Existing law authorizes a person who is a recipient of the Army Medal of Honor, Navy Medal of Honor, Air Force Medal of Honor, Army Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, or Purple Heart to apply for special license plates for his or her vehicle. The person's surviving spouse may retain the special license plates, subject to certain conditions. Existing law exempts these recipients from payment of vehicle registration fees and payment of charges under the Vehicle License Fee Law. This bill would authorize another surviving member of the deceased medal recipient's family, as defined, to retain one of the special license plates as a family heirloom, subject to the condition that the special license plates are not valid for use for vehicle registration purposes or for the specified exemption from fees and charges by a person other than the person issued the special license plates and the surviving spouse of that person.
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This measure would request that Congress adopt a national freight policy as a component of the next federal transportation bill and subsequently direct the United States Department of Transportation to implement its provisions.
Existing law, effective January 1, 2011, requires an outrider to be licensed by the California Horse Racing Board pursuant to certain provisions of law relating to stewards and racing officials. This bill would delete the requirement that outriders be licensed under those provisions. Existing law requires certain persons who participate in, or have anything to do with, the racing of horses to be licensed by the board pursuant to rules and regulations that the board may adopt, and upon the payment of a license fee fixed and determined by the board. This bill would require the licensure of outriders pursuant to those provisions. By requiring outriders to be licensed, the violation of which would be a crime pursuant to other provisions of existing law, this bill would create new crimes and would thereby impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would authorize the board to adopt regulations to require outrider license applicants to pass both a written and an oral examination and to authorize outriders to exercise certain duties and powers of the board as are delegated by the board. Existing law generally authorizes the board to allocate race dates, as specified. This bill would provide that notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing July 1, 2010, if a racetrack located in the central zone is not available for use by a thoroughbred association that was licensed by the board to conduct a live race meet at that racetrack in 2009, the board shall be authorized to allocate racing dates to that association to be operated at a racetrack in the central zone or the southern zone for racing in 2010, or thereafter, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the board. Existing law authorizes advance deposit wagering to be conducted, with the approval of the board. Existing law requires amounts distributed under certain provisions of law relating to advance deposit wagering to be proportionally reduced by an amount equal to 0.00295 multiplied by the amount handled on advance deposit wagers originating in California for each racing meeting, not to exceed $2,000,000. This bill would exempt from that calculation amounts handled on advance deposit wagers originating in California for harness racing meetings. Existing law requires the amount deducted, as per the above calculation, to be distributed as specified, with 50% of the money to the board to establish and to administer jointly with a certain jockey organization, a defined contribution retirement plan for California-licensed jockeys who retired from racing on or after January 1, 2009, and who, as of the date of retirement, had ridden in a minimum of 1,250 parimutuel races conducted in California. This bill would delete that requirement relating to a minimum number of races ridden. This bill would require amounts distributed under certain provisions of law relating to advance deposit wagering to be proportionally reduced by an amount equal to 0.00295 multiplied by the amount handled on advance deposit wagers originating in California for each harness racing meeting, not to exceed $500,000. The bill would require the amount deducted to be distributed to a certain welfare fund established for the benefit of horsemen and backstretch personnel, as provided, and the amount remaining, if any, for the benefit of the horsemen, as specified. By imposing new requirements on licensees under the Horse Racing Law, the violation of which would be a crime, this bill would create new crimes and 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. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
(1) Existing law that will become operative on July 1, 2010, authorizes a person who has been convicted of specified driving under the influence (DUI) offenses and who has had his or her driving privilege suspended or revoked to apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles for a restricted driver's license, if certain conditions, including that the person has installed an ignition interlock device, are met. Existing law requires the department to immediately suspend the driving privilege of a person if the person was driving a motor vehicle with 0.08% or more of alcohol in his or her blood, the person was under 21 years of age and had a blood-alcohol level of 0.01% or more, the person was driving a vehicle that requires a commercial driver's license and had 0.04% or more of alcohol in his or her blood, or the person was driving a motor vehicle when he or she was on probation for a specified DUI violation and had 0.01% or more of alcohol in his or her blood. If the person has been convicted of one or more separate DUI violations, has been administratively determined to have refused chemical testing, or has been administratively determined to have been driving with an excessive concentration of alcohol on a separate occasion, which offense or occasion occurred within 10 years of the occasion in question, existing law requires the period of suspension to be one year. This bill would require the one-year suspension to terminate if the person has been convicted of a violation arising out of the same occurrence and the person meets specified conditions, including that he or she is otherwise eligible for a restricted driver's license and installs an ignition interlock device for purposes of that restricted driver's license. (2) Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicle's, before July 1, 2010, to issue a restricted driver's license to a person restricting the person's driving privilege to the hours necessary for driving to and from the place of employment, driving during the course of employment, and driving to and from activities required in the drug and alcohol treatment program if the person completes not less than 12 months of the suspension period imposed pursuant to the punishment for the second conviction of driving under the influence where the conviction is related to driving under the influence of alcohol beverage only and satisfies other requirements. Existing law requires the department, on or after July 1, 2010, to issue the restricted driver's license if the person completes not less than 90 days of the suspension period and satisfies other requirements. This bill would instead require the department, on or after July 1, 2010, to issue a restricted driver's license only if the person has completed not less than 12 months of the suspension period. (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
This measure would designate Friday, May 7, 2010, as California Peace Officers' Memorial Day and would urge all Californians to use that day to honor California peace officers.
