This measure would proclaim the month of May, each year, as Perinatal Depression Awareness Month in California, and would request the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, the State Department of Mental Health, First 5 California, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Postpartum Support International, and other stakeholders to work together to explore ways to improve women's access to mental health care at the state and local levels, to facilitate increased awareness and education about perinatal depression, clinically referred to as perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, to explore and encourage the use of prenatal screening tools, and to improve the availability of effective treatment and community support services.
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This measure would designate April 24, 2010, as "California Day of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923." It would memorialize the Congress and the President of the United States to act likewise to commemorate the Armenian Genocide.
This measure would encourage public education institutions to designate each campus as a "Discrimination-Free Zone" to provide a safe haven from intolerance or discrimination, to enact appropriate procedures that meaningfully address acts of discrimination that occur on campus, to notify parents and the campus community of existing policies and procedures that encourage tolerance of others, and to use existing resources to identify themselves as "Discrimination-Free Zones" to create a campus climate that welcomes diversity and supports the tolerance of others.
The California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act established the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority. The authority is authorized to do all things necessary and convenient to carry out the purposes of the act. The authority is also required to establish a renewable energy program to provide financial assistance, as defined, to certain entities for projects to generate new and renewable energy sources, develop clean and efficient distributed generation, and demonstrate the economic feasibility of new technologies. Existing law provides that the transfer of title of tangible personal property constituting a project under the act to the authority by a participating party, or the lease or transfer of tangible personal property constituting a project under the act by the authority to a participating party pursuant to the act is not a "sale" or "purchase" for the purposes of the Sales and Use Tax Law. This bill would, for purposes of the act until January 1, 2021, expand the definition of "alternative sources" and "projects," as specified. The bill would, until January 1, 2021, authorize the authority to evaluate project applications, and to approve projects, as defined, for financial assistance under the existing exclusion from a "sale" or "purchase" subject to sales or use tax, as provided. This bill would require the Legislative Analyst's Office to submit a report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, as provided. The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law authorizes counties and cities to impose local sales and use taxes in conformity with the Sales and Use Tax Law, and districts, as specified, may impose transactions and use taxes in accordance with the Transactions and Use Tax Law, which conforms to the Sales and Use Tax Law. Amendments to the Sales and Use Tax Law are automatically incorporated into these laws. Section 2230 of the Revenue and Taxation Code provides that the state will reimburse counties and cities for revenue losses caused by the enactment of sales and use tax exemptions. This bill would provide that, notwithstanding Section 2230 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, no appropriation is made and the state shall not reimburse local agencies for sales and use tax revenues lost by them pursuant to this bill. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
The California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act established the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority. The authority is authorized to do all things necessary and convenient to carry out the purposes of the act. The authority is also required to establish a renewable energy program to provide financial assistance, as defined, to certain entities for projects to generate new and renewable energy sources, develop clean and efficient distributed generation, and demonstrate the economic feasibility of new technologies. Existing law provides that the transfer of title of tangible personal property constituting a project under the act to the authority by a participating party or the lease or transfer of tangible personal property constituting a project under the act by the authority to a participating party pursuant to the act is not a "sale" or "purchase" for the purposes of the Sales and Use Tax Law. This bill would include as a project, machinery or equipment that is utilized for the design, technology transfer, manufacture, production, assembly, distribution, or service of an alternative source component. The bill would include as "financial assistance" for the purposes of the act purchases, sales, or lease arrangements that qualify for exclusion from the Sales and Use Tax Law. The bill would require the authority to consider specified criteria in approving a project for which the purchase, sale, or lease of tangible personal property qualifies for the sales and use tax exclusion. The bill would require, when the sales and use tax exclusion for projects approved by the authority exceeds $100,000,000 annually, the authority to provide a 20-day notice to the Legislature for additional project approval. 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.
This measure would recognize the month of February 2010 as American Heart Month in California, would recognize February 4, 2010, as Wear Red Day in California, and would urge public support for Go Red for Women events.
This measure would proclaim January 13, 2010, as Korean-American Day.
