The Vehicle License Fee (VLF) Law establishes, in lieu of any ad valorem property tax upon vehicles, an annual license fee for any vehicle subject to registration in this state, on and after May 19, 2009, and until July 1, 2013, in the amount of 1.15% of the market value of specified vehicles, the revenues derived thereof to be deposited in specified funds. Existing law provides that, on and after July 1, 2013, the annual license fee for specified vehicles subject to registration in this state shall be 0.65% of the market value of that vehicle. This bill would provide that for new vehicles, including new motorcycles, the annual license fee shall be 0.65% of the market value of the vehicle. This bill would also state the intent of the Legislature with regard to funding levels for local law enforcement. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
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Existing law provides that criminal trials may only be continued for good cause. Under existing law, good cause is defined to include when a prosecutor assigned to specific types of criminal cases has another trial, preliminary hearing, or motion to suppress in progress in that court or another court. This bill would include, as good cause, a case involving a violent gang felony, as defined, when the assigned prosecutor has another case in progress, as specified. Existing law provides that only one such continuance per case may be granted to the prosecutor for cases involving stalking, hate crimes, or cases handled under the Career Criminal Prosecution Program. This bill would also limit the prosecutor to one such continuance per case in cases involving violent gang felonies.
(1) Existing law establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the Electricity Oversight Board with jurisdiction related to energy matters. Existing law provides the Public Utilities Commission with jurisdiction over the certification of natural gas and electric facilities. Existing law also provides the Office of Planning and Research, the Department of General Services, and the Office of the State Architect with jurisdiction over certain energy-related matters. Existing law provides the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission with the jurisdiction over the certification of thermal powerplants. This bill would abolish the State Energy Resources and Conservation Commission and the Electricity Oversight Board. The bill would create the Department of Energy, headed by a Secretary of Energy, and would create the California Energy Board and the Office of Energy Market Oversight within the department. The bill would provide for the creation of various divisions and subdivisions as deemed necessary by the secretary. The secretary would be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of, the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The bill would require the Governor to appoint the initial secretary by January 31, 2010. The bill would authorize the Governor to appoint an Assistant Secretary of Energy who would serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The bill would require the department to create a legal subcommittee comprised of specified members to develop a single statewide position on litigation concerning energy matters. The bill would provide that the California Energy Board consists of the following members: the Secretary of Energy who would be the chair of the board, 4 members of the public with qualifications, as specified, appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate, the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, and the president of the California Public Utilities Commission. The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, and the president of the California Public Utilities Commission would serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the board. The bill would specify that the public members shall serve for a term of 4 years. The bill would require the board to nominate for appointment by the Governor a public adviser to the board who would serve for a 3-year term and may be removed upon the joint concurrence of 4 board members and the Governor. The bill would vest the Office of Energy Market Oversight with the powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations, liabilities, and jurisdiction of the Electricity Oversight Board and add to the functions of the office. The bill would vest the new department and the California Energy Board with the powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations, liabilities, jurisdiction, and rights and privileges of the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, as specified. The bill would transfer jurisdiction over the certification of thermal powerplants and grant jurisdiction over certification of specified solar nonthermal powerplants to the California Energy Board. The bill would also transfer jurisdiction of certain energy-related matters from the Office of Planning and Research, the Department of General Services, and the Office of the State Architect to the Department of Energy or the California Energy Commission, as specified. The bill would also rename the California Consumer Power and Conservation Authority Fund as the California Consumer Power and Conservation Financing Fund. The bill would transfer all responsibilities with respect to the certification of certain electric transmission facilities from the Public Utilities Commission to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the California Energy Board. The bill would require the Department of Energy, on or before January 1, 2011, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission and the Independent System Operator, to submit to the Governor and the Legislature a strategic plan identifying administrative and statutory measures that would improve the siting and licensing process for electric transmission lines. (2) Existing law requires a person proposing to construct a thermal powerplant or electric transmission line on a site to submit to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission a notice of intention to file an application for the certification of the site. This bill would repeal this requirement. (3) Existing law prohibits the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission from certifying a facility that adds generating capacity to a potential multiple facility site in excess of the maximum allowable capacity determined by the commission. This bill would repeal this prohibition. (4) Existing law requires the Department of Community Services and Development to administer federal funds for programs to provide energy assistance to qualified low-income households and to administer the community services block grant program. This bill would transfer the above-described duties and responsibilities of the Department of Community Services and Development, on and after January 1, 2013, to the Department of Energy. (5) Existing law establishes grant and loan programs to provide financial assistance to specified entities for constructing and retrofitting buildings to be more energy efficient. This bill would require the Department of Finance to conduct an independent audit of those programs and to provide an audit report to the Legislature no later than March 1 of each year in which an appropriation has been made to implement those programs. (6) Existing law established the Katz Safe Schoolbus Clean Fuel Efficiency Demonstration Program to assist local educational agencies in replacing older schoolbuses with schoolbuses meeting federal safety standards that operate with greater efficiency and fewer adverse air emissions. This bill would repeal this program. (7) Existing law establishes the Small Business Energy Efficient Refrigeration Program and the State Solar Medallion Passive Design Competition. This bill would repeal the program and competition. (8) The bill would make conforming changes in existing law. (9) The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution. (10) The bill would provide that the provisions of the bill are severable.
