This measure would declare 2024 as the year to Coexist with Wildlife, California.
Existing law establishes the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration in the Government Operations Agency under the control of an executive director appointed by the Governor. Existing law authorizes the department to enter into settlement agreements regarding protests, appeals, or refund claims for sales and use taxes if it is determined that the settlement amount is consistent with a reasonable evaluation of the costs and risks associated with litigation. Existing law requires the director to approve or disapprove recommendation for settlement within 45 days of submission of the settlement to the director and deems approved any recommendation for settlement that is not either approved or disapproved by the director within those 45 days. This bill would decrease the number of days in which the director is required to either approve or disapprove a recommendation for settlement to 30 days.
This measure would proclaim February 22, 2024, as Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.
This measure would recognize the importance of World Cholangiocarcinoma Day, observed on February 15, 2024.
This measure would recognize the week of February 18, 2024, to February 24, 2024, as Engineers Week.
This resolution would designate the week beginning on February 26, 2024, and the last week of February hereafter, as Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district or charter school to arrange to pay certificated employees in either 10, 11, or 12 equal payments instead of by the school month, as specified. If the governing board of a school district or charter school arranges to pay persons employed by it in 12 equal payments for the year, existing law authorizes a governing board of a school district or charter school to pay each monthly installment at the end of each calendar month, whether or not the persons are actually engaged in teaching during that month. This bill would require the governing board of a school district and the governing body of a charter school to offer to pay a teacher employed by the school district or charter school in 10, 11, or 12 equal payments. The bill would specify that, to the extent the provisions of the bill conflict with any provision of a collective bargaining agreement entered into before January 1, 2025, by a school district or charter school and an exclusive bargaining representative, the provisions of the bill would not apply to the school district or charter school until the expiration or renewal of that collective bargaining agreement.
Existing law establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency with primary jurisdiction over the regulation of air pollution. Existing law generally designates air pollution control districts and air quality management districts with the primary responsibility for the control of air pollution from all sources other than vehicular sources. Existing law subjects violators of specified air pollution laws or any rule, regulation, permit, or order of a district or of the state board to specified civil penalties. This bill would require a district to provide a small business, as defined, with a period of not less than 30 days to rectify a violation before the small business may be subject to those civil penalties. By increasing the duties of air pollution control districts and air quality management districts, 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.
