Existing law imposes various limitations on emissions of air contaminants for the control of air pollution from vehicular and nonvehicular sources. Existing law generally designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency with the primary responsibility for the control of vehicular air pollution. Existing law requires the state board to adopt and implement motor vehicle emission standards, in-use performance standards, and motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants, including standards for off-road and nonvehicle engine categories. This bill would prohibit the state board from imposing specified emission control requirements on portable engines, off-road vehicles, or on-road vehicles used by a person holding a C-57 or C-61 (D-21 subcategory) license issued by the Contractors' State License Board for water well drilling, reconstruction, or maintenance, or water pump installation, repair, or maintenance, until 5 years after the emergency declared by the Governor on February 27, 2009, relating to a statewide water drought, has been proclaimed terminated. The state board would be required to evaluate regulations adopted by the state board on or before December 31, 2009, imposing requirements on portable engines, off-road vehicles, and on-road vehicles, and amend those regulations where necessary, to minimize the adverse impacts of multiple regulations adopted by the state board on those regulated by the regulations. The state board would be prohibited from imposing reporting requirements for off-road diesel-fueled fleets until January 1, 2015, at the earliest.
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(1) Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a restricted class A driver's license for the operation of a 2-axle vehicle weighing 4,000 pounds or more unladen when towing a livestock trailer exceeding 10,000 pounds, but not exceeding 15,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight, if specified conditions are met, including that the vehicle is operated by a farmer and is used to transport livestock. A violation of the Vehicle Code generally is an infraction. This bill would authorize the department to issue a class A or class B restricted driver's license for the operation of a vehicle in the production, harvesting, or transportation of silage by a farmer, employee of the farmer, or contracted employee of the farmer, between one part of a farm and another part of that farm or from one farm to another farm, on a highway for a distance not to exceed 20 miles from the point of origin of the trip. The bill would require the department to follow specified federal regulations in issuing those driver's licenses. The bill would require a licensed California driver applying for one of those driver's licenses, upon application and every 2 years thereafter, to submit medical information on a form approved by the department. Because a violation of the bill's provisions would be an infraction, the 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care benefits. Existing law also requires the department to administer various health programs, including the California Children's Services Program, Genetically Handicapped Person's Program, Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, State-Only Family Planning Program, and Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment (Family PACT) Waiver Program. Existing law requires provider rates of payment for services under these programs to be identical to the rates of payment for the same service performed by the same provider type pursuant to the Medi-Cal program, except, until January 1, 2011, with regard to hospital inpatient rates of payment, which existing law requires to be 90% of Medi-Cal hospital interim rates of payment, as provided. This bill would extend the provisions that would be repealed on January 1, 2011, until January 1, 2014.
Existing law requires the court to hold a permanency hearing 12 months after a child enters foster care, and at that hearing, the court is required to determine the permanent plan for that child. Existing law, commencing July 1, 2010, and continuing until January 1, 2014, provides that if a juvenile court orders a permanent plan of adoption, tribal customary adoption, or legal guardianship, that the court retains jurisdiction over the child until the child is adopted or the legal guardianship is established, except as provided. Existing law provides that following establishment of a legal guardianship, the court is authorized to continue jurisdiction over the child as a dependent of the juvenile court or terminate its dependency jurisdiction and retain jurisdiction over the child as a ward of the legal guardianship. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.
This measure would designate the first week of March of each year as Cuss Free Week.
Existing law, the Public Safety and Offender Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007, authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in 2 phases, to design, construct, or renovate prison facilities to provide medical, dental, and mental health treatment or housing for inmates. Existing law allows the State Public Works Board to issue revenue bonds, negotiable notes, or negotiable bond anticipation notes to finance the design, construction, and the costs of interim financing of the projects authorized by the act. This bill would authorize the department to install telemedicine fixtures and broadband infrastructure in new or existing buildings in the second phase in order to reduce prison health care delivery costs.
Existing law, the California High-Speed Train Act, creates the High-Speed Rail Authority to develop and implement a high-speed train system in the state, with specified powers and duties. Existing law, the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, approved by the voters as Proposition 1A at the November 4, 2008, general election, provides for the issuance of $9.95 billion in general obligation bonds for high-speed rail and related purposes. Existing law provides for appointment of an executive director by the authority, who is exempt from civil service and serves at the pleasure of the authority. This bill, for purposes of managing and administering the ongoing work of the authority in implementing the high-speed train project, would authorize the Governor, upon the recommendation of the executive director, to appoint up to 6 additional authority employees, exempt from civil service, who would serve in specified positions at the pleasure of the executive director. The bill would require a salary survey to be conducted to determine the maximum compensation for the executive director and additional exempt employees, and would require the salaries to be approved by the Department of Personnel Administration.
Existing law provides for the county-administered In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, under which qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons are provided with services in order to permit them to remain in their own homes and avoid institutionalization. Under existing law, the State Department of Social Services is vested with state administrative authority over the IHSS program. Existing law permits services to be provided under the IHSS program either through the employment of individual providers, a contract between the county and an entity for the provision of services, the creation by the county of a public authority, or a contract between the county and a nonprofit consortium. Existing law, upon request of a recipient of in-home supportive services, or a recipient of personal care services under the Medi-Cal program, authorizes the procurement of a criminal background check on certain provider applicants, pursuant to specified provisions. Existing legislation that will become effective on October 23, 2009, requires counties, public authorities, and nonprofit consortiums to complete criminal background checks of specified persons who seek to become supportive services providers. That legislation requires that the criminal background checks be conducted at the provider's expense. This bill would, instead, require that the criminal background checks be conducted at the provider's expense, unless the nonprofit consortium or public authority agrees to pay for the criminal background check in which case the department shall seek federal financial participation, to the extent possible, to cover costs associated with conducting the criminal background check. This bill would also incorporate changes to Section 12301.6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code proposed by AB 19 of the 2009–10 4th Extraordinary Session, to take effect if this bill and that bill are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2010, and this bill is enacted last.
The existing restructuring of the electrical industry within the Public Utilities Act declares that reliable electric service is of paramount importance to the safety, health, and comfort of the people of California and that the Legislature has an interest in ensuring that the transfer of responsibility for ensuring short- and long-term reliability for the operation of the transmission grid does not expose California citizens to undue economic risk. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that declaration.
This measure would recognize the Lunar New Year 4708 celebration.