Existing law establishes a low-income housing tax credit program, administered by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, which provides procedures and requirements for the allocation of state insurance, income, and corporation tax credits among low-income housing projects based on federal law. This bill would authorize the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, in any year beginning before January 1, 2016, in which it has a surplus of state insurance, income, and corporation tax credits to be allocated pursuant to the above provisions, with the approval of the applicant, to allocate those credits in excess of 30% of the eligible basis of a new building or rehabilitation expenditure and reduce the amount of federal credits accordingly to ensure that the combined amount of state and federal credits do not exceed the total credits allowable, provided the state credits shall not exceed 80% of the eligible basis, as prescribed. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
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This measure would designate that January 18, 2010, be observed as the official memorial of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth, commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement in changing public policy in California and in the United States of America.
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor or a felony for a person to willfully manufacture, intentionally sell, or knowingly possess for sale any counterfeit registered trademark, as specified. Existing law also requires the court, in any action under those provisions resulting in a conviction or a plea of nolo contendere, to order the forfeiture and destruction of all of those marks and matter bearing the marks, and order the disposition of all devices for manufacturing, reproducing, transporting, or assembling those marks, used in connection thereof. Existing law authorizes the court, upon law enforcement request and consent from the specific registrants, to consider a motion to have the goods, not including recordings or audiovisual works, as defined, donated to a nonprofit organization for the purpose of distributing the goods to persons living in poverty at no charge to the persons served by the organization. This bill would provide that no person shall be liable for costs, damages, or other claims or expenses as a result of actions taken or omitted in good faith in the course of donating goods to a nonprofit organization pursuant to these provisions, and that no person shall be criminally prosecuted or be subjected to any criminal penalty as a result of any action taken or omitted in good faith in the course of donating those goods.
Existing law provides for the imposition of the death penalty as punishment for first-degree murder with special circumstances, train wrecking causing death, treason against the state, perjury resulting in the execution of an innocent person, and fatal assault by a convict serving a life sentence. This bill would prohibit a person from being executed pursuant to a judgment that was either sought or obtained on the basis of race if the court makes a finding that race was a significant factor in seeking or imposing the death penalty. The bill would provide that a finding that race was a significant factor would include statistical evidence or other evidence that death sentences were sought or imposed significantly more frequently upon persons of one race than upon persons of another race or that race was a significant factor in decisions to exercise preemptory challenges during jury selection. This bill would state that it applies retroactively. Because this bill would place additional duties on prosecutors, it 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
(1) Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon proper application, to issue driver's licenses and identification cards. This bill would require the department, in the issuance of driver's licenses and identification cards, to issue licenses and cards that are in compliance with specified requirements of the federal Real ID Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-13) . The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2011, to issue a driver's license that permits driving and is acceptable by a federal agency for any official purpose, as certified by the federal Secretary of Homeland Security, to an applicant who is in compliance with specified requirements of specified provisions of that federal act. The bill also would require the department, on or before January 1, 2011, in compliance with the federal act, to issue a driver's license that permits driving, and is not acceptable by a federal agency for federal identification or for any other official purpose, to an applicant who does not provide valid documentary evidence of lawful status under the federal act. (2) Existing law requires the department to require every applicant for an original driver's license or identification card to submit satisfactory proof that the applicant's presence in the United States is authorized under federal law and prohibits the department from issuing a driver's license or identification card to a person who does not do so. Existing law requires the department to adopt regulations, including procedures for verifying citizenship or legal residency of applicants for driver's licenses and identification cards, and to make a specified annual report. This bill would repeal those requirements on the date that the Secretary of State receives a notice from the Director of Motor Vehicles that the department has commenced the issuance of driver's licenses in compliance with the implementation of the federal Real ID Act of 2005. (3) Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly assist in obtaining a driver's license or identification card for a person whose presence in the United States is not authorized under federal law. This bill would repeal that provision, and, instead, would make it a misdemeanor to knowingly assist in obtaining documents for another person in violation of the federal Real ID Act of 2005. These changes would become operative on the date of receipt by the Secretary of State of the notice described above. Because this bill would create a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (4) 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. (5) The bill would provide that its provisions are severable.
This act would urge all state and local government agencies, departments, offices, and other entities responsible for the allocation and disbursement of federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for public contracts and infrastructure projects in the state, to the extent permitted under state and federal law, to ensure that Latino-owned and minority-owned small businesses receive an equal share of the available federal stimulus funds.
This measure would condemn specified policies and practices of federal agencies regarding the enforcement of immigration laws, and would urge Congress and the President of the United States to declare an immediate moratorium on those policies and practices until a comprehensive reform of immigration laws is enacted and implemented.
Existing property tax law defines property to include all matters and things, real, personal, and mixed, that are capable of private ownership. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature to provide all cities, counties, and districts with the authority to impose special taxes, pursuant to the California Constitution. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this provision.
Existing law authorizes a video provider, as defined, to charge a collection fee of not more than $10, in addition to an authorized delinquency fee, in a cable television customer service transaction if the service provider sends an employee or contractor to the customer's residence in order to collect payment or disconnect service, as specified. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.