The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) establishes the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) for the purpose of providing pension benefits to specified public employees. Existing law also establishes the Judges' Retirement System and Judges' Retirement System II, which provide pension benefits to judges, as defined, and the Legislators' Retirement System, which provides pension benefits to specified elective officers of the state, other than judges, and to legislative statutory officers. Existing law requires that these systems be administered by the Board of Administration of PERS. Existing law, the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) , on and after January 1, 2013, generally requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act, as specified. Existing law establishes the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) for the purpose of providing postemployment health care benefits to specified retirees. This bill would require the Board of Administration of PERS to administer each of the retirement systems described above in conformance with PEPRA as if the provisions of the act were contained in the provisions governing those systems. The bill would provide that if the board determines that there is a conflict between the provisions of PEPRA and respective provisions of those systems, the provisions of PEPRA control. The bill would make various changes in PERL and in PEMHCA to conform with the requirements of PEPRA. The bill would prescribe requirements for the calculation of the retirement allowance of members with service in different retirement systems, at least one of which is subject to PEPRA, with different minimum retirement ages, when the member retires before 52 years of age, as specified. This bill would incorporate changes to Section 22760 of the Government Code that would become operative if both this bill and AB 410 are both chaptered and this bill is chaptered last.
Sponsored bills
(1) Under existing law, a man is conclusively presumed to be the father of a child if he was married to and cohabiting with the child's mother, except as specified. Existing law also provides that if a man signs a voluntary declaration of paternity, it has the force and effect of a judgment of paternity, subject to certain exceptions. Existing law further provides that a man is rebuttably presumed to be the father if he was married to, or attempted to marry, the mother before or after the birth of the child, or he receives the child as his own and openly holds the child out as his own. Under existing law, the latter presumptions are rebutted by a judgment establishing paternity by another man. This bill would authorize a court to find that more than 2 persons with a claim to parentage, as specified, are parents if the court finds that recognizing only 2 parents would be detrimental to the child. The bill would direct the court, in making this determination, to consider all relevant factors, including, but not limited to, the harm of removing the child from a stable placement with a parent who has fulfilled the child's physical needs and the child's psychological needs for care and affection, and who has assumed that role for a substantial period of time. (2) The Uniform Parentage Act defines the parent and child relationship as the legal relationship existing between a child and the child's parents, including the mother and child relationship and the father and child relationship, and governs proceedings to establish that relationship. This bill would provide that a child may have a parent and child relationship with more than 2 parents. The bill would require any reference to 2 parents to be interpreted to apply to all of a child's parents where a child is found to have more than 2 parents, as specified. (3) Existing law requires a family court to determine the best interest of the child for purposes of deciding child custody in proceedings for dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, legal separation of the parties, petitions for exclusive custody of a child, and proceedings under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act. In making that determination, existing law requires the court to consider specified factors, including the health, safety, and welfare of the child. Existing law establishes an order of preference for allocating child custody and directs the court to choose a parenting plan that is in the child's best interest. This bill would, in the case of a child with more than 2 parents, require the court to allocate custody and visitation among the parents based on the best interest of the child, as specified. (4) Under existing law, the parents of a minor child are responsible for supporting the child. Existing law establishes the statewide uniform guideline for calculating court-ordered child support, which is rebuttably presumed to be the correct amount of child support. Existing law provides that the presumption may be rebutted by admissible evidence showing that application of the uniform guideline would be unjust or inappropriate because of one or more factors found to be applicable and the court provides certain information in writing, as specified. This bill would direct the court to apply the statewide uniform guideline in a case where a child has more than 2 parents by dividing the child support obligations among the parents based on the income of each of the parents and the amount of time spent with the child by each parent. The bill would require the court to divide child support obligations among the parents in a just and appropriate manner, as specified, if the court finds that applying the statewide uniform guideline to a child with more than 2 parents would be unjust and inappropriate, as specified. (5) Under existing law, the birth parents of an adopted child are, from the time of the adoption, relieved of all parental duties towards, and all responsibility for, the adopted child, and have no right over the child. This bill would provide that the termination of the parental duties and responsibility of the parent or parents may be waived if both the parent or parents and the prospective adoptive parent or parents sign a waiver at any time prior to the finalization of the adoption. (6) This bill would incorporate additional changes in Sections 7601 and 7612 of the Family Code, proposed by AB 1403, to be operative only if AB 1403 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective January 1, 2014, and this bill is chaptered last.
