Introduced: 02/01/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/10/2011-S RLS. Summary: Would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
SB 145(Wyland) Public works: prevailing wage rates.
Introduced: 02/01/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/10/2011-S RLS. Summary: Existing law requires, except for public works projects of $1,000 or less, that workers employed on public works be paid not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality that the public work is performed, and not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for holiday and overtime work fixed, as prescribed. Existing law requires the Director of Industrial Relations to determine the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work is to be performed, and the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for holiday and overtime work. Existing law requires the body awarding a contract for public work to obtain from the Director of Industrial Relations the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work is to be performed, and the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for holiday and overtime work. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the provisions relating to the prevailing rate of per diem wages.
SB 146(Wyland) Healing arts: professional clinical counselors.
Introduced: 02/01/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD.
Location: 02/10/2011-S B., P. & E.D. Summary: Would make changes to various provisions concerning the practice of professional clinical counselors, clinical counselor trainees, and clinical counselor interns, including, but not limited to, provisions relating to education and training. The bill would authorize the formation of professional clinical counselor corporations for purposes of rendering professional services, subject to specified requirements. The bill would make conforming changes to the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act and would authorize professional clinical counselors to be shareholders, officers, directors, or professional employees of other professional corporations, as specified. The bill would provide that a violation of these provisions constitutes a violation of the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act, the violation of which is punishable as a crime, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 147(Leno) Furniture: flammability standards.
Introduced: 02/01/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
Location: 02/17/2011-S B., P. & E.D. Summary: Would require the bureau, on or before March 1, 2013, to modify that flame retardance test regarding residential upholstered furniture to include an alternative flammability standard that can be met without the use of fire retardants and does not compromise public safety.
SB 148(Steinberg) Partnership academies: Clean Technology and Renewable Energy Job Training, Career Technical Education, and Dropout Prevention Program.
Introduced: 02/01/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Coms. on ED. and E., U., & C.
Location: 02/10/2011-S ED. Summary: Would require the Controller annually to allocate $8,000,000 from the Energy Resources Program Account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for expenditure in the form of grants to school districts to be allocated pursuant to the existing provisions for creating and maintaining partnership academies. The bill would require a grantee to implement or maintain a partnership academy that focuses on employment in clean technology businesses and renewable energy businesses and provides skilled workforces for the products and services for energy or water conservation, or both, renewable energy, pollution reduction, or other technologies. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 149(Correa) Mobilehomes.
Introduced: 02/01/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/10/2011-S RLS. Summary: Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, governs tenancies in mobilehome parks, and imposes various duties on the owners of mobilehome parks and the agents and representatives authorized to act on behalf of the owners. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
SB 150(Correa) Residential property: transfer disclosures.
Introduced: 02/01/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/10/2011-S RLS. Summary: Existing law requires the transferor of real property or a manufactured home or mobilehome to disclose certain information prior to transferring the property. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
SB 151(Correa) State employees: memorandum of understanding.
Introduced: 02/01/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Com. on P.E. & R.
Location: 02/10/2011-S P.E. & R. Summary: Would approve provisions of a memorandum of understanding entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Unit 6, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, that require the expenditure of funds, and would provide that these provisions will become effective even if these provisions are approved by the Legislature in legislation other than the annual Budget Act. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 152(Pavley) Public lands: general leasing law: littoral landowners.
Introduced: 02/01/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Com. on G.O.
Location: 02/10/2011-S G.O. Summary: Would repeal this law.
SB 153(Strickland) State boards and commissions: salaries: suspension.
Introduced: 02/02/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Com. on G.O.
Location: 02/10/2011-S G.O. Summary: Would prohibit members appointed to specified state boards and commissions from receiving a salary for the 2012-13, 2013-14, and 2014-15 fiscal years. This bill would authorize a member of a state board or commission who is prohibited from receiving a salary under these provisions to receive a specified per diem payment during those fiscal years.
SB 154(Wolk) Marriage licenses: vital records: fees: domestic violence: Solano County.
Introduced: 02/02/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Com. on JUD.
Location: 02/10/2011-S JUD. Summary: Would extend the operation of the above-described provisions indefinitely. This bill contains other existing laws.
SB 155(Evans) Maternity services.
Introduced: 02/02/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Location: 02/10/2011-S HEALTH Summary: Would require new forms for health insurance policies submitted to the department after January 1, 2012, to provide coverage for maternity services, as defined. With respect to policy forms on file with the department as of January 1, 2012, the bill would require health insurers to submit to the department, on or before March 1, 2012, revised policy forms that provide coverage for maternity services and would require insurers to include that coverage in the corresponding policies that are issued, amended, or renewed following the department’s approval of the revised forms, as specified.
SB 156(Emmerson) Income tax: credits: full-time employees: hires.
