The Vehicle License Fee Law, in lieu of any ad valorem property tax upon vehicles, imposes an annual license fee for any vehicle subject to registration in this state in the amount of 1% of the market value of that vehicle, as provided, for a specified amount of time. Existing law also, until July 1, 2011, imposes an additional tax equal to 0.15% of the market value of specified vehicles, as determined by the Department of Motor Vehicles, to the vehicle license fee, to be deposited in the General Fund and transferred to the Local Safety and Protection Account, a continuously appropriated fund. Existing law provides that money in the account shall be allocated for various public safety programs, as provided. This bill would, beginning July 1, 2011, and each July 1 thereafter for a transfer $500,000,000 from the General Fund to the account total of 5 years, as provided. By transferring funds to a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
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Existing law provides that any collective bargaining agreement between an employer and a labor organization is enforceable at law or in equity, and a breach of the collective bargaining agreement by any party thereto is subject to the same remedies, including injunctive relief, as are available on other contracts in the courts of the state. This bill would enact the California Voluntary Contributions Act and allow a labor organization to make expenditures for political activities only if the labor organization establishes a separate fund from which to make those expenditures and complies with specified provisions, including, among others, a prohibition on using union dues for political activities, transferring union dues to the fund, or intermingling union dues in any way with moneys in the fund. Notwithstanding those limitations, the bill would allow a labor organization to use union dues to lobby or communicate directly with its own members regarding political candidates, ballot measures, and other political issues.
Under exsiting law, the State Department of Public Health licenses and regulates health care facilities. Under existing law, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Division of Juvenile Facilities, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, have jurisdiction over health care facilities in institutions, as defined, that are subject to specific requirements for operation and control of communicable, contagious, or infectious diseases. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
(1) Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to notify pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and the parents or guardians of those pupils that school authorities may excuse a pupil from school to obtain confidential medical services without the consent of the pupils parent or guardian. Existing law authorizes a school district to include that notice with any other notice made to a parent or guardian of a pupil pursuant to existing law. This bill would delete this provision, and instead prohibit a school official, as defined, from excusing a pupil who is a minor and enrolled in any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, from the school campus before the end of a schoolday without the written consent of his or her parent or legal guardian. (2) Existing law prohibits any employee of a school district from administering psychological tests or engaging in other psychological activities involving the application of psychological principles, methods, or procedures, except under specified conditions. Existing law states that parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in public schools have the right to receive information about any psychological testing the school conducts involving their child and to deny permission to give the test, except as specified. This bill would prohibit the governing board of each school district maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, from conducting any mental or psychological screening or testing of a minor pupil unless it has obtained the written consent of the pupil's parent or legal guardian.(3) Existing law prohibits a test, questionnaire, survey, or examination containing any questions regarding the beliefs or practices of the pupil or the parents or guardians of the pupil related to sex, family life, morality, and religion, from being administered to any pupil in kindergarten or grades 1 to 12, inclusive, unless the parent or guardian of the pupil is notified in writing that this test, questionnaire, survey, or examination is to be administered and the parent or guardian of the pupil gives written permission for the pupil to take this test, questionnaire, survey, or examination.This bill would add gender and sexual orientation to the topics about which a test, questionnaire, survey, or examination containing any questions regarding the beliefs or practices of a pupil or the parents or legal guardians of a pupil would be prohibited unless the parent or legal guardian of the pupil is notified in writing and gives written permission as specified.(4) The existing California Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Act authorizes school districts to provide comprehensive sexual health education, as defined, in any kindergarten or grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and requires that school districts ensure that all pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, receive HIV/AIDS prevention education, as defined. Existing law requires a school district to notify the parent or guardian of a pupil about instruction in comprehensive sexual health education and HIV/AIDS prevention and empowers a parent or guardian to excuse his or her pupil from all or part of that instruction.This bill would instead prohibit a pupil from receiving this comprehensive sexual education, HIV/AIDS prevention education, or assessments related to that education without the prior written consent of his or her parent or legal guardian. Because this provision would impose new duties on school districts, it would constitute a state-mandated local program.(5) The California Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Act prohibits a pupil from attending any class in comprehensive sexual education or HIV/AIDS prevention education, or participate in any anonymous, voluntary, or confidential test, questionnaire, or survey on pupil health behaviors and risk, if the school has received a written request from the pupil's parent or guardian excusing the pupil from participation.This bill would instead prohibit a pupil from attending a class in comprehensive sexual education or HIV/AIDS prevention education, or participate in any anonymous, voluntary, or confidential test, questionnaire, or survey on pupil health behaviors and risk, unless the school has received prior written consent for the pupil's participation from the pupil's parent or legal guardian.(2) "?>(6) 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 establishes the State Department of Public Health and sets forth its powers and duties, including, but not limited to, administration of laws relating to the licensing and regulation of health facilities, as defined. Existing law authorizes the department to delegate enforcement authority to local health departments and to provide local health departments with payment for these services. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
