Existing law establishes the Orange County Transportation Authority, which is composed of 18 members, including 10 members from the supervisorial districts of the county elected by the Orange County City Selection Committee, as specified. This bill would, with regard to certain city members of the 10 members elected by the Orange County City Selection Committee, prohibit the city members from serving more than 2 consecutive terms on the authority, except as specified. The bill would also set forth the intent of the Legislature to increase the opportunity for cities to be represented on the authority.
Read. Amended. Adopted. (Page 1993.).
Existing law prohibits a talent agency from refusing to represent any artist based upon the artist's race, color, creed, sex, national origin, religion, or handicap. This bill would, instead, prohibit a talent agency from refusing to represent any artist based upon the artist's sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, which are administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law requires the board to employ and fix the compensation, in accordance with law, of assistants, clerical, and other employees as it deems necessary for the effective conduct of the work of the board and the chancellor's office. This bill would authorize the board to appoint an individual without permanent civil service status to a position classified as a career executive assignment, for the positions of vice chancellor or assistant vice chancellor, if the individual has a minimum of 5 years of specified work experience, previously held permanent status in the civil service, was employed by the Legislature for 2 or more consecutive years, or held for 2 or more consecutive years one or more nonelected exempt positions in the executive branch.
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1444.)
Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development which, among other things, administers various programs providing assistance for multifamily housing, emergency housing, farmworker housing, and home ownership and downpayment assistance. This bill would require the Bureau of State Audits, on or before January 1, 2013, and every 4 years thereafter, to conduct a performance audit of all programs funded through special or General Fund sources and administered by the department.
Existing law requires the Governor, in conjunction with the Governor's Budget, to submit annually to the Legislature a proposed 5-year infrastructure plan containing specified information concerning infrastructure needed by state agencies, public schools, and public postsecondary educational institutions and a proposal for funding the needed infrastructure. This bill would require the Governor to also submit the infrastructure plan to the Treasurer.
This measure adopts the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2011–12 Regular Session.
Existing law requires the California State University and each community college district, and requests the University of California, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, to grant priority for registration for enrollment to any member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States for any academic term attended at one of these institutions within 2 years of leaving active duty. This bill would also grant priority class registration to these members or former members of the Armed Forces, who are California residents, within 5 years of leaving active duty, as specified. Because the bill would impose additional duties on the California Community Colleges in evaluating an individual's eligibility for priority in enrollment, 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
Existing law, the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, establishes procedures for the reporting, investigation, and prosecution of elder and dependent adult abuse, including, but not limited to financial abuse, as defined. These procedures require persons, defined as mandated reporters, to report known or suspected instances of elder or dependent adult abuse. A violation of the reporting requirements by a mandated reporter is a misdemeanor. Existing law, which will be repealed on January 1, 2013, defines who is a mandated reporter of suspected financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult. A violation of the financial abuse reporting requirements is subject to civil penalties. This bill would delete the January 1, 2013, repeal date and make conforming changes.
Existing law requires a county elections official who receives an affidavit of registration from a voter who resides or claims residence in another county to forward the affidavit to the elections official for the county in which the voter resides, and further requires the elections official for the county in which the voter resides to accept the affidavit and use it as the voter's permanent record of registration. Under existing law, registration by that method is effective for all elections occurring 29 or more days after receipt of the affidavit of registration by the elections official to which the affidavit was mailed or delivered by the voter. This bill would instead provide that registration by that method is effective for all elections occurring 15 or more days after receipt of the affidavit of registration by the elections official to which the affidavit was mailed or delivered by the voter. By requiring more voters' ballots to be handled and counted, this 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
Existing law prohibits a court from making an order granting or modifying a custody order on an ex parte basis unless there has been a showing of immediate harm to the child or immediate risk that the child will be removed from the state. This bill would require that a party seeking an ex parte child custody order on those grounds notify all parties or their attorneys of the proceedings at least one court day prior to the matter being heard by the court, unless the party requests shorter notice of a waiver or notice, as specified. The bill would also require the Judicial Council, on or before January 1, 2012, to adopt a rule of court to implement these provisions.
