Existing federal law authorizes any authorized immigration officer to issue an immigration detainer that serves to advise another law enforcement agency that the federal department seeks custody of an alien presently in the custody of that agency, for the purpose of arresting and removing the alien. Existing federal law provides that the detainer is a request that the agency advise the department, prior to release of the alien, in order for the department to arrange to assume custody, in situations when gaining immediate physical custody is either impracticable or impossible. This bill would prohibit a law enforcement official, as defined, from detaining an individual on the basis of a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold after that individual becomes eligible for release from criminal custody, unless, at the time that the individual becomes eligible for release from criminal custody, certain conditions are met.
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Existing law, known as the Civic Center Act, authorizes a school district governing board to grant the use of school facilities or grounds as a civic center, for specified purposes, upon terms and conditions deemed proper by the governing board. Existing law authorizes a school district governing board to charge a fee, not to exceed the school district's direct costs, as defined, for use of the school facilities or grounds by entities that promote youth and school activities or that arrange for and supervise sports league activities for youths. This bill, until January 1, 2020, would expand the definition of direct costs that a school district governing board may charge an entity for the use of school facilities or grounds to include a specified share of the operating and maintenance costs proportional to the entity's use of the school facilities or grounds under this provision and a share of the costs for maintenance, repair, restoration, and refurbishment of the school facilities or grounds proportional to that entity's use of school facilities or grounds, as specified. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop, and the State Board of Education to adopt, regulations to be used by a school district in determining the proportionate share and the specific allowable costs that a school district may include as direct costs for the use of its school facilities or grounds. The bill would make other related changes.
Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to conduct assessments of all inmates that include, but are not limited to, data regarding the inmate's history of substance abuse, medical and mental health, education, family background, criminal activity, and social functioning. Existing law requires these assessments to be used to place inmates in programs that will aid reentry to society and will most likely reduce the inmate's chances of reoffending. This bill would require the input of a credentialed teacher, vice principal, or principal at all meetings relating to academic or vocational education program placement of an inmate, including, but not limited to, interviewing the inmate, verifying the inmate's education records and test scores, or being present at meetings relating to the academic or vocational education program placement.
Existing law authorizes any school district to impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to specified procedures. Existing law defines qualified special taxes as special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district and may include taxes that exempt persons 65 years of age or older or for persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability regardless of age. This bill would also provide that qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide an exemption for persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250% of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines, as specified.
Existing law vests in the State Department of Developmental Services jurisdiction over state hospitals referred to as developmental centers for the provision of residential care to persons with developmental disabilities. Existing law requires a developmental center to immediately report all resident deaths and serious injuries of unknown origin to the appropriate local law enforcement agency. Existing law establishes the Office of Protective Services within the State Department of Developmental Services. This bill would rename a certain position within the Office of Protective Services as the Director of Protective Services, require the director to meet specified qualifications, and require that the director be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, as specified. This bill would require the department to report certain events involving death or harm involving a developmental center resident to a designated protection and advocacy agency. The bill also would require the State Department of State Hospitals to report the same categories of events to the protection and advocacy agency, with respect to a resident of a state mental hospital. Existing law requires specified people, known as mandated reporters, to report cases of elder or dependent adult abuse, as defined. Failure to make a report as required by existing law is a misdemeanor. This bill would require mandated reporters in the State Department of Developmental Services to immediately report suspected abuse to the Office of Protective Services or to the local law enforcement agency. By creating new duties for local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 4427.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code proposed by SB 1522, to be operative only if SB 1522 and this bill are both enacted, both bills become effective on or before January 1, 2013, and this bill is enacted last. This bill would also incorporate additional changes to Section 15630 of the Welfare and Institutions Code proposed by AB 40, to be operative only if AB 40 and this bill are both enacted, both bills become effective on or before January 1, 2013, and this bill is enacted last. 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. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt statewide content and performance standards in the core curriculum areas of reading, writing, mathematics, history/social science, and science, as specified. Existing law authorizes the state board to modify any proposed content standards or performance standards prior to adoption, and to adopt content and performance standards in individual core curriculum areas as those standards are submitted to the state board. Existing law, until July 1, 2014, establishes the Academic Content Standards Commission and requires the commission to develop internationally benchmarked academic content standards, at least 85% of which are required to be the common core academic standards developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative consortium or another specified interstate collaboration. Existing law requires the commission to present its recommended academic content standards to the state board and requires the state board by August 2, 2010, to either adopt the standards proposed by the commission or reject them. This bill, until July 1, 2014, would authorize the Superintendent of Public Instruction to recommend and the state board to adopt the college and career readiness anchor standards developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative consortium. The bill would also authorize the state board to take action to resolve any technical issues in the English language arts standards it adopted pursuant to the above-described provisions. The bill would further authorize the Superintendent to recommend to the state board, and the state board to adopt, reject, or modify, modifications to the common core academic content standards for mathematics by March 30, 2013. The bill would require the state board to explain, in writing, to the Governor and the Legislature the reasons for modifying the standards. The bill would require the Superintendent, in consultation with the state board, to consult a specified group of experts in mathematics for purposes of developing the recommendations. The bill would require the Superintendent and the state board to hold a minimum of 2 public hearings in order for the public to provide input on the Superintendent's recommendations. The bill would require that modifications to the common core academic content standards in mathematics be incorporated into the curriculum framework and the evaluation criteria for mathematics for the purpose of adopting specified instructional materials in mathematics, but this provision would become operative only if AB 1246 of the 2011–12 Regular Session is enacted. Existing law, until July 1, 2014, requires the state board to adopt science content standards, and requires the Superintendent to convene a group of science experts with whom the Superintendent would be required to recommend science content standards for adoption to the state board. Existing law requires the Superintendent to present the recommended science content standards to the state board by March 30, 2013, and requires the state board to adopt, reject, or modify those standards by July 30, 2013. This bill would extend those dates to July 31, 2013, and November 30, 2013, respectively.