Existing law requires members of the public to obtain license, permits, or to register with state agencies prior to undertaking certain types of tasks. This bill would require the Governor to establish a Internet Web site, known as the California Licensing and Permit Center (CLPC) , to assist the public with licensing, permitting, and registration requirements of state agencies. This bill would require the Governor to operate, via both e-mail and telephone methods, a help center to assist applicants with licensing, permitting, and registration requirements. This bill would require state agencies that the Governor determines has licensing authority to cooperate with this program by providing accurate updated information about their licensing requirements. This bill would create the California License and Permit Fund in the State Treasury, and require state agencies that are required to participate in the CLPC to reallocate a portion of their operating budget, as specified, to pay for the operating cost of the CLPC. This bill would state that upon appropriation by the Legislature, revenues from the fund will be used only for purposes of the bill. This bill would require the CLPC to be provided to the public free of charge.
The Vehicle License Fee Law, in lieu of any ad valorem property tax upon vehicles, imposes an annual license fee for any vehicle subject to registration in this state in the amount of 1% of the market value of that vehicle, as provided, for a specified amount of time. Existing law, operative until June 30, 2011, also imposes an additional tax to the vehicle license fee equal to 0.15% of the market value of specified vehicles, as determined by the Department of Motor Vehicles, to be deposited in the General Fund and transferred to the Local Safety and Protection Account, a continuously appropriated fund. This bill would appropriate $506,400,000 from the General Fund to be deposited in the Local Safety and Protection Account, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
Under existing law, counties and districts, as defined, may provide retirement benefits to their employees pursuant to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937. Existing law prohibits any resolution, ordinance, contract, or contract amendment under that law adopted on or after January 1, 2004, from providing different retirement benefits for any subgroup of general members within a membership classification, including, but not limited to, bargaining units or unrepresented groups, unless benefits provided by statute for members hired on or after the date specified in the resolution are adopted by the county or district governing board, by resolution adopted by majority vote, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding made under the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act. Existing law prohibits any retirement contract amendment from being imposed by the employer in absence of a memorandum of understanding made under the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act. This bill would authorize the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) by its governing board, by resolution, contract, or contract amendment, to adopt and provide retirement benefits for its employees, including unrepresented employees, hired on, or after, the date specified in the resolution, contract, or contract amendment pursuant to the specified benefit formula. The bill would also prohibit a resolution, contract, or contract amendment from providing retirement benefits for the employees of the SCAQMD, unless those retirement benefits are adopted by the governing board of the SCAQMD pursuant to a memorandum of understanding made under the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act. The provisions of this bill would not apply to employees who were hired before the effective date of the bill.
The Political Reform Act of 1974 regulates campaign finance by imposing certain restrictions on candidates for elective offices, chiefly in the form of contribution limits and disclosure requirements. This bill would prohibit corporations and labor unions, including public employee labor unions, from making contributions to candidates for elective office or entities, as specified, that would use contributions to fund a candidate or controlled committee. The bill also would prohibit government contractors or committees controlled by a government contractor from making contributions to an elected officer, or other specified entity, if the contributions would be used to fund a candidate or controlled committee where the elected officer is in a position to award a government contract to such contractor. This bill also would prohibit a corporation, labor union, including a public employee labor union, government contractor, or government employer from deducting from an employee's compensation money to be used for political purposes. The existing Political Reform Act of 1974 makes a violation of the act subject to administrative, civil, and criminal penalties. By subjecting persons who violate these provisions to criminal penalties, 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. The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.
Existing law provides for the representation of state or local public employees by recognized employee organizations, and provides that the scope of this representation includes negotiations concerning wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment between the state or local public employer and representatives of those employee organizations, as specified. This bill would exclude matters relating to pension benefits from the scope of representation of public employees by recognized employee organizations, and would thereby prohibit these employee organizations from negotiating pension benefits with public employers.