INTRODUCTION REPORT
Introductions From 02/23/07

AB 1076

(Houston) Public works: prevailing wage rates. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To print.

Current Location:02/23/2007-A PRINT

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Existing law requires that workers employed on public works projects that cost more than $1,000 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. Existing law specifies that those prevailing wages provisions do not apply to work carried out by a public agency with its own forces. This bill would restructure those provisions and would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the provisions relating to work carried out by a public agency.

AB 1082

(Garrick) Law enforcement. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To print.

Current Location:02/23/2007-A PRINT

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Existing law establishes minimum standards for local law enforcement education and training. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to provide a financial incentive for local law enforcement agencies to undergo federal training courses and to actively work in cooperation with the federal government in combating terrorism and criminal activity.

AB 1098

(Saldana) Hazardous materials: administrative: penalties: liability. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To print.

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Existing law requires that, in order to protect the public health and safety and the environment, a business, as defined, establish and implement a business plan, meeting specified requirements, relating to the handling and release or threatened release of hazardous materials. A business that violates or knowingly violates any provision with regard to the business plan is liable to an administering agency for a prescribed administrative penalty. This bill would remove the requirement that the amount of the administrative penalty be set by the governing board of the administrative agency. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 1106

(Plescia) Public safety. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To print.

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Existing law establishes the Citizens Options for Public Safety (COPS) program. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to revise that program.

AB 1120

(Tran) Sales and use tax: exemptions: disaster preparedness products. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To print.

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The Sales and Use Tax Law imposes a tax on the gross receipts from the sale of, or the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, tangible personal property, and provides various exemptions from that tax. Existing law authorizes cities, counties, and cities and counties to impose local sales and use taxes or transactions and use taxes, and provides that exemptions from state sales and use tax are incorporated into those local taxes. This bill would provide, beginning January 1, 2008, and until January 1, 2011, an exemption from the sales tax for the gross receipts from the retail sale of qualified disaster preparedness products, as defined, purchased during a specified period. This bill contains other related provisions.

AB 1124

(Karnette) County employees' retirement: post-employment benefits. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To print.

Current Location:02/23/2007-A PRINT

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Existing law permits the board of supervisors of a county or the governing body of a district or other public entity, with the agreement of the board of retirement, to provide for the contribution of funds into a Post-Employment Benefits Trust Account and requires the retirement system to establish the account as part of the retirement fund. Existing law establishes the Post-Employment Benefits Trust Account for the purpose of funding the benefits provided under a post-employment group health, life, or other welfare benefits plan established and maintained by the county or district. Existing law prohibits the use of the assets of the retirement fund for paying the cost of benefits provided through the Post-Employment Benefits Trust Account, but permits the account assets to be invested with retirement fund assets. Existing law requires that the funds in the account be separately accounted on the books of the retirement system. Existing law permits an employer participating in the Post-Employment Benefits Trust Account to expressly delegate specified responsibilities in this regard to the retirement system. This bill would provide that the retirement system's action to establish the Post-Employment Benefits Trust Account as a part of the retirement fund is discretionary and not mandatory. The bill would delete the requirement that the retirement system account for Post-Employment Benefits Trust Account funds on the books of the system. The bill would specify that various actions in connection with the Post-Employment Benefits Trust Account be taken in conformance with federal law and the California Constitution. The bill would correct an erroneous cross reference.

AB 1135

(Strickland) State government: reports: declarations. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To print.

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Existing law generally sets out the requirements for the submission of written reports by public agencies to the Legislature, the Governor, the Controller, and state legislative and other executive entities. This bill would require any of these written reports required to be submitted by any state agency, board, or commission, local governmental entity, school district, and special district, and specified reports required to be submitted to the Controller by any city, county, city and county, or transit district, to include a signed statement by the head of the agency, the chair of the board or commission, or the officer of the local agency, except as specified, declaring that the contents of the report are true, accurate, and complete to the best of his or her knowledge. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 1166

(Berryhill) Forestry: staffing fire engines. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To print.

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Existing law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL-FIRE) to provide fire protection, fire prevention, pest control, and forest and range protection and enhancement implements and apparatus, and to maintain an integrated staff to accomplish those tasks. This bill would require the department to staff a state-owned fire engine, when operated by state employees, with a minimum of 3 personnel.

AB 1169

(DeVore) Redevelopment plans: approval. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To print.

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Existing law, the Community Redevelopment Law, authorizes the establishment of redevelopment agencies in communities in order to address the effects of blight, as defined, in those communities and requires those agencies to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and approve a redevelopment plan for each project area. Existing law requires a redevelopment plan to describe generally the proposed method of financing the redevelopment of the project area. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would prohibit a legislative body from adopting a redevelopment plan that provides for the use of tax-increment financing, amending a redevelopment plan in a manner that would decrease the amount of property tax revenues received by a county, or merging redevelopment project areas unless a state agency reviews and approves of the plan, amendment, or merger.

AB 1196

(Gaines) Flamethrowing devices. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To print.

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Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to adopt regulations governing the possession and use of flamethrowing devices. Existing law prohibits the use or possession of a flamethrowing device without a valid permit issued by the State Fire Marshal and provides that a violation of these provisions is a crime, as specified. Under existing law, the State Fire Marshal is authorized to impose fees in amounts sufficient to cover the costs incurred in the administration and enforcement of these provisions. This bill would provide that these provisions shall not apply to the sale, purchase, possession, transportation, storage, or use of a flamethrowing device that is used in fire suppression by a person who is regularly employed by or a paid officer, employee, or member of a fire department, fire protection district, or firefighting agency, as specified, while on duty and acting within the course and scope of his or her employment.