Introduced: 02/02/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Com. on Gov. & F.
Location: 02/10/2011-S G. & F. Summary: Would under both laws, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, expand the definition of “qualified employer” to mean a taxpayer that employed 50 or fewer employees as of the last day of the preceding taxable year. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 157(Anderson) Private sector job creation.
Introduced: 02/02/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/10/2011-S RLS. Summary: Would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to promote private sector job creation in the state.
SB 158(Huff) Community redevelopment commission.
Introduced: 02/02/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/10/2011-S RLS. Summary: Would make a nonsubstantive change to the definition of the term “community.”
SB 159(Huff) Redevelopment.
Introduced: 02/02/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/10/2011-S RLS. Summary: Would make a nonsubstantive change to a provision in the redevelopment law.
SB 160(Huff) Local government: reorganization.
Introduced: 02/02/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/10/2011-S RLS. Summary: The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 provides the exclusive authority and procedure for the initiation, conduct, and completion of changes of organization and reorganization for cities and districts, except as specified. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that act.
SB 161(Huff) Schools: emergency medical assistance: administration of epilepsy medication.
Introduced: 02/02/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Coms. on ED. and HEALTH.
Location: 02/10/2011-S ED. Summary: Would authorize a school district to provide school employees with voluntary emergency medical training to provide, in the absence of a credentialed school nurse or other licensed nurse onsite at the school, emergency medical assistance to pupils with epilepsy suffering from seizures, in accordance with performance standards developed by specified entities. The bill would authorize the State Department of Public Health to approve the performance standards for distribution and make the standards available upon request. The bill would allow a parent or guardian of a pupil with epilepsy who has been prescribed Diastat by the pupil’s health care provider to request the pupil’s school to have one or more of its employees receive voluntary training, as specified, in order to administer Diastat, as defined, in the event that the pupil suffers a seizure when a nurse is not available. The bill would require a school that decides to train school employees to distribute an electronic notice, as specified, to all staff regarding the request. The bill would make various legislative findings and declarations and state the intent of the Legislature in enacting this measure. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2017.
SB 162(Anderson) California Gambling Control Commission: Gaming Policy Advisory Committee.
Introduced: 02/02/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Com. on G.O.
Location: 02/10/2011-S G.O. Summary: Would require the advisory committee to meet at least twice a year and would require the commission to consult with the committee on recommended proposed regulations.
SB 163(Evans) Attorneys: annual membership fee.
Introduced: 02/02/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Com. on JUD.
Location: 02/10/2011-S JUD. Summary: Would require the board to charge that annual membership fee for active members for 2012.
SB 164(Simitian) Personal income tax: voluntary contributions: State Children’s Trust: and Rare and Endangered Species Preservation Program: extension.
Introduced: 02/02/2011
Status: 02/10/2011-Referred to Com. on Gov. & F.
Location: 02/10/2011-S G. & F. Summary: Would change the January 1, 2013, repeal dates to January 1, 2018.
SB 165(La Malfa) Elections: vote by mail ballot processing.
Introduced: 02/03/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Would make a nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
SB 166(Steinberg) Health care coverage: autism spectrum disorders.
Introduced: 02/03/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would develop standards for the diagnosis and treatment by health care service plans and health insurers of individuals with autism spectrum disorders.
SB 167(Huff) Sale and use tax.
Introduced: 02/03/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Would make nonsubstantive, technical changes to this provision.
SB 168(Corbett) Petitions: compensation for signatures.
Introduced: 02/03/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and PUB. S.
Location: 02/03/2011-S PRINT Summary: Would provide that it is a misdemeanor for a person to pay or to receive money or any other thing of value based on the number of signatures obtained on a state or local initiative, referendum, or recall petition and would prescribe penalties for doing so. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 169(Gaines) Insurers: examination fees.
Introduced: 02/03/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on INS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S INS. Summary: Would delete the provision relating to revenue raised during the 1996-97 fiscal year. This bill contains other existing laws.
SB 170(Pavley) South Coast Air Quality Management District: adverse effects of air pollution: intellectual property.
Introduced: 02/03/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on E.Q.
Location: 02/17/2011-S E.Q. Summary: Would authorize the south coast district to sponsor, coordinate, and promote projects that will lead to the prevention, mitigation, or cure of the adverse effects of air pollution, including the adverse health effects of air pollution. The bill would authorize the south coast district to determine what share, if any, of the intellectual property, or benefits resulting from intellectual property, developed from the use of district funds, including funds discharged as grants, will accrue to the south coast district.
SB 171(Wolk) Property tax revenue allocations: Cordelia Fire Protection District.
Introduced: 02/03/2011
Status: 02/19/2011-Set for hearing March 16.
Location: 02/17/2011-S G. & F.
