Existing law establishes the California Economic Development Fund and authorizes the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to provide matching funds for economic development purposes from that fund. This bill would appropriate $6 million from the General Fund to the California Economic Development Fund to provide a cash match for federal funds to the administrative lead centers that have contracts with the United States Small Business Administration to administer the federal Small Business Development Center Program in California, subject to a specified condition. This bill would become operative only if AB 2670 of the 2013–14 Regular Session is enacted and becomes operative. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
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Existing law establishes within the Governor's office the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development as the lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector investment, and economic growth, and authorizes the office to exercise various powers, including, among others, making recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature regarding policies, programs, and actions to advance statewide economic goals. This bill would enact the Entrepreneur-in-Residence Act of 2014, which would establish the state entrepreneur-in-residence program within the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development for the purpose of utilizing the expertise of private-sector entrepreneurs to help make state governmental activities and practices more streamlined and accessible to small businesses. The program would authorize the director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development to appoint a maximum of 10 persons each year to serve within a state agency as an entrepreneur-in-residence, with duties as established in the bill, on a voluntary basis. The bill would require the director to accept appointment applications for the position of an entrepreneur-in-residence and to establish prescribed procedures for complying with the bill no later than March 1, 2015. The bill would also require the director to establish an informal working group of entrepreneurs-in-residence to discuss best practices, experiences, obstacles, opportunities, and recommendations, and to report on the program to the Governor and the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy, as specified.
(1) The Corporate Securities Law of 1968 authorizes the Commissioner of Business Oversight to prescribe circumstances under which to accept electronic records or electronic signatures, as defined. This bill would provide additional examples of what meets the definition of an "electronic record." (2) The Franchise Investment Law generally provides for the regulation of the offer and sale of franchises by the Commissioner of Business Oversight. The law specifically provides that the registration of the offer of franchises automatically becomes effective at noon on the 15th business day after the filing of the application for registration or the last amendment, except as specified. This bill would instead provide that the offer automatically becomes effective on the 30th day after the filing of a complete application, similarly extend the time for a renewal of an offer, as specified, and define terms for these purposes. This bill would authorize the commissioner to prescribe circumstances under which to accept electronic records or electronic signatures, as defined. (3) The Check Sellers, Bill Payers and Proraters Law generally requires the Commissioner of Business Oversight to, among other things, proscribe the form of the application for a license to engage in business under its provisions. This bill would authorize the commissioner to prescribe circumstances under which to accept electronic records or electronic signatures, as defined. (4) The Escrow Law generally requires the Commissioner of Business Oversight to, among other things, proscribe the form of the application for a license as an escrow agent under its provisions. This bill would authorize the commissioner to prescribe circumstances under which to accept electronic records or electronic signatures, as defined. (5) The California Finance Lenders Law generally requires the Commissioner of Business Oversight to, among other things, proscribe the form of the application for a license as a finance lender or broker under its provisions. This bill would authorize the commissioner to prescribe circumstances under which to accept electronic records or electronic signatures, as defined. (6) The California Deferred Deposit Transaction Law generally requires the Commissioner of Business Oversight to, among other things, proscribe the form of the application for a license to engage in the businesses of offering, making, or arranging a deferred deposit transaction, as specified. This bill would authorize the commissioner to prescribe circumstances under which to accept electronic records or electronic signatures, as defined.
Existing law requires the Controller to compile and publish reports of the financial transactions of each county, city, and special district within this state, together with any other matter he or she deems of public interest. This bill would additionally require the Controller to include specified information in those local government financial transaction reports relating to the imposition of locally assessed parcel taxes, including, among other things, the type and rate of a parcel tax and the number of parcels subject to or exempt from the parcel tax. The bill would require the local governmental entities imposing a parcel tax to provide information to the Controller as required by the Controller to comply with these provisions. By imposing new duties on local officials, this 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 these statutory provisions.
Existing law provides various definitions for various purposes. This bill would define a California family owned business for purposes of any provision of the Government Code that explicitly references this definition.
Existing law requires the California-Mexico Border Relations Council to, among other things, coordinate activities of state agencies that are related to cross-border programs, initiatives, projects, and partnerships that exist within state government. This bill would repeal and recast those provisions.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (department) is created in state government and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is the head of the department. Under existing law, the department, in voluntary cooperation with the Shasta County Board of Supervisors and the boards of supervisors of specified northern California counties, is required to design, develop, and construct a state-owned and state-operated Northern California Veterans Cemetery. Under existing law, the department, in voluntary cooperation with the Board of Supervisors of the County of Monterey, the City of Seaside, the Fort Ord Reuse Authority, and surrounding counties, cities, and local agencies, is required to design, develop, and construct the state-owned and state-operated veterans cemetery, which shall be located on the site of the former Fort Ord. Existing federal law authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of the federal Department of Veterans Affairs to make a grant to any state for the purpose of establishing, expanding, or improving a veterans' cemetery owned by the state and operating and maintaining a veterans' cemetery. This bill would require the department, in voluntary cooperation with local government entities in Orange County, to design, develop, construct, and equip a state-owned and state-operated Southern California Veterans Cemetery to be located at a specified site in the City of Irvine. Subject to specified requirements described in federal law, the bill would make honorably discharged veterans, their spouses, and eligible dependent children eligible for interment in the cemetery. The bill would require the department to establish a fee to be charged for interment of veteran spouses and eligible dependent children. The bill would create the Southern California Veterans Cemetery Master Development Fund and would require all moneys received for the design, development, construction, and equipment of the cemetery to be deposited in this fund. The bill would also create the Southern California Veterans Cemetery Perpetual Maintenance Fund and would direct all moneys received for the maintenance of the cemetery to be deposited in this fund. The bill would make expenditure of the moneys in those funds subject to appropriation by the Legislature. The bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to appropriate funds in the annual Budget Act to fund annual cemetery operations and maintenance and to enact other related necessary additional legislation. The bill would make proposals for the construction, placement, or donation of monuments and memorials to the cemetery subject to review by a specified advisory committee and subject to final approval by the secretary. The bill would authorize the cemetery administrator to accept donations of personal property to be used for the maintenance, beautification, or repair of the cemetery. The bill would require cash donations to be deposited into the Southern California Veterans Cemetery Donations Fund, a continuously appropriated fund created by this bill, and would require the cash donations to be expended for the maintenance, beautification, and repair of the cemetery, as specified. By creating a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would require and authorize the department to adopt regulations, as specified. The bill would appropriate $500,000 from the General Fund to the department to be used for the grant proposal, as described below. The bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to appropriate funds in the annual Budget Act to support the department in carrying out these provisions. The bill would specify that if no appropriation is made for those purposes, the department would not be required to comply with provisions of this bill. The bill would require the department to apply to the Veterans Cemetery Grants Program of the federal Department of Veterans Affairs for a grant of not more than 100% of the estimated cost for designing, developing, constructing, and equipping the cemetery. The bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to prohibit the expenditure of specified moneys appropriated to the department until the department has received written approval of the grant requested and a commitment from the federal Veterans Cemetery Grants Program that the funds appropriated under the grant are available for expenditure by the state.