Existing law defines disability income insurance as insurance against loss of occupational earning capacity arising from injury, sickness, or disablement. This bill would require every policy of disability income insurance that is of a short-term limited duration of 2 years or less, that is issued, amended, or renewed on or after July 1, 2014, and that provides disability income benefits to provide coverage for disability caused by severe mental illnesses, as defined.
(1) The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) establishes the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) and the Teachers' Retirement Law establishes the State Teachers' Retirement System for the purpose of providing pension benefits to specified public employees. Existing law also establishes the Judges' Retirement System II which provides pension benefits to elected judges and the Legislators' Retirement System which provides pension benefits to elective officers of the state other than judges and to legislative statutory officers. The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 authorizes counties to establish retirement systems pursuant to its provisions in order to provide pension benefits to county, city, and district employees. The California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) , on and after January 1, 2013, requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act and, among other provisions, establishes new retirement formulas that may not be exceeded by a public employer offering a defined benefit pension plan, setting the maximum benefit allowable for employees first hired on or after January 1, 2013, as a formula commonly known as 2.5% at age 67 for nonsafety members, one of 3 formulas for safety members, 2% at age 57, 2.5% at age 57, or 2.7% at age 57, and 1.25% at age 67 for new state miscellaneous or industrial members who elect to be in Tier 2. Under PEPRA, the Judges' Retirement System and the Judges' Retirement System II are not required to adopt the defined benefit formula contained in certain other provisions. This bill would correct an erroneous cross-reference in the above provision and would instead specify that the Judges' Retirement System and the Judges' Retirement System II are not required to adopt the defined benefit formula contained in other provisions for nonsafety and safety members. The bill would except from PEPRA certain multiemployer plans authorized under, and regulated by, specified federal law. The bill would also except from PEPRA public employees whose collective bargaining rights are subject to specified provisions of federal law until a specified federal district court decision on certification by the United States Secretary of Labor, or his or her designee, or until January 1, 2015, whichever is sooner. The bill would also provide that if a federal district court upholds the determination of the United States Secretary of Labor, or his or her designee, that application of PEPRA to those public employees precludes certification, those employees are excepted from PEPRA. The bill would clarify the application of PEPRA to employees who were employed prior to January 1, 2013, who have service credit in a different retirement system or who change positions for the same employer without a break in service, as specified. The bill would authorize a public retirement system to adopt regulations and resolutions in order to modify its retirement plan or plans to conform with PEPRA. (2) PEPRA authorizes a public employer offering a retirement benefit plan consisting solely of a defined contribution plan prior to January 1, 2013, to continue to offer that plan instead of the defined benefit plan required pursuant to PEPRA. However, PEPRA requires an employer that adopts a new defined benefit pension plan or defined benefit formula on or after January 1, 2013, to conform the plan or formula to the requirements of PEPRA or be determined and certified by the retirement system's chief actuary and the system's board to have no greater risk and no greater cost to the employer than the defined benefit formula and to be approved by the Legislature. Under that law, new members of the employer's plan may only participate in the defined contribution plan that was in place before January 1, 2013, or a defined contribution plan or defined benefit formula that conforms to the requirements of PEPRA. This bill would specify that the above provisions are not to be construed to prohibit an employer from offering a defined contribution plan on or after January 1, 2013, either with or without a defined benefit plan, if the employer did not offer a defined contribution plan prior to that date. (3) PEPRA defines pensionable compensation for new members and limits payments and compensation that may be used to calculate a defined benefit for new members and provides that this number shall be adjusted based on changes to the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. PEPRA permits an employer to provide a contribution to a defined contribution plan for compensation that is in excess of that limit subject to other limits described in federal law. PEPRA excludes specified payments from the definition of pensionable compensation. This bill would specify the method by which adjustments to pensionable compensation limits based on the Consumer Price