This measure would declare February 6, 2016, as Ronald Reagan Day.
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This measure would declare that President Abraham Lincoln be honored on February 12, 2016, the anniversary of his birthday.
Under existing law, cities and counties, upon compliance with applicable voting requirements, may levy, increase, or extend a transactions (sales) and use tax that conforms to the procedures and requirements of the Transactions and Use Tax Law. A district, if authorized by law, similarly may impose that tax. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to a provision of the Transactions and Use Tax law.
Existing law, the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law, authorizes a city, county, or city and county to impose local sales and use taxes, as specified. That law requires the sales tax portion of any sales and use tax ordinance adopted under that law to be imposed for the privilege of selling tangible personal property at retail and to include specified provisions. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
This measure would declare the month of January 2016 as Pet Care Education Month and would request Californians to observe the month by ensuring that their companion animals receive the proper preventative care by establishing a financial plan for pet health emergencies and by contributing to charitable organizations that provide low-cost spay and neuter services and vaccinations or funds to help low-income individuals pay for veterinary care.
Existing law, the Budget Act of 2014, appropriates $3,000,000 to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of assisting the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in processing veterans' claims. This bill would continuously appropriate $3,000,000 from the General Fund each fiscal year to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of funding 36 Veterans Claims Representative positions.
Existing law, inoperative due to a pending referendum election, would, as of July 1, 2015, prohibit stores that have a specified amount of sales in dollars or retail floor space from providing a single-use carryout bag to a customer and prohibit those stores from selling or distributing a recycled paper bag at the point of sale unless the store makes that bag available for purchase for not less than $0.10. This same law would, on and after July 1, 2016, impose these prohibitions and requirements on convenience food stores, foodmarts, and other specified entities. This bill would repeal the requirement that a store that distributes recycled paper bags make those bags available for purchase for not less than $0.10. This bill would become operative only if the referendum on single-use plastic bags is approved by the voters.
The Corporation Tax Law specifies that its provisions are applicable to specified taxes. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.