jr., Memorial Highway, (23) designate a portion of State Highway Route 10 and Date Palm Drive Memorial Overcrossing, in the County of Riverside, as the CHP Officer Mark Thomas Taylor Memorial Overcrossing, (24) designate a portion of State Highway Route 40, in the County of San Bernadino, as the CHP Officer John "Jack" Armatoski Memorial Highway, (25) designate a portion of State Highway Route 1, in the County of Santa Cruz, as the CHP Officer A. Donald Hoover Memorial Highway, and (26) designate a portion of State Highway Route 880, in the County of Alameda, as the CHP Officer William P. Sniffen Memorial Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing these special designations and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering those costs, to erect those signs.
The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) , which provides a defined benefit to its employees based on age at retirement, service credit, and final or highest compensation paid to the employee. Existing law authorizes any public agency to participate in, and make its employees members of, PERS by contract. In the case of an employee who has been employed by one or more contracting public agencies, retirement benefits distributed to that employee are based on the highest final compensation under any system, and each system makes a separate retirement payment to the employee based upon the number of years that the employee worked for each of those agencies. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature that a contracting agency not experience a significant increase in actuarial liability due to increased compensation paid by another contracting agency to a nonrepresented employee. The bill would require the Board of Administration of PERS to develop guidelines in this regard and to implement program changes to ensure that a contracting agency that creates a significant increase in actuarial liability due to increased compensation bears the associated liability. The bill would require the system actuary to assess an increase in liability in this regard to the employer that created it at the time the increase is determined and to make adjustments to that employer's rates as needed. The bill would apply these requirements to any significant increase in actuarial liability due to increased compensation paid to a nonrepresented employee regardless of when the increase in compensation occurred. The bill would require the board to report to the Legislature on the implementation of these provisions. Existing law requires the Board of Administration of PERS to establish a plan of replacement benefits for members and any survivors or beneficiaries whose retirement benefits are limited by a specified provision of federal law and that cannot be fully maximized pursuant to PERL. This bill would prohibit a plan of replacement benefits from being administered by the board for a person who first becomes a member on or after January 1, 2013.
