(1) Existing law imposes a levy of $0.18 per gallon on motor vehicle fuel, commonly referred to as gasoline, and on diesel fuel, the revenues from which are deposited in the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account in the Transportation Tax Fund. Under Article XIX of the California Constitution, the portion of these revenues that is derived from use in motor vehicles upon public streets and highways is restricted for expenditure on streets and highways and for certain mass transit guideway purposes. The Fee Collection Procedures Law, the violation of which is a crime, provides procedures for the collection of certain fees and surcharges. This bill would, commencing on and after October 1, 2009, impose a user fee, as defined, of $0.18 cents per gallon of fuel, as defined, purchased by a user, as defined. The bill would also require a supplier or retailer to be licensed with the board, as specified. The bill would require a retailer to collect the user fee from each user, at the time the fuel is sold to the user, and would require the user fee to be precollected by a supplier, as specified. This bill would require revenues from the fee and related penalties to be deposited in the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account in the Transportation Tax Fund, which would be continued in existence as the Transportation Revenue Fund, and would limit the expenditure of the money deposited in the fund to specified purposes, consistent with the requirements under law for a user fee of this nature. The bill would require the State Board of Equalization to administer the user fees as specified, and would require the fee to be collected pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Fee Collection Procedures Law. This bill would also impose other related provisions. This bill would also require certain certificates issued related to the fee to be signed under penalty of perjury, and would make certain acts related to exemption certificates a misdemeanor. Because this bill would expand the scope of the Fee Collection Procedures Law, the violation of which is a crime, and would create additional crimes, it would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law establishes as base fee amounts certain driver's license and identification card fees imposed by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to specified provisions of the Vehicle Code. Existing law requires, on January 1 of every year, the department to adjust those base fee amounts by increasing each fee in an amount equal to the increase in the California Consumer Price Index for the prior year, as calculated by the Department of Finance, with amounts equal to or greater than $0.50 rounded to the next highest whole dollar. Existing law also provides that a statutory increase to the fees is deemed to be a change to the base fee. This bill would include within this scheme specified fee provisions applicable to restricted firefighter licenses and commercial driver's licenses and would increase, on and after October 1, 2009, or the effective date of this act, whichever is later, the amount of these and other fees subject to this scheme. (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. (4) 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 December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution.
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This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2009. 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 December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution.
The California Children and Families Act of 1998, an initiative measure approved by the voters as Proposition 10 at the November 3, 1998, statewide general election, requires that the California Children and Families Program, established by the act, be funded by certain taxes imposed on the sale and distribution of cigarettes and tobacco products, that revenues be deposited into the California Children and Families Trust Fund, and that the fund be used for the implementation of comprehensive early childhood development and smoking prevention programs. Existing law provides that prescribed percentages of moneys allocated and appropriated from the trust fund shall be deposited in various accounts, including the Mass Media Communications Account and the Unallocated Account, for expenditure by the California Children and Families Commission, also known as First 5 California, for various subjects relating to, and furthering the goals and purposes of, the act. Existing law prohibits amendment of this initiative measure by the Legislature unless the amendment is approved by the voters, or the amendment is accomplished by a vote of 23 of the membership of both houses of the Legislature and the amendment furthers the act and is consistent with its purposes. Existing law establishes various public programs to provide health care coverage and social services to children. This bill, subject to voter approval at the next statewide election, would revise certain provisions of the California Children and Families Act of 1998, to require designated unencumbered and unexpended funds in the California Children and Families Trust Fund to be redirected to support state health and human services programs, as described, for children up to 5 years of age. The bill, subject to voter approval, would eliminate the Mass Media Communications Account in the trust fund, and would reallocate the percentage payable to that account to the Unallocated Account. The bill, subject to voter approval, would require, prior to the distribution of moneys from the fund, that $268,000,000 be transferred annually, in specified fiscal years, to the Proposition 10 Health and Human Services Fund, which would be created by the bill. The bill would require these funds to be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to support state health and human services programs, as described. 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 December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2009. 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 December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2009. 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 December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2009. 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 December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution.