Index are to be made and which consumer price index is to be used for this purpose. The bill would revise how limits on an employer's contributions to a defined contribution plan are to be determined, as specified, and would specifically authorize a retirement system to limit the pensionable compensation used to calculate contributions for new members in this regard. The bill would specify that the exclusions from pensionable compensation apply to new members. The bill would prescribe requirements for exclusions from pensionable compensation that are collectively bargained with represented state employees or imposed on nonrepresented state employees. (4) On and after January 1, 2013, PEPRA requires each retirement system that offers a defined benefit plan for safety members of the system to use one or more of specified defined benefit formulas and requires an employer to offer one or more of those formulas to new employees who are safety employees eligible for membership in the program. This bill would instead require an employer to offer one or more of those formulas to new members who are safety employees. (5) On and after January 1, 2013, PEPRA requires new employees of specified public employers, the California State University, and the judicial branch who participate in a defined benefit plan to have an initial contribution rate of at least 50% of the normal cost rate for that defined benefit plan, rounded to the nearest 14 of 1%, or the current contribution rate of similarly situated employees, whichever is greater. This bill would make that provision applicable to new members employed by those entities and new members employed by the Legislature. The bill would also specify that this contribution rate for new members shall be the greater of the above 2 rates, if the greater, current contribution rate has been agreed to through the collective bargaining process. The bill would specify, with regard to the definition of normal cost, that a retirement system's actuary may use either of 2 rates of contribution, as may be applicable to the retirement system. The bill would require that, for purposes of calculating the normal cost rate, the actuarial valuation of retirement benefits includes any elements that impact the actuarial determination of the normal cost, including, but not limited to, the retirement formula, eligibility and vesting criteria, ancillary benefit provisions, and any automatic cost-of-living adjustments. (6) PEPRA provides, for the purpose of determining a retirement benefit paid to a person who first becomes a member of a public retirement system on or after January 1, 2013, that final compensation means the member's highest average annual pensionable compensation earned, as defined, during a period of at least 36 consecutive months, or at least 3 school years, as specified. This bill would provide for the purpose defining final compensation, as described above, the school years are to be consecutive. (7) PEPRA prohibits a public employer from providing a retirement health benefit vesting schedule to a manager or an employee or officer who is excluded from collective bargaining that is more advantageous than that provided generally to other public employees of the same employer who are in related membership classifications. This bill would clarify that these provisions do not require an employer to change the vesting schedule of any employee who was subject to a specific retiree health benefit vesting schedule prior to January 1, 2013, or who had a contractual agreement prior to January 1, 2013, for a specific retiree health vesting schedule and make technical changes. (8) On and after January 1, 2013, PEPRA prohibits a public employer from offering a plan of replacement benefits for members and any survivors or beneficiaries whose retirement benefits are limited by specified federal law. On and after January 1, 2013, PEPRA makes that prohibition and certain other provisions related to replacement benefits applicable to new employees. This bill would instead make those provisions applicable to new members. (9) PEPRA generally prohibits a retired person who retires from a public employer from serving, being employed by, or being employed through a contract directly by, a public employer in the same retirement system from which the retiree receives a pension benefit without reinstatement, subject to certain exceptions and limitations. The act prohibits reemployment of a retiree pursuant to these provisions for a period of 180 days following the date of retirement unless he or she falls within certain exceptions to the prohibition, of which one is that the retiree is a public safety officer or a firefighter. This bill would clarify that, for a retiree who is a public safety officer or a firefighter, he or she must be hired to perform a function or functions regularly performed by a safety officer or firefighter. (10) PEPRA, until January 1, 2018, authorizes a safety member of a public retirement system who retires for industrial disability to receive a disability retirement equal to the greater of specified benefit amounts. This bill would repeal the above provision. (11) PEPRA requires that a public employee, including one who is elected or appointed to a public office, who is convicted of any state or federal felony for conduct arising out of, or in the