(1) Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation is responsible for the maintenance and improvement of the state highway system. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations regarding the meaning of urban heat island effect (UHIE) . The bill would require the California Environmental Protection Agency to develop a definition for the term UHIE and, upon completion of an UHIE index, develop a standard specification for sustainable or cool pavements. (2) The California Building Standards Law requires any building standard adopted or proposed by a state agency to be submitted to, and approved or adopted by, the California Building Standards Commission prior to codification. This bill would require the commission, in the next triennial adoption process of the California Green Building Standards Code to consider incorporating a standard specification for sustainable or cool pavements that this bill would require the Department of Transportation to develop in the Cool Pavements Handbook as additional strategies for Heat Island Effect: Hardscape Alternatives in the California Green Building Standards Code.
(1) Existing law, except as specified, requires every person, other than a fur dealer, who traps fur-bearing mammals or nongame mammals, designated by the Fish and Game Commission, or who sells raw furs of those mammals, to have a trapping license from the Department of Fish and Game. Certain persons taking mammals injurious to growing crops or other property are exempted from the trapping license requirement, except those persons providing trapping services for profit are required to obtain a trapping license from the department. This bill, commencing July 1, 2013, would establish 2 classes of trapping licenses. The bill would authorize a person who has complied with all applicable licensing and license renewal requirements to trap wildlife for recreation or fur to be issued a class I trapping license. The bill, commencing July 1, 2013, would authorize specified persons trapping wildlife for a profit be issued a class II trapping license. The bill, commencing July 1, 2013, would require the department to publish a list of class II trapping licensees on its Internet Web site. The bill would authorize the commission to issue a formal warning or suspend a license when a licensee is found, after a duly noticed hearing, to have published inconsistent information on wildlife diseases, as specified. The bill would require the commission to establish a base fee for a class II trapping license, in an amount sufficient to recover all reasonable administrative, implementation, and enforcement costs of the department and commission relating to the license, and would require the commission to implement this fee structure on or before July 1, 2013. The bill, commencing July 1, 2013, would make available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, revenues of those class II trapping license fees to fund reimbursement of the department and commission for the reasonable costs of the administration, implementation, and enforcement of provisions of law relating to class II trapping licenses and of regulations adopted pursuant to those provisions. The bill, commencing July 1, 2013, would require a class II trapping licensee to make a reasonable effort, as defined, to determine whether dependent young are present within a home or business premise and to prevent orphaning young animals as a consequence of trapping and killing the mother. The bill, commencing July 1, 2013, would further require class II trapping licensees to provide clients with a written contract, containing prescribed information, prior to setting traps. (2) Existing law, except as expressly provided, makes any violation of the Fish and Game Code, or any rule, regulation, or order made or adopted under that code, a misdemeanor. Existing law makes certain actions relating to trapping unlawful. The bill also would make it unlawful to kill any trapped mammal by listed methods or to solicit trapping services business from the public for reasons of health or safety pursuant to specified laws. The bill also would prohibit the trapping of bats, except where expressly authorized under specified circumstances. By specifying these new Fish and Game Code violations, thereby defining new crimes, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law, except as specified, prohibits the taking or possession of nongame mammals, as defined. Existing law authorizes the department to enter into cooperative agreements with state and federal agencies for the purpose of controlling harmful nongame mammals. This bill would authorize the department to enter into cooperative agreements with a special district or a state or local agency having responsibility for levee maintenance for the purpose of controlling nongame mammals to maintain irrigation, water supply, drainage, and flood control works. (4) 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 authorizes the Attorney General to convene the grand jury to investigate and consider certain criminal matters. The Attorney General is authorized to take full charge of the presentation of the matters to the grand jury, issue subpoenas, prepare indictments, and do all other things incident thereto to the same extent as the district attorney may do. Existing law authorizes the Attorney General to impanel a special grand jury to investigate, consider, or issue indictments for specified activities relating to Medi-Cal fraud. This bill also would authorize the Attorney General to convene a special statewide grand jury, as prescribed, for cases involving fraud or theft that occur in more than one county and were conducted by a single defendant or multiple defendants acting in concert.
Existing law, the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006, approved by the voters as Proposition 1B at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for various transportation-related purposes, including reducing emissions and improving air quality in trade corridors. The State Air Resources Board is required to allocate the funds to be used for air quality purposes pursuant to specified requirements through the Goods Movement Emission Reduction Program. Projects for the provision of on-shore electrical power for ocean freight carriers calling at the state's seaports to reduce the use of auxiliary and main engine ship power are authorized for funding. This bill would require the state board to reimburse eligible project costs on a quarterly basis, as provided.