This measure would recognize the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks as a day of solemn commemoration.
Under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, the State Water Resources Control Board and the 9 California regional water quality control boards are the principal state agencies with responsibility for the coordination and control of water quality in the state. The act requires the state board to formulate and adopt state policies for water quality control, and to formulate and adopt, and review at least every 3 years, a water quality control plan for the ocean waters of the state known as the California Ocean Plan. This bill would require the state board, on or before January 1, 2013, to either amend the California Ocean Plan, or adopt separate standards, to address water quality objectives and effluent limitations that are specifically appropriate for brackish groundwater treatment system facilities that produce municipal water supplies for local use.
This measure would commemorate the 100-year anniversary of California's initiative process.
This measure would declare June 2011 as Scleroderma Awareness Month.
This measure would designate every Sunday as Cooking With Kids Day and would memorialize Congress and the President of the United States to act likewise and adopt a resolution to encourage families across the country to pledge to cook healthy meals with their kids at least once a week and to adopt policies to help improve access to affordable and healthy foods and beverages.
This measure would state the intent of both houses of the Legislature to begin each of their respective floor sessions, following the opening prayer and the pledge of allegiance to the flag, with a recitation of an excerpt from the United States Constitution, and to begin their respective floor sessions held nearest in time to the 4th of July of each year with a recitation of the full text of the Declaration of Independence.
(1) Existing law provides that a charter school, including a charter school operated as or by a nonprofit public benefit corporation, may be considered a public agency, as defined, for the purpose of being eligible for membership in a joint powers agreement for risk-pooling. This bill, in addition, would prohibit a joint powers authority for risk-pooling from refusing to admit to membership or provide coverage to a charter school, including a charter school operated as or by a nonprofit public benefit corporation, or a school district that operates a charter school, solely on the basis that the school under consideration is a charter school or the district under consideration operates a charter school. The bill would authorize a joint powers authority for risk-pooling to set the price for coverage for a charter school or a school district that operates a charter school at a level that is commensurate with the increased risk involved. By limiting the discretion of joint powers authorities, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (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.
This measure would urge Congress and the President to restore funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
Existing law authorizes a court to order a person convicted of a traffic violation to attend a traffic violator school licensed under certain provisions of the Vehicle Code, or, in lieu of adjudicating a traffic offense, if the defendant holds a certain noncommercial driver's license, and with the consent of the defendant, to order the person to attend a licensed traffic violator school, a licensed driving school, or any other court-approved program of driving instruction. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to charge a fee in the amount of $50 for annual renewal of the license for a traffic violator school and for each branch or classroom location. This bill would eliminate that fee for each classroom location.
Existing law includes provisions criminalizing conduct involving obscene matter and child pornography, including making the distribution of this material criminal. Existing law defines the term "distribute" for purposes of crimes relating to obscene matter. This bill would include within this definition of "distribute" making available for access or possession over the Internet. The bill would also provide that nothing in the provisions criminalizing conduct involving obscene matter and child pornography shall be construed to permit an action against an interactive computer service, electronic communication service, or remote computing service, as defined, that is inconsistent with specified provisions of federal law. By revising the definition of existing crimes to expand their application, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
