This measure would make various statements regarding the importance of New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) to the California economy and would declare the necessity for the Legislature to utilize its vested powers to keep NUMMI in California.
This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway Route 15 in Temecula as the Deputy Kent Hintergardt 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 those costs, to erect those signs.
Existing law regulates the operations of corporations, including, without limitation, elections of boards of directors and qualification with the Commissioner of Corporations of securities offerings in specified transactions, based on, among other things, whether a security is traded on a national securities exchange or is listed on the National Market System of the NASDAQ Stock Market. Existing law governing broker-dealers, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives references the National Association of Securities Dealers. This bill would change references to the NASDAQ Stock Market to reflect existing federal law designating that market as a national securities exchange. The bill would change references to the American Stock Exchange to reflect its current name, the NYSE Amex. The bill would also change references to the National Association of Securities Dealers to reflect its current name, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and make other technical and conforming changes.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act makes it a misdemeanor for any person under the age of 21 years to purchase any alcoholic beverage or consume any alcoholic beverage in any on‑sale premises. The act also subjects a holder of a license to sell alcoholic beverages to criminal prosecution and suspension or revocation of that license if the licensee sells any alcoholic beverages to any person under 21 years of age. Existing law provides that a licensee's acceptance of bona fide evidence, as defined, constitutes a defense to any action against the licensee. This bill would authorize the acceptance of a valid passport, issued by the United States government or a foreign government, as bona fide evidence that a person is 21 years of age or older. This bill makes findings and declarations with regard to the importance of tourism to California. This bill would incorporate changes made by AB 59 that would become operative if both bills are enacted and this bill is enacted after AB 59.
Existing law provides that no disaster worker who is performing disaster services during a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency shall be liable for civil damages on account of personal injury to or death of any person or property, as provided. This bill would provide that disaster service workers shall not be liable when acting within the scope of their responsibilities under the authority of the governmental emergency organization, as provided. This bill would provide that these provisions apply exclusively to any legal action filed on or after the effective date of this bill. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
(1) Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act, requires contributions and expenditures for political purposes on boundary changes approved by a local agency formation commission to be disclosed and reported to the commission to the same extent and subject to the same requirements of the Political Reform Act of 1974 as provided for local initiative measures. This bill would revise these provisions to require the expenditures to be disclosed and reported pursuant to the Political Reform Act of 1974. (2) Existing law, for purposes of the Political Reform Act of 1974, defines "LAFCO proposal" to mean a proposal, as defined by the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act, that is initiated as a petition for filing with a local agency formation commission. This bill would revise the definition of "LAFCO proposal" to mean a proposal, as defined by the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act, including a proceeding, as defined by that act. (3) The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.
Existing law requires the flag of the National League of POW/MIA Families to be flown over specified state buildings where the United States Flag and the California State Flag currently fly on certain dates during business hours, to the extent structurally feasible. This bill would instead require the flag to be flown during business hours at all state-owned buildings and facilities where the United States Flag and the California State Flag fly, as specified.
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a precinct board member, before placing a ballot into the ballot box, to attempt to learn the name on a ballot or to take other specified actions to obtain information from the ballot. This bill would also make it a misdemeanor for a member of the public observing specified election procedures to willfully engage in certain conduct to find out the voter's identity or the voter's ballot choices. Because the bill creates new crimes, 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 establishes the California Law Revision Commission. Existing law authorizes the commission to recommend changes in the law as it deems necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules of law and bring the law into harmony with modern conditions. Existing law requires the commission to file a report at each regular session of the Legislature containing a calendar of topics selected by the commission for study, which is subject to approval by concurrent resolution of the Legislature. Existing law authorizes the commission to recommend revisions to correct technical or minor defects in the statutes without the prior concurrent resolution of the Legislature referring the matter to it for study. This bill would make changes to the terms used to describe recording technology to effectuate the recommendations of the commission. The bill would make additional technical, nonsubstantive changes.
The California Constitution prohibits the Legislature from authorizing lotteries, but allows the Legislature to authorize private, nonprofit, eligible organizations to conduct raffles, as specified. Existing statutory law generally regulates raffles conducted by eligible organizations for beneficial or charitable purposes. Existing law prohibits a raffle from being advertised over the Internet. This bill would delete the prohibition on advertising a raffle over the Internet and would set forth specified information regarding a raffle that may be included on an Internet Web site.
