Limits certain charging practices by companies that provide prepaid telephone calling cards and increases fines for violations of limitation requirements.
Sen. Jose Serrano
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Requires leases, licenses and management agreements entered into by the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation relating to the use or management of state parks and historic sites, having a term of more than 1 year, to comply with the recommendations of the management or master plan of the state park or historic site to which the lease, license or management plan relates.
Relates to removing the lifetime ban on jury duty for convicted felons who have completed their sentencing, including any period of probation or community supervision.
Relates to prohibiting the use of chlorpyrifos.
Requires debt collectors to send consumers a written notice of their rights under state law along with their initial debt collection correspondence; such notice would contain information such as who and when a principal creditor may contact a debtor about the debt owed as well as the fact that a principal creditor cannot disclose information affecting a consumer debtor's reputation for creditworthiness if the principal creditor knows or has reason to know such information is false; applies to consumer rather than commercial debts.
Establishes a Latina suicide prevention task force; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.
Relates to instruction concerning traffic stops in pre-licensing courses to provide drivers with their responsibilities when stopped by a law enforcement officer.
Prohibits the aerial and ground application of malathion and certain pyrethroid-based insecticides.
Provides that buildings in which more than 50% of the habitable units are not subject to rent control are ineligible to apply for major capital investment rent surcharges.
Prohibits the possession of concealed firearms in any national park or national wildlife refuge system; imposes a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for a violation thereof.