(1) Existing law, in the case of a writ issued to enforce a judgment, requires a levying officer to, among other things, compute and collect the amount of additional interest accrued on the principal amount of the judgment remaining unsatisfied from the date of issuance of the writ until the date interest ceases to accrue. Existing law permits the levying officer to adjust the amount of daily interest to reflect partial satisfaction, if the amounts collected periodically do not fully satisfy the money judgment. This bill would instead require the levying officer to make that adjustment. (2) Existing law requires a levying officer to distribute the proceeds or collection of a money judgment by a writ of execution in order of priority, including to the judgment creditor to (A) satisfy costs and interest accruing after issuance of the writ pursuant to which the sale or collection is conducted, and (B) satisfy the amount due on the judgment with costs and interest, as entered on the writ. This bill would specify that the proceeds or collection of a money judgment to a judgment creditor be distributed in that order. The bill would also specify that a distribution to the judgment creditor (A) satisfy any costs and interest accruing on the judgment after issuance of the writ pursuant to which the sale or collection is conducted, and (B) satisfy the principal amount due on the judgment with costs and interest, as entered on the writ. (3) Existing law requires the levying officer to promptly distribute the proceeds of a sale or collection to the entitled parties, and authorizes the levying officer, if the proceeds are not to be received in one payment, to accumulate proceeds received during a 30-day period and make payment of those proceeds to the entitled parties within 20 days of the end of the 30-day period. This bill would require the levying officer, if proceeds are not received in one payment, to make payment of those proceeds to the entitled parties within 10 days of the end of the 30-day period. (4) Existing law authorizes a person entitled to money held by a sheriff to make a demand for that money, and if the sheriff neglects or refuses to pay over to that person the amount owed, the person is authorized to recover the amount owed, 25% damages, and interest at a rate of 10% per month from the time of a demand. These provisions apply to a levying officer if the levying officer fails to pay the proceeds or deposit them with the court, as specified, a person entitled to any of the proceeds has filed a written demand for payment with the levying officer, and the levying officer has failed, within 10 days after the demand is filed, to pay the person that filed the demand the proceeds to which the person is entitled. The bill would authorize a judgment creditor to file an ex parte application for an order directing the levying officer to show cause why relief should not be granted pursuant to those provisions, as specified. The bill would also authorize a person to make a demand for proceeds to the levying officer in person or by certified mail. This bill would also authorize a person who has made a demand for payment to the sheriff, if the sheriff has neglected or refused to pay over to that person the amount owed, to receive costs, including reasonable attorney's fees. (5) Existing law bars a suit for money or damages against a local public entity on a cause of action for which a claim is required to be presented, until a written claim for it has been presented to the public entity and acted upon by the governing body of the local public entity, or has been deemed to have been rejected, except as specified. This bill would exempt claims for the recovery of money from a levying officer pursuant to a money judgment, under specified circumstances from these provisions. (6) Existing law prescribes fees for serving, executing, and processing required court notices, writs, orders, and other services provided by sheriffs and marshals. This bill would, as of January 1, 2011, revise and increase these fees, as specified. (7) Existing law prescribes a processing fee of $10 to be assessed for each disbursement of money collected pursuant to specified writs, and further requires that the proceeds of these fees be deposited in a special fund in the county treasury for vehicle fleet replacement and equipment, maintenance, and computer automation for sheriff court services and civil process operations. This bill would increase that processing fee to $12.
Existing law establishes various programs relating to perinatal health, including a comprehensive perinatal outreach program targeting the health effects of drugs and alcohol, the development of regionalized perinatal health systems, and the development of a model needs assessment protocol for pregnant and postpartum substance abusing women. This bill would permit the State Department of Public Health, in conjunction with the State Department of Mental Health, to establish a task force, as prescribed, to develop recommendations and educational materials for the department's perinatal health programs. This bill would permit the State Department of Public Health to use nonpublic contributions to carry out the purposes of this bill. This bill would, if the department creates the task force, create the California Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Awareness Fund and permit voluntary contributions to be deposited into the fund. This bill would continuously appropriate the money in the fund to the department to carry out the purposes of this bill.