Under existing law, prosecution for specified felony sex offenses, including rape, sodomy, lewd or lascivious acts, oral copulation, continuous sexual abuse of a child, and acts of sexual penetration that are alleged to have been committed when the victim was under the age of 18 years, may be commenced at any time prior to the victim's 28th birthday. Existing law also allows a complaint alleging one or more of these offenses to be filed beyond this time limitation in certain specified instances if the crimes involve substantial sexual conduct and there is independent corroborating evidence of the allegations. This bill would allow the prosecution of the felony sex offenses specified above to be commenced at any time if the crime is alleged to have been committed when the victim was under the age of 14.
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Existing law authorizes the California Health Facilities Financing Authority to, among other things, make secured and unsecured loans to any participating health institution in connection with the financing of a project or working capital in accordance with an agreement between the authority and the participating health institution. This bill would require the authority to establish a low-interest loan program to provide any participating health institution eligible health provider organization, as defined, or eligible licensed physician and surgeon, as defined, with financing for the costs of purchasing a health care information technology system, as defined. It would also require the authority, by January 1, 2012, and on an annual basis thereafter, to provide a report on the status and utilization of this loan program to the Assembly Committee on Health and the Senate Committee on Health.
The Real Estate Law provides for the licensing and regulation of real estate salespersons and real estate brokers by the Real Estate Commissioner, and authorizes the commissioner to deny, revoke, or suspend a license for specified reasons. Existing law requires persons convicted of certain sex offenses to register as sex offenders, as specified. A violation of various provisions of the Real Estate Law is a crime. This bill would, with regard to an individual who is required to register as a sex offender, require the commissioner to deny an application for licensure, renewal, or reinstatement of, or to revoke, a license under the Real Estate Law, with specified exceptions. The bill would require an individual who is convicted of an offense that requires registration as a sex offender to notify the commissioner within 5 days of the imposition of sentence, with specified exceptions. The bill would allow an individual, under specified circumstances, to petition the superior court to hold a hearing in order for the court to determine whether the individual no longer poses a possible risk to the public, and would provide for the court to order the commissioner to restore the individual's license if it so finds. Because a failure to comply with this requirement would be a crime, the bill would thereby 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) The California State Lottery Act of 1984, enacted by initiative, authorizes a California State Lottery and provides for its operation and administration by the California State Lottery Commission and the Director of the California State Lottery, with certain limitations. Existing law establishes the State Lottery Fund, as a special fund that is continuously appropriated for the purposes of the California State Lottery. Existing law requires that not less than 84% of the total annual revenues from the sale of state lottery tickets or shares be returned to the public in the form of prizes and net revenues to benefit public education, and that no more than 16% of those revenues be used for expenses of the lottery. Existing law requires that all unclaimed prize money revert to the benefit of public education, and that all of the interest earned upon funds held in the State Lottery Fund be allocated to the benefit of public education. Existing law defines net revenues for the purposes of the act. This bill would require instead, commencing with the 2009–10 fiscal year, that not less than 87% of the total annual revenues of the state lottery be returned to the public, and no more than 13% be used for lottery expenses. The bill would define total revenues of the state lottery to include revenue from the sale of tickets or shares, merchandising revenue, advertising revenue, interest earnings on moneys in the State Lottery Fund, and unclaimed prizes. The bill would modify the definition of net revenues, as specified. (2) Existing law requires that 50% of the total annual lottery revenues be returned to the public in the form of prizes, and that 34% of those revenues be used to benefit public education. This bill would require, instead, that not less than 50% of the total annual lottery revenues, in an amount to be determined by the commission, be returned to the public in the form of prizes. The bill would also require the commission to establish the percentage to be allocated for specified public education purposes to maximize the total net revenues for public education, provided that total net revenues for public education during any fiscal year after the 2010–11 fiscal year would be prohibited from being less than $1,280,000,000. The bill would also require the commission, each fiscal year, to allocate $1,000,000 to the Office of Problem and Pathological Gambling within the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs for problem gambling awareness and treatment programs, and would require the director of that office to report to the commission on the effectiveness of problem gambling awareness and treatment efforts. (3) Existing law requires that, to the extent that expenses of the lottery are less than 16% of the total annual revenues, any surplus funds be allocated to the benefit of public education. This bill would provide, instead, that, to the extent that expenses of the lottery are less than 13% of the total annual revenues, any surplus funds may be carried over from year to year upon a determination by the commission that the carryover furthers the purpose of the act, provided that the annual total revenues for any year allocated for payment, plus carried over revenues, shall not exceed 16% of the annual total revenues for the year in which carried over revenues are available. Excess carried over revenue would be returned to the public pursuant to the provisions above. (4) Existing law requires that all unclaimed prize money revert to the benefit of public education, and that all of the interest earned upon funds held in the State Lottery Fund be allocated to the benefit of public education. Existing law requires at least 34% of the total annual revenues to be allocated to the benefit of public education, as specified. Existing law excludes specified reimbursements from that 34% of total annual revenues. However, existing law requires those reimbursements to be allocated for the benefit of public education, as specified. This bill would delete those provisions. (5) Existing law authorizes the Director of the California State Lottery to purchase or lease goods and services as necessary for effectuating the purposes of the act, as specified. This bill would instead grant the director express authority, subject only to commission approval, to make any and all expenditures that are necessary or reasonable for effectuating the purposes of the act, as specified. (6) Existing law requires the commission to adopt and publish competitive bidding procedures for the award of any procurement or contract involving an expenditure of more than $100,000. This bill would instead require the commission to adopt and publish those procedures for any procurement or contract involving an expenditure of more than $500,000. (7) The California State Lottery Act of 1984, an initiative measure, specifies that none of its provisions may be changed except to further its purpose by a bill passed by a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature and signed by the Governor. This bill would declare that it furthers the purpose of the act and would require a 23 vote as an amendment of that act. