Existing law authorizes various local governmental entities, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for specific purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed under that law in the county may not exceed 2%. This bill would authorize the County of Alameda to impose a transactions and use tax for the support of countywide transportation programs at a rate of no more than 0.5% that would, in combination with other specified taxes, exceed the combined rate, if certain requirements are met. This bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2014, if the ordinance is not approved, as specified. This bill makes legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute.
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This measure would designate the month of September of every year as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month throughout the State of California, and would encourage and promote efforts to educate the people and the health care practitioners of the state regarding ovarian cancer and its early detection and prevention, the risk factors involved in its development, and the early warning symptoms and signs.
This measure would proclaim May 2 through May 9, 2011, as Cinco de Mayo Week, and would urge all Californians to join in celebrating Cinco de Mayo.
Existing law requires agents and insurers to fulfill certain requirements with regard to the replacement of existing life insurance policies and annuities. This bill would require insurers and insurance producers, as defined, to comply with specified requirements regarding the purchase, exchange, or replacement of an annuity recommended to a consumer, including, but not limited to, having reasonable grounds for the insurance producer believing the annuity transaction would be suitable for the consumer, as provided. The bill would also prohibit an insurance producer from selling annuities unless he or she has received Insurance Commissioner-approved training, and would authorize the commissioner to require certain actions by, and impose sanctions and penalties on, insurers and their agents for a violation of the bill's provisions. The bill would further provide that sales by a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker-dealer that comply with the suitability and supervision requirements of FINRA shall be deemed to satisfy the suitability and supervision requirements of this bill, as specified.
This measure would designate a specified location on State Highway Route 1 in the City of Guadalupe in Santa Barbara County as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway. This measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering those costs, to erect those signs.
Existing law suspends various activities of redevelopment agencies, including, among other things, refunding, restructuring, or refinancing indebtedness or obligations that existed prior to January 1, 2011, or amending or modifying existing agreements, obligations, or commitments with any entity for any purpose. Existing law authorizes a redevelopment agency to issue Emergency Refunding Bonds in specified circumstances, including, among others, when it is the only means available to the agency to avoid a default on outstanding agency bonds. Existing law also dissolves redevelopment agencies and community development agencies, as of October 1, 2011, and designates successor agencies, as defined. The bill would, notwithstanding these restrictions, authorize a redevelopment agency, for purposes of certain bonds secured with a credit enhancement issued by a 3rd-party credit provider, to seek an extension of the credit enhancement or to modify or amend the terms of existing agreements with the credit provider to avoid or delay the incurrence of certain types of reimbursement obligations. This bill would also authorize a redevelopment agency to issue Emergency Refunding Bonds in specified situations relating to lines of credit obtained from a financial institution. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. Governor Schwarzenegger issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 6, 2010. Governor Brown issued a proclamation on January 20, 2011, declaring and reaffirming that a fiscal emergency exists and stating that his proclamation supersedes the earlier proclamation for purposes of that constitutional provision. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared and reaffirmed by the Governor by proclamation issued on January 20, 2011, pursuant to the California Constitution. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
The Vehicle License Fee Law, in lieu of any ad valorem property tax upon vehicles, imposes an annual license fee on any vehicle subject to registration in this state in the amount, on and after July 1, 2011, of 0.65% of the market value of that vehicle, as provided. For all initial and renewal registrations due on and after May 1, 2009, but before July 1, 2011, existing law also imposes an additional 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. Existing law continuously appropriates all moneys in the Local Safety and Protection Account without regard to fiscal year, to the Controller for allocation, as provided. This bill would, for all initial and renewal registrations due on and after January 1, 2012, impose an additional vehicle license fee equal to 0.15% of the market value of the above-described vehicles, as specified. It would also require all revenues from the additional license fee to be deposited in the General Fund. During the 2011–12 fiscal year, the bill would transfer an amount to the Local Law Enforcement Services Account in the Local Revenue Fund 2011, a continuously appropriated fund, for allocation to cities, counties, and cities and counties, as specified. The bill would require a transfer of revenues, during the 2012-13 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter to be allocated according the following order: first to be transferred to the Local Law Enforcement Services Account in the Local Revenue Fund 2011, as specified; and second, a total of $35,000,000 to be transferred to the Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement and Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence Fund, which the bill would create as a continuously appropriated fund. Funds not transferred would continue to be General Fund moneys. By depositing moneys into a continuously appropriated fund and by establishing a new, continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation. Existing law requires that a specified portion of the motor vehicle license fee revenues deposited to the credit of the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund be allocated or transferred by the Controller with those revenues being allocated on or after July 1, 2004, but before July 1, 2011, first to the County of Orange and next to each city and county meeting specified criteria; and those revenues being allocated on or after July 1, 2011, to the Local Law Enforcement Services Account in the Local Revenue Fund 2011, for allocation to cities, counties, and cities and counties. This bill would instead limit that allocation for the 2011–12 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter to $300,000,000 in monthly installments. The bill would then allocate the moneys to the County of Orange, and to other cities and counties meeting specified criteria in the order specified prior to July 1, 2011, as provided. By authorizing revenues deposited in the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, to be used for a new purpose, the bill would make an appropriation. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. Governor Schwarzenegger issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 6, 2010. Governor Brown issued a proclamation on January 20, 2011, declaring and reaffirming that a fiscal emergency exists and stating that his proclamation supersedes the earlier proclamation for purposes of that constitutional provision. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared and reaffirmed by the Governor by proclamation issued on January 20, 2011, pursuant to the California Constitution. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
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 June 30, 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. This bill would repeal the provision relating to the sunset date and repeal of the additional 0.15% tax, thereby depositing additional moneys into a continuously appropriated fund. This bill would constitute a change in state statute that would result in a taxpayer paying a higher tax within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, and thus would require for passage the approval of 23 of the membership of each house of the Legislature.
This measure would proclaim October 22 to October 30, 2011, as including Red Ribbon Week, and would encourage all Californians to help build drug-free communities and participate in drug prevention activities.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, administered by the State Department of Public Health. A violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law authorizes the department to approve, as prescribed, a general acute care hospital to offer specified special services, including, but not limited to, cardiac catheterization laboratory services, in addition to the basic services offered under the facility's license. This bill would require the department to adopt specified regulations regarding cardiac catheterization laboratory services. This bill would permit, until regulations are adopted, a general acute care hospital that maintains a cardiac surgery service to provide specified services in its cardiac catheterization laboratory. This bill would require a general acute care hospital that is approved to provide cardiac catheterization laboratory service to develop, maintain, and implement certain policies and procedures. The bill would also require the department to conduct a 16-month pilot program to allow any freestanding cardiac catheterization laboratory to perform both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, as specified. Because this bill would expand the definition of a crime, it 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 declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.