This measure would proclaim February 29, 2016, as Rare Disease Day in California and would provide for the recognition of Rare Disease Day in California in subsequent years, as specified.
This measure would recognize and honor the men and women of California agriculture for their dedication and productivity by observing March 15, 2016, as National Agriculture Day, and designating March 16, 2016, as California Agriculture Day.
This bill would recognize May 26, 2016, as John Wayne Day.
Existing property tax law requires the county auditor, in each fiscal year, to allocate property tax revenue to local jurisdictions in accordance with specified formulas and procedures, and generally provides that each jurisdiction shall be allocated an amount equal to the total of the amount of revenue allocated to that jurisdiction in the prior fiscal year, subject to certain modifications, and that jurisdiction's portion of the annual tax increment, as defined. Existing property tax law also requires that, for purposes of determining property tax revenue allocations in each county for the 1992–93 and 1993–94 fiscal years, the amounts of property tax revenue deemed allocated in the prior fiscal year to the county, cities, and special districts be reduced in accordance with certain formulas. It requires that the revenues not allocated to the county, cities, and special districts as a result of these reductions be transferred to the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund in that county for allocation to school districts, community college districts, and the county office of education. Beginning with the 2004–05 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, existing law requires that each city, county, and city and county receive additional property tax revenues in the form of a vehicle license fee adjustment amount, as defined, from a Vehicle License Fee Property Tax Compensation Fund that exists in each county treasury. Existing law requires that these additional allocations be funded from ad valorem property tax revenues otherwise required to be allocated to educational entities. This bill would modify these reduction and transfer provisions for a city incorporating after January 1, 2004, and on or before January 1, 2012, for the 2014–15 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, by providing for a vehicle license fee adjustment amount calculated on the basis of changes in assessed valuation. By imposing additional duties upon local tax officials with respect to the allocation of ad valorem property tax revenues, 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, 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 bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 97.70 of the Revenue and Taxation Code proposed by AB 448 that would become operative if this bill and AB 448 are both chaptered and this bill is chaptered last.
Existing law prohibits specified persons from owning, purchasing, receiving, or having in his or her possession, any firearm. Existing law prohibits a person, corporation, or firm from knowingly selling, supplying, delivering, or giving possession or control of a firearm to one of those prohibited persons, and makes a violation of that prohibition a felony punishable by imprisonment for 2, 3, or 4 years in the county jail. This bill would make that offense punishable by imprisonment for 2, 3, or 4 years in the state prison. Existing law prohibits a person, corporation, or firearms dealer from selling, supplying, delivering, or giving possession or control of a firearm to anyone whom the person, corporation, or dealer has cause to believe is a prohibited person, and makes a violation of that prohibition punishable as a felony or misdemeanor subject to imprisonment in the county jail or by a fine not to exceed $1,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment. Under existing law, for each felony case, a court is required to hold, and a prosecutor is required to attend, a preliminary hearing. This bill would make that offense a felony punishable by imprisonment for 2, 3, or 4 years in the state prison. By imposing additional duties on local prosecutors by increasing the number of preliminary hearings, and by increasing the penalties of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law prohibits a person, corporation, or dealer from selling, loaning, or transferring a firearm to anyone whom the person, corporation, or dealer knows or has cause to believe is not the actual purchaser or transferee of the firearm, or to anyone who is not the one actually being loaned the firearm, if the person, corporation, or dealer has knowledge that the firearm is to be subsequently sold, loaned, or transferred to avoid provisions of law requiring firearms transfers to be conducted through a firearms dealer and other requirements pertaining to dealer transactions, or to avoid provisions establishing exemptions from those requirements, as specified. Existing law makes this offense punishable as a felony or misdemeanor subject to imprisonment in the county jail or by a fine not to exceed $1,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment. This bill would make that offense a felony punishable by imprisonment for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years in the state prison. By imposing additional duties on local prosecutors, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law prohibits a person, corporation, or firearms dealer from acquiring a firearm for the purpose of selling, loaning, or transferring the firearm if, for a dealer, he or she has the intent to transfer the firearm to a minor or to evade specified requirements on the transfer of firearms, or in the case of a person or corporation, the person or corporation intends to violate the requirement, or provisions of an exception to the requirement, that the transaction be conducted through a licensed firearms dealer. Existing law makes this offense punishable as a misdemeanor by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or as a felony punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years, or by a fine not to exceed $1,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment. This bill would make that offense punishable as a felony by imprisonment for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years in the state prison. By imposing additional duties on local prosecutors, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would appropriate $2,200,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Justice for vertical prosecution, as defined, of those offenses described above, by the department. The bill would require the department to submit a report to the Legislature and the Governor, on or before January 1, 2020, which details the number of prosecutions filed and convictions obtained by the department for the offenses described above. The bill would also make conforming changes. 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 measure would declare the week of March 7, 2016, through March 13, 2016, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
This measure would proclaim the month of March 2016 as Grand Jury Awareness Month in California, recognize those who volunteer in a grand jury, and encourage all Californians to learn about its role in the judicial system.
