The State Board of Equalization administers various taxes, including specified local sales, use, and transactions and use taxes. This bill would require the board to study the impact of new video and voice alternatives on local tax and fee revenues and report to the Legislature, as provided.
(1) The existing California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (RPS program) requires that a retail seller of electricity, including electrical corporations, community choice aggregators, and electric service providers, but not including local publicly owned electric utilities, in order to fulfill unmet long-term resource needs, purchase a specified minimum percentage of electricity generated by eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, in any given year as a specified percentage of total kilowatthours sold to retail end-use customers each calendar year (renewables portfolio standard) . The renewables portfolio standard requires each retail seller to increase its total procurement of eligible renewable energy resources by at least an additional 1% of retail sales per year so that 20% of its retail sales are procured from eligible renewable energy resources no later than December 31, 2010. The RPS program requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to review and adopt a renewable energy procurement plan for each electrical corporation. The RPS program requires the PUC, by rulemaking, to adopt a process that provides criteria for the rank ordering and selection of least-cost and best-fit eligible renewable energy resources to comply with the renewables portfolio standard on a total cost basis. This bill would revise the renewables portfolio standard to require each retail seller, in order to fulfill the unmet long-term resource needs of the retail seller, to increase its total procurement of eligible renewable energy resources so that 20% of its retail sales are procured from eligible renewable energy resources no later than December 31, 2010, and 33% by December 31, 2020. The bill would require that the procurement plan adopted for an electrical corporation include a renewables portfolio standard requiring the electrical corporation to procure a minimum quantity of electricity generated by eligible renewable energy resources so that 20% of its retail sales are procured from eligible renewable energy resources by December 31, 2010, and 33% by December 31, 2020, and would delete the requirement that the plan require the electrical corporation to increase its total procurement of eligible renewable energy resources by at least an additional 1% of retail sales per year until it reaches the renewables portfolio standard. Under existing law, 51.5% of the renewable energy public goods charge is retained by the state's 3 largest electrical corporations for use in paying the above-market costs of electricity from eligible renewable energy resources procured pursuant to the RPS program. Existing law authorizes the collection of the renewable energy public goods charge until January 1, 2012. Existing law requires the PUC, as part of the renewables portfolio standard procurement solicitation process, to establish a methodology to determine the market price of electricity for terms corresponding to the length of contracts with eligible renewable energy resources, in consideration of certain matters. Existing law requires the PUC to establish a limitation on the total costs expended by electrical corporations above the market price determined by the PUC pursuant to this methodology. The cost limitation is required to be equal to the amount of renewable energy public goods charge moneys retained by the state's 3 largest electrical corporations. This bill would require that, beginning January 1, 2012, the cost limitation established by the PUC for electrical corporations be 3% of the annual revenue requirement for the previous calendar year, including all direct and indirect costs associated with achieving a 33% renewables portfolio standard, except for costs of new or expanded electrical transmission facilities or upgrades, which would be excluded from the 3% cost limitation. The RPS program requires the PUC, by rulemaking to adopt flexible rules for compliance that apply to all years, including years before and after the retail supplier procures at least 20% of total retail sales of electricity from eligible renewable energy resources. This bill would require the commission, by rulemaking, to adopt flexible rules for compliance that apply to all years before and after a retail seller procures at least 20% by December 31, 2010, and 33% by December 31, 2020, of total retail sales of electricity from eligible renewable energy resources. The bill would require that if, despite good faith efforts to procure eligible renewable energy resources, the procurement options available to retail sellers are insufficient to meet targets due to insufficient supply or uncompetitive prices, a retail seller will not be deemed out of compliance by the PUC. The bill would require that the RPS program allow electricity from eligible renewable energy resources and unbundled renewable energy credits, as defined, from eligible renewable energy resources located in states within the WECC, as defined, to count towards the renewables portfolio standard targets, provided that eligible renewable energy resources providing benefits within the state, in accordance with certain purposes, be preferred. The bill would authorize a retail seller to meet no more than 25% of its total renewables portfolio standard procurement requirements, at any given time, with unbundled renewable energy credits from eligible renewable energy resources located outside the state, but within the region of the WECC. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because certain of the provisions of this bill would be a part of the act and because a violation of an order or decision of the commission implementing its requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime. (2) Under existing law, the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility is responsible for implementing and enforcing a renewables portfolio standard for the utility that recognizes the intent of the Legislature to encourage renewable resources, while taking into consideration the effect of the standard on rates, reliability, and financial resources and the goal of environmental improvement. Existing law requires the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility to report certain information relative to renewable energy resources to its customers. This bill would require the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility, in order to meet long-term unmet resource needs, to adopt and implement a renewables portfolio standard that requires the utility to increase its procurement of eligible renewable energy resources so that 33% of its retail sales are procured from eligible renewable energy resources no later than December 31, 2020. The bill would require the governing board to formally adopt a renewables portfolio standard program meeting these procurement requirements at a duly noticed public hearing on or before January 31, 2011. The bill would require that the renewables portfolio standard program of a local publicly owned electric utility utilize the accounting system adopted by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) for retail sellers. The bill would authorize the renewables portfolio standard program of a local publicly owned electric utility to use renewable energy credits to the same extent authorized by the commission for retail sellers. The bill would require a local publicly owned electric utility to annually report to its customers and the Energy Commission the utility's progress toward meeting the 33% renewables portfolio standard procurement requirement, including information about the location and sources of electricity and use of renewable energy credits. By placing additional requirements upon local publicly owned electric utilities, which are entities of local government, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) The existing RPS program requires the Energy Commission to (a) certify eligible renewable energy resources, (b) design and implement an accounting system to verify compliance with the renewables portfolio standard by retail sellers, (c) establish a system for tracking and verifying renewable energy credits (RECs) that verifies the generation and delivery of electricity associated with RECs, and (d) certify, for purposes of compliance with the renewables portfolio standard by a retail seller, the eligibility of RECs associated with deliveries of electricity to a local publicly owned electric utility. Existing law requires that for an REC to be certified that is associated with deliveries of electricity to a local publicly owned electric utility, the local publicly owned electric utility must be in compliance with an RPS program adopted for the utility by its governing board, and that the RPS program adopted by the utility establishes an annual renewables portfolio standard target comparable to those applicable to an electrical corporation, is procuring sufficient eligible renewable energy resources to satisfy the targets, and will not fail to satisfy the targets in the event that the REC is sold to another retail seller. This bill would require that for an REC to be certified that is associated with deliveries of electricity to a local publicly owned electric utility, the local publicly owned electric utility must be in compliance with an RPS program adopted for the utility by its governing board, and that the RPS program adopted by the utility establishes a renewables portfolio standard target equivalent to those applicable to an electrical corporation, is procuring sufficient eligible renewable energy resources to meet the targets, and will not fail to meet the targets in the event that the REC is sold to a retail seller. (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.
Existing law establishes within the State Nursing Assumption Program of Loans for Education (SNAPLE) , a program under which any person who is enrolled in an eligible institution, and who agrees to work full time as a registered nurse in a state-operated 24-hour facility, including a prison, psychiatric hospital, or veterans home, that employs registered nurses, is eligible to receive a conditional loan assumption agreement, to be redeemed upon becoming employed as a clinical registered nurse in an eligible facility. This bill would establish a program within the SNAPLE, under which a student who is enrolled in an eligible program, and who agrees to be employed as a school nurse in an eligible school or school district, would be eligible to receive a conditional loan assumption agreement, to be redeemed upon becoming employed as a school nurse in an eligible public elementary or secondary school. The bill would provide for a progressive assumption of the amount of a qualifying loan over 4 consecutive years of qualifying employment as a school nurse, up to a total loan assumption of $11,000. The program would be repealed on January 1, 2016.
Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of all state highways and requires the department to prepare a State Highway Operation and Protection Program for the expenditure of transportation funds for major capital improvements necessary to preserve and protect the state highway system. This bill would enact the State Highway Operation and Protection Program Emergency Funding Act and state the intent of the Legislature to provide adequate funding to meet the needs of the State Highway Operation and Protection Program in the 2009–10 fiscal year.
(1) Existing law establishes a motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program (smog check) , administered by the Department of Consumer Affairs and the State Air Resources Board, that provides for the inspection of all motor vehicles, except those specifically exempted from the program, upon registration, biennially upon renewal of registration, upon transfer of ownership, and in certain other circumstances. This bill would also exempt a motor vehicle that has historic vehicle license plates if the registered owner signs a statement under penalty of perjury that the motor vehicle will be used for specified purposes and if the registered owner owns 2 or more currently registered motor vehicles that are not registered as historic motor vehicles. (2) To the extent that the bill would require a statement signed under penalty of perjury, the bill would create a new crime and, thus, impose a state-mandated local program. (3) 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.
