Existing law defines "veteran" for the purposes of the various programs granting benefits to veterans. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
Existing law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs, by July 1, 2016, to create a prioritized list of unused or underutilized nonresidential real property owned by the department, and to propose one or more potential uses of those properties that will benefit California veterans, as specified. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Existing law abolishes specified advisory bodies of various state agencies, boards, and commissions. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to those provisions.
Existing law requires the Department of Food and Agriculture, headed by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, to promote and protect the agricultural industry of the state. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.
Existing law prohibits a city, county, city and county, or other political subdivision from requiring more than one building permit for a low-rent housing development for the elderly financed with federal or state funds or by a loan insured by the federal or state government and limits the fee for the permit, as specified. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.
The Valley Fever Education, Early Diagnosis, and Treatment Act requires the State Department of Public Health to conduct a valley fever awareness campaign to communicate with local health jurisdictions, providers, and the public about valley fever. The act authorizes the department to award grants or enter into contracts to perform activities related to the awareness campaign, and requires the department to evaluate the awareness campaign following its conclusion. Existing law repeals those provisions on January 1, 2021. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to a provision of the act.
Existing law requires a motorized bicycle to display a special license plate issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.
Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is responsible for administering various programs and services for the benefit of veterans. Under existing law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, as the head of the department, is authorized to employ any expert, technical, legal, clerical, and other employees as may be necessary to carry out his or her powers and duties, as provided. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes and correct an obsolete reference.
The California Healthy Youth Act requires school districts, defined to include county boards of education, county superintendents of schools, the California School for the Deaf, the California School for the Blind, and, commencing with the 2019–20 school year, charter schools, to ensure that all pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, receive comprehensive sexual health education and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention education, as specified. The act authorizes a school district to provide that education earlier than grade 7 with age-appropriate and medically accurate information. The act provides that the parent or guardian of a pupil has the right to excuse their child from all or part of that education through a passive consent ("opt-out") process and prohibits a school district from requiring active parental consent ("opt-in") for that education. This bill would require, for a pupil in a grade lower than grade 7, an active parental consent ("opt-in") with a signature for sexual health education and HIV prevention education. The act requires each school district to notify parents and guardians about its plan to provide sexual health education and HIV prevention instruction for the upcoming school year and to inform them, among other things, that written and audiovisual educational materials used in this instruction are available for inspection This bill would require a school district to make those materials available for inspection before the date of instruction on the school district's internet website and to translate those materials, as prescribed. By imposing additional duties on school districts, county boards of education, county superintendents of schools, and charter schools, 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, 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 the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law authorizes a county that is responsible for the cost of a trial or trials or any hearing of a person for the offense of homicide to apply to the Controller for reimbursement of excessive costs incurred by the county under specified circumstances. Under existing law, if the Controller determines that reimbursement is proper, the Controller is required to request the Director of Finance to include any amounts necessary to fulfill reimbursement in a request for deficiency appropriation. This bill would enact the Justice Act of 2019 for the Reimbursement of County Costs Arising from the Matter of the People v. Joseph DeAngelo, and would authorize the County of Sacramento and other California counties to be reimbursed for the reasonable and necessary costs, as specified, incurred in connection with the prosecution and defense of Joseph DeAngelo. The bill would require a county seeking reimbursement to send a statement of costs to the Controller for approval, and would require the Controller, within 60 days, to either pay approved costs or provide a written statement as to the reason for not making reimbursement at that time. The bill would create the Justice Act of 2019 Fund for these purposes.
