Existing law establishes the State Court Facilities Construction Fund for the planning, design, construction, rehabilitation, renovation, replacement, leasing, or acquisition of court facilities, as specified. Existing law levies a state court construction penalty, as specified, upon every fine, penalty, and forfeiture imposed and collected for all criminal offenses, and for every parking offense for which a parking penalty, fine, or forfeiture is imposed. Existing law requires that moneys deposited in the county treasury pursuant to these provisions be transmitted to the Controller for deposit in the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, as specified. Existing law requires any amounts required to be transmitted by a county to the Controller pursuant to these provisions to be remitted no later than 45 days after the end of the month in which the penalties were collected. Any remittance made later than this time is considered delinquent and is subject to specified penalties. Existing law requires the Controller, upon receipt of any delinquent payment, to calculate a penalty on the delinquent payment by multiplying the amount of the delinquent payment at a daily rate equivalent to 112% per month for the number of days the payment is delinquent. Existing law requires the county to pay the penalty amount calculated pursuant to these provisions to the Controller, as specified, and requires the Controller to deposit these moneys in the State Court Facilities Construction Fund. This bill would additionally require the Controller to calculate the interest on the delinquent payment, as specified, and would revise the formula for calculating the penalty. The bill would also require a county, city and county, or court to pay the interest or penalty amounts calculated pursuant to these provisions, as specified, to the State Court Facilities Construction Fund. The bill would require that payment be made by the entity responsible for the error or other action that caused the failure to pay, as determined by the Controller in notice given to that party by the Controller.
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This measure would designate the week of May 2 to May 8, 2010, as Public Service Recognition Week, and encourage all Californians to recognize the crucial role of public employees in this state.
The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, allows various deductions in computing the income that is subject to the taxes imposed by that law, including a deduction for a charitable contribution made by a taxpayer during the taxable year. This bill would, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, and before January 1, 2016, allow a deduction for the value of medical services performed by a physician free of charge to a local community clinic or in the emergency department of a general acute care hospital, not to exceed specified amounts. The bill would permit that deduction to be allowed in computing adjusted gross income. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws. This bill would, until January 1, 2016, allow a credit, under both laws, to qualified producers in the amount of $0.018 per kilowatthour produced by dual renewable energy devices, as provided. This bill would, upon the appropriation of the Legislature, transfer amounts necessary to refund that credit from the General Fund to the Treasurer for the purpose of making those refunds. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
Existing law prescribes the course of study a pupil is required to complete while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to adopt rules specifying additional coursework requirements. Existing law requires each school district maintaining any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer to all otherwise qualified pupils in those grades a course of study that provides an opportunity for those pupils to attain entry-level employment skills in business or industry upon graduation from high school. This bill would prohibit a school district from adopting a graduation requirement that commences with the 2010–11 school year and requires the completion of additional coursework to meet or exceed the requirements and prerequisites for admission to a 4-year California public university unless the district also requires the completion of a sequence of at least 3 career and technical education courses. However, this provision would not apply to a school district that, by June 30, 2009, has adopted graduation requirements that require the completion of all minimum coursework necessary to meet the requirements and prerequisites for admission to a 4-year California public university. The bill also would make conforming and clarifying changes.
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.
The California Emergency Services Act establishes, within the office of the Governor, the California Emergency Management Agency and sets forth the duties of the agency and its secretary with respect to specified emergency preparedness, mitigation, and response activities within the state. This bill would authorize the agency to prepare, in voluntary cooperation with specific local governmental and nongovernmental entities, a specialized plan to mobilize senior citizens and disabled persons during an emergency or natural disaster.
Existing law establishes the California Small Business Board in the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency and specifies its duties, including, but not limited to, advising the Governor, the director, as specified, and the Small Business Advocate regarding issues and programs affecting California's small business community, and to hold public hearings in order to carry out the objectives of the agency. This bill would require the board, until January 1, 2013, as a priority area of focus and deliberation, to review the state's licensing and permitting regulations as they impact small businesses, with special attention to the regulatory impact on small business startups, and would require each state agency to cooperate with the board in that review. The bill would require the board to report a summary of its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the Small Business Advocate, and the Legislature on July 1, 2011, July 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012, as specified.
Existing law, the False Claims Act, provides that a person who commits any one of several enumerated acts relating to the submission to the state or a political subdivision of the state a false claim for money, property, or services, as specified, shall be liable to the state or political subdivision for certain damages and may be liable for a civil penalty. Existing law authorizes the Attorney General, a prosecuting authority of a political subdivision of the state, or a qui tam plaintiff to bring a civil action to enforce these provisions. Existing law authorizes a court to award a prevailing defendant its reasonable attorney's fees and expenses, as prescribed. This bill would require, in a civil action relative to certain claims arising from a public works contract, a court to award a prevailing defendant its reasonable attorney's fees and expenses against the state or a political subdivision that prosecuted the action. This bill would prohibit, except as specified, a court from awarding a prevailing defendant its reasonable attorney's fees and expenses against a qui tam plaintiff who proceeded with an action without the assistance of the Attorney General or local prosecuting authority.
This measure would declare April 2010 as Financial Aid and Literacy Month to raise public awareness about the need for increased financial literacy.