performance of, his or her official duties in pursuit of the office or appointment, or in connection with obtaining salary, disability retirement, service retirement, or other benefits, forfeit rights, and benefits earned or accrued from the earliest date of the commission of the felony to the forfeiture date, as specified. This bill would provide that these provisions supplement the application of specified forfeiture provisions with respect to a judge and, if there is a conflict, the provisions that result in the greatest forfeiture or provide the most stringent procedural requirements shall apply. (12) PERL prescribes increases in required employee defined benefit plan contributions, in relation to the normal cost of benefits, for specified bargaining units. PERL requires that contribution rates for employees who are exempted from the definition of state employee and for officers and employees of the executive, legislative, or judicial branches of government who are not members of the civil service be adjusted consistent with those provisions. PERL requires that savings realized from specified employee contribution increases be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to any unfunded liability. This bill would apply the provisions described above to state employees excluded from collective bargaining. The bill would authorize the California State University, on or after January 1, 2019, to require that its member employees pay up to certain percentages of the normal cost of benefits, depending on employment classification, as specified. The bill would except savings realized by the California State University as a result of increased employee contribution rates from allocation to unfunded liability and would make a statement of intent in this regard. (13) Under PEPRA, a state safety member of PERS who retires on or after January 1, 2013, for industrial disability receives a disability retirement benefit equal to the greater of certain benefits, including, among others, 50% of his or her final compensation, plus an annuity purchased with his or her accumulated contributions, if any. This bill would clarify that the portion of the industrial disability retirement benefit described above refers to an annuity purchased with the member's accumulated additional contributions. (14) The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) establishes an alternative retirement plan that is applicable to Los Angeles, which includes both contributory and noncontributory plans. CERL prescribes specified formulas for computation of the retirement allowance payable for a service retirement, and for the computation of contributions, for certain members, including those to whom the federal Social Security Act applies. This bill would make a technical change in the alternate retirement plan that is applicable to Los Angeles. The bill would specify that certain formulas prescribed by CERL do not apply to a person who becomes a member of a county retirement system under a benefit plan subject to PEPRA, as specified. (15) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations regarding its relation to existing law and intended application. (16) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
(1) Existing law provides that a minor who has been abused or neglected, or who has violated a law or ordinance, as specified, is within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court as a dependent child or a ward, respectively. Existing law also establishes the court's transition jurisdiction over certain minors and nonminors, as specified. Existing law requires the court to consider whether a nonminor dependent may safely reside in the home of the parent or guardian and, if the nonminor cannot reside safely in that home, or if it is not in the minor's best interest to reside in the home, to consider whether to continue or terminate reunification services for the parent or legal guardian. This bill would authorize the court to order a nonminor dependent to reside in the home of the parent or former guardian if the court determines the nonminor dependent may safely reside in that home and to terminate or continue jurisdiction, as specified. The bill would require the court to hold periodic hearings for a nonminor dependent residing in that home and would require the social worker or probation officer to file a report describing the services offered to the family and the progress made by the family, as specified. By imposing new duties on social workers and probation officers, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law authorizes a court to resume dependency jurisdiction over a nonminor former dependent child of the juvenile court and to assume or resume transition jurisdiction over a nonminor former ward of the juvenile court if the nonminor meets specified eligibility criteria and signs a mutual transition or voluntary reentry agreement, as described. This bill would authorize, on and after January 1, 2014, a nonminor who has not attained 21 years of age to petition a specified court for a hearing to determine whether to assume dependency jurisdiction over him or her if he or she received public assistance after attaining 18 years of age, as specified, and the nonminor's former guardian or guardians or adoptive parent or parents died after he or she attained 18 years of