Calendar: 03/16/11 9:30 a.m. – John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE Summary: Would for the 2011-12 fiscal year, decrease by $58,310 the total amount of property tax revenue deemed allocated to the Solano County ERAF for the Cordelia Fire Protection District for the prior fiscal year. This bill would also require that these allocation adjustments be incorporated into property tax revenue allocations for future fiscal years. This bill would also require the Director of Finance to ensure that this change does not result in an increase in the amount of a reduction under these provisions for any other special district. This bill would make findings and declarations regarding the necessity of a special statute. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 172(Huff) School districts: Open Enrollment Act.
Introduced: 02/03/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Existing law, the Open Enrollment Act, authorizes the parent of a pupil enrolled in a low-achieving school, as defined, to submit an application for the pupil to attend another school in the district of residence or a school in a school district other than the school district in which the parent of the pupil resides. A school district may adopt specific, written standards for acceptance and rejection of applications made pursuant to the act. The standards may include consideration of the capacity of a program, class, grade level, school building, or adverse financial impact. The standards are prohibited from including consideration of a pupil’s previous academic achievement, physical condition, proficiency in the English language, family income, disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other specified individual characteristics. Existing law encourages school districts to keep an accounting of requests for alternative attendance made pursuant to the act. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the definitions of terms used in the act.
SB 173(Simitian) Health care coverage: mammograms.
Introduced: 02/07/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Location: 02/17/2011-S HEALTH Summary: Would require those health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies to include additional benefits for comprehensive ultrasound screening under specified circumstances. The bill would require a patient receiving treatment under those coverage provisions to also receive information on breast density, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 174(Emmerson) Community care facilities.
Introduced: 02/07/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of community care and residential facilities by the State Department of Social Services. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
SB 175(Corbett) Public contracts: bid preferences: solar photovoltaic system.
Introduced: 02/07/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on G.O.
Location: 02/17/2011-S G.O. Summary: Would require a state agency that accepts bids or proposals for a contract for the purchase or installation of a solar photovoltaic system, as defined, to provide a 15% preference to a business that certifies that all of the solar panels installed as part of the solar photovoltaic system have been manufactured in California, in accordance with specified criteria.
SB 176(Emmerson) In-Home Supportive Services.
Introduced: 02/07/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Existing law provides for the county-administered In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, under which qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons are provided with services in order to permit them to remain in their own homes and avoid institutionalization. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to an IHSS program provision.
SB 177(Strickland) Congregate living health facilities.
Introduced: 02/07/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Location: 02/17/2011-S HEALTH Summary: Would extend the above-described prohibition to a congregate living health facility that is located in a county with a population of 400,000 or more persons. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 178(Simitian) Hazardous materials: green chemistry.
Introduced: 02/07/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on E.Q.
Location: 02/17/2011-S E.Q. Summary: Would authorize the panel to review regulations proposed for adoption under the provisions regulating these chemicals of concern and to make recommendations to the department on related scientific and technical matters.
SB 179(Pavley) Sex offenders: parole.
Introduced: 02/07/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 02/17/2011-S PUB. S. Summary: Provides that for any person subject to a sexually violent predator proceeding, as specified, an order issued by a judge pursuant to specified provisions, finding that the petition supports a finding of probable cause to believe that the person is likely to engage in sexually violent criminal behavior upon his or her release, shall toll the period of parole of that person, from the date that person is released until a specified court order is entered. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 180(Corbett) Consumer transactions: public social services: unreasonable fees.
Introduced: 02/07/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on JUD. Re-referred to Coms. on V.A. and JUD.
Location: 02/17/2011-S V. A. Summary: Would include activities and functions administered or supervised by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, including pension benefits, as public social services for purposes of that prohibition.
SB 181(Liu) Public postsecondary education: student fee policy.
Introduced: 02/07/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on ED.
Location: 02/17/2011-S ED. Summary: Would prohibit any increase in the mandatory systemwide fees charged to a resident undergraduate student enrolled in the University of California or the California State University adopted on or after July 1, 2012, from being effective before 3 months have elapsed after the date on which the fee increase is adopted. The bill would also require the regents and the Trustees of the California State University to develop methodologies for the adjustment of fees in accordance with a prescribed procedure. The bill, commencing with the 2012-13 academic year, would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office to annually review, and report to the Legislature, its findings, conclusions, or recommendations regarding the implementation of policies implemented pursuant to the bill. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 182(Corbett) Judiciary: demographic data.
Introduced: 02/07/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on JUD.
Location: 02/17/2011-S JUD. Summary: Would expand these provisions to include the collection and release of demographic data relative to gender identity and sexual orientation. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 183(Correa) Ballots: identifying information.
