The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act authorizes the holder of a license to exercise specified rights and privileges and no others at the premises for which the license is issued and during the year for which the license is issued. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to prepare and adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan, and requires the general plan to include certain mandatory elements, including a housing element. That law also requires the housing element, in turn, to include, among other things, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to the meeting of those needs. That law further requires the Department of Housing and Community Development, for specified revisions of the housing element, to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region, as specified. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this provision.
Existing law governs horse racing in this state and vests in the California Horse Racing Board jurisdiction and supervision over meetings where horse races with wagering on their results are held or conducted, and over all persons or things having to do with the operation of those meetings. Existing law prohibits a person from using for a commercial purpose, and from furnishing to any other person either within or outside of the state for any commercial purpose, an audio or video recording of any quarter horse race occurring in this state without first securing the consent of the racing association conducting or holding the meeting, the organization representing horsemen and horsewomen participating in the meeting, and the board. A person who violates either of these prohibitions is guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would expand those prohibitions to additionally apply to a person who uses for a commercial purpose, or who furnishes to any other person either within or outside of the state for any commercial purpose, a digital video disc or any type of video replication of any quarter horse race occurring in this state without first securing consent as described above. By expanding the scope of existing crimes, the bill would create 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.
(1) Existing law, for purposes of ethics training for officers and employees of a local government, defines the term ethics laws to include, among others, laws relating to government transparency. This bill would additionally define the term ethics laws to include compensation setting guidelines as established by specified organizations or the local agency. (2) Existing law requires local agency officials, as defined, to receive ethics training, if the local agency provides any type of compensation, salary, or stipend to a member of a legislative body, or provides reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred by a member of a legislative body in the performance of official duties. This bill would require the local agency to post the ethics training records of all elected members of the local agency on the local agency's Internet Web site, if any, and to submit a copy of the records to the Controller within 90 days of receiving the records. By increasing the duties of local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law authorizes a local agency, as defined, to pay compensation to members of a legislative body for attendance at specified occurrences. Existing law authorizes a local agency to pay compensation for attendance at other occurrences if the governing body has adopted, in a public meeting, a written policy specifying other types of occasions that constitute the performance of official duties. Existing law authorizes a local agency to reimburse members of a legislative body for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties, if the governing body has adopted a written policy, in a public meeting, specifying the types of occurrences that qualify a member of the legislative body to receive reimbursement of specified actual and necessary expenses. This bill would require a local agency that has adopted a written attendance compensation policy or written reimbursement policy to post the policy on the local agency's Internet Web site, if any, and to submit a copy of the policy to the Controller. The bill would, if a local agency does not comply with these requirements, require the Controller to withhold any funds to which the local agency is otherwise entitled, as specified. (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 these statutory provisions.
Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation shall have full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing law, when the Legislature, by concurrent resolution, has designated names for certain districts and state highway bridges and requested the placement of name plaques, authorizes the department to expend reasonable sums on those plaques. This bill would revise the existing provisions to also apply to designation of other transportation facilities owned and operated by the department, and would authorize the department to expend reasonable sums on plaques or signs for designated districts, highways, highway bridges, or other facilities only upon receipt of nonstate funds sufficient to cover the cost. This bill, notwithstanding these provisions, would, for calendar years 2012 and 2013, provide that no highways, bridges, or other transportation facilities owned and operated by the department or districts through which a state highway passes shall be named or otherwise designated by the Legislature, and no plaques or signs shall be erected by the department to reflect the naming or designation of a highway, bridge, other transportation facility, or district during those calendar years.
Existing law requires that each pupil have an individual record of accomplishment by the end of grade 12 that includes the results of the achievement test required and administered annually as part of the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program, results of end-of-course exams he or she has taken, and the vocational education certification exams he or she chose to take. This bill would authorize the State Board of Education, the State Department of Education, or a local educational agency to disclose, pursuant to the California Public Records Act, assessment results that indicate the percentage of pupils that attained the proficient and advanced performance levels, aggregated at the classroom level, provided that the state board, department, or local educational agency has possession of the data, and that the data are not subject to an exemption under the California Public Records Act. The bill would prohibit individual pupil test scores, pupil identities, and personal directory information of teachers from being disclosed. The bill would state that its provisions are declaratory of existing law.
(1) The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of redevelopment agencies in communities to address the effects of blight, as defined, and to utilize various types of financing for that purpose. This bill would prohibit redevelopment agencies from using specified revenue for the promotion, recruitment, or retention of any professional sports team, or any related activity, as defined or for the development, planning, design, site acquisition, subdivision, financing, leasing, construction, operation, or maintenance of infrastructure, as defined, related to the occupancy, recruitment, or retention of any professional sports team. (2) The law authorizes redevelopment agencies to pay the principal of, and interest on, indebtedness incurred to finance or refinance redevelopment, from a portion of property tax revenues diverted from other taxing agencies. The portion of taxes diverted is the amount attributable to increases in assessed valuation of property in the redevelopment project area subsequent to establishment thereof. This method of financing is commonly known as "tax increment" financing and is specifically authorized by Section 16 of Article XVI of the California Constitution. The law also authorizes a redevelopment agency, in any redevelopment plan or in the proceedings for the advance of moneys or the making of loans or the incurring of any indebtedness, to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, a redevelopment project to irrevocably pledge its tax increment revenues for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, these loans, advances, or other indebtedness. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in those provisions that authorize a redevelopment agency to pledge its tax increment revenues for the payment on loans, advances, or other indebtedness.
Existing law requires that each teacher employed by a school district be classified on a uniform salary schedule based on years of training and years of experience, except if the employer and the exclusive bargaining representative agree otherwise, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that the governing board of each school district establish a uniform system of evaluation and assessment of the performance of all certificated personnel within the school district. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
The Community Redevelopment Law requires every redevelopment agency to present an annual report to its legislative body that includes an independent financial audit report for the previous fiscal year and to inform the legislative body of major audit violations. The failure to correct the major violations may result in the filing of an action by the Attorney General. The Department of Housing and Community Development may examine the records of redevelopment agencies. This bill would establish a specified procedure by which the department, the Attorney General, and the courts would handle major audit violations. The bill also would authorize the Controller to conduct quality control reviews of independent financial audit reports to the extent it is feasible to do so within existing budgetary resources, and refer suspected violations to the California Board of Accountancy, as provided.
