This measure would commemorate the long history of Easter, its importance to the Christian faith, and would encourage all Californians to celebrate the Easter holiday.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to establish a fund for pension and other employee benefits to accumulate restricted moneys from salary reductions agreements, other contributions for employee retirement benefit payments, or both. This bill would instead require the governing board of a school district to establish that fund.
Existing law establishes a motor vehicle inspection and maintenance (smog check) program that is administered by the Department of Consumer Affairs. The smog check program requires inspection of motor vehicles upon initial registration, biennially upon renewal of registration, upon transfer of ownership, and in certain other circumstances. Existing law, except as provided, exempts motor vehicles that meet certain requirements from being inspected biennially upon renewal of registration. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon application, to issue a specialty license plate to an owner of a motor vehicle that is operated primarily for purposes of historical exhibition or other similar purposes and the vehicle meets certain requirements. This bill would exempt motor vehicles that have been issued with the specialty plate described above from the requirement that it be inspected biennially upon registration.
Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a local agency, as defined, to prescribe how the local agency makes payment on a contract with the local agency for the creation, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any public structure, building, road, or other improvement of any kind that will exceed a total of $5,000. Existing law limits this authority by requiring progress payments on the contract to not be made in excess of 95% of the percentage of actual work completed plus a like percentage of the value of material delivered on the ground or stored subject to, or under the control of, the local agency, and unused. Existing law also requires the local agency to not withhold less than 5% of the contract price until final completion and acceptance of the project, unless, at any time after 50% of the work has been completed, the local agency finds that satisfactory progress is being made. This bill would eliminate the above described limitations on a local agency's authority to prescribe payments on these contracts. The bill would, however, prohibit the local agency from withholding more than 5% of the contract price for contracts for the creation, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any public structure, building, road, or other improvement of any kind that will exceed $5,000 in total costs.
This measure would proclaim January 23, 2020, as Maternal Health Awareness Day, to draw attention to the efforts that have improved maternal health in California and to highlight the need for continued improvement of maternal health for all women.
This measure would call on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to extend the REAL ID deadline for air travel by at least 3 years to ensure there is not a disruption in air travel.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer all California state preschool programs, which include, but are not limited to, part-day age and developmentally appropriate programs designed to facilitate the transition to kindergarten for 3- and 4-year-old children in educational development, health services, social services, nutritional services, parent education and parent participation, evaluation, and staff development. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.
This measure would designate the month of January 2020 as Positive Parenting Awareness Month in California.
This measure would proclaim January 13, 2020, as Korean American Day.
