This measure would recognize the month of February 2010 as American Heart Month in California, would recognize February 4, 2010, as Wear Red Day in California, and would urge public support for Go Red for Women events.
This measure would proclaim January 13, 2010, as Korean-American Day.
Existing law designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for the preparation of the state implementation plan required by the federal Clean Air Act. Under existing law, the Department of Transportation has jurisdiction over state highway construction, and may establish and enforce standards for construction materials. Under existing law, the State Procurement Officer, when purchasing materials to be used by the Department of Transportation and other state agencies for paving materials, is required to use recycled materials unless it is determined that they are not cost effective. This bill would require the Department of Transportation, no later than January 1, 2011, to establish standards for the solar reflectance of paved surfaces consistent with the specified criteria. The bill would provide that, on and after January 1, 2012, the department, any other state or local agency, and every other person, when paving or repaving any surface, shall comply with the requirements established by the department, and would provide that, if a building permit from a local agency is required for the paving of any surface that is subject to this requirement, that permit shall not be issued unless the paving will be constructed in compliance with this requirement. The bill would provide exception of specified surfaces, including surfaces that do not have any substantial exposure to the sun. By imposing construction requirements on local agencies, and imposing requirements for building permits, the 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 shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions for costs mandated by the state pursuant to this act, but would recognize that local agencies and school districts may pursue any available remedies to seek reimbursement for these costs.
The Sales and Use Tax Law imposes a tax on the gross receipts from the sale in this state of, or the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, tangible personal property. That law imposes the sales tax upon "retailers," and defines a "retailer engaged in business in this state" to include specified entities. Existing law also provides that every retailer engaged in business in this state and making sales of tangible personal property for storage, use, or other consumption in this state, that engages in specified activities in this state shall, at the time of sale or at the time the storage, use, or other consumption becomes taxable, collect the tax from the purchaser. This bill would include in the definition of a "retailer engaging in business in this state" a retailer entering into an agreement with a resident of this state under which the resident, for a commission or other consideration, directly or indirectly refers potential customers, whether by a link or an Internet Web site or otherwise, to the retailer, if the cumulative gross receipts or sales price from sales by the retailer to customers in this state who are referred pursuant to these agreements is in excess of $10,000 during the preceding 4 calendar quarterly periods, except as specified.
(1) The Subdivision Map Act establishes a statewide regulatory framework for controlling the subdividing of land. The act generally requires a subdivider to submit, and have approved by the city, county, or city and county in which the land is situated, a tentative map. The act requires the legislative body of a city or county or the advisory agency, to the extent that it is authorized by local ordinance to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the tentative map, to include as a condition in any tentative map that includes a subdivision a requirement that a sufficient water supply be available. The act authorizes the legislative body to request written verification of sufficient water supply, and, when the written verification relies on projected water supplies that are not currently available to the public water system to provide a sufficient water supply to the subdivision, requires that the written verification as to those projected water supplies be based on prescribed elements. This bill would, instead, require the legislative body of a city or county or the advisory agency, to the extent that it is authorized by local ordinance to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the tentative map, to include as a condition in any tentative map that includes a subdivision a requirement that the subdivision have a sufficient water supply available or that sufficient water supplies will be made available through a Water Demand Mitigation Fund, as defined, held by the public water system. The bill would require the amount of funding needed for voluntary participation by the subdivision applicant in the Water Demand Mitigation Fund to be based on offsetting at least 100 percent of the projected water demand associated with the subdivision, as determined by the public water system. The bill would authorize the public water supplier to collect fees necessary to provide additional analysis of extraordinary water conservation measures. The bill also would require the public water system to expend all funds in the Water Demand Mitigation Fund on water conservation measures that will offset at least 100 percent of the projected demand associated with the subdivision, as specified. By adding to the duties of public water system officials, this 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, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, protects and safeguards the right and opportunity of all persons to seek, obtain, and hold employment without discrimination or abridgment on account of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, age, or sexual orientation. This bill would include "familial status" as an additional basis upon which the right to seek, obtain, and hold employment cannot be denied. The bill would, for employment purposes, define "familial status" as having or providing care for a child, domestic partner, grandchild, grandparent, parent, parent-in-law, sibling, or spouse.
Existing law requires an owner of a vehicle to submit an application for renewal of a vehicle registration to the Department of Motor Vehicles no later than midnight of the expiration date. This bill would require the owner of a vehicle, upon application for renewal of a vehicle registration, to report the current odometer reading of the vehicle. The bill would require that information, except for the name and address of the vehicle owner and the vehicle license plate number, to be public information. The bill would also require the department to group the information into census blocks, create a database that can compile census block data and sort it by block group, census tract, and city and county, and post the data on the department's Internet Web site.
Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board. Under existing law, a citation may be issued to, and penalties assessed against, a person acting in the capacity of or engaging in the business of a contractor without a license. Under existing law, the board may take disciplinary action against a contractor for committing specified acts. Existing law makes state or local agencies responsible for the enforcement of building standards. This bill would make unlicensed contractors who fail to comply with specified building energy efficiency standards subject to a civil penalty of not less than $2,000. The bill would specify that the failure of a licensee to comply with the building energy efficiency standards constitutes a cause for disciplinary action. The bill would also provide that the failure of a licensee to obtain a building permit, in specified circumstances, shall be subject to a citation and a civil penalty of not less than $500. The bill would require the board, beginning July 1, 2011, and each fiscal year thereafter, to compile data and to submit a report to the Legislature no later than the first business day in October that includes the number of penalties assessed by the board against licensees and unlicensed contractors for failure to comply with these standards. The bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to collaborate with the board with respect to identifying and investigating the failure of licensees and unlicensed contractors to comply with these provisions.
Existing law requires the Historic State Capitol Commission to prepare, complete, and amend a comprehensive master plan for the restoration, preservation, and maintenance of the historic State Capitol and to review and advise the Legislature on any development, improvement, or other physical change in any aspect of the historic State Capitol. In carrying out these duties and responsibilities, the commission is required to follow specified standards for the restoration, preservation, and maintenance of historic structures. This bill would require the Department of General Services to submit to the Legislature, by January 1, 2011, a State Capitol: Smart Building Modernization Plan that would be required to include certain elements. The department would be required to develop the plan in consultation with the commission and to ensure the plan is consistent with the commission's master plan. The department would be required to develop specified elements of the capitol plan in coordination with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. The bill would authorize the Sacramento Municipal Utility District to assist the department to identify funding sources to implement the plan.
Existing law, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emission level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020, and to adopt rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emission reductions. Existing law designates the state board as the state agency responsible for the preparation of the state implementation plan required by the federal Clean Air Act, and requires the state board to coordinate the activities of local air districts to comply with the act. This bill would require the state board, by January 1, 2011, to develop and adopt limitations on greenhouse gas emissions that result from the production of all cement sold in the state. The bill would require the limitations to apply to cement manufactured in the state and outside of the state. The bill would require the state board to include the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the transportation of cement to the state when calculating the limitations.
