Sen. Richard Roth

This measure would designate the month of April 2018 as Aviation Awareness Month.

Existing law prescribes various duties for the Department of General Services in connection with the development and maintenance of the park around the State Capitol Building. Existing law authorizes the construction of various memorials in the Capitol Historic Region. This bill would establish the War on Terror Memorial Committee, and would require the committee, in consultation with the department, to conduct a review of the feasibility and best practices for the establishment and construction of a War on Terror Memorial in or around the State Capitol Park. The bill would also require the committee to report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature, as provided, and would prohibit the expenditure of state funds for purposes of implementing its provisions.

The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, generally regulates the disposal, management, and recycling of solid waste. Existing law requires all rigid plastic bottles and rigid plastic containers sold in the state to be labeled with a code that indicates the resin used to produce the rigid plastic bottle or rigid plastic container, and designates the number "6" as the code number for polystyrene resin. This bill would enact the Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Packaging Recovery and Recycling Act, which would authorize expanded polystyrene food service packaging (PFP) manufacturers and polystyrene resin producers to form or designate an organization consisting of PFP manufacturers and resin producers, to be known as the Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Packaging Recycling Organization. If the PFP manufacturers and resin producers form or designate a PFP Recycling Organization, the bill would require each PFP manufacturer or resin producer that formed or designated the organization that sells expanded polystyrene food service packaging or polystyrene resin in this state to pay to the PFP Recycling Organization the expanded polystyrene food service packaging assessment fee established by the PFP Recycling Organization. The bill would require the collected fees to be used by the organization to carry out the requirements of the act and for appropriate projects and programs that would further the purposes of the act, including awarding grants to specified entities for programs designed to increase community access to PFP recycling, to promote efforts to recycle PFP, and to reduce or abate litter from PFP. The bill would impose civil penalties on the PFP manufacturers or resin producers that formed or designated the PFP Recycling Organization that fail to remit the PFP assessment fee, as specified, and would authorize the department to expend the civil penalty moneys to support its duties under the act.

(1) Existing law requires a petition for a conservatorship to provide identification and contact information about the proposed conservator and the proposed conservatee, and state the reasons why a conservatorship is necessary. Existing law further requires a petition to be supported by separately filed supplemental information that is protected from disclosure, except under specified conditions. This bill would specifically authorize a petition to establish a limited conservatorship for a person with developmental disabilities to be additionally supported by the most recent individual program plan (IPP) regarding the proposed limited conservatee and provide the IPP with similar protections from disclosure as the supplemental information provided in support of a petition. (2) Existing law requires, in a proceeding on a petition to establish a limited conservatorship for a person with developmental disabilities, a regional center to evaluate a proposed limited conservatee, with his or her consent, and submit a written report of its findings and recommendations. Existing law requires the regional center to submit this report to the court at least 5 days before the hearing on the petition. This bill would expand the time in which a regional center is generally required to submit the report to the court from 5 to 15 days before the hearing on the petition. The bill would require the regional center to attach the most recent IPP to its report regarding a person who is a client of a regional center.

Existing law provides that any reference in any law or regulation to the State Highway Engineer shall be deemed to refer to the Director of Transportation. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

Existing law generally protects employees who disclose illegal or improper workplace activities by prohibiting interference with, and retaliation for, making such disclosures. Existing law provides procedures for a person to file a complaint alleging violations of legislative ethics. Existing law also authorizes each house of the Legislature to adopt rules for its proceedings and to select committees necessary for the conduct of its business. This bill would impose criminal and civil liability on a Member of the Legislature or legislative employee, as defined, who interferes with, or retaliates against, a legislative employee's exercise of the right to make a protected disclosure, which is defined as a good faith allegation made by a legislative employee to specified entities that a Member of the Legislature or a legislative employee has engaged in, or will engage in, activity that may constitute a violation of law, including sexual harassment, or a violation of a legislative standard of conduct. The bill would also impose civil liability on an entity that interferes with, or retaliates against, a legislative employee's exercise of the right to make a protected disclosure, as specified. By creating new crimes, 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. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Existing law imposes various functions and duties on the State Department of Public Health with respect to the administration and oversight of various health programs and facilities relating to the prevention of disease and the promotion of health. Existing law authorizes the department to adopt and enforce regulations for the execution of its duties. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and specifies that certain provisions relating to departments of the state govern and apply to the conduct of the department. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.