(1) Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt procedures for determining the compliance of any system designed for the control of gasoline vapor emissions during gasoline marketing operations, including storage and transfer operations, and additional performance standards to ensure that systems for the control of gasoline vapors from motor vehicle fueling operations do not cause excessive spillage and emissions. Existing law prohibits the state board from requiring a gasoline dispensing facility that meets certain requirements from undergoing an Enhanced Vapor Recovery Phase II upgrade until April 1, 2011. This bill would exempt a gasoline dispensing facility that does not meet these requirements from penalties for failing to undergo an Enhanced Vapor Recovery Phase II upgrade until April 1, 2010. (2) The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution.
(1) Existing law requires that, when a reduction in the number of certificated employees employed by a school district is authorized for specified reasons, the notice of the termination of the services of an employee in the subsequent school year be given, in a prescribed manner, before May 15. This bill would express findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to the effect of the outcome of the May 19, 2009, special election on school district budgets. The bill would require that, in 2009 only, the deadline for the notice of termination of services be changed to June 15. (2) The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution. (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law regulates the licensing and the renewal of licensing of insurance agents, adjusters, and brokers by specifying who is eligible for a license and the requirements for applying for or renewing a license. This bill would state that a person under 18 years of age is not eligible to apply for certain specified licenses. This bill would require the use of electronic forms of application for certain licenses and, except as specified would authorize the commissioner to electronically deliver forms to renew certain licenses to licensees, as specified. This bill would require a person applying for certain insurance licenses to supply the commissioner with his or her e-mail address, in addition to a mailing address, as specified. Existing law requires applicants for certain licenses to meet certain prelicensing education standards, as specified. This bill would delete the prelicensing education requirement for resident applicants who currently hold a nonresident license. Existing law requires the commissioner to charge a fee for the filing of an application or request for a copy of, or a duplicate license for licenses related to disability insurance, surplus lines, bail, life and disability analysts, and motor clubs, as specified. This bill would delete that requirement. Existing law requires specified persons who are licensed as life-only agents, accident and health agents, or fire and casualty broker agents to complete certain prelicensing and continuing education requirements. Existing law exempts a licensee from these requirements if the licensee submits proof satisfactory to the Insurance Commissioner that he or she has been a licensee in good standing for 30 continuous years in California and is 70 years of age or older. This bill would provide that this exemption shall not apply to those individuals licensed for the first time on or after January 1, 2010. Existing law requires a person licensed as a personal lines broker-agent to complete 20 hours of continuing education during each 2-year license term, as specified. This bill would increase that requirement to 24 hours of continuing education. Existing law prohibits nonresident insurance organizations from using residents of California to exercise the powers and perform the duties of their license in California. This bill would delete that prohibition and allow nonresident insurance organizations to use California residents to conduct their business in California. Existing law requires a life agent or applicant to take and pass a written qualifying test before the commissioner can grant the person authority to transact variable contracts, as specified. This bill would delete the requirement for passing a written test and would correct an erroneous cross-reference to federal authority. Existing law requires a person employed as a title marketing representative to hold a certificate of registration issued by the insurance commissioner. Under existing law, the commissioner must mail an application to renew a registration not less than 60 days before a certificate of registration will expire. This bill would authorize the commissioner to mail or use an electronic delivery method to deliver the application, as specified.
(1) Existing law requires the Department of General Services to submit an annual report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and each Member of the Legislature that is required to list specified information and include detailed information on all items in the report. This bill would instead require the department to summarize the information required to be included in the report and would delete the requirement regarding detailed information. (2) Existing law requires the State Architect to, by January 10 of each year, provide the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house of the Legislature a listing of expenditures for activities relating to local government buildings, as specified. This bill would repeal this requirement. (3) Existing law requires the Director of General Services to, by March 1 of each year, prepare and submit to the Legislature, as specified, a report listing all leases entered into in the prior calendar year with an option to purchase with another public or private entity that involve office space. This bill would repeal that requirement. (4) Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services to lease any real property owned by the state not exceeding 5 acres for a period not to exceed 25 years to governmental entities to further the state's mission to provide emergency services. Existing law requires the director to report annually to the Legislature concerning this authority. This bill would repeal this reporting requirement. (5) Existing law authorizes the Department of General Services to enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts on a bid or negotiated basis with manufacturers and suppliers of single source or multisource drugs. The department is required to submit an annual report on activities that have been, or will be, undertaken pursuant to those provisions. This bill would repeal the requirement for that annual report.
This measure would recognize the pioneering work of promotores and community health workers in delivering vital and cost-effective health care services in communities throughout California and declare October 2009 as California Promotores Month.
This measure would acknowledge December 17 each year as an annual "Day of Inclusion" in recognition and appreciation of the priceless contributions of all immigrants to the greatness of the United States and California.
This measure would designate April 24, 2009, as "California Day of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923." It would memorialize the Congress and the President of the United States to act likewise to commemorate the Armenian Genocide.