Asm. Ken Cooley

This measure would recognize the month of March 2016 as National Nutrition Month.

This measure would annually proclaim the month of November as Obesity Awareness Month in California.

This measure would memorialize the Congress and the President to enact legislation that would allow a state to adopt daylight saving time year round.

This measure would proclaim the week of September 26, 2016, to October 2, 2016, as Diaper Need Awareness Week and encourage California citizens to donate generously to organizations that distribute diapers to families in need.

This act would urge the United States Congress to enact the Equality Act of 2015, which would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include protections on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex for, among other things, employment, housing, public education, and public accommodations.

This measure would declare Friday, October 7, 2016, as California Manufacturing Day.

The California Constitution grants the retirement board of a public pension or retirement system plenary authority and fiduciary responsibility for investment of moneys and administration of the system, as specified. The California Constitution also requires the retirement board of a public pension or retirement system, consistent with the exclusive fiduciary responsibilities vested in it, to have the sole and exclusive power to provide for actuarial services in order to assure the competency of the assets of the public pension or retirement system. The Teachers' Retirement Law creates the State Teachers' Retirement System for the provision of service, disability, and other benefits to members. The law requires the assets of the plan, including, but not limited to, employee contributions, employer contributions, and investment income, to be deposited into the Teachers' Retirement Fund, and continuously appropriates the fund for, among other things, the payment of member benefits. The Teachers' Retirement Law authorizes the board to appoint investment managers to manage the assets of the fund. This bill would provide that, without regard to state contracting laws, except as specified, the board is authorized to contract for services for the investment of the fund under the terms and conditions and utilizing the processes the board deems necessary and consistent with its fiduciary duties. The bill would require the board's processes to be competitive, except as specified, and would prescribe standards for those processes. The bill would grant an investment manager, as specified, who is not selected in the course of a noncompetitive contract process for investment services to have the opportunity to protest. The bill would also make conforming changes.

This measure would recognize and commend the Maritime Museum of San Diego for its continuing dedication to preserving, interpreting, and teaching the rich maritime history of California while upholding a worldwide reputation for excellence with regard to the restoration, maintenance, and operation of historic vessels, particularly the San Salvador replica.

Existing law defines the term "code enforcement officer" as a person who is not a peace officer, who has enforcement authority for health, safety, and welfare requirements, and who is authorized to issue citations or file formal complaints, as specified. This bill would require the Board of Directors of the California Association of Code Enforcement Officers (CACEO) to develop and maintain standards for the designation of Certified Code Enforcement Officers or CCEOs. The bill would require the board to designate minimum training, qualifications, and experience requirements for applicants to qualify for the CCEO designation. The bill would also require the board to qualify cities, counties, cities and counties, and accredited educational institutions as Certified Code Enforcement Officer Education Program Providers, and would require all students, participants, or employees who successfully pass the minimum education and certification requirements to be granted CCEO status in an equivalent manner as applicants who attain certification through the CACEO. The bill would require the board to set annual fees in amounts that are reasonably related and necessary to cover the costs of administering these provisions, to maintain a register of applications for certification, and adopt procedures for discipline, revocation, and sanctions against applicants, registrants, and certificants. The bill would allow all orders of the board resulting in revocation, suspension, or other action to be appealed by a writ of mandate or petition for judicial review to the superior court.

This measure would urge the United States Department of Transportation, Department of Energy, and the Office of Management and Budget to expedite the rulemaking and implementation processes for federal safety regulations governing the transport by rail of flammable and combustible liquids, including crude oil, and would also urge the President and the Congress of the United States to pass specified federal legislation mandating public safety measures regulating the transport by rail of those liquids.