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law establishes a comprehensive statewide domestic violence program in the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) and requires the agency to provide financial and technical assistance to local domestic violence centers. Existing law requires the Maternal and Child Health Branch of the State Department of Public Health to administer a comprehensive shelter-based services grant program to battered women's shelters, as prescribed. This bill would, among other things, require Cal EMA to administer the above-described grant program. This bill would require the Department of Finance, upon the enactment of this bill, to transfer $16,300,000 from the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund to the General Fund as a loan. The bill would require the full amount of the loan to be repaid, with interest at the rate earned by the Pooled Money Investment Account at the time of the transfer, on or before June 30, 2013. The bill would appropriate $16,300,000 from the General Fund to Cal EMA for the purpose of funding the above-described comprehensive shelter-based services grant program to shelters for victims of domestic violence. This bill would require grantees funded under the above-described grant program, during the 2008–09 fiscal year, to be funded by Cal EMA for a period of one fiscal year, retroactively, commencing July 1, 2009. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
(1) The Santa Clara Valley Water District Act establishes the Santa Clara Valley Water District and specifies its powers and purposes relating to water supply and flood management. The act requires the board of the district, until January 1, 2010, to consist of 2 directors who are appointed and 5 directors who are elected in accordance with specified procedures. The act requires the board of directors, on and after January 1, 2010, to consist of 5 directors who are elected in accordance with specified procedures. This bill would repeal certain provisions of the act relating to the board of the district. The bill would revise the composition of the board of the district by requiring the board to transition to an all-elected board that, on and after noon on December 3, 2010, consists of 7 directors who are elected pursuant to specified requirements. The board also would be required to adopt a resolution establishing the boundaries of the 7 electoral districts. By imposing requirements on the district, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) The act requires the board of the district, on or before June 15 of each year, to meet at the time and place designated by published notice, at which meeting any member of the public may appear to be heard regarding any item in the proposed budget. This bill would require the board to review its financial reserves and its reserve management policy at this meeting. The bill would require the directors who serve on the board to comply with various requirements relating to the activities of persons who lobby the district, contract bidding, severance pay, travel reimbursement, and other matters. The bill would require the district to make available to the public specified reports prepared by district staff for the board. These requirements on the district would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) The act authorizes the district to impose special taxes at minimum rates according to land use category and size. The act authorizes the district to provide an exemption from these taxes for residential parcels owned and occupied by one or more taxpayers who are at least 65 years of age and meet a specified total household income limit. This bill would extend the exemption to an otherwise qualified taxpayer who qualifies as totally disabled under the federal Social Security Act. (4) 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 law provides for the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income persons are provided with health care services, including breast and cervical cancer services. Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health participates in a grant program through the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide breast and cervical cancer early detection screening. Providers participating in the grant program may only provide screening services to individuals whose family income does not exceed 200% of the federal poverty level, and provider rates are required to be identical to the rates under the Medi-Cal program. This bill would, until January 1, 2014, authorize, to the extent permitted by federal law, digital mammography screening to be covered when film or analog mammography services are not available from the provider, to be reimbursed at the Medi-Cal film or analog rate.
Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, regulates the practice of telemedicine, defined as the practice of health care delivery, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, transfer of medical data, and education using interactive audio, video, or data communications. Existing law, until January 1, 2013, authorizes "teleophthalmology and teledermatology by store and forward" under the Medi-Cal program, to the extent that federal financial participation is available. Existing law defines "teleophthalmology and teledermatology by store and forward" as an asynchronous transmission of medical information to be reviewed at a later time by a physician at a distant site who is trained in ophthalmology or dermatology, where the physician at the distant site reviews the medical information without the patient being present in real time. This bill would expand the definition of "teleophthalmology and teledermatology by store and forward" to include an asynchronous transmission of medical information to be reviewed at a later time, for teleophthalmology, by a licensed optometrist.
Existing civil service law requires that veterans be allowed preference points for civil service employment, as specified. Existing law provides that disabled veterans who become eligible for certification from eligible lists by attaining the passing mark established for an entrance examination held on an open, nonpromotional basis are allowed 10 additional points. Other veterans are allowed 5 additional points. This bill would instead provide that disabled veterans shall be allowed 15 additional points and other veterans shall be allowed 10 additional points.
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.