Introduced: 02/07/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
Location: 02/07/2011-S PRINT Summary: Would instead prohibit a voter from placing personal information, as defined, upon a ballot that identifies the voter. The bill would provide that a ballot that contains personal information is not invalid. The bill would delete the requirement that a ballot marked in a manner so as to identify the voter is void and instead require a ballot that contains personal information to be segregated in a specified manner and would require that a duplicate ballot be prepared. By adding to the duties of local elections officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 184(Leno) Land use: zoning regulations.
Introduced: 02/07/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes a city or county to adopt ordinances regulating zoning within its jurisdiction, as specified. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change in that law.
SB 185(Hernandez) Public postsecondary education.
Introduced: 02/07/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Would authorize the University of California and the California State University to consider geographic origin and household income, along with other relevant factors, in undergraduate and graduate admissions. The bill would also authorize the University of California and the California State University to consider race, gender, ethnicity, and national origin, along with other relevant factors, in undergraduate and graduate admissions, to the maximum extent permitted by the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution and relevant case law. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 186(Kehoe) The Controller.
Introduced: 02/07/2011
Status: 02/19/2011-Set for hearing March 16.
Location: 02/17/2011-S G. & F.
Calendar: 03/16/11 9:30 a.m. – John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE Summary: Would authorize the Controller to exercise discretionary authority to perform an audit or investigation of any county, city, special district, or redevelopment agency, if necessary, to ensure compliance with state law, grant agreements, local ordinances, and to determine fiscal viability. This bill would require the Controller to prepare a report of the results of the audit or investigation and to file a copy with the local legislative body. This bill would also provide that specified costs incurred by the Controller shall be borne by the county, city, or redevelopment agency and state that reimbursements collected, upon appropriation to the Controller, be available to offset costs of enforcing this provision.
SB 187(Harman) Family law.
Introduced: 02/07/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Existing provisions governing family law define “state” to include, a state, the District of Columbia, or a commonwealth, a territory, or an insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that definition.
SB 188(Harman) Civil actions: jurisdiction.
Introduced: 02/07/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Existing law authorizes a court to exercise jurisdiction on any basis not inconsistent with the California or the United States Constitutions. Existing law also requires a court to stay or dismiss an action in whole or in part on any conditions that may be just when the court finds that in the interest of substantial justice an action should be heard in a forum outside of the state. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
SB 189(Anderson) Education finance: categorical education programs: flexibility.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would provide for a study of categorical education program flexibility.
SB 190(Lowenthal) Mechanics liens.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on JUD.
Location: 02/17/2011-S JUD. Summary: Would also require that a person forfeit his or her lien if the person willfully includes labor or materials in a lien claim that were not furnished to the property in the claim.
SB 191(Committee on Governance and Finance) Validations.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/19/2011-Set for hearing March 16.
Location: 02/17/2011-S G. & F.
Calendar: 03/16/11 9:30 a.m. – John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE Summary: Would enact the First Validating Act of 2011, which would validate the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state and counties, cities, and specified districts, agencies, and entities. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 192(Committee on Governance and Finance) Validations.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/19/2011-Set for hearing March 16.
Location: 02/17/2011-S G. & F.
Calendar: 03/16/11 9:30 a.m. – John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE Summary: Would enact the Second Validating Act of 2011, which would validate the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state and counties, cities, and specified districts, agencies, and entities. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 193(Committee on Governance and Finance) Validations.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/19/2011-Set for hearing March 16.
Location: 02/17/2011-S G. & F.
Calendar: 03/16/11 9:30 a.m. – John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE Summary: Would enact the Third Validating Act of 2011, which would validate the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state and counties, cities, and specified districts, agencies, and entities.
SB 194(Committee on Governance and Finance) Local government: omnibus bill.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/19/2011-Set for hearing April 27.
Location: 02/17/2011-S G. & F.
Calendar: 04/27/11 9:30 a.m. – Room 112 SEN GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE Summary: Would increase the maximum amount from $1,000 to $5,000. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 195(Cannella) Pest control: regulations.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Existing law governs pest control operations in this state in order to, among other stated purposes, protect public health and safety and protect the environment. Existing law establishes the Department of Pesticide Regulation within the California Environmental Protection Agency, under the control of the Director of Pesticide Regulation, to administer these provisions. Existing law requires the Director of Pesticide Regulation to adopt regulations that govern the conduct of the business of pest control. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to the latter provision.
