Rep. Alyson Huber

Existing law imposes taxes based upon taxable income, at specified rates, and imposes state sales and use taxes on retailers and on the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property in this state. This bill would require the Legislative Analyst's Office to assess potential changes to the laws described above in order to reduce revenue volatility and to provide a report including these assessments to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2013. This bill also would repeal obsolete provisions requiring a report by the Legislative Analyst to the Legislature in 2004.

(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2013, requires the Governor to establish the California Recreational Trails Committee and appoint 7 members selected from lists submitted by private organizations that have a demonstrated interest in the establishment of recreational trails. This bill would instead extend the authorization for the committee to January 1, 2028, and require that the members be appointed based on their demonstrated interest and involvement in the establishment and promotion of recreational trails. (2) Existing law, until January 1, 2013, limits the terms of the members of the committee to 4 years, without compensation, other than reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the performance of member duties. This bill would extend the applicability of these provisions to January 1, 2028. (3) Existing law, until January 1, 2013, requires that the committee, among other duties, review records of easements and other interests in lands which are available for recreational trail usage, including public lands, utility easements, other rights-of-way, gifts, or surplus public lands which may be adaptable for such use, and also advise the Director of Parks and Recreation in the development of standards for trail construction. Existing law also requires the committee to study the problems and opportunities presented by the use of private property for recreational trail use and advise the director on measures to mitigate undesirable aspects of such usage. This bill would instead require that the committee, until January 1, 2028, review statewide trail planning efforts, assist with resolution of trail issues and user-group conflicts, and advise in the development of trail planning and management guidelines that may be available to public and private land managers. The bill would also require the committee to advise the director in the development of state park trail guidelines.

The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009 establishes the Delta Stewardship Council, which is required to develop, adopt, and commence implementation of a comprehensive management plan for the Delta by January 1, 2012. The act requires a state or local public agency that proposes to undertake a covered action to prepare a written certification, as prescribed, as to whether the covered action is consistent with the Delta Plan. The act defines "covered action" to mean a plan, program, or project that meets specified conditions. This bill would exclude from the definition of "covered action" specified leases approved by the Port of Stockton or the Port of West Sacramento and routine dredging activities, as defined, necessary for maintenance of facilities operated by the Port of Stockton or the Port of West Sacramento.

Existing law requires specified information to be provided to patients regarding their health care. Existing federal law requires a written report of the results of each mammography examination and requires a summary of that report to be sent to the patient within a specified time period. This bill, from April 1, 2013, until January 1, 2019, would require, under specified circumstances, a health facility at which a mammography examination is performed to include in the summary of the written report that is sent to the patient a prescribed notice on breast density.

This measure would memorialize the President and Congress of the United States to enact legislation that would add comprehensive, preventative dental care coverage to Medicare benefits.

This measure would recognize September 2012 as Recovery Month in California, in order to raise awareness of the importance of substance use disorders treatment and to help people living with substance use disorders and their families to receive treatment.

This measure would recognize the 45th anniversary of Kwanzaa and proclaim December 26 through January 1 each year as Kwanzaa Week.

This measure would recognize the 25th anniversary of the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial on November 23, 2013, and encourage all Californians to take part in ceremonies, organized by the California State Council of Vietnam Veterans of America along with assistance from the Department of Veterans Affairs and other veterans service organizations. This measure would call upon the state archives to display memorabilia in a special display on the Vietnam War, as provided, the California State Military Museum to prepare and display exhibits on the Vietnam War, as provided, and the Department of Veterans Affairs to add names to the memorial, as provided.

This measure encourages the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to consider and adopt the American Council on Education credit recommendations to give veterans due credit for their military experience.

(1) Existing law generally regulates persons engaged in certain businesses dealing with dead animals and pet food processing, including, among others, renderers, collection center operators, pet food processors, dead animal haulers, and transporters of inedible kitchen grease. These regulatory provisions are enforced by the Department of Food and Agriculture. A person who violates these provisions is generally subject to imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both that fine and imprisonment. A person who violates these provisions either after a prior conviction for violating these provisions or with the intent to defraud or mislead is subject to punishment in a county jail or the state prison, as specified, and a fine of not more than $10,000, or both that imprisonment and fine. Existing law also authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to levy a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation against a person who violates provisions governing renderers and transporters of inedible kitchen grease and any regulations adopted pursuant to those provisions. A person against whom a civil penalty is levied may appeal the penalty to the secretary within 10 days of receiving notification of the penalty. This bill would increase the maximum fines for the crimes described above to $5,000 and $15,000, respectively. The bill would increase the maximum civil penalty that may be imposed to $5,000, and would extend the period of time in which a person may appeal the civil penalty to 20 days. The bill would authorize the secretary to file with the superior court a certified copy of the final decision that directs payment of a civil penalty, as specified. (2) Existing law provides that any licensed renderer or collection center operator, or a registered transporter, who fails in any respect to keep the written records, as specified, or to set out in that written record any matter required to be set out in the record, as specified, is guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would prescribe, for a misdemeanor violation of those provisions, a fine of not less than $500, $1,000, or $2,000, for a first, 2nd, or 3rd or subsequent offense, respectively, or imprisonment in a county jail, as specified, or both that fine and imprisonment. For a 2nd or subsequent offense within a one-year period, or a 3rd or subsequent offense within a 2-year period, the bill would also authorize a court to order the defendant to stop engaging in the business for a period not to exceed 30 days, as specified. The bill would also make a related, conforming change. (3) Existing law requires every licensed renderer to record and retain for one year records containing specified information, including the name and address of every transporter of inedible kitchen grease who has delivered to the renderer and the total amount of inedible kitchen grease purchased in each transaction. A similar provision applies to every registered transporter. Existing law provides that every licensed renderer, collection center operator, or registered transporter who destroys any written record required pursuant to these provisions within one year after making the final entry of any information required by this article, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine, imprisonment in a county jail, or both the fine and imprisonment, as specified. This bill would require those persons to retain, and prohibit the destruction of, those records for 2 years, rather than one year. By expanding the scope of crimes, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (4) Existing law makes it unlawful for any person to engage in the transportation of inedible kitchen grease without being registered with the Department of Food and Agriculture, for any person who is not a registered transporter or licensed renderer of that product to transport that product from within the state to a place outside the state, for any person to steal, misappropriate, contaminate, or damage that product or containers of it, and for any person to take possession of the product from an unregistered transporter or to knowingly take possession of stolen inedible kitchen grease. Existing law provides that a person who violates these provisions is subject to imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both that imprisonment and fine. Existing law provides that if the conviction is a 2nd or subsequent conviction or committed with intent to defraud or mislead, the person is subject to imprisonment in a county jail or state prison, as specified, or a fine of not more than $10,000, or both that imprisonment and fine. This bill would increase those fines to $5,000 and $15,000, respectively. (5) 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.