age, but before he or she attains 21 years of age. The bill would require the juvenile court in which the petition was filed to order a hearing within 15 judicial days of filing if there is a prima facie showing that the nonminor meets certain eligibility criteria. The bill would require the court, prior to the hearing, to order the county child welfare or probation department to prepare a report that addresses the nonminor's educational or vocational plans, as specified, and recommendations for his or her placement. The bill would authorize the court to assume dependency jurisdiction over a former dependent or ward if, among other things, the nonminor intends and agrees to satisfy certain educational or vocational requirements and signs a voluntary reentry agreement. The bill would require the agency made responsible for the nonminor's placement and care to prepare a new transitional independent living case plan for the nonminor within 60 calendar days of the date the nonminor signs the voluntary reentry agreement and to submit the plan to the court for review, as specified. By imposing new duties on social workers and probation officers, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law authorizes the court to make any reasonable orders for the care, supervision, custody, conduct, maintenance, and support of a minor who is adjudged a ward of the court, as specified, and to order the care, custody, and control of the minor to be under the supervision of the probation officer. This bill would make those provisions applicable to nonminors. By imposing additional duties on probation officers, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law governs the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care Program and provides that nonminor dependents who meet specified criteria are eligible for assistance. This bill would define a "transition dependent" for purposes of these provisions to mean a minor who is between 17 years and 5 months of age and 18 years of age who is subject to the court's transition jurisdiction and would make other conforming and related changes. (4) Existing law establishes the Adoption Assistance Program and specifies the eligibility criteria for benefits to children who received those benefits with respect to a prior adoption that has since been dissolved, as specified, or because the adoptive parents died and other specified criteria are met. This bill would make those benefits available to nonminors. (5) This bill would incorporate additional changes in Sections 727 and 11400 of the Welfare and Institutions Code proposed by AB 346, to become operative only if AB 346 and this bill are both enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2014, and this bill is enacted last. (6) 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 Youth Center and Youth Shelter Bond Act of 1988 makes funds from specified bond proceeds available for allocation to recipients of contracts with the Division of Juvenile Justice, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, for the purpose of acquiring, renovating, constructing, or purchasing equipment for a youth center or youth shelter. The act requires that the department treat funding for youth centers and youth shelters as separate programs and fund each separately. The act further requires the department to award at least 70% of the funding for youth shelters to shelters for runaway youths, and a maximum of 30% to shelters for abused and neglected children. Under the act, the state is entitled to recapture a portion of state funds from the recipient of a contract if the facility ceases to be used for youth center or youth shelter activities within a certain period of time. This bill would authorize a county to use any unexpended funds awarded to a shelter for abused and neglected children for the purpose of acquiring, renovating, constructing, or purchasing equipment for a shelter for runaway or homeless youth, and would direct the department to revise any contracts as necessary to implement this provision. The bill would also specify that, under these circumstances, a county would not be required to repay these funds. The bill would also authorize a county that is the recipient of a contract to use funds received under the contract to provide grant awards to private nonprofit entities for the acquisition, renovation, construction, or purchase of equipment for a youth shelter.
Existing law requires the State Department of Education to prepare and distribute to school districts guidelines for the preparation of comprehensive health education plans, and requires approval of district plans to be made in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education. Existing law also establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the state board. This bill would require, during the next revision of the publication "Health Framework for California Public Schools," the commission to consider developing, and recommending for adoption by the state board, a distinct category on mental health instruction, as described, to educate pupils about all aspects of mental health. The bill would require the commission to ensure that one or more experts in the mental health and educational fields provides input in the development of the mental health instruction in the health framework, as provided.