SB 196(Cannella) State agriculture: informational materials.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Existing law requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to issue and cause to be printed and distributed to county agricultural commissioners, and to other persons as specified, illustrative materials or statements which contain information which is best adapted to advance the interest, business, and development of agriculture in the state. Existing law also authorizes the department to broadcast portions of illustrative materials or statements to exhibit or display data and material that have been collected or prepared, and to incur expenses which are necessarily incidental to the exhibit or display of that data and material. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
SB 197(Cannella) Veterans affairs: administration.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Existing law requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct audits, as specified by statute, on internal controls, and to provide those audits to the inspector general. The bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
SB 198(Cannella) State militia: Adjutant General: duties.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Existing law requires the Adjutant General to perform various duties with regard to the National Guard as are prescribed in the Military and Veterans Code and any additional duties that are consistent with the regulations and customs of the federal military organizations, as specified. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
SB 199(Correa) Elections: vote by mail ballots.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
Location: 02/08/2011-S PRINT Summary: Would permit a voter to return a vote by mail ballot to any polling place in the state, and in the case of a vote by mail ballot returned to a precinct located in a county other than the county of the elections official who issued the ballot, would require the elections official of the precinct at which the ballot is returned to forward the ballot to the elections official who issued the ballot. By imposing additional duties on local elections officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 200(Wolk) State water facilities: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Delta conveyance facility.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q.
Location: 02/17/2011-S N.R. & W. Summary: Would prohibit the construction of a new Delta conveyance facility, as defined, unless specified conditions are met, including (A) the adoption of an agreement by the Department of Water Resources and the Department of Fish and Game that specifies the stages of construction of the new Delta conveyance facility and (B) the establishment plans and agreements for the construction of specified water facilities and implementation of specified water programs meeting prescribed conditions as part of the state Central Valley Project. The bill would prohibit the transportation of water for the federal Central Valley Project through state project facilities, with specified exceptions, unless certain conditions are met. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 201(DeSaulnier) Flexible purpose corporations: corporate mergers.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/24/2011-Set for hearing April 6.
Location: 02/17/2011-S B. & F.
Calendar: 04/06/11 1:30 p.m. – Room 112 SEN BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Summary: Would enact the Corporate Flexibility Act of 2011 and would authorize and regulate the formation and operation of a new form of corporate entity known as a flexible purpose corporation. The bill would authorize existing corporations and other forms of business entities to merge into or convert into a flexible purpose corporation upon completion of specified requirements, including approval of the transaction by a supermajority 2/3 vote of shareholders, or a greater vote if required in the articles, as specified. The bill would also authorize a flexible purpose corporation to convert into a nonprofit corporation, a corporation, or a domestic other business entity, upon satisfaction of equivalent conditions. The bill would also provide dissenters’ rights of appraisal for shareholders voting against certain transactions, as specified. The bill would specify the required and permitted contents of articles of incorporation that a flexible purpose corporation would be required to file with the Secretary of State, including the special purposes, in addition to any other lawful purpose, that the corporation shall engage in, that may include, but not be limited to, charitable and public purpose activities that could be carried out by a nonprofit public benefit corporation. The bill would also require management and directors to specify objectives for measuring the impact of the flexible purpose corporation’s efforts relating to its special purpose, and to include an analysis of those efforts in annual reports, together with specified financial statements, to shareholders and would require specified information to be made publicly available, as specified. The bill would also specify that a flexible purpose corporation is subject to many existing provisions of the Corporations Code. The bill would also make conforming changes. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 202(Hancock) Ballot initiatives: filing fees.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
Location: 02/08/2011-S PRINT Summary: Would find that the current $200 fee is inadequate to cover the costs to the state to process a proposed initiative and would increase the filing fee from $200 to $2,000.
SB 203(Correa) County employee retirement: boards.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on P.E. & R.
Location: 02/17/2011-S P.E. & R. Summary: Would delete the authority of the board to prohibit, by a resolution or regulation of the board, a member from having the same rights, privileges, responsibilities, and access to closed sessions as the 2nd, 3rd, 7th, or 8th member, or from holding positions on committees of the board, and participating in board or committee deliberations, as described above. The bill would authorize the alternate 7th member to participate in the deliberations of the board on any of its committees to which the alternate 7th member has been appointed regardless of whether the 2nd, 3rd, 7th, or 8th member is present. The bill would require the board to cause an election to be held at the earliest possible date to fill a vacancy for the duration of the current term, except as specified, if there is a vacancy in the 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 8th, or alternate 7th member position. It would limit candidacy to the 7th member and alternate member positions, as specified. The bill would require the board of supervisors to forgo an election in specified circumstances when there is only one candidate. The bill would also make various changes in terminology and delete obsolete references. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 204(Liu) Education governance.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on ED.
