(1) The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan that includes various elements, including, among others, a safety element for the protection of the community from unreasonable risks associated with, among other things, wildland and urban fires. The safety element includes requirements for state responsibility areas, as defined, and very high fire hazard severity zones, as defined. This bill would revise the safety element requirements for state responsibility areas and very high fire hazard severity zones, as specified, and require the safety element, prior to January 1, 2015, and thereafter upon each revision of the housing element, to be reviewed and updated as necessary to address the risk of fire in state responsibility areas and very high fire hazard severity zones, taking into account specified considerations, including, among others, the most recent version of the Office of Planning and Research's "Fire Hazard Planning" document, which this bill would require the office to update on or before January 1, 2012. By imposing new duties on a city or county with regard to reviewing and updating its general plan, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project, as defined, that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment, or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA requires the Office of Planning and Research to prepare and develop guidelines for the implementation of CEQA by public agencies. This bill would require the office, on or after January 1, 2011, at the time of the next update of the guidelines for implementing CEQA, in cooperation with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to prepare, develop, and transmit to the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency recommended proposed changes or amendments to the initial study for the inclusion of questions related to fire hazard impacts for projects in state responsibility areas and high fire hazard severity zones. This bill would also require the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to certify and adopt these recommended proposed changes or amendments. (3) 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.
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Existing law contains various provisions relating to the administration of personal income taxes allowing individual taxpayers to contribute amounts in excess of their tax liability for the support of specified funds. This bill would allow taxpayers to designate on their tax returns that a specified amount in excess of their tax liability be transferred to the California Blood Banks Designated Area Emergency Operation Centers Fund, which would be created by this bill. This bill would provide that all money contributed to the fund pursuant to these provisions is subject to appropriation by the Legislature, as specified. This bill would provide that these voluntary contribution provisions are repealed on January 1, 2015, or for the taxable year beginning on or after January 1 of the calendar year in which the Franchise Tax Board estimates, by September 1, that the contributions made on returns filed in that calendar year will be less than a specified minimum contribution amount, whichever occurs first.
(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, as defined. The existing Public Utilities Act requires every public utility to furnish and maintain adequate, efficient, just, and reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities as are necessary to promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its patrons, employees, and the public. This bill would provide that the ownership, control, operation, or management of a facility that supplies electricity only for use to charge light-duty plug-in electric vehicles, as defined, does not make the corporation or person a public utility for purposes of the act. (2) Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, the State Air Resources Board, electrical corporations, and the motor vehicle industry, to evaluate policies to develop infrastructure sufficient to overcome any barriers to the widespread deployment and use of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles and, by July 1, 2011, to adopt rules that address specified matters. This bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to adopt rules that it determines are necessary for the charging of plug-in electric vehicles within the service territory of an electrical corporation, to achieve certain results.
(1) Existing law establishes the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, administered by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , to provide to specified entities, upon appropriation by the Legislature, grants, loans, loan guarantees, revolving loans, or other appropriate measures, for the development and deployment of innovative technologies that transform California's fuel and vehicle types to help attain the state's climate change goals. Existing law specifies that only certain projects or programs are eligible for funding. This bill would, additionally, specify projects eligible for funding under the program to include a cost-effective program to provide funding for homeowners who purchase an electric vehicle to offset costs associated with modifying electrical sources to include a residential plug-in electric vehicle charging station. (2) Existing law authorizes a public agency and a property owner to enter into voluntary contractual assessments to finance the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources or energy or water efficiency improvements that are permanently affixed on real property. This bill would expand the use of the voluntary contractual assessment to finance electric vehicle charging infrastructure affixed on real property. The bill would prohibit a public agency from permitting a property owner to participate in a contractual assessment program if the total amount of assessments and taxes on the property exceeds 5% of the property's market value, as specified. The bill would also require the preliminary report issued in connection with the contractual assessment program to include criteria for determining underwriting requirements, and safeguards to be used to limit the total annual property tax and assessments on the property, as specified. (3) Existing law requires the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority to establish a Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Reserve program to assist local jurisdictions in financing the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources or energy or water efficiency improvements meeting specified requirements that are permanently affixed on real property through the use of a voluntary contractual assessment. This bill would expand the PACE Reserve program to assist local jurisdictions in financing the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. (4) This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 44272 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by AB 1106, that would become operative only if AB 1106 and this bill are both chaptered and become operative on or before January 1, 2011, and this bill is chaptered last.
(1) Existing law regulates the operation of bicycles. Under existing law, local authorities may regulate, by ordinance or resolution, among other things, the licensing and operation of vehicles for hire and drivers of passenger vehicles for hire. This bill would define the term "pedicab" for purposes of the Vehicle Code. The bill would authorize a city or county to adopt rules and regulations, by an ordinance or resolution, licensing and regulating the operation of pedicabs for hire, and operators of pedicabs for hire, including requiring one or more of the following: (1) a valid California driver's license; (2) proof of successful completion of a bicycle safety training course certified by the League of American Bicyclists or an equivalent organization as determined by the local authority; or (3) a valid California identification card and proof of successful completion of the written portion of the California driver's license examination. (2) Under existing law, every person riding a bicycle upon a highway has all the rights of, and is subject to specified provisions in, the Vehicle Code, including rules of the road, that are applicable to the driver of a vehicle. This bill would make those provisions also applicable to a person operating a pedicab. By making the operation of a pedicab subject to the Vehicle Code, a violation of which is a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) The bill would incorporate changes to Section 21100 of the Vehicle Code proposed by both this bill and AB 2756, which would become operative only if both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2011, each bill amends that section, and this bill is enacted last. (4) 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.
