Sen. Abel Maldonado

Existing law requires the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development to lead the preparation of a biennial California Economic Development Strategic Plan, the duties of which include reviewing the recommendations of the California Economic Strategy Panel in their biennial economic development strategic plan document. This bill would make a nonsubstantive, technical change in these provisions.

The United States Open Championship will be held at Pebble Beach Golf Links from June 14 to 20, 2010. This measure would declare the week of June 14 to 20, 2010, as California Golf Week to celebrate golf and the golfing industry in California.

Existing law provides that no bill other than the Budget Bill may be acted on until the 31st day after the bill is introduced unless this requirement may be dispensed with by a 23 rollcall vote of the house. This measure would require a Budget Bill or a bill implementing a Budget Bill, as defined, to be displayed on the Internet in the form it is to be voted on for at least 48 hours before it may be voted on by either house of the Legislature, except that this requirement could be waived by a 34 rollcall vote of the house.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. One of the methods by which these services are provided is pursuant to contracts with various types of managed care plans. Existing law authorizes the department to negotiate and establish an individual administrative cost limit in its contracts with prepaid health plans or Medi-Cal managed care plans contracting to provide services to Medi-Cal beneficiary enrollees. This bill would prohibit prepaid health plans and Medi-Cal managed care plans contracting to provide services to Medi-Cal beneficiary enrollees from including the cost of greeting cards or gifts given to providers as administrative costs.

Existing law provides, subject to exceptions, that where neither party to a firearm transaction holds a firearms dealer's license, the parties to the transaction shall complete the sale, loan, or transfer of that firearm through a licensed firearms dealer, as specified. Existing law, subject to exceptions, generally prohibits a person from transferring firearms unless the person is a licensed firearms dealer. This bill would provide exceptions to those provisions for transfers of firearms to private patrol operators under specified circumstances, and for loans of firearms by private patrol operators to their employees for purposes of use by the employee while acting within the scope and course of the employee's employment, as specified. The bill would make other conforming changes. Existing law authorizes the Department of Justice to impose a fee for each firearm purchased, as specified. Existing law also provides that only a single fee may be charged for certain single transactions occurring on a single day involving multiple firearms. This bill would provide that transfers of multiple firearms to private patrol operators under specified circumstances would be subject to the single transaction fee.

Under existing law, the Department of Industrial Relations administers and enforces various laws relating to employment and working conditions. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require an independent contractor to file an annual report with the department detailing any labor law violations for which that employer was cited during the previous year.

Under existing law the State Department of Social Services licenses and regulates community care facilities, including transitional shelter care facilities, as defined. This bill would make nonsubstantive, technical changes to these provisions.

Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program to eligible states. Existing law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program for the allocation of federal funds received through the TANF block grant program, under which each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. Under the CalWORKs program, certain recipients are required to participate in specified welfare-to-work activities. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the welfare-to-work requirement provisions.

Existing law defines an "educational program" for purposes of the California Marketing Act of 1937 as a program that provides for the planning and implementation of activities to inform the general public of the processes of producing agricultural commodities and to foster cooperation between urban and rural sectors. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.

Existing law requires the Department of Justice to administer the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program, pursuant to which the department is required to disburse any appropriated funds to community organizations and nonprofit agencies for prevention and intervention activities for at-risk youth, as specified. This bill would provide that, on and after January 1, 2011, no funds shall be provided under the program to a community-based organization or nonprofit agency to provide gang intervention services, unless the organization or agency enters into a contract with each person providing gang intervention services, as specified, expressly providing that the conviction of the person for an offense on or after January 1, 2011, must be reported, as specified, and constitutes a breach of contract for which funds received after the conviction must be repaid, as specified.