(1) Existing law requires all local telephone corporations, excluding providers of mobile telephony service and mobile satellite telephone service, to the extent permitted by existing technology or facilities, to provide every existing and newly installed residential telephone connection with access to "911" emergency service regardless of whether an account has been established. This bill would instead require local telephone corporations to provide every subscriber of tariffed residential basic exchange service, rather than every existing and newly installed residential telephone connection, with access to "911" emergency service. The bill would require a local telephone corporation to provide "911" emergency services for at least 120 days after disconnection of residential basic exchange service for nonpayment, as provided. The bill would authorize a local telephone corporation to disconnect any line in existence on January 1, 2011, providing access to "911" emergency services with no customer account attached for that line, if notice of not less than 90 days prior to disconnection is provided to the last known address of record associated with that line that is being disconnected. (2) Existing law requires telephone corporations to inform subscribers of the availability of "911" emergency service in a manner determined by the Public Utilities Commission. This bill would delete that requirement and instead would require local telephone corporations, if they choose to terminate access to "911" emergency services after 120 days as provided above, to inform residential subscribers, as part of the notice of suspension or disconnection of service for nonpayment, of certain information, including options to avoid suspension or disconnection of service and the availability of "911" emergency service.
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The Charter Schools Act of 1992 authorizes the governing board of a school district, a county board of education, or the State Board of Education to grant a petition to establish a charter school according to specified procedures. The act provides that a charter may be granted for a period not to exceed 5 years. The act authorizes each of those chartering authorities to grant one or more subsequent renewals of a charter that it authorized. The act requires that each renewal be for a period of 5 years. This bill would require a charter school to submit a renewal petition to the chartering authority no later than September 15 prior to the expiration of the charter, or by an earlier or later date if mutually agreed upon by the chartering authority and the charter school to accommodate local circumstances. The bill would require the governing board of a school district or a county board of education to approve or deny a renewal petition submitted by a charter school authorized by that board no later than December 15 prior to the expiration of the charter. The bill would require a charter school that elects to appeal the denial of its renewal application to submit the application to the county board or the state board, as applicable, within 30 days of the date of the denial.
This measure would recognize March 31, 2010, as the anniversary of the birth of César Chávez, and would call upon all Californians to participate in appropriate observances to remember César Chávez as a symbol of hope and justice to all persons.
This measure would proclaim April 12 through April 18, 2010, as California Holocaust Memorial Week and would urge Californians to observe these days of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust in an appropriate manner.
This measure would designate the Florence Avenue exit of State Highway Route 110, in the City of Los Angeles, as the Deputy Chief Kenneth O. Garner Memorial Exit. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate signs showing this designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
The Subdivision Map Act and local ordinances authorize or require, under specified circumstances, the furnishing of specified types of security with respect to the performance of various acts or agreements subject to the act. Existing law, until January 1, 2011, also sets forth the specific procedures imposed on a local agency for the complete or partial release of a performance security furnished by a subdivider. This bill would extend the repeal date of the provisions relating to the procedures for releasing a performance security, from January 1, 2011, to January 1, 2016, thereby extending their operation and imposing 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.
(1) Existing law requires, if a person is convicted of a specified driving-under-the-influence (DUI) offense and the offense occurred within 10 years of 2, or 3 or more prior specified DUI offenses that resulted in a conviction, that the person be punished by enhanced penalties, and that the person's privilege to operate a motor vehicle be revoked by the Department of Motor Vehicles for a period of 2, 3, 4, or 5 years, as applicable. This bill would require the department to permanently revoke the driver's license of a person who was previously convicted of 3 or more specified DUI offenses. The bill would prohibit a person whose driver's license is permanently revoked by the department under these provisions from registering a vehicle in this state. Because a person who violates this prohibition is guilty of a crime, this bill would create a new crime, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The bill would also authorize a person who had only 3 convictions of a DUI offense, and whose driver's license was permanently revoked by the department to petition the court for the reinstatement of his or her privilege to drive after a period of 5 years from the date of his or her last conviction if the person successfully passes a written test and driving test for the license classification and successfully completes a specified alcohol treatment program. The bill would require the court to consider 5 specified factors in determinating whether to order the department to reinstate the person's license. (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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law prescribes the instruments in, and criteria by, which local agencies, as defined, may invest surplus funds. Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2012, the investment of up to 30% of those funds in certificates of deposit at a commercial bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union that uses a private sector entity that assists in the placement of certificates of deposit under specified conditions. This bill would delete the January 1, 2012, sunset date for these provisions, thereby extending the operation of these provisions indefinitely.