Location: 02/17/2011-S ED. Summary: Would require that the 10 nonstudent appointees to the state board represent, and reside in, different geographical areas of the state, reflect the ethnic and gender diversity of the state’s population, and represent the various disciplines active in the public education system. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 205(Correa) Voter registration: paid registration activities.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
Location: 02/08/2011-S PRINT Summary: Would prohibit any person, company, or other organization from agreeing to pay money or other valuable consideration on a per-affidavit basis to any person who assists another person to register to vote by receiving the completed affidavit of registration, would prohibit the receipt of this per-affidavit consideration, and would make conforming changes. A violation of these prohibitions would be a misdemeanor. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 206(Kehoe) Claim against the state: appropriation.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 02/17/2011-S APPR. Summary: Would appropriate an unspecified amount from the General Fund to the Attorney General to pay a specific judgment. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 207(Kehoe) State claims.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: 02/17/2011-S APPR. Summary: Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to ensure that all claims that have been approved by the board and for which there exists no legally available appropriation are submitted for legislative approval at least twice each calendar year. This bill declares the intent of the Legislature to appropriate funds for the payment of claims allowed by the board. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 208(Alquist) Identity theft: restitution.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 02/17/2011-S PUB. S. Summary: Would authorize restitution for expenses to monitor an identity theft victim’s credit report and for the costs to repair the victim’s credit for a period of time reasonably necessary to make the victim whole, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 209(Corbett) Common interest developments: electric vehicle charging stations.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on T. & H.
Location: 02/17/2011-S T. & H. Summary: Would provide that any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in a common interest development, or any provision of the governing documents of a common interest development, that effectively prohibits or restricts the installation or use of an electrical vehicle charging station is void and unenforceable. The bill would authorize an association, as defined, to impose reasonable restrictions on those stations, as specified, and would impose requirements with respect to an association’s approval process for those stations. An association that violates the bill’s provisions would be liable for damages and a civil penalty, as specified.
SB 210(Hancock) Prisoners: alternative incarceration.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Location: 02/17/2011-S PUB. S. Summary: Would state findings and declarations of the Legislature relative to alternative incarceration for nonviolent inmates. The bill would authorize the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to enter into contracts with Alternative Incarceration Facilities, as defined, for housing certain nonviolent inmates who meet certain criteria. The bill would authorize the secretary to adopt regulations to implement those purposes, set forth criteria for inmates to meet in order to be transferred to Alternative Incarceration Facilities, and establish a compensation scheme for owners of those facilities. The bill would require a retired, correctional officer with certain experience to always be present at each facility for purposes of providing certain technical assistance.
SB 211(Emmerson) California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: tire inflation regulation: enforcement.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and E.Q.
Location: 02/17/2011-S T. & H. Summary: Would require the state board to enforce and implement this regulation consistent with certain requirements. The bill would limit penalties for a violation of the requirements of this regulation to a civil penalty of not more than $20 for the first offense and not more than $50 for each subsequent offense. The bill would prohibit the imposition of a civil or criminal penalty upon a customer of an automobile service provider for a violation of the requirements of the regulation.
SB 212(León, De) Pawnbrokers.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/24/2011-Set for hearing April 6.
Location: 02/17/2011-S B. & F.
Calendar: 04/06/11 1:30 p.m. – Room 112 SEN BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Summary: Would provide that the signature of the pledgor is not required for these new loans if the pledgor remits payment of fees and charges due under the original loan contract by mail or proxy and certain other conditions are satisfied. The bill would require a pawnbroker to return a pledgor’s proposed payment in the same manner it was provided to the pawnbroker if the pawnbroker rejects the payment made by mail or other method. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 213(Hancock) Full service community schools.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish guidelines, as specified, for full service community schools that would support pupils on or near schoolsites in order for those pupils to be successful in school.
SB 214(Wolk) Infrastructure financing districts: voter approval: repeal.
Introduced: 02/08/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on Gov. & F.
Location: 02/17/2011-S G. & F. Summary: Would eliminate the requirement of voter approval and authorize the legislative body to create the district, adopt the plan, and issue the bonds by resolutions. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 215(Huff) Invasive aquatic species: mussels.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
Location: 02/17/2011-S N.R. & W. Summary: Would delete that repeal provision, thereby extending the operation of these provisions indefinitely. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 216(Yee) Public utilities: intrastate natural gas pipeline safety.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on E., U., & C.
Location: 02/17/2011-S E. U., & C. Summary: Would designate the commission as the state authority responsible for development, submission, and administration of a state pipeline safety program certification for natural gas pipelines and for the implementation and enforcement of a one-call notification program for the state. The bill would require the commission to evaluate current practices and to determine whether compatible safety standards, as defined, should be adopted for the enhancement of public safety with respect to: (1) the proximity of pipelines carrying liquid materials to commission-regulated gas pipeline facilities, as defined, and (2) the installation, maintenance, location, and type of sectionalized block valves on commission-regulated gas pipeline facilities. The bill would require the commission, unless it determines that doing so is preempted under federal law, to adopt compatible safety standards that require the installation of automatic shut-off or remote controlled sectionalized block valves on all commission-regulated gas pipeline facilities that are located in a high consequence area, as defined, or that traverse an active seismic earthquake fault. The bill would require the commission, in consultation with the PHMSA, to adopt and enforce compatible safety standards, as defined, for commission-regulated gas pipeline facilities that the commission determines should be adopted following its evaluation or as required by the bill. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 217(Vargas) Pawnbrokers.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/24/2011-Set for hearing April 6.