(1) The California State Lottery Act, subject to the approval by the voters, appropriates moneys, commencing with the 2009–10 fiscal year, on an annual basis from the General Fund to various educational entities based on specified factors. The act provides that specified provisions regarding General Fund appropriations may only be amended by a vote of the people. This bill would, commencing with the 2010–11 fiscal year, adjust the method of annually calculating specified appropriations. Existing law allows the director of the lottery to purchase or lease goods and services as are necessary for effectuating the purposes of the provisions governing the lottery. This bill would instead provide that the director has express authority, subject only to commission approval, to make any and all expenditures as are necessary or reasonable for effectuating the purposes of those provisions. The bill would require that, with regard to employee incentives, the Director shall exercise his or her authority consistent with laws relating to state employer-employee relations. Existing law requires the director, in all procurement decisions, to award contracts to the responsible supplier submitting the lowest and best proposal that maximizes the benefits to the state in relation to the areas of security, competence, experience, and timely performance. This bill would delete the requirement that the director award contracts to the responsible supplier submitting the lowest proposal. Existing law requires the commission to adopt and publish competitive bidding procedures for the award of any procurement or contract involving an expenditure of more than $100,000. This bill would instead require the commission to adopt and publish those procedures for any procurement or contract involving an expenditure of more than $500,000. The bill would declare that these provisions would become effective only when submitted to and approved by the voters. (2) Existing law requires the director to engage an independent firm of certified public accountants, as specified, and requires the Controller to conduct certain audits of the Lottery. The bill would recodify those provisions of the act regarding audits and would require specified audits and postaudits to be posted on the Internet. The bill would declare that these provisions further the purposes of the act. (3) 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 December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law establishes certain values for determining if theft or certain other property crimes are punishable as felonies or not. Existing law provides that for many of these crimes, the threshold is $400, while the thresholds for certain other crimes are $100, $200, and $1,000, as specified. This bill would increase certain of those thresholds, for example, by increasing certain $400 thresholds to $950. By increasing local incarceration costs, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law provides for a 6-month reduction in a prisoner's term of confinement for every 6 months of full-time performance by the prisoner in a qualified work, training, or education program, as specified. Existing law provides that for every 6 days served in a specified local detention center following an arrest and prior to the imposition of a prison sentence for a felony conviction, 2 days shall be deducted from his or her period of confinement, as specified. This bill would instead provide that certain prisoners shall earn one day of credit for every one day served either in the state prison or in a local facility prior to delivery to the state prison. This bill would provide for up to 6 weeks of additional credit for the successful completion of certain programs offered by the department, as specified. This bill would also expand an existing program for extra time credits for inmates assigned to conservation camps to apply to inmates who are assigned to correctional institutions as inmate firefighters and to inmates who have completed the training for either of those assignments, as specified. This bill would also revise the time credits for certain prisoners confined or committed to a county jail or other specified facilities, as provided. This bill would also provide criteria for the denial and loss of these credits, and would make various conforming and technical changes. Existing law establishes provisions authorizing the department to oversee programs for the purposes of reducing parolee recidivism. This bill would authorize each county to establish a Community Corrections Performance Incentives Fund (CCPIF) and would authorize the state to annually allocate money into a State Corrections Performance Incentives Fund to be used for certain purposes relating to improving local probation supervision practices and capacities, as specified. This bill would require the Director of Finance, in consultation with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the Chief Probation Officers of California, and the Administrative Office of the Courts, to make various calculations relating to the costs of incarceration, probation failure rates, and estimated numbers of adult felony probationers who are successfully prevented from being sent to prison per county, as specified. This bill would require the Department of Finance, in consultation with other specified agencies, to annually calculate 5% of the savings to the state attributed to those counties that successfully reduce the number of adult felony probationers sent to prison, and the bill would authorize those savings to be used to provide high performance grants to county probation departments to reduce recidivism among adult felony probationers. This bill would also require each county using CCPIF funds to identify and track specific outcome-based measures, as specified, and report to the Administrative Office of the Courts on the effectiveness of the programs paid for by the CCPIF. This bill would require each county's community corrections programs to be developed and implemented by the probation department, as advised by a local Community Corrections Partnership. This bill would require specified local officials to serve as part of that Community Corrections Partnership. Because this bill would increase the duties for certain local officials, it would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to release a prisoner on a specified period of parole after the expiration of a specified term of imprisonment. Under existing law, the department is authorized to return a parolee to prison if the Board of Parole Hearings determines that the parolee violated the terms of his or her parole, as specified. This bill would prohibit the department from returning certain parolees to prison, placing a parole hold on the parolee, or reporting the parolee to the Board of Parole Hearings for a violation of parole, as specified. Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish certain pilot programs to assist parolees in the successful reintegration of those parolees into the community. This bill would require the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish a parole reentry accountability program for parolees who have been sentenced to a determinate term of imprisonment. The bill would require the department to employ a parole violation decisionmaking instrument to determine the most appropriate sanctions for parolees who violate their parole conditions. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations that make appropriate changes in policies and procedures to reflect the bill's intent. The bill would also authorize the department to refer these parolees, if they have a history of substance abuse or mental illness and violate their parole conditions, to a reentry court program. The bill would require the secretary, subject to available funding, to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Administrative Office of the Courts for the purpose of the establishment and operation of parolee reentry programs, as specified. The bill would require the Judicial Council, in collaboration with the department, to design and perform an evaluation of the program to assess its effectiveness in reducing recidivism among parolees and reducing parole revocations. The bill would also require the Judicial Council, in collaboration with the department, to submit a final report of its findings to the Legislature and the Governor, as specified. 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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. 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 December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution.
Existing law creates in the State Treasury the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund for the receipt and deposit of moneys received by the state from certain Indian tribes pursuant to the terms of gaming compacts entered into with the state. Existing law authorizes moneys in that fund to be used for specified purposes, including grants to local jurisdictions to mitigate the impacts of tribal casinos. Existing law, until January 1, 2010, requires the Controller to take specified actions to administer moneys in the fund in connection with those grants, and establishes procedures for awarding those grants. This bill would extend the operation of the above provisions relating to the administration and awarding of grants to local jurisdictions until January 1, 2021.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to oversee programs for the purposes of reducing parolee recidivism. This bill would authorize each county to establish a Community Corrections Performance Incentives Fund (CCPIF) and would authorize the state to annually allocate money into a State Corrections Performance Incentives Fund to be used for specified purposes relating to improving local probation supervision practices and capacities, as specified. This bill would require the Director of Finance, in consultation with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the Chief Probation Officers of California, and the Administrative Office of the Courts, to calculate the amount of money to be appropriated from the state fund into a CCPIF. This bill would specify that the calculation would be based on costs avoided by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation because of a reduction in the percentage of adult probationers sent to prison for a probation failure, as specified. This bill would also require each county using CCPIF funds to identify and track specific outcome-based measures, as specified, and report to the Administrative Office of the Courts on the effectiveness of the programs paid for by the CCPIF. This bill would require the community corrections programs to be developed and implemented by the chief probation officer, as advised by a Community Corrections Partnership. This bill would require specified local officials to serve as part of that Community Corrections Partnership. Because this bill would increase the duties for certain local officials, it 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, 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.