Existing law requires that all pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, except those excused or exempted pursuant to a prescribed provisions of law, attend physical education courses for a total period of time of not less than 400 minutes each 10 schooldays. Pursuant to its authority to issue program guidelines to serve as models or examples, the State Board of Education has adopted physical education model content standards for California public schools. This bill would require the State Board of Education and the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission to include self-defense instruction, as defined, and safety instruction, as defined, in the next revision of the physical education framework for pupils in grades 7, 8, 9, 11, and 12.
Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to ensure that all claims that have been approved by the board and for which there exists no legally available appropriation, are submitted for legislative approval at least twice each calendar year. This bill would appropriate $1,224,892.14 from the General Fund to the Executive Officer of the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to pay claims accepted by the board. The bill would require the Controller, upon the request of the board, in a form prescribed by the Controller, to transfer surcharges and fees from the General Fund to Item 1870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2010. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Toxic Substances Control in the California Environmental Protection Agency, with powers and duties regarding the management of hazardous waste. Existing law, administered by the department, prohibits the management of hazardous waste except in accordance with the hazardous waste control laws, including laws governing the removal of any mercury-containing vehicle light switch from a vehicle, and the regulations adopted by the department. A violation of the hazardous waste control laws is a crime. The bill, commencing on January 1, 2014, would prohibit the sale of any motor vehicle brake friction materials containing specified constituents in amounts that exceed certain concentrations. The bill would allow, until December 31, 2023, motor vehicle manufacturers and distributors, wholesalers, or retailers of replacement brake friction materials to deplete their inventory of noncompliant materials. The bill, commencing on January 1, 2021, would prohibit motor vehicle brake friction materials containing more than 5% copper by weight from being sold in the state, and, commencing on January 1, 2025, would prohibit motor vehicle brake friction materials exceeding 0.5% copper by weight from being sold in the state. A violation of these provisions by certain manufacturers would be subject to a civil fine of up to $10,000 per violation. The bill would create the Brake Friction Materials Water Pollution Fund in the State Treasury, and would require those fines to be deposited in the fund. The moneys in the fund would be available, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, to implement the bill's requirements. Because a violation of these provisions also would be a crime pursuant to the hazardous waste control laws, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would establish a process by which a manufacturer may apply to the department for an extension of the prohibition against selling motor vehicle brake friction materials containing more than 0.5% copper by weight, including providing for the establishment of an advisory committee to be involved in that process. The bill would require the Secretary for Environmental Protection to issue a decision regarding the extension. In making the determination whether to approve or disapprove the extension, the bill would require the secretary to rely upon certain recommendations made by the advisory committee. The bill would require the department to assess a fee for each extension application, and the department would be authorized to expend those fees, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for reimbursement for the costs incurred in implementing this process. The bill would exempt brake friction materials used for certain motor vehicle classes from its requirements and would exempt from certain prohibitions the sale of vehicles or brake friction materials manufactured prior to certain dates. The bill would require a vehicle brake friction material manufacturer to screen potential alternatives to copper using the existing Toxics Information Clearinghouse and to use an open source alternatives assessment or this screening analysis to select alternatives to copper that pose less potential hazard to public health and the environment. The vehicle brake friction material manufacturer or importer of record would be required to provide the department with a demonstration, upon request, of the manner in which the selection of alternatives is informed. The bill would require all new motor vehicles offered for sale, on and after the specified compliance dates, to be equipped with brake friction materials meeting the requirements of this bill and would require all vehicle brake friction material manufacturers, on or after those compliance dates, to certify compliance with those requirements and mark proof of certification on all brake friction materials. The bill would require a vehicle brake friction materials manufacturer to file a copy of the certification with a testing certification agency. The bill would require the department and the State Water Resources Control Board, by January 1, 2023, to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature, on the implementation of the bill's requirements toward meeting the copper total maximum daily load (TMDL) allocations in the state. The bill would repeal this report requirement on January 1, 2027. (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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. Under existing law, the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility, as defined, generally has authority over the activities of the utility. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with specified entities, to evaluate policies to develop infrastructure sufficient to overcome any barriers to the widespread deployment and use of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles and, by July 1, 2011, to adopt rules that address related matters. Existing law establishes the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, administered by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , to provide to specified entities, upon appropriation by the Legislature, grants, loans, loan guarantees, revolving loans, or other appropriate measures, for the development and deployment of innovative technologies that transform California's fuel and vehicle types to help attain the state's climate change goals. This bill would require the Energy Commission, by July 1, 2011, in consultation with the PUC, to develop and maintain an Internet Web site containing specific links to electrical corporation or local publicly owned electric utility Internet Web sites that contain information specific to plug-in hybrid or fully electric vehicles, or other Internet Web sites that include specified information.
Existing law requires the Department of General Services to maintain a complete and accurate statewide inventory of all real property held by the state and to categorize that inventory by agency and geographical location. Existing law defines "agency" for that purpose as any state agency, department, division, bureau, board, commission, district agricultural association, and the California State University, and excludes from that definition the Legislature, the University of California, and the Department of Transportation. This bill additionally would exclude from that definition of "agency" the State Lands Commission, and would require the commission, by July 1, 2011, to furnish to the Department of General Services a record of each parcel of real property, excluding public trust lands, that the commission possesses that is not already being tracked by the statewide property inventory database. The bill would require the commission to update its record of these real property holdings, reflecting any changes occurring by December 31 of the previous year, by July 1 of each year. The bill also would include legislative findings and declarations regarding public trust lands.