Location: 02/17/2011-S B. & F.
Calendar: 04/06/11 1:30 p.m. – Room 112 SEN BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Summary: Would revise these limits on pawnbroker compensation and would, instead, prohibit a pawnbroker from charging or receiving compensation at a rate exceeding 2.5% per month on the unpaid principal balance of any loan.
SB 218(Vargas) Commissioner of Financial Institutions.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Existing law authorizes the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to have an office in the City of Sacramento, the City of Los Angeles, the City of San Diego, the City and County of San Francisco, or any other location in the state that he or she considers appropriate. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantial change by amending and renumbering this section of law.
SB 219(Vargas) Commissioner of Financial Institutions.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Existing law provides that the chief officer of the Department of Financial Institutions is the Commissioner of Financial Institutions. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change by amending and renumbering this section of law.
SB 220(Price) Life insurance: group policies.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on INS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S INS. Summary: Would provide that coverage for dependent children under a group life insurance policy may continue until 26 years of age, regardless of the child’s marital status or whether the child is attending an educational institution.
SB 221(Simitian) Small claims court: jurisdiction.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on JUD.
Location: 02/17/2011-S JUD. Summary: Would increase the jurisdiction of the small claims court by increasing that amount to $10,000. The bill would also make a technical change by deleting a duplicate code section that contains identical provisions.
SB 222(Alquist) Health plans: joint ventures.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Location: 02/17/2011-S HEALTH Summary: Would authorize a county board of supervisors, a county special commission, or a county health authority that governs, owns, or operates a local initiative health plan or county-organized health system, as specified, or the County Medical Services Program governing board, to form joint ventures for the joint or coordinated offering of health plans to individuals and groups. The bill would require all joint ventures established pursuant to the above provisions to meet all of the requirements of the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975.
SB 223(Leno) Voter-approved local assessment: vehicles.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and Gov. & F.
Location: 02/17/2011-S T. & H. Summary: Would authorize counties and the City and County of San Francisco to impose a voter-approved local assessment for specified vehicles if certain conditions, including approval by local voters, are met. The bill would require the county or the city and county to contract with the department to collect and administer the assessment, as provided. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 224(Pavley) Public Contracts: Department of Water Resources.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
Location: 02/17/2011-S N.R. & W. Summary: Would also exempt from that law specified contracts entered into by the Department of Water Resources, but would exclude from that exemption contracts for the sale, delivery, or use of water or power from the State Water Resources Development System.
SB 225(Simitian) California Pollution Control Financing Authority: Capital Access Loan Program.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on E.Q.
Location: 02/17/2011-S E.Q. Summary: Would authorize the authority to establish loss reserve accounts for the purposes of terminal rental adjustment clause (TRAC) leasing, as defined, if funds are available for contribution into the loss reserve account from any source other than the authority.
SB 226(Simitian) Land use planning.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on E.Q.
Location: 02/17/2011-S E.Q. Summary: Would authorize the referral of a proposed action to adopt or substantially amend a general plan to a city or county within or abutting the area covered by the proposal by a planning agency prior to action by a legislative body to adopt or amend the general plan to be conducted concurrently with the scoping meeting. The city or county would be authorized to submit specified comments at the scoping meeting. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 227(Wyland) Business and professions: licensure.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Existing law, under the Business and Professions Code, provides for the regulation and licensure of various professionals. Existing law provides that the term “licentiate,” as used in the Business and Professions Code, refers to any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by that code and as specified. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
SB 228(Wyland) Income tax: credit: small businesses.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Would repeal a duplicative provision in the Personal Income Tax Law and make a technical, nonsubstantive change in the remaining provision.
SB 229(Wyland) Income Taxes: corporate.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: The Corporation Tax Law provides that income derived from or attributable to sources within this state includes income from specified types of property. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
SB 230(Emmerson) Business license taxation.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.
SB 231(Emmerson) Regulatory boards: healing arts.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Would make nonsubstantive, technical changes to that provision.
SB 232(Wyland) Instructional materials: legislative intent.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to provide for the adoption and selection of quality instructional materials for use in the elementary and secondary schools and recognizes that the governing boards of school districts have the responsibility to establish courses of study and that they must have the ability to choose instructional materials that are appropriate to their courses of study. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.
SB 233(Pavley) Emergency services and care.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Location: 02/17/2011-S HEALTH Summary: Would expand the definition of emergency services and care to include care, treatment, and surgery by a physician assistant in compliance with prescribed provisions. This bill would also expand the definition of consultation to authorize physician assistants to provide a consultation. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 234(Hancock) State Board of Equalization: administration: use tax.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on Gov. & F.
