Existing law provides for the compensation of local government officers and employees, as specified. This bill would require filers, as defined, to annually file a compensation disclosure form, as specified. This bill would require the Secretary of State to develop the form, which would provide for the disclosure of, among other things, salaries and stipends, automobile and equipment allowances, and incentive and bonus payments. This bill would also require a county, city, city and county, school district, special district, or joint powers agency that maintains an Internet Web site to post the information contained on the filed form on that Internet Web site, as specified. The bill would authorize a district attorney or any interested person to commence an action by mandamus to enforce the provisions of the bill, as specified. The duties imposed on local departmental agencies by the bill would create a state-mandated local program. The bill would express a legislative finding and declaration that, to ensure the statewide integrity of local government, disclosure of compensation paid to filers is an issue of statewide concern and not a municipal affair and that, therefore, all cities, including charter cities, would be subject to the provisions of the bill. 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.
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Existing law specifies that there is in the Department of Veterans Affairs a Veterans Home of California, Yountville, and that the department may establish and construct a second veterans home located on one or more sites in specified counties. Existing law specifies the particular sites of the second home. This bill would revise and recast these provisions to state, in the same order as listed in current law, that there is a veterans home at Yountville and at each of the locations currently specified as a site of the second home. This bill would provide for the Veterans Home of California, Chula Vista, to also be known as the "John Smith Memorial Veterans Home," and for the Veterans Home of California, Lancaster, to also be known as the "William J. 'Pete' Knight Veterans Home."
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts, administered by a governing board, throughout the state, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction to students at the community college campuses maintained by the districts. Existing law requires community colleges to offer instruction through, but not beyond, the 2nd year of college and authorizes community colleges to grant associate in arts and science degrees. This bill would authorize the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District, San Diego Community College District, and San Mateo County Community College District to establish and participate in a baccalaureate degree pilot program. This bill would require a baccalaureate degree pilot program to expire 8 years after the establishment of the program. This bill would require a district, as defined, that establishes and participates in a baccalaureate degree pilot program to meet specified requirements, including, but not limited to, offering baccalaureate degrees in a limited number of fields of study, and submitting a report to the Legislature within one year prior to the expiration of the baccalaureate degree pilot program that would evaluate specified factors. This bill would also require the governing board of the district to perform certain functions and would authorize the governing board to charge baccalaureate degree-seeking students a fee for enrollment in specified courses, which would be required to be expended for the purpose of providing a pilot program. This bill would authorize the governing board of the district to enter into agreements with local businesses and agencies to provide educational services to students participating in a baccalaureate degree pilot program.
Existing law establishes the Food Biotechnology Task Force and charges it with various responsibilities. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.
This measure would recognize the Lunar New Year 4708 celebration.
Existing law, the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, provides for the electronic monitoring and reporting of the prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II, Schedule III, and Schedule IV controlled substances pursuant to the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) program. The act further provides that in order to prevent the inappropriate, improper, or illegal use of Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substances, the Department of Justice may initiate the referral of the history of controlled substances dispensed to an individual based on data contained in CURES to licensed health care practitioners, pharmacists, or both, providing care or services to the individual. A violation of any of these provisions is a misdemeanor, punishable as specified. This bill would establish the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) in state government under the Department of Justice to monitor any practitioner or pharmacist (PDMP subscriber) who has obtained approval, as specified, to access, using the Internet, the electronic history of controlled substances dispensed to an individual under his or her care based on data contained in CURES, as well as the number, amount, and type of controlled substances being dispensed to an individual under his or her care, in order to control the diversion and resultant abuse of, and to ensure the safe and lawful dispensing of, Schedule II, Schedule III, and Schedule IV controlled substances. This bill would provide that the Department of Justice may establish, by regulation, a system for the issuance to a PDMP subscriber of a citation which may contain an order of abatement or an order to pay an administrative fine assessed by the department, if the subscriber is in violation of any provision of, or any regulation adopted by the department pursuant to, the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. This bill would further provide that the theft or loss of prescription information or prescription forms shall be reported, as specified, no later than 3 days after the discovery of the theft or loss. By creating a new crime, 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.
The California Constitution conditions the imposition of a special tax by a city, county, or special district upon the approval of 23 of the voters of the city, county, or special district voting on that tax, and prohibits these entities from imposing an ad valorem tax on real property or a transactions or sales tax on the sale of real property. This measure would alternatively condition the imposition, extension, or increase of a parcel tax, as defined, by a school district, community college district, or county office of education upon the approval of 55% of its voters voting on the proposition, if the proposition meets specified requirements. This measure would also make conforming changes to related provisions.
This measure would declare February 23, 2010, to be Spay Day USA 2010 in California, and would request that Californians observe that day by having their dogs and cats spayed or neutered and by providing voluntary services or other support to organizations that provide spay and neuter services.
Existing law provides for the establishment of various job training and economic development programs, administered by the Employment Development Department and other state agencies. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that promotes the creation of jobs and reduces the unemployment rate of the state.
Existing law lists the person or persons who, in an order of succession, have the right to control, and duty of disposition of, the remains of a deceased person if other directions have not been given by the decedent. The first among the list of persons so authorized pursuant to this list is an agent under a power of attorney for health care who has the right and duty of disposition. A person upon whom the duty of interment is imposed by law who omits to perform that duty within a reasonable period of time is guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would specify that the designation of a person authorized to direct disposition (PADD) on a United States Department of Defense Record of Emergency Data, DD Form 93, as that form exists on December 31, 2010, or its successor form if approved by the State Registrar, shall be sufficient to establish an agent who has the right and duty of disposition for a decedent who died while on duty in any branch or component of the United States Armed Forces, as defined.