This measure would honor the California Council on Science and Technology for 25 years of service and unbiased advice to the State of California.
Existing property tax law requires the county auditor, in each fiscal year, to allocate property tax revenue to local jurisdictions in accordance with specified formulas and procedures, and generally requires that each jurisdiction be allocated an amount equal to the total of the amount of revenue allocated to that jurisdiction in the prior fiscal year, subject to certain modifications, and that jurisdiction's portion of the annual tax increment, as defined. Existing property tax law requires that, for purposes of determining property tax revenue allocations in each county for the 1992–93 and 1993–94 fiscal years, the amounts of property tax revenue deemed allocated in the prior fiscal year to the county, cities, and special districts be reduced in accordance with certain formulas. It requires that the revenues not allocated to the county, cities, and special districts as a result of these reductions be transferred to the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund in that county for allocation to school districts, community college districts, and the county office of education. For the 2004–05 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, existing law requires that each city, county, and city and county receive additional property tax revenues in the form of a vehicle license fee adjustment amount, as defined, from a Vehicle License Fee Property Tax Compensation Fund that exists in each county treasury. Existing law requires that these additional allocations be funded from ad valorem property tax revenues otherwise required to be allocated to each county's Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund for the benefit of educational entities. This bill would modify these reduction and transfer provisions by increasing the vehicle license fee adjustment amount for the County of Orange by $53,000,000 for the 2013–14 fiscal year and requiring that amount to be included in the calculation of the vehicle license fee adjustment amount for that county for each fiscal year thereafter. This bill would direct the Department of Finance and the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to work with the County of Orange, the county auditor-controller for the County of Orange, and intervenors in obtaining a final and complete resolution to a specified case in which all parties agree not to seek appellate review. The bill would include findings and declarations that an appropriate resolution would be for the County of Orange to repay specified amounts over a specified period. By changing the manner in which property tax revenues are allocated by the county officials in the County of Orange, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law, for the 2009–10 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, requires the auditor of a qualified county, as defined, to increase the total amount of ad valorem property tax revenue otherwise required to be allocated to that county by the county equity amount, as defined, and to commensurately reduce the total amount of ad valorem property tax revenue otherwise required to be allocated to the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund in the county, as specified. This bill would repeal these provisions. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Orange. 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.
This measure would recognize September 2013 as Hmong History Month, urge all citizens to join in celebrating the accomplishments of the Hmong people during Hmong History Month, and encourage the people of California to recognize the many talents, achievements, and contributions that the Hmong people make to their communities.
Existing law makes it a crime to engage in any of various transactions relating to marijuana, as defined, except as otherwise authorized by law, such as pursuant to the Medical Marijuana Program. For purposes of the provisions defining criminal conduct, marijuana is defined as not including the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks, except the resin extracted therefrom, and fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination. This bill, the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act, would revise the definition of "marijuana" so that the term would exclude industrial hemp, as defined, except where the plant is cultivated or processed for purposes not expressly allowed. The bill would define industrial hemp as a fiber or oilseed crop, or both, that is limited to the nonpsychoactive types of the plant Cannabis sativa L. and the seed produced therefrom, having no more than 310 of 1% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) contained in the dried flowering tops, and that is cultivated and processed exclusively for the purpose of producing the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks, except the resin or flowering tops extracted therefrom, fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed, or any component of the seed, of the plant that is incapable of germination. The bill would enact provisions relating to growing industrial hemp that would impose specified procedures and requirements on a person who grows industrial hemp, except as specified, that would become operative when authorized under federal law. The bill would require, except as specified, that industrial hemp be grown only if it is on the list of approved seed cultivars and would require the Department of Food and Agriculture to determine the methodology and procedure by which the list of approved seed cultivars may be amended, as specified. The bill would require a grower of industrial hemp, as specified, and a seed breeder, as defined, to register, and to renew that registration every 2 years, with the county agricultural commissioner and to pay a registration or renewal fee, as determined by the Department of Food and Agriculture. The bill would require the fees collected pursuant to these provisions to be deposited into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, to be continuously appropriated to cover the actual costs of implementing, administering, and enforcing these provisions. By establishing a new source of revenue for a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation. The bill would require a registrant growing industrial hemp to obtain, before the harvest of each crop, a laboratory test of a random sample of the crop to determine the amount of THC in the crop. The bill would require the laboratory test report to be issued by a laboratory registered by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and would require the registrant growing industrial hemp to make the report available to law enforcement officials and specified other persons. The bill would require all industrial hemp seed sold for planting in California to be from a crop having no more than 310 of 1% THC contained in a random sampling of the dried flowering tops and tested under these provisions, and would require the destruction of crops exceeding that content, as specified. The bill would prohibit certain other conduct, including, among other things, the possession, outside of a field of lawful cultivation, of resin, flowering tops, or leaves that have been removed from the hemp plant, and the pruning and tending of individual industrial hemp plants, except as specified. The bill would require the Attorney General and the Industrial Hemp Advisory Board to submit reports to the Legislature by January 1, 2019, or 5 years after the provisions of this act are authorized under federal law, whichever is later, regarding the economic and law enforcement impacts of industrial hemp cultivation. The bill would establish the Industrial Hemp Advisory Board, with a prescribed membership, and would authorize the board to advise the Secretary of Food and Agriculture on matters pertaining to these provisions. The bill would state the findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to industrial hemp, and would make nonsubstantive changes. By revising the scope of application of existing crimes relating to marijuana, this bill would impose a state‑mandated local program. By specifying the conditions of cultivation, the violation of which would be a misdemeanor pursuant to other provisions of existing law, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. By increasing the duties of 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. This bill would provide that the provisions of this act would not become operative unless authorized under federal law and, if the provisions become operative, would require the Attorney General to issue an opinion regarding that authorization, as specified, and to post the opinion on the office of the Attorney General's Internet Web site.
This measure would designate September 22, 2013, and September 22, 2014, as "California Business Women's Day" and would encourage all Californians to celebrate the occasion with appropriate activities.
This measure would designate October 2013 as Internet Crimes Against Children Awareness Month and state that the Legislature supports increased funding for the Internet Crimes Against Children task forces, online communications systems, or computer technology to help detect the sexual exploitation of children, updating reporting laws, and strengthening disclosure laws.
This measure would honor the University of California, Davis' great achievement in earning the number one ranking in the world for teaching and research in the areas of agriculture and forestry.
This measure would urge the Congress of the United States to reauthorize the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and to include specified policies and strategies in support of the act.
This measure would urge the United States Congress and the President to establish new entrepreneur and science, technology, engineering, or mathematics-related visa categories for legal immigrants as part of comprehensive federal immigration reform, that would, among other things, create an Entrepreneur's Visa for legal immigrants, provide authorization to adjust the status of not more than 50,000 aliens who have earned a master's degree or a doctorate degree, as specified, to that of aliens conditionally admitted for permanent residence, and eliminate per-country caps for employment-based immigrant visas.
This measure would proclaim the week of August 11 through August 17, 2013, as National Health Center Week.
