Existing law authorizes development and implementation of various electronic bridge and highway toll collection mechanisms. This bill would prohibit a transportation agency, as defined, from selling or providing personally identifiable information of a person obtained pursuant to the person's participation in an electronic toll collection system or use of a toll facility that uses an electric toll collection system, subject to specified exceptions. The bill would require a transportation agency that uses an electric toll collection system to establish a privacy policy regarding personally identifiable information in that regard and to provide the policy to subscribers and post the policy on its Internet Web site. The bill would allow a transportation agency to store certain personally identifiable information of a person and would, on and after July 1, 2011, require it to discard other information within a designated time period. The bill would prescribe the circumstances in which a transportation agency may make personally identifiable information available to a law enforcement agency. The bill would authorize a person whose personally identifiable information has been sold or provided in violation of the bill to bring specified actions for recovery of damages, costs, and attorney's fees. The bill would authorize a transportation agency to impose an administrative fee to implement these provisions, as specified. By imposing new duties on local transportation agencies, 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.
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Existing law makes it a crime to falsely impersonate another in either his or her private or official capacity, as specified. Existing law also makes it a crime to knowingly access and, without permission, alter, damage, delete, destroy, or otherwise use any data, computer, computer system, or computer network in order to devise or execute any scheme or artifice to defraud, deceive, or extort, or wrongfully control or obtain money, property, or data. For a violation thereof, in addition to specified criminal penalties, existing law authorizes an aggrieved party to bring a civil action against the violator, as specified. This bill would provide that any person who knowingly and without consent credibly impersonates another actual person through or on an Internet Web site or by other electronic means, as specified, for purposes of harming, intimidating, threatening, or defrauding another person is guilty of a misdemeanor. The bill would, in addition to the specified criminal penalties, authorize a person who suffers damage or loss to bring a civil action against any person who violates that provision, as specified. Because the bill would create a new crime, 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.
(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Toxic Substances Control in the California Environmental Protection Agency, with powers and duties regarding the management of hazardous waste. Existing law, administered by the department, prohibits the management of hazardous waste except in accordance with the hazardous waste control laws, including laws governing the removal of any mercury-containing vehicle light switch from a vehicle, and the regulations adopted by the department. A violation of the hazardous waste control laws is a crime. The bill, commencing on January 1, 2014, would prohibit the sale of any motor vehicle brake friction materials containing specified constituents in amounts that exceed certain concentrations. The bill would allow, until December 31, 2023, motor vehicle manufacturers and distributors, wholesalers, or retailers of replacement brake friction materials to deplete their inventory of noncompliant materials. The bill, commencing on January 1, 2021, would prohibit motor vehicle brake friction materials containing more than 5% copper by weight from being sold in the state, and, commencing on January 1, 2025, would prohibit motor vehicle brake friction materials exceeding 0.5% copper by weight from being sold in the state. A violation of these provisions by certain manufacturers would be subject to a civil fine of up to $10,000 per violation. The bill would create the Brake Friction Materials Water Pollution Fund in the State Treasury, and would require those fines to be deposited in the fund. The moneys in the fund would be available, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, to implement the bill's requirements. Because a violation of these provisions also would be a crime pursuant to the hazardous waste control laws, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would establish a process by which a manufacturer may apply to the department for an extension of the prohibition against selling motor vehicle brake friction materials containing more than 0.5% copper by weight, including providing for the establishment of an advisory committee to be involved in that process. The bill would require the Secretary for Environmental Protection to issue a decision regarding the extension. In making the determination whether to approve or disapprove the extension, the bill would require the secretary to rely upon certain recommendations made by the advisory committee. The bill would require the department to assess a fee for each extension application, and the department would be authorized to expend those fees, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for reimbursement for the costs incurred in implementing this process. The bill would exempt brake friction materials used for certain motor vehicle classes from its requirements and would exempt from certain prohibitions the sale of vehicles or brake friction materials manufactured prior to certain dates. The bill would require a vehicle brake friction material manufacturer to screen potential alternatives to copper using the existing Toxics Information Clearinghouse and to use an open source alternatives assessment or this screening analysis to select alternatives to copper that pose less potential hazard to public health and the environment. The vehicle brake friction material manufacturer or importer of record would be required to provide the department with a demonstration, upon request, of the manner in which the selection of alternatives is informed. The bill would require all new motor vehicles offered for sale, on and after the specified compliance dates, to be equipped with brake friction materials meeting the requirements of this bill and would require all vehicle brake friction material manufacturers, on or after those compliance dates, to certify compliance with those requirements and mark proof of certification on all brake friction materials. The bill would require a vehicle brake friction materials manufacturer to file a copy of the certification with a testing certification agency. The bill would require the department and the State Water Resources Control Board, by January 1, 2023, to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature, on the implementation of the bill's requirements toward meeting the copper total maximum daily load (TMDL) allocations in the state. The bill would repeal this report requirement on January 1, 2027. (2) 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.