AB 1198

(Benoit) Law enforcement response costs: driving under the influence. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To print.

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Existing law authorizes local government entities to recover emergency response costs from a person who is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or both, who causes an incident resulting in an emergency response, as specified. Existing law also authorizes a portion of fines collected for specified violations pertaining to vehicles to be used by local government for the costs of sobriety testing in connection with enforcement of laws relating to operating vehicles, as specified. This bill would authorize local government entities to recover the reasonable costs of responding to a person operating a vehicle while intoxicated, as specified.

AB 1202

(Richardson) Port security: review by Office of Emergency Services. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To print.

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Existing law sets forth the duties and authority of the Office of Emergency Services with respect to emergency preparedness and response activities in the state generally. This bill express the intent of the Legislature to require the office to review every 2 years the adequacy of security plans for specified ports within the state, and provide recommendations as needed to the applicable port authority security director.

AB 1222

(Laird) State mandates. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To print.

Current Location:02/23/2007-A PRINT

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Under the California Constitution, whenever the Legislature or a state agency mandates a new program or higher level of service on any local government, including school districts, the state is required to provide a subvention of funds to reimburse the local government, with specified exceptions. Existing law establishes a procedure for local governmental agencies to file claims for reimbursement of these costs with the Commission on State Mandates. These procedures require that a claim for reimbursement include, among other things, a written narrative that identifies the specific sections of statutes or executive orders alleged to contain a mandate. This bill would require that a test claim also identify the effective date and register number of regulations alleged to contain a mandate.

AB 1225

(DeSaulnier) Vehicles: state and local government motor vehicle fleet. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To print.

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Existing law requires the Department of General Services, in consultation with the State Energy Resources and Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and the State Air Resources Board, to develop and adopt specifications and standards for all passenger cars and light-duty trucks that are purchased or leased on behalf of, or by, state offices, agencies, and departments. These specifications and standards are required to include certain elements. This bill instead would, require the Energy Commission, in conjunction with the State Air Resources Board and the Department of General Services, on or before July 1, 2008, to develop a method, criteria, and procedures to evaluate the environmental and energy benefits, and costs of motor vehicles for potential procurement by state and local governments based on specific criteria. The bill would require the Department of General Services, on January 1, 2009, to revise its procedures for the procurement of state and local government vehicles based upon the necessary performance specifications of the vehicles to perform the required work and tasks of the vehicles in the fleet based on classes established by that department. The bill would require the Director of General Services to compile and maintain certain additional information regarding the nature of vehicles that are owned or leased by the state. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 1239

(Garrick) Property taxation: exclusion from newly constructed: fire safety devices. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To print.

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The California Constitution generally limits ad valorem taxes on real property to 1% of the full cash value of that property. For purposes of this limitation, "full cash value" is defined as the assessor's valuation of real property as shown on the 1975-76 tax bill under "full cash value" or, thereafter, the appraised value of that real property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred. The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to exclude from classification as "newly constructed" the construction or installation on or after November 7, 1984, of any fire sprinkler system, other fire extinguishing system, fire detection system, or fire-related egress improvement, as defined by the Legislature. Existing property tax law implementing this exclusion provides that the exclusion only applies to the construction or installation of these items in an existing building. This bill would instead provide that this exclusion from "newly constructed" applies to the construction or installation, on and after the operative date of the bill, of any fire sprinkler system, other fire extinguishing system, fire detection system, or fire-related egress improvement in any building. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 1241

(Berryhill) Firefighters. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To print.

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Existing law requires the State Board of Fire Services to, from time to time, make full and complete studies, recommendations, and reports to the Governor and the Legislature for the purpose of recommending the establishment of minimum standards with respect to, among others, physical requirements, education and training of fire protection personnel, fire apparatus, and basic minimum courses of training and education for fire protection personnel. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require public safety personnel that operate fire apparatus to pass an emergency vehicle operations course.

AB 1254

(Caballero) Property tax revenue allocations: ERAF reduction: affordable housing. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To print.

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Existing property tax law requires the county auditor, in each fiscal year, to allocate property tax revenue to local jurisdictions in accordance with specified formulas and procedures, and generally requires that each jurisdiction be allocated an amount equal to the total of the amount of revenue allocated to that jurisdiction in the prior fiscal year, subject to certain modifications, and that jurisdiction's portion of the annual tax increment, as defined. Existing property tax law also reduces the amounts of ad valorem property tax revenue that would otherwise be annually allocated to the county, cities, and special districts pursuant to these general allocation requirements by requiring, for purposes of determining property tax revenue allocations in each county for the 1992-93 and 1993-94 fiscal years, that the amounts of property tax revenue deemed allocated in the prior fiscal year to the county, cities, and special districts be reduced in accordance with certain formulas. It requires that the revenues not allocated to the county, cities, and special districts as a result of these reductions be transferred to the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF) in that county for allocation to school districts, community college districts, and the county office of education. This bill would, for the 2008-09 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter to the 2014-15 fiscal year, inclusive, require the county auditor to reduce the total amount of ad valorem property tax revenue otherwise required to be allocated to the county ERAF by the countywide affordable housing amount, as defined, and to increase the amount of ad valorem property tax revenue otherwise required to be allocated to a qualified local agency, as defined, by that agency's affordable housing amount. This bill would specify that a qualified local agency's affordable housing amount is equal to the ad valorem property tax revenue lost by the agency as a result of the granting of a specified exemption from property taxes for affordable housing developments for which certificates of occupancy are issued on or after January 1, 2008, as provided. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 1255

(Parra) County employees' retirement: pension benefits: Fresno County. (I-02/23/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/23/2007-Introduced. To prin