Location: 02/17/2011-S G. & F. Summary: Would further define a retailer engaged in business in this state as a retailer that has substantial nexus with this state and a retailer upon whom federal law permits the state to impose a use tax collection duty. The bill would also include specified retailers as retailers engaged in business in this state and would eliminate an exclusion.
SB 235(Negrete McLeod) Water and flood districts: reorganization of district governing board.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/19/2011-Set for hearing March 16.
Location: 02/17/2011-S G. & F.
Calendar: 03/16/11 9:30 a.m. – John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE Summary: Would authorize the governing board of a district, as defined, to reorganize the district to reduce the total membership of the governing board by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of the board. The bill would prescribe procedures for the reorganization of the governing board of the district, including procedures for the reapportionment of division boundaries within the district in those districts that elect directors based on their residence within a division of the district, and procedures for the appointment of members of the governing board to the remaining seats on a recognized board. The bill would require a district that reorganizes its governing board pursuant to these provisions to notify specified local agencies.
SB 236(Anderson) California Public Records Act.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make public records available for inspection by the public, subject to specified criteria, and with specified exceptions. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
SB 237(Wolk) California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: agriculture.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on E.Q.
Location: 02/17/2011-S E.Q. Summary: Would provide that an unspecified percentage of funds generated from the state sale of emission allowances for market-based compliance mechanisms adopted pursuant to the act and funds from federal global warming programs shall be made available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to fund activities that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or adapt to global warming, in the state’s agricultural sector. The bill would require an unspecified agency to administer these funds for a specified grant program. The bill would provide for the creation of the California Agricultural Climate Benefits Advisory Committee to assist in the implementation of these requirements, as provided.
SB 238(León, De) Athlete agents.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and PUB. S.
Location: 02/17/2011-S B., P. & E.D. Summary: Would require the court to suspend, or where appropriate, revoke the privilege of a person to conduct the business of an athlete agent if the person is convicted of a violation of the act. The bill would also require the court to order an athlete agent or an athlete agent’s representative or employee to disgorge all revenues received in connection with a violation of the act.
SB 239(Wyland) Teacher credentialing.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to teacher credentialing.
SB 240(Rubio) Truancy.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/17/2011-S RLS. Summary: Would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would make changes in the statutes related to truancy to provide the parents and legal guardians of pupils with the civil rights they need to address attendance-related problems in the worst performing public schools in the state.
SB 241(Cannella) Environment: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD.
Location: 02/17/2011-S E.Q. Summary: Would enact the CEQA Litigation Protection Pilot Program of 2011 and would require the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency to select projects that meet specified requirements from specified regions for each calendar year between 2012 and 2016. The bill would exempt from judicial review, pursuant to CEQA, a lead agency’s decision to certify the EIR of, or to adopt a mitigated negative declaration based on an initial study for, the selected projects, a lead agency’s and responsible agency’s approval of the selected project, and the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency’ s selection of the projects. The bill would require the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, by December 31 of each year, to submit an annual report to the Governor and to the Legislature summarizing the designation of projects, and the job creation and investment attributable to the designated projects. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 242(Corbett) Social networking Internet Web sites: privacy: minors.
Introduced: 02/09/2011
Status: 02/17/2011-Referred to Com. on JUD.
Location: 02/17/2011-S JUD. Summary: Would prohibit a social networking Internet Web site, as defined, from displaying in a designated text field, to the public or other registered users, the home address or telephone number of a registered user of that Internet Web site who identifies himself or herself as being under 18 years of age. This bill would impose a civil penalty, not to exceed $10,000, for each willful and knowing violation of this prohibition.
SB 243(Wyland) High school graduation: courses required.
Introduced: 02/10/2011
Status: 02/24/2011-Referred to Com. on RLS.
Location: 02/24/2011-S RLS. Summary: Existing law prohibits a pupil from receiving a diploma of graduation from high school unless he or she completes specified course requirements while enrolled in grades 9 to 12, inclusive. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in this provision.
SB 244(Wolk) Land use: general plan: disadvantaged unincorporated communities.
Introduced: 02/10/2011
Status: 02/24/2011-Referred to Com. on Gov. & F.
Location: 02/24/2011-S G. & F.
Calendar: 04/06/11 9:30 a.m. – Room 112 SEN GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE Summary: Would require, prior to January 1, 2014, and thereafter upon each revision of its housing element, a city or county to review and update one or more elements of its general plan, as necessary to address the presence of island, fringe, or legacy unincorporated communities, as defined, inside or near its boundaries, and would require the updated general plan to include specified information. This bill would also require the city or county planning agency, after the initial revision and update of the general plan, to review, and if necessary amend, the general plan to update the information, goals, and program of action relating to these communities therein. By adding to the duties of city and county officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
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