This measure would declare May 23, 2012, as the 24th Annual State Scientist Day, as a tribute to the dedication and professionalism of the state scientists who work on behalf of all the residents of California.
Existing law imposes various taxes, including taxes on the privilege of engaging in certain activities. The Fee Collection Procedures Law, the violation of which is a crime, provides procedures for the collection of certain fees and surcharges. This bill would impose a tax on persons operating a sexually oriented business, as defined, at the rate of $10 per visit by a customer to the business inclusive of admission and reentry. The tax would be administered by the State Board of Equalization and would be collected pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Fee Collection Procedures Law. The bill would create the Sexual Assault Treatment and Prevention Fund, and would require that all revenues, less refunds and the costs of the administration of the tax, derived from the tax be transferred to the fund. This bill would provide that moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be used by the California Emergency Management Agency for specified purposes related to the treatment and prevention of sexual assault. Because this bill would expand application of the Fee Collection Procedures Law, the violation of which is a crime, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. This bill would become operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 90 days after the effective date of this bill. This bill would include a change in state statute that would result in a taxpayer paying a higher tax within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, and thus would require for passage the approval of 23 of the membership of each house of the Legislature.
(1) The Charter Schools Act of 1992 permits teachers and parents to petition the governing board of a school district to approve a charter school to operate independently from the existing school district structure as a method of accomplishing, among other things, improved pupil learning. Existing law exempts charter schools from the laws governing school districts except those of the Charter Schools Act, those establishing minimum age for public school attendance, specified building code regulations, and other specified laws. Existing law requires a charter school to comply with its charter. Existing law requires a charter school petition to include a description of the procedures by which pupils can be suspended or expelled. Existing law enumerates the acts for which a pupil may be suspended or expelled from a noncharter public school and sets forth procedures a school district is required to follow in suspending or expelling a pupil. This bill would require a charter school petition to include in the description of the suspension and expulsion procedures specified information regarding those procedures, a list of acts which, if committed by a charter school pupil, would require or allow the school to suspend the pupil, and a list of acts which, if committed by a charter school pupil, would require or allow the school to expel the pupil. Existing law requires a charter school to notify the superintendent of the school district of a pupil's last known address within 30 days of a of a pupil's expulsion or within 30 days of when a pupil leaves the charter school without graduating or completing the school year for any reason and, upon request, to provide the school district with a copy of the pupil's cumulative record. This bill would impose a state-mandated local program by requiring the charter school to provide the notification described above within 10 days, to provide the cumulative record without request, and to include the reason for the pupil's departure. (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.
The Public Employees' Retirement Law requires that, upon the death of any state or school member after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance, the sum of $2,000 be paid to the member's designated beneficiary, except as specified. Existing law requires, when a school employer elects by contract, that the amount paid to the beneficiary be $3,000, $4,000, or $5,000, whichever amount is designated in its contract. This bill would require that the amount paid be $4,000 for a death occurring from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2013, inclusive, and would increase that amount each year by $500 until April 1, 2017, at which point the amount would be $6,000, and would be adjusted annually, as specified. Until January 1, 2015, when the amount would reach $5,000, the bill would instead allow a school employer to elect by contract to pay the beneficiary $5,000.
Existing law imposes various limitations on emissions of air contaminants for the control of air pollution from vehicular and nonvehicular sources. Existing law generally designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency with the primary responsibility for the control of vehicular air pollution. Existing law requires the state board to adopt and implement motor vehicle emission standards, in-use performance standards, and motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants, including standards for off-road and nonvehicle engine categories. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the state board, for purposes of a specified provision relating to mobile source emissions reductions, as applied to the reduction of emissions of diesel particulate matter, oxides of nitrogen, and other criteria pollutants from certain in-use, on-road, diesel-fueled vehicles, define "low-use vehicle" for purposes of tax-exempt churches and religious organizations as prescribed.
This measure would designate May 2012 as Foster Care Month in California.
This measure would designate the week of April 15 to 21, 2012, as "National Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week," and would encourage the promotion of policies and programs that seek to reduce cancer disparities and improve cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and followup care for all Californians.
This measure would designate the second full week in April as California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
This measure would designate April 18, 2012, as DMV/Donate Life California Day in the State of California, and April 2012 as DMV/Donate Life California Month in the State of California, and would encourage all Californians to be organ, tissue, and blood donors.
This measure would designate February 2012 as No Place for Hate (registered trademark) Month.