Existing law sets forth in the Health and Safety Code various provisions relating to health and safety. Existing law also defines several terms for purposes of the code. This bill would, except as specified, define the terms "code enforcement" and "code enforcement officer" as used in the Health and Safety Code.
Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies to provide coverage for all generally medically accepted cancer screening tests and requires those plans and policies to also provide coverage for the treatment of breast cancer. Existing law imposes various requirements on contracts and policies that cover prescription drug benefits. This bill would require health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies that provide coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment to provide coverage for a prescribed, orally administered cancer medication, as specified, on a basis no less favorable than intravenously administered or injected cancer medications covered under the contracts or policies. The bill would require a health care service plan or health insurer to review the percentage cost share, as defined, for oral cancer medications and intravenous or injected cancer medications and to apply the lower of the 2 as the cost-sharing provision for oral cancer medications. The bill would specify that its requirements do not apply to a health care benefit plan, contract, or health insurance policy with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System. Because a willful violation of the bill's requirements relative to health care service plans would be a crime, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services to dispose of surplus state property, subject to specified conditions, including authorization by the Legislature. This bill would, until January 1, 2012, authorize the director, with the approval of the Adjutant General, to complete a lease to the City of Compton at fair market value, of specified state-owned property known as the Compton Armory. The bill would specify a 5-year term for the lease and would authorize renewal of the lease or other lease agreements of the Compton Armory for a total term not to exceed 25 additional years. The bill would, notwithstanding the requirement for payment of lease proceeds into the Deficit Recovery Bond Retirement Sinking Fund Subaccount, require the proceeds of the lease to be deposited into the Armory Fund pursuant to a specified provision of law. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law generally restricts certain alcoholic beverage licensees, including manufacturers and winegrowers, from paying, crediting, or compensating a retailer for advertising in connection with the advertising and sale of alcoholic beverages. This bill would expressly authorize a beer manufacturer, holder of a winegrower's license, California winegrower's agent, distilled spirits manufacturer, holder of a distilled spirits rectifiers general license, or a distilled spirits manufacturer's agent to purchase advertising space or time from specified fully enclosed venues located in Los Angeles County, as described, under specified conditions. This bill would require a venue owner that enters into a written agreement pursuant to this authorization to obtain an annual certificate from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. This bill would additionally require the department to, in its annual report to the Legislature, include specified information with regard to this authorization. This bill would also make a beer manufacturer, holder of a winegrower's license, winegrower's agent, distilled spirits manufacturer, holder of a distilled spirits rectifiers general license, or a distilled spirits manufacturer's agent who, through coercion or other means, induces the holder of a wholesaler's license to fulfill those contractual obligations guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would additionally make an on-sale retail licensee, as described, who solicits or coerces a holder of a wholesaler's license to solicit a beer manufacturer, holder of a winegrower's license, winegrower's agent, distilled spirits manufacturer, holder of a distilled spirits rectifiers general license, or a distilled spirits manufacturer's agent to purchase advertising time or space guilty of a misdemeanor. The bill thus imposes a state-mandated local program by creating new crimes. This bill would make findings regarding the need for special legislation. 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. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
(1) The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment, as defined, or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect, unless the project is exempt from the act. CEQA provides for various exemptions from its requirements. Existing law requires cities and counties to prepare, adopt, and amend general plans containing specified elements. This bill would exempt from CEQA any activity or approval, necessary or incidental to, the development, planning, design, site acquisition, subdivision, financing, leasing, construction, operation, or maintenance of a stadium complex and associated development included in the same project or approval together with any accessory roadway, utility, or other infrastructure improvement to that stadium complex and associated development, for which an application for the project or approval was submitted on or before January 31, 2009, to the City of Industry, if specified requirements are met. The bill would require the city to require the stadium complex and associated development to comply with those mitigation measures that are contained in a mitigation monitoring and reporting program that is adopted by the City of Industry in connection with the stadium complex and associated development. Because a lead agency would be required to determine the applicability of the exemption, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill also would exempt from any legal requirement concerning the content of a general plan or consistency with a general plan, and prohibit those requirements from resulting in the invalidation of, the city's approval of, and decisions regarding, specified actions taken with respect to the stadium complex and associated development included in the same project or approval and any accessory improvements to that stadium complex and associated development. The bill additionally would provide that a consistency determination is not required by the city for any decision with respect to those actions. (2) The bill would have retroactive application. (3) 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. (4) The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution.
