Sen. Dave Cogdill

Under existing law, the Williamson Act, if the county or city or the landowner serves notice of intent not to renew a contract entered into pursuant to that act, the existing contract remains in effect for the balance of the period remaining on the contract. The act requires the county or city, within 30 days of the expiration of the contract, to deliver notice of expiration to the Director of Conservation. This bill would provide that failure by the city or county to provide the director with the required notice does not invalidate the expiration of the contract.

The Contractors' State License Law provides for the licensing and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board, and authorizes the board to institute disciplinary actions for a violation thereof. Existing law provides for specialty classifications within the contracting business, including the C-16 fire protection classification. Existing law prohibits a general contractor from contracting for any project that includes a C-16 fire protection classification unless he or she holds that license classification or subcontracts with an appropriately licensed contractor. This bill would, on and after January 1, 2011, require any commercial or residential fire sprinkler installation project performed by a Class C-16 fire protection contractor to be under the direct and immediate supervision, as defined, of a commercial fire sprinkler supervisor, as defined, or a residential fire sprinkler supervisor, as defined. The bill would also, on and after January 1, 2011, require fire protection contractors to implement a fire sprinkler installation training program for their sprinkler fitters, as defined, and supervisors, with specified exemptions. The bill would also require a contractor to file, as specified, a description of this training program with the State Fire Marshal. The bill would require a contractor, upon request by state or local fire authorities, to show proof that the contractor's sprinkler fitters and supervisors have received training, and would provide that a violation of these provisions by a contractor is grounds for disciplinary action.

Existing law permits a private energy producer, as defined, to generate electricity not generated from conventional sources, as defined, solely for the producer's own use or the use of the producer's tenants, or generating electricity to or for any electrical corporation, state agency, city, county, district, or an association thereof, but not the public, without becoming a public utility subject to the general jurisdiction of the commission. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to establish incentives for agriculture to install cogeneration and anaerobic digester electrical generation facilities, including requiring electrical utilities to purchase excess electricity not used by the agricultural generator.

The State Water Resources Law of 1945 declares that the people of this state have a primary interest in the control and conservation of flood waters, prevention of damage by flood waters, the washing away of river and stream banks by floods, and in the determination of the manner in which flood waters shall be controlled for the protection of life and property and the control, storage, and use of this state's water resources in the general public interest. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that declaration.

Under existing law, various measures have been approved by the voters to provide funds for water protection, facilities, and programs. This bill would enact the Safe, Clean, Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2009 which, if approved by the voters, would authorize, for the purposes of financing specified water supply reliability and water source protection programs, the issuance of bonds in the amount of $9,980,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law. The bill would provide for the submission of the bond act to the voters at the next statewide election. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Existing law requires the Governor to proclaim various days as holidays and days of remembrance. Existing law also designates certain days in each year as having special significance for purposes of encouraging schools to observe those days and conduct suitable commemorative exercises. This bill would require the Governor to annually proclaim March 30 of each year as "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day." The bill would also encourage schools to conduct exercises on March 30 of each year to recognize the contributions of those involved in the Vietnam conflict.

(1) Under existing law, various measures have been approved by the voters to provide funds for water supply and protection facilities and programs. This bill would enact the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $11,140,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a safe drinking water and water supply reliability program. The bill would provide for the submission of the bond act to the voters at the November 2, 2010, statewide general election. (2) This bill would take effect only if SB 1 of the 2009–10 7th Extraordinary Session is enacted and becomes effective. (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 13 of the 2007–08 Regular Session, as amended by Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 30 of the 2007–08 Regular Session, would, if approved by the voters, make certain changes relating to state finance. This measure would withdraw Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 30 from the consideration of the voters. Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 13 of the 2007–08 Regular Session, if approved by the voters, would rename the Budget Stabilization Account the Budget Stabilization Fund and would provide that all moneys in the fund not designated for deposit into the Deficit Recovery Bond Retirement Sinking Fund Subaccount may be transferred to the General Fund by a statute that contains no unrelated provisions or may be loaned to the General Fund to address a General Fund cashflow deficit. That measure would further require the Director of Finance, on or before May 29 of each year, to report to the Legislature and the Governor an estimate of the amount of General Fund revenues, transfers, and balances available from the prior fiscal year for the current fiscal year and the impact of tax legislation adopted during the current fiscal year subsequent to the enactment of the Budget Bill. In addition, that measure would provide that if, pursuant to a formula based on those estimates, there are unanticipated revenues in the current fiscal year, those revenues may be used only for specified purposes, and in a specified order of priority. This measure would amend those provisions to also create the Supplemental Budget Stabilization Account, and to establish the Supplemental Education Payment Account if a constitutional provision is added to provide for supplemental education payments, as specified. The measure would also provide that, apart from a transfer made for the purpose of responding to an emergency declared by the Governor, as defined, or a loan to meet General Fund cash requirements which would be repaid within a fiscal year, the total amount that may be transferred from the Budget Stabilization Fund to the General Fund for any fiscal year shall not exceed the amount derived by subtracting the General Fund revenues, transfers, and balances available from the prior fiscal year for that fiscal year from the expenditure forecast amount for the current fiscal year, determined as total General Fund expenditures for the immediately preceding fiscal year adjusted for changes in population and the cost of living. In addition, this measure would direct the Controller to transfer, on October 1 of each year beginning in 2011, from the Budget Stabilization Fund to the Supplemental Education Payment Account, if established, a sum equal to 1.5% of the estimated General Fund revenues for the current fiscal year until a specified total amount is met. After that amount is met, or if the Supplemental Education Payment Account is not established, the Controller would instead be required to transfer that sum on October 1 of each year to the Supplemental Budget Stabilization Account, from which appropriations could be made only for capital outlay purposes or to retire bonded indebtedness of the state. This measure would further provide that, commencing with the 2010–11 fiscal year, unanticipated revenues shall be determined pursuant to a formula either based on estimates of General Fund revenues for the current fiscal year and the revenue forecast amount for the current fiscal year, as defined, or based on estimates of General Fund revenues, transfers, and balances available from the prior fiscal year for the current fiscal year and the expenditure forecast amount for the current fiscal year. The measure would also modify the education funding purposes for which unanticipated revenues could be expended.

Existing law gives the Department of Transportation full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law also authorizes the commission to relinquish certain state highway segments to local agencies. Existing law identifies a system of interregional and intercounty state highway routes that are eligible for funding from funds made available to the department for interregional improvements, while other state highway improvements may be funded as regional improvements. This bill would revise the authorized route description for State Highway Route 108 in Stanislaus County. The bill would include additional portions of State Highway Routes 108 and 132 in the system of interregional and intercounty routes eligible to be funded as interregional improvements. This bill would also authorize the commission to relinquish to the City of Santa Monica a portion of State Highway Route 1 that is located within the city limits of that city, and to the City of Kingsburg the portion of State Highway Route 201 that is located within the city limits of that city, under certain conditions.

Under existing law, it is a misdemeanor for any person to loiter after being asked to leave, as specified, about any school or public place at or near which children attend or normally congregate. Existing law establishes enhanced misdemeanor penalties, including minimum penalties, for this crime if the person is required to register as a sex offender. This bill would provide enhanced penalties for this crime if the person is required to register with the chief of police or sheriff for committing any of specified criminal street gang offenses. Because the bill would increase the penalties for an existing 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.