Existing law prohibits a person from locating or maintaining an apiary on any public land without the expressed oral or written approval of the entity that owns, leases, controls, or occupies the land, as specified. This bill would require the Department of Fish and Wildlife to consider permitting apiculture on department-managed wildlife areas. The bill would require the department, when developing or amending its land management plans, to make certain determinations relating to the use of the department-managed wildlife areas for apiculture. The bill would authorize the department to consult with specified entities for permitting apiculture on department-managed wildlife areas consistent with the respective management goals and objectives for those areas, and would provide for the deposit of use or permit fees for apiculture on department-managed wildlife areas.
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(1) Existing law divides the state into agricultural districts, and provides for the management of these districts by district agricultural associations. Existing law provides for a board of directors for each district agricultural association, and provides for the appointment of each director by the Governor. Existing law sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the board of directors and the district agricultural associations, and requires a district agricultural association to take certain actions only with the approval of the Department of Food and Agriculture or the Department of General Services, or both. This bill would authorize the Governor to remove any director of a district agricultural association for cause prior to the expiration of the director's term. The bill would revise the oversight responsibilities of the Department of Food and Agriculture and the Department of General Services in connection with district agricultural associations by deleting the requirement that a district agricultural association obtain approval of the Department of Food and Agriculture or the Department of General Services prior to exercising certain powers, including the power to sue, entering into a settlement agreement for less than $100,000, or contracting or exercising certain powers over its own real or personal property. The bill would require a district agricultural association to comply with specified contracting procedures, including, among others, soliciting bids in writing if the cost of a project exceeds $25,000. The bill would authorize the board of directors of a district agricultural association, with the approval of the Department of General Services, to purchase, acquire, hold, sell, exchange, or convey any interest in real property. The bill would require a district agricultural association to adopt a fiscal review policy that would provide for annual audits, as specified. The bill would also specify that a district agricultural association shall not be required to prepare or submit any written report to the Governor, the Legislature, or a state agency, except as specified. (2) Existing law requires the Department of General Services to exercise oversight of the acquisition and replacement of motor vehicles and other mobile equipment by a state agency. Existing law defines "state agency" for purposes of those provisions. Existing law requires the Trustees of the California State University to purchase vehicles using statewide commodity contracts, to the greatest extent feasible, and to make an interim report to the Governor and the Legislature on January 1, 2014, and a final report on January 1, 2015, containing certain information relative to motor vehicle procurement by the California State University. Existing law repeals these provisions as of July 1, 2015. This bill would exclude district agricultural associations from the definition of "state agency" for purposes of those provisions and would continue the operation of these provisions beyond July 1, 2015, except for the requirement on the Trustees of the California State University. (3) Existing law requires the Department of General Services to annually prepare a delegation program for district agricultural associations, to be administered by the Department of Food and Agriculture and the Department of General Services. Existing law also requires the Department of Food and Agriculture, for district agricultural associations and other fairs, to develop criteria to be applied for purchases made locally at a price equal to or lower than the price available through the state purchasing program. This bill would repeal those provisions. (4) Existing law requires each state agency to submit an annual report to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery summarizing its progress in reducing solid waste that is due on or before May 1 each year. This bill would exclude district agricultural associations from the definition of "state agency" for purposes of those provisions. (5) This bill would make conforming and nonsubstantive changes.
Existing law prescribes the duties of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics and local registrars of births and deaths with respect to the registration of a live birth. Under existing law, a certificate of live birth is required to contain, among other things, the full name, birthplace, and date of birth of both the father and mother of a child, except as provided. Existing law provides for the Vital Statistics Advisory Committee, which, among other things, is required to review and make recommendations to the State Registrar as to proposals for addition or deletion of items on the certificate of live birth and advise the State Registrar on the content and format of the certificate. Existing law requires the State Registrar to publish within 30 days of receipt of recommendations by the committee, both a list of the recommendations adopted and a list of the recommendations not adopted, with reasons for the action. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2016, instead require the State Registrar, with regard to identification of the parents, to modify the certificate of live birth to contain 2 lines that both read "Name of Parent" and contain, next to each parent's name, 3 checkboxes with the options of mother, father, and parent to describe the parent's relationship to the child. The bill would also require that all local registrars, deputy registrars, and subregistrars use the modified certificate of live birth, update all forms to incorporate the modification, and discard all forms in use before the modification. The bill would, for a birth occurring prior to January 1, 2016, authorize a parent to amend specified parental titles on the certificate of live birth to the parent relationship designation described above. The bill would require, if the birth mother is listed on the certificate of live birth, the birth mother's name, date of birth, and place of birth to be linked to her medical and social information, and would require that the linkage be confidential, as specified. The bill would make technical and conforming changes.
This measure would declare November 8, 2014, as California Solar Professionals Day.
This measure would urge the National Football League (NFL) to join with the Legislature and numerous organizations in calling for a name change for the Washington, D.C. NFL team, and calls upon the owners of NFL teams based in California to urge the owner of the Washington, D.C. NFL team and the NFL Commissioner to change the team mascot.
This measure would declare November 2014 as Diabetes Awareness Month.
This measure would recognize the month of October 2014 as Filipino American History Month and the 427th anniversary of the first presence of Filipinos in the continental United States.
This measure would proclaim October 23 to October 31, 2014, as Red Ribbon Week, and would encourage all Californians to help build drug-free communities and participate in drug prevention activities.
This measure would request that the President of the United States encourage, and that the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services adopt, policies that repeal the current donor suitability policies of the federal Food and Drug Administration regarding the donation of blood by men who have had sex with another man.
This measure would declare September 2014 as Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Awareness Month.