Existing federal law requires a special election for the office of Representative in Congress whenever the Speaker of the House of Representatives announces that more than 100 vacancies exist in the United States House of Representatives. Existing federal law requires the special election to take place within 49 days of the Speaker announcing the vacancy, unless a special or regular election to fill the vacancy was previously scheduled and will take place within 75 days of the Speaker's announcement. Existing federal law requires state elections officials, to the extent practicable, to transmit absentee ballots for the special election to uniformed services voters and overseas voters within 15 days of the Speaker's announcement. Those ballots must be returned to the appropriate elections official within 45 days of transmittal of the ballots by the elections official in order to be counted. Existing California law requires the Governor to issue a proclamation calling a special election for the office of Representative in Congress within 7 calendar days of a catastrophe, which is defined as an event that causes the vacancy of at least 14 of the total number of offices in the United States House of Representatives, including any number of the offices representing California, or at least 14 of the total number of offices representing California. Existing California law requires that the special election occur at least 56 days, but not more than 63 days, following the issuance of the Governor's proclamation. Existing law requires the ballots of uniformed services and overseas voters to be returned to the appropriate elections official by 8 p.m. on the day of a federal election in order to be counted. This bill would conform California law to federal law. The bill would require the Governor to call a special election for the office of Representative in Congress whenever vacancies exist in the United States House of Representatives totaling at least 101 in number, at least one of which represents California. The bill would require that the special election take place not later than 49 days after the announcement of the vacancy by the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Governor calling the special election, unless a special or regular election to fill the vacancy was previously scheduled and will take place within 75 days of the Speaker's announcement. The bill would require elections officials, to the greatest extent practicable, to deliver the ballots of military services and overseas voters not later than 15 days after the Speaker's announcement of the vacancy. This bill would require that the ballots of uniformed services and overseas voters for the special election be returned to the appropriate elections officials within 45 days of the transmittal of the ballots by the elections officials in order to be counted. The bill would permit, with authorization from the Secretary of State, the extension of canvassing, election announcement, and election certification deadlines for the special election in order to facilitate the tabulation and processing of uniformed services and overseas voter ballots. Because the bill would require a higher level of service from local elections officials, 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, 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.
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009 establishes the Delta Stewardship Council, which is required to develop, adopt, and commence implementation of a comprehensive management plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta Plan) by January 1, 2012. The act provides that the council is the successor to the California Bay-Delta Authority and requires the council to administer contracts, grants, easements, and agreements made or entered into by the authority. The act prescribes the powers of the council, which include, among others, the power to enter into contracts, to hire employees, and to adopt regulations or guidelines. Existing law prescribes requirements for selection of firms by state and local agency heads for architectural and engineering services and other professional services. This bill would expressly authorize the council to contract for consultant services and architectural and engineering services to assist with preparation of the Delta Plan and performance of certain responsibilities of the council. The bill would exempt contracts for consultant services from specified provisions of law governing public contracting. The bill would require contracts for architectural and engineering services to be entered into pursuant to the requirements for selection of firms by state and local agency heads discussed above, but would exempt those contracts from a requirement to adopt regulations prior to contracting. The bill would require the council to establish procedures for contracting for consultant services and architectural and engineering services. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law requires the California Emergency Management Agency, upon funding being made available for that purpose, to establish the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Multi-Hazard Coordination Task Force. Existing law requires the task force to carry out various duties and to submit a related report to the Legislature and the Governor prior to January 1, 2011. Existing law provides that the task force shall cease to exist on or before that date. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2011. This bill would provide that the task force would cease to exist upon the date the task force submits the report. The bill would change the repeal date of these provisions to January 1, 2013.
This measure would proclaim April 12 through April 18, 2010, as California Holocaust Memorial Week and would urge Californians to observe these days of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust in an appropriate manner.
This measure would designate the month of September 2010 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in the State of California.
This measure would urge the President and Congress of the United States to take the action necessary to support research for mitochondrial disease.
This measure would set forth the Legislature's formal acknowledgment that the treatment of Italian Americans during World War II represented a fundamental injustice against Italian Americans, its deepest regrets of these acts, and its reaffirmation of a commitment to preserving the rights of all people and celebrating their contributions.