Existing law establishes the State Historical Resources Commission and the California Register of Historical Resources. Existing law requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to consider all recommendations for registration made by the commission, and requires the department to register, as state historical landmarks, those buildings, structures, sites, or places that the department deems to be important historical resources. This bill would provide that, for these purposes, the term "places" includes, but is not limited to, living and producing vineyards, orchards, and groves. The bill would authorize an agricultural historical resource, such as a living and producing vineyard, orchard, or grove, to be treated or modified as per routine agricultural husbandry practices.
Existing law generally regulates false advertising and specifically prohibits certain unfair acts or practices undertaken by, or omissions of, a person in the operation of a contest, including misrepresenting the odds of winning a prize or failing to award and distribute all prizes. A violation of this provision is a misdemeanor. This bill would apply the prohibition described above to unfair acts or practices undertaken by, or omissions of, a person in the operation of a sweepstakes, as defined. The bill would prohibit using or offering to use any method intended to be used by a person interacting with an electronic video monitor to simulate gambling or play gambling-themed games in a business establishment, as defined, that directly or indirectly implements the predetermination of sweepstakes cash, cash-equivalent prizes, or other prizes of value, or otherwise connects a sweepstakes player or participant with sweepstakes cash, cash-equivalent prizes, or other prizes of value. By creating new crimes, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would also except from this prohibition game promotions and sweepstakes conducted on a limited basis as an advertising and marketing tool incidental to substantial bona fide sales of consumer products or services, as specified. 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.
(1) Existing law requires the sealer of a county to inspect and test weighing and measuring devices, as specified, that are used or sold for commercial purposes in the county. Existing law, until January 1, 2016, authorizes the county board of supervisors to charge fees to recover the costs of the county sealer to perform these duties. For marinas, mobilehome parks, recreational vehicle parks, and apartment complexes, where the owner is responsible for the utility meters, existing law prohibits the device fee for water submeters from exceeding $2 per device per space or apartment. This bill would require a county sealer who possesses the appropriate equipment for performing tests on water submeters to inspect, test, and certify to the accuracy of a water submeter, upon request of the owner, user, or operator of the water submeter, if any of specified conditions exist. By placing additional duties on local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would permit the board of supervisors of the county to authorize the sealer to establish a schedule of fees to cover the costs of performing those services. This bill would authorize, upon written request of the owner, user, or operator, a water submeter that has been inspected, tested, and sealed by a sealer in one county to be installed in another county if certain conditions are met, including that the sealer of the county in which the water submeter is to be installed does not have reason to believe that the water submeter has been tampered with, damaged, or otherwise rendered inoperable since its inspection, testing, and sealing. (2) Existing law requires a sealer to seize and condemn, and authorizes the sealer to destroy, incorrect weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments used for commercial purposes that are not susceptible of repair. Existing law requires a sealer to mark incorrect devices, that are susceptible of repair, with a tag or other device with the words "Out of order." For these purposes, existing law defines "incorrect" as any instrument that fails to meet prescribed tolerances and specifications and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring. This bill would require a water submeter, that has been tested and found to be incorrect before its initial installation, to be marked with the words "Out of order" and to be returned to a service agent only if certain conditions are met. Because the bill would impose additional duties on county sealers and because a violation of this provision would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would further specify that an owner, user, or operator of a water submeter that has previously been sealed, installed, and used commercially who submits the water submeter to a sealer for inspection and testing shall not be subject to criminal prosecution or liable for fines or other penalties for a violation of specified provisions regulating weights and measures if the device is found to be incorrect, if prescribed conditions apply. (3) Existing law regulates the utilization and repair of weighing or measuring devices. Under existing law, for purposes of weighing and measuring devices, the term "placed in service" means to permit the use of a device that has been tested and found to be correct, as specified, and type approved, as provided, or to submit a device to a sealer for verification prior to installation. Under existing law, a device may only be placed in service by a sealer or a service agency. This bill would limit the term "placed in service" to mean to permit the use of a device that has been tested and found to be correct, as specified, and type approved, as provided. (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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for specified reasons. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.