Existing law provides that any person who has been convicted of a violent felony who purchases, owns, or possesses body armor, as defined in the California Code of Regulations, except as authorized, is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in a state prison for 16 months or 2 or 3 years. However, the court, in People v. Saleem (102 Cal.Rptr.3d 652) , held that this provision is unconstitutionally vague in violation of due process. This bill would change the definition of "body armor" for purposes of this provision to mean any bullet-resistant material intended to provide ballistic and trauma protection for the person wearing the body armor. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would create 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.
Existing law, with certain exceptions, establishes 8 hours as a day's work and a 40-hour workweek, and requires payment of prescribed overtime compensation for additional hours worked. Existing law authorizes the adoption by 23 of employees in a work unit of alternative workweek schedules providing for workdays no longer than 10 hours within a 40-hour workweek. This bill would permit an individual nonexempt employee to request an employee-selected flexible work schedule providing for workdays up to 10 hours per day within a 40-hour workweek, and would allow an employer to implement this schedule without any obligation to pay overtime compensation. The bill would require the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement in the Department of Industrial Relations to enforce this provision and adopt regulations.
The Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to adopt those regulations that are necessary to carry out the act. This bill would require the commission to submit a regulation that is adopted by the commission, but which is not operative, on or before January 1, 2011, to the Legislature before the regulation may become operative. The bill would provide that the regulation would become operative only if both houses of the Legislature approve the regulation by a majority vote and the state's unemployment rate remains below 5.1% for 3 consecutive months. The bill would prohibit a regulation that is adopted, but not implemented, on or before January 1, 2011, from being implemented until the state's unemployment rate remains below 5.1% for 3 consecutive months. A subsequent rise in the unemployment rate after that consecutive 3-month period would not prevent the commission from implementing new regulations. 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 January 8, 2010. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on January 8, 2010, pursuant to the California Constitution.
(1) Existing law authorizes school districts and community college districts to contract for personal services currently or customarily performed by classified employees to achieve cost savings when specified conditions are met. Existing law requires the overall cost savings to be clearly demonstrated and sets forth certain requirements relating to comparing costs. This bill would repeal those provisions. The bill would instead authorize school districts and community college districts to contract for any noninstructional services of any type, if awarded pursuant to certain provisions of existing law governing public contracts, and if the governing board of the school district or community college determines that the contract will provide a benefit for the school district or community college district. The bill would prohibit the contract from being invalidated for specified circumstances relating to food service functions and positions. (2) Existing law requires contracts for management consulting services relating to food services not exceed a term of one year, and that contract renewals be considered on a year-to-year basis. Existing law prohibits a contract for food service management consulting services to eliminate any food service classified personnel or position, result in any adverse effect upon any food service classified food service personnel or position, or result in the supervision of food service classified personnel. This bill would repeal those provisions. The bill would define the term "food service management services" to include specified functions, and would authorize school districts and community college districts to enter into contracts for food service management services for a mutually agreed upon term, subject to specified conditions. The bill would prohibit a contract for food service management services from being invalidated for specified circumstances, including that it results in or causes the elimination of a food service classified personnel or position. (3) Existing law sets forth certain requirements relating to higher education employer-employee relations, including, but not limited to, the requirement to meet and confer in good faith regarding terms and conditions of employment. This bill would declare that these employer-employee relations provisions do not limit the authority of the University of California, the Hastings College of the Law, and the California State University to enter into contracts with 3rd parties for noninstructional services, as prescribed. 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 January 8, 2010. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on January 8, 2010, pursuant to the California Constitution.