(1) The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, which is administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, establishes an integrated waste management program. The act creates the Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan Subaccount in the Integrated Waste Management Account and continuously appropriates the funds deposited in the subaccount to the department for making loans for the purposes of the Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan Program (program) . Existing law makes the provisions regarding the loan program, the creation of the subaccount, and expenditures therefrom inoperative on July 1, 2011, and repeals them as of January 1, 2012, and provides for disposition of funds remaining after inoperation and repeal. This bill would define the term "department" for purposes of the act. The bill would prohibit the department from funding a loan under the program until it determines that the applicant has obtained all significant, as determined by the department, applicable federal, state, and local permits and would extend the program and the continuous appropriation to July 1, 2021, and the repeal date to January 1, 2022, thereby making an appropriation. (2) The act requires, upon authorization by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, the Controller to transfer a sum that does not exceed $5,000,000 from the account to the subaccount as necessary to meet anticipated loan demand under the program. The act provides that the transferred amount is a loan to the subaccount, repayable with interest to the account. This bill would delete the limitation of the transfer to $5,000,000 and the requirement that the amount transferred be a loan to the subaccount, repayable with interest. The bill would retroactively delete the requirement that the amount transferred from the account to the subaccount be repaid with interest.
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This measure would recognize March 31, 2010, as the anniversary of the birth of César Chávez, and would call upon all Californians to participate in appropriate observances to remember César Chávez as a symbol of hope and justice to all persons.
This measure would urge the United States Congress to oppose a free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia.
This measure would proclaim April 12 through April 18, 2010, as California Holocaust Memorial Week and would urge Californians to observe these days of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust in an appropriate manner.
This measure would urge the Congress, the President of the United States, and the Secretary of Commerce to enact legislation or adopt policies to have the 2020 Census and other surveys gather data on sexual orientation and gender identity.
This measure would call upon the Congress and the President of the United States to repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act.
This measure would designate a portion of State Highway Route 163 in the City of San Diego as the Esteban Bahena Memorial Highway. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate signs showing this designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
Existing law authorizes a person who is a recipient of the Army Medal of Honor, Navy Medal of Honor, Air Force Medal of Honor, Army Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, or Purple Heart to apply for special license plates for his or her vehicle. The person's surviving spouse may retain the special license plates, subject to certain conditions. Existing law exempts these recipients from payment of vehicle registration fees and payment of charges under the Vehicle License Fee Law. This bill would authorize another surviving member of the deceased medal recipient's family, as defined, to retain one of the special license plates as a family heirloom, subject to the condition that the special license plates are not valid for use for vehicle registration purposes or for the specified exemption from fees and charges by a person other than the person issued the special license plates and the surviving spouse of that person.
Existing law authorizes a redevelopment agency to amend a redevelopment plan to extend the time limit on the effectiveness of the plan for up to 10 additional years beyond a specified limit. Existing law requires that in order to adopt this amendment, the agency, among other things, adopt a report containing specified information to the legislative body no later than 45 days prior to the public hearing on the proposed amendment. Existing law also requires that after receiving the agency's recommendation on the proposed amendment, the legislative body, or alternatively, the agency and the legislative body, hold a public hearing on the proposed amendment. This bill would modify the information required to be included in the agency's report to the legislative body. The bill would also require the legislative body, or alternatively, the agency and the legislative body, to consider any objections with the proposed amendment expressed by the affected taxing entities, a project area committee, if any, residents, and community organizations at the public hearing.