Existing law provides that any person who uses a concealed camcorder, motion picture camera, or photographic camera of any type, to secretly videotape, film, photograph, or record by electronic means, another, identifiable person who may be in a state of full or partial undress, for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the undergarments worn by, that other person, without the consent or knowledge of that other person, in the interior of a bedroom, bathroom, changing room, fitting room, dressing room, or tanning booth, or the interior of any other area in which that other person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of that other person is guilty of disorderly conduct, which is a misdemeanor. Under existing law, (1) a first violation of that offense is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding 6 months, or by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment, and (2) a 2nd or subsequent violation of that offense, or any violation of that offense in which the victim was, at the time of the offense, a minor, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding $2,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment. This bill would provide that any person who photographs or records by any means the image of the intimate body part or parts of another identifiable person, under circumstances where the parties agree or understand that the image shall remain private, and the person subsequently distributes the image taken, with the intent to cause serious emotional distress, and the depicted person suffers serious emotional distress, is guilty of disorderly conduct and subject to that same punishment. By creating a new crime, this 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. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Under existing law, minors are authorized to consent to medical and other treatment under certain circumstances, including the diagnosis and treatment of sexual assault, medical care relating to the prevention or treatment of pregnancy, treatment of infectious, contagious, and communicable diseases, mental health treatment, and treatment for alcohol and drug abuse. Under existing law, a child may come within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and become a dependent child of the court under certain circumstances, including in cases of abuse and neglect. Under existing law, when a minor has been, or has a petition filed with the court to be, adjudged a dependent child of the court, the court may authorize, or order that a social worker may authorize, medical and other care for the minor, as prescribed. Under existing law, a social worker may, without court order, authorize medical and other care for a minor in emergency situations, as specified. This bill would specify that nothing in those provisions shall be construed to limit the rights of dependent children to consent to specified types of medical and other care, including the diagnosis and treatment of sexual assault, medical care relating to the prevention or treatment of pregnancy, treatment of infectious, contagious, and communicable diseases, mental health treatment, and treatment for alcohol and drug abuse. This bill would authorize a dependent child's social worker, if the child is 12 years of age or older, to inform the child of his or her right as a minor to consent to and receive those health services. This bill would authorize social workers to provide dependent children with access to age-appropriate, medically accurate information about sexual development, reproductive health, and prevention of unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature to maintain the continuity of the family unit and to support and preserve families headed by minor parents and nonminor dependent parents, as defined, and provides that, to the greatest extent possible, minor parents and their children living in foster care shall be provided with access to services that target supporting, maintaining, and developing the parent-child bond and the dependent parent's ability to provide a permanent and safe home for the child. Under existing law, minor parents are required to be given the ability to attend school, complete homework, and participate in age and developmentally appropriate activities separate from parenting. Existing law requires foster care placements for minor parents and their children to demonstrate a willingness and ability to provide support and assistance to minor parents and their children. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to ensure that complete and accurate data on parenting minor and nonminor dependents is collected, as specified, and would authorize child welfare agencies to provide minor parents and nonminor dependent parents with access to social workers or resource specialists who have received specified training. The bill would encourage child welfare agencies to update the case plans for pregnant and parenting dependents within 60 calendar days of the date the agency is informed of a pregnancy, and would authorize those agencies to hold a specialized conference, as prescribed, to assist the pregnant or parenting foster youth and nonminor dependents with planning for healthy parenting, among other things. The bill would additionally require nonminor dependent parents to be given the ability to attend school, complete homework, and participate in age and developmentally appropriate activities separate from parenting. This bill would authorize child welfare agencies, local educational agencies, and child care resource and referral agencies to make reasonable and coordinated efforts to ensure that minor parents and nonminor dependent parents who have not completed high school have access to school programs that provide onsite or coordinated child care. This bill would additionally require foster care placements for nonminor dependent parents and their children to demonstrate a willingness and ability to provide support and assistance to nonminor dependent parents and their children. Existing law provides that it is the policy of the state that foster children have specified rights. This bill would instead specify that all minors and nonminors in foster care have those rights. The bill would provide that foster children also have the right, at 12 years of age or older, to receive information regarding specified health care services.
Existing law provides for the comprehensive regulation of ticket sellers, and, among other things, requires disclosure of specified information to consumers and the maintenance of records and a permanent business address. Existing law provides that a violation of the laws regulating ticket sellers is a misdemeanor. This bill would additionally provide that a person who intentionally uses software to circumvent a security measure, access control system, or other control or measure on a ticket seller's Internet Web site that is used to ensure an equitable ticket buying process is guilty of a misdemeanor. Because this bill would create a new crime, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.