California Daily Ledger-May 26, 2005

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AGRICULTURE | POLITICS & GOVERNMENT | EDUCATION | ENVIRONMENT | HEALTHCARE| LAWYERS & COURTS | TECHNOLOGY | TRANSPORTATION | EMPLOYMENT | TAX | RETIREMENT | OTHER | VETERANS |




NEW BILLS INTRODUCED AND AMENDED


AGRICULTURE


AGRICULTURE LANDS

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AB 365, Lori Salinas, D Amended on May 25, 2005

This bill would state that plants and floricultural crops that are
being produced by nurseries, whether in open fields or in
greenhouses, shall be considered "growing agricultural crops" for the
purposes of those laws and that those laws shall apply equally to
greenhouses and open field nursery operations.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0351-0400/ab_365_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html>


EDUCATION


PUPIL WELLNESS

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SB 567, Torlakson, Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would require local educational agencies that participate in specified federal school lunch programs to establish and implement a local school wellness policy.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0551-0600/sb_567_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html



STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

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SB 912, Ducheny, Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would require the State Department of Education to
prepare a report on methods that can be used to increase the
diversity of appointees to the State Board of Education and submit
the report to the Legislature and the Governor by July 1, 2008.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0901-0950/sb_912_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html



ENVIRONMENT


AIR RESOURCES

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SB 475, Runner, Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would require the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management

District, the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, and the

South Coast Air Quality Management District, to conduct a joint

study to identify means to generate or transfer additional emissions

reduction credits that could be used in the permitting of new and

modified sources in the Mojave Desert Air Basin.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0451-0500/sb_475_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html



WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2005

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HR 13, Ira Ruskin, D Introduced on May 25, 2005
Legislative counsel's digest House or senate resolutions do not contain a digest
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/hr_13_bill_20050525_introduced.html>



HEALTH CARE


MENTAL HEALTH

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SB 864, Poochigian, Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would, instead, authorize the commitment for a 4-year

term, and would make conforming changes. This bill would require that

courts give a preference in scheduling commitment trials under these

provisions over all other civil matters.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0851-0900/sb_864_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html



HEALTHY KIDS INSURANCE PROGRAM

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AB 772, Wilma Chan, D Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would create the California Healthy Kids Insurance
Program, which would consist of the portion of the Medi-Cal program
that provides health care coverage to children and the Healthy
Families Program.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0751-0800/ab_772_bill_20050502_amended_asm.html>



LAWYERS & COURTS


PRIVATE SECURITY OFFICERS

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SB 194, Maldonado, Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would enact the Proprietary Security Services Act.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0151-0200/sb_194_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html



PROTECTIVE ORDERS

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AB 104, Rebecca Cohn, D Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would provide that a protective order may be dismissed
by the issuing judge, upon a substantial change of circumstances
to the extent feasible given the need for efficient and appropriate
administration of court calendaring for both the parties and the court
upon written stipulation filed with the court or on the motion of a party
to terminate the order prior to its expiration date.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/ab_104_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html>



CHILD ABUSE

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AB 114, Rebecca Cohn, D Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would provide that when a defendant is accused of child
abuse in a criminal action, evidence of the defendant's prior acts of
child abuse or domestic violence may be admitted to prove
the defendant's conduct

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/ab_114_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html>



PROTECTIVE ORDERS

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AB 118, Rebecca Cohn, D Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would require that if a criminal protective order has been issued a
visitation order or a specified custody and visitation order shall make reference
to and acknowledge the precedence of enforcement of, the criminal protective
order.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/ab_118_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html>



POLITICS & GOVERNMENT


VOTER REGISTRATION

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SB 191, Cedillo, Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would strongly urge the Regents of the University of
California, and would require the Trustees of the California State
University and the governing board of each community college
district, to make links to state and county voter registration Web sites available on community college district Web sites or distribute voter registration forms to students at the beginning of each academic term.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0151-0200/sb_191_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html

JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY

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AB 981, Gloria Negrete McLeod, D Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would provide that a private, nonprofit corporation that conducts
fairs and other events and exhibitions on land leased from the County of Los
Angeles may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency
for mutually beneficial uses of the public land.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0951-1000/ab_981_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html>



LOCAL AGENCIES

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AB 1438, Simon Salinas, D Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would provide that members of a health authority who are outside the
jurisdiction may be counted toward the establishment of a quorum when participating
in the teleconference if at least 50% of the number of members that would establish a
quorum are present within the jurisdiction and the health authority provides a teleconference number that allows any person to call in to participate in the meeting and that number is
identified in the notice and agenda of the meeting.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1401-1450/ab_1438_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html>


TAX



TAX

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SB 536, Bowen, Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would provide that a seller or retailer may authorize a representative to file an application or register with the board.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_536_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html



TAX

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SB 747, Machado, Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would make the imposition of penalties for promoting

abusive tax shelters or aiding and abetting the understatement of tax

liabilities grounds for the revocation or suspension of the license,

permit, or certificate to practice of an attorney, accounting firm,

person associated with an accounting firm, tax preparer, or other

person.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0701-0750/sb_747_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html



TRANSPORTATION



TRANSPORTATION

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SB 959, Kehoe, Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would extend various types of benefits to the board that

are accorded under existing law to other public agencies.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0951-1000/sb_959_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html



AMTRAK

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AJR 18, Dave Jones, D Amended on May 25, 2005
This measure would memorialize the Congress of the United States
to provide adequate operating and capital funding for Amtrak at
specified levels, to preserve and improve the 4 national network
Amtrak trains currently serving California

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ajr_18_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html>


OTHER


PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES

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SB 112, Ortiz, Amended on May 25, 2005
The bill would instead require the department, after setting aside
the necessary state administrative funds, to allocate all federal
targeted assistance funds received by the department to the counties
designated by the federal government as eligible, in the same way
funds are allocated under a federal formula.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0101-0150/sb_112_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html



ADOPTION

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SB 302, Scott, Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would authorize, in a stepparent adoption, the consent
of either or both birth parents to be signed in the presence of a
notary public.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0301-0350/sb_302_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html



CREDIT INFORMATION

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SB 302, Ortiz, Amended on May 25, 2005
The bill would also prohibit an insurer from refusing to
issue those policies, and from nonrenewing or canceling those
policies, based upon credit grounds.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_603_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html



TITLE INSURANCE

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SB 728, Escutia, Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would prohibit a person from marketing, offering,

soliciting, negotiating, or selling title insurance in this state

unless the person holds a valid certificate of registration as a

title solicitor issued by the commissioner.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0701-0750/sb_728_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html



DRINKING WATER

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SB 1067, Kehoe, Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would require the office, by January 1, 2007, to adopt a

public health goal for total trihalomethanes and by January 1, 2008, for total haloacetic acids, and would require the department to adopt regulations to ensure that any public water system that has levels of total trihalomethanes or total haloacetic acids that pose a potential risk to public health notifies its customers of the public health risks.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1067_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html



HORSE RACING

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AB 834, Dave Jones, D Amended on May 25, 2005
This bill would permit harness racing results to be included in
proposition parimutuel pool wagers.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0801-0850/ab_834_bill_20050525_amended_sen.html>