(1) Under existing law, a vehicle that enters into or upon a vehicular crossing immediately becomes liable for tolls and other charges prescribed by the California Transportation Commission. Under existing law, it is unlawful to refuse to pay, or to evade or attempt to evade the payment of, tolls or other charges on any vehicular crossing, as defined, or toll highway. A violation of those provisions is a crime. This bill would, except as specified, exempt authorized emergency vehicles, as defined, from payment of a toll or charge on a vehicular crossing, toll highway, or high-occupancy toll (HOT) lane and any related fines, under specified conditions, including, but not limited to, when the vehicle is being driven while responding to or returning from an urgent or emergency call, engaged in an urgent or emergency response, or engaging in a fire station coverage assignment directly related to an emergency response. The bill would require, upon information and belief of the toll operator that an authorized emergency vehicle is not in compliance with these provisions, the fire chief, police chief, county sheriff, head of the public agency, or his or her designee, upon the written request of the owner or operator of the toll facility, to provide or otherwise make accessible to the toll operator the dispatch records or log books relevant to the time period when the vehicle was in use on the toll highway or vehicular crossing. By imposing new duties on local entities, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) 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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
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Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services to acquire and dispose of state real property under specified conditions. This bill would authorize the department to dispose of 3 specified parcels of real property pursuant to certain provisions.
Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of escrow agents by the Commissioner of Corporations. Existing law, until January 1, 2010, requires each escrow agent to pay an annual license fee of up to $2,800 for each office or location and authorizes the commissioner to additionally levy a special assessment of up to $500, which is required to be paid by the escrow agent within 30 days of receipt of notification by the commissioner, for each office or location in certain circumstances. Commencing January 1, 2010, existing law instead requires each escrow agent to pay to the commissioner the agent's pro rata share of the commissioner's annual administrative costs and expenses, as specified. This bill would repeal the provisions that would require an escrow agent, commencing January 1, 2010, to pay to the commissioner the agent's pro rata share of the commissioner's annual administrative costs and expenses. The bill would, instead, continue the requirement for an escrow agent to pay an annual license fee of up to $2,800 for each office or location. The bill would authorize the special assessment that may be levied by the commissioner to be in an amount of up to $1,000 for each office or location. The bill would require an escrow agent to pay the special assessment within 60 days of notification by the commissioner. Existing law provides that the license of an escrow agent remains in effect until surrendered, revoked, or suspended. Existing law sets forth the procedure for the surrender of the license of an escrow agent, and requires a surrendering licensee to, among other things, tender his or her license and all other indicia of licensure to the commissioner, and submit a closing audit to the commissioner, as specified. Existing law provides that a license is not surrendered until the commissioner has reviewed and accepted the closing audit, made a determination that there is no violation of law, and, in writing, accepted tender of the license. This bill would delete the requirement that the commissioner make a determination that there is no violation of law and instead require a determination that acceptance of the surrender is in the public interest. Existing law requires a person engaging in business as an exchange facilitator, as defined, to comply with certain bonding and insurance requirements that may include, among other things, maintaining a fidelity bond or bond and a policy of errors and omissions insurance executed by an insurer authorized to do business in this state. Existing law authorizes a person to file a claim to recover damages on the bonds, deposits, or letters of credit maintained by an exchange facilitator for a failure to comply with the provisions regulating exchange facilitators. This bill would authorize the fidelity bond or bonds and the policy of errors and omissions insurance maintained by an exchange facilitator to be executed by specified eligible surplus line insurers. The bill would require claims for damages to be subject to the terms and conditions of the bonds, deposits, or letters of credit maintained by an exchange facilitator and would provide that the amounts of those bonds, deposits, or letters of credit shall be reduced to the extent of any payment made.
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.
(1) Existing law requires the California State University and each community college district, and requests the University of California, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, to grant priority for registration for enrollment to any member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States for any academic term attended at one of these institutions within 2 years of leaving active duty. This bill would specify that these priority registration provisions apply to any member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States who has received an honorable discharge, a general discharge, or an other than honorable discharge; and to any member or former member of the State Military Reserve, but not to those who have received either a dishonorable discharge or bad conduct discharge. The bill also would define "Armed Forces of the United States" for purposes of the priority registration provisions. By establishing revised requirements relating to student eligibility for priority registration for community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) 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.
Existing law authorizes any employer, whose employee has suffered unlawful violence or a credible threat of violence from any individual, which can reasonably be construed to be carried out or to have been carried out at the workplace, to seek a temporary restraining order and an injunction on behalf of the employee and, at the discretion of the court, other employees, as specified. Any intentional and knowing violation of the temporary restraining order is a misdemeanor, punishable as specified. This bill would similarly authorize any chief administrative officer of a private postsecondary educational institution, or an officer or employee designated by the chief administrative officer to maintain order on the school campus or facility, a student of which has suffered a credible threat of violence made off the school campus or facility from any individual, which can reasonably be construed to be carried out or to have been carried out at the school campus or facility, to, with the written consent of the student, seek a temporary restraining order and an injunction, on behalf of the student and, at the discretion of the court, any number of other students at the campus or facility, as specified. The bill would provide that any intentional and knowing violation of the temporary restraining order is a misdemeanor, punishable as specified. By creating new duties for local law enforcement officials and expanding the scope of 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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law requires the probation officer of the county from which a person is committed to an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to send to the department a report of the circumstances surrounding the offense and the prior record and history of the defendant, as specified. This bill would, in addition, authorize the probation officer of the county from which a person is committed to an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to send to the department a victim's contact information, if the victim consents, when the court has ordered the defendant to pay restitution to the victim, as specified. This bill would state that the victim's contact information would remain confidential, as specified.
Existing law provides that no disaster worker who is performing disaster services during a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency shall be liable for civil damages on account of personal injury to or death of any person or property, as provided. This bill would provide that disaster service workers shall not be liable when acting within the scope of their responsibilities under the authority of the governmental emergency organization, as provided. This bill would provide that these provisions apply exclusively to any legal action filed on or after the effective date of this bill. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law requires that a vote by mail ballot be received by the issuing elections official or the precinct board no later than the close of polls on election day. This bill would make an exception for special absentee voters, as defined, temporarily living outside of the territorial limits of the United States or the District of Columbia and would instead require that their vote by mail ballot be postmarked or signed and dated by the voter on or before election day and received by their elections official not later than 21 days after election day. Because the bill would impose additional duties on elections officials, 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, 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.
This measure would declare June 2009 as Scleroderma Awareness Month.