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The dataset generation failed because of a cast error
Error code: DatasetGenerationCastError
Exception: DatasetGenerationCastError
Message: An error occurred while generating the dataset
All the data files must have the same columns, but at some point there are 4 new columns ({'cHouse', 'hearingDate', 'cType', 'hid'}) and 17 missing columns ({'billStatus', 'bid', 'state', 'title', 'billState', 'finalVersionText', 'subject', 'leadAuthorFirst', 'house', 'origin', 'fileDate', 'leadAuthorLast', 'SponsorType', 'pid', 'leadAuthorParty', 'digest', 'nAuthors'}).
This happened while the csv dataset builder was generating data using
zip://DH2024_Corpus_Release/CA/2015-2016/CSV/committeeHearings.csv::/tmp/hf-datasets-cache/medium/datasets/69234392944181-config-parquet-and-info-iatpp-digitaldemocracy-20-7ceacb0d/downloads/faa04266165422adad1a0981f9af4a5576f0577871175137f03398f76ecfaffb
Please either edit the data files to have matching columns, or separate them into different configurations (see docs at https://hf.co/docs/hub/datasets-manual-configuration#multiple-configurations)
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2011, in _prepare_split_single
writer.write_table(table)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/arrow_writer.py", line 585, in write_table
pa_table = table_cast(pa_table, self._schema)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2302, in table_cast
return cast_table_to_schema(table, schema)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2256, in cast_table_to_schema
raise CastError(
datasets.table.CastError: Couldn't cast
hid: int64
hearingDate: string
cid: int64
cHouse: string
cName: string
cType: string
-- schema metadata --
pandas: '{"index_columns": [{"kind": "range", "name": null, "start": 0, "' + 922
to
{'bid': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'cid': Value(dtype='int64', id=None), 'house': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'cName': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'billState': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'billStatus': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'state': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'origin': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'subject': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'title': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'digest': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'finalVersionText': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'fileDate': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'pid': Value(dtype='int64', id=None), 'nAuthors': Value(dtype='int64', id=None), 'leadAuthorParty': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'SponsorType': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'leadAuthorLast': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'leadAuthorFirst': Value(dtype='string', id=None)}
because column names don't match
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1577, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1191, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1027, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1122, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1882, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2013, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationCastError.from_cast_error(
datasets.exceptions.DatasetGenerationCastError: An error occurred while generating the dataset
All the data files must have the same columns, but at some point there are 4 new columns ({'cHouse', 'hearingDate', 'cType', 'hid'}) and 17 missing columns ({'billStatus', 'bid', 'state', 'title', 'billState', 'finalVersionText', 'subject', 'leadAuthorFirst', 'house', 'origin', 'fileDate', 'leadAuthorLast', 'SponsorType', 'pid', 'leadAuthorParty', 'digest', 'nAuthors'}).
This happened while the csv dataset builder was generating data using
zip://DH2024_Corpus_Release/CA/2015-2016/CSV/committeeHearings.csv::/tmp/hf-datasets-cache/medium/datasets/69234392944181-config-parquet-and-info-iatpp-digitaldemocracy-20-7ceacb0d/downloads/faa04266165422adad1a0981f9af4a5576f0577871175137f03398f76ecfaffb
Please either edit the data files to have matching columns, or separate them into different configurations (see docs at https://hf.co/docs/hub/datasets-manual-configuration#multiple-configurations)Need help to make the dataset viewer work? Make sure to review how to configure the dataset viewer, and open a discussion for direct support.
bid
string | cid
int64 | house
null | cName
null | billState
string | billStatus
string | state
string | origin
string | subject
string | title
string | digest
string | finalVersionText
string | fileDate
string | pid
int64 | nAuthors
int64 | leadAuthorParty
string | SponsorType
string | leadAuthorLast
string | leadAuthorFirst
string |
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CA_201520160AB1 | -1 | null | null | CA | Chaptered | CA | Assembly | Drought: local governments: fines. | An act to add Section 8627.7 to the Government Code, relating to water. | <p>The California Constitution requires that the water resources of the state be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent of which they are capable and that the waste or unreasonable use or unreasonable method of use of water be prevented. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, sets forth the emergency powers of the Governor under its provisions and empowers the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency for certain conditions, including drought.</p><p>This bill would prohibit a city, county, or city and county from imposing a fine under any ordinance for a failure to water a lawn or having a brown lawn during a period for which the Governor has issued a proclamation of a state of emergency based on drought
conditions.</p> | <caml:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</caml:Preamble><caml:BillSection id="id_3BC0D3AA-9803-4E0E-AC07-BC4F1AC4F424"><caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:Content><p>The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:</p><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>That this act is in furtherance of the policy contained in Section 2 of Article X of the California
Constitution.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>The prohibition on imposing fines for failing to water a lawn or for having a brown lawn during a period for which the Governor has issued a proclamation of a state of emergency based on drought conditions is a matter of statewide concern and not a municipal affair, as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, Section 2 of this act shall apply to charter cities.</p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_3FD6532F-1A4D-4D62-8C72-28E55C48D68F"><caml:Num>SEC. 2.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_ADDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:GOV:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2F%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'8627.7'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 8627.7 is added to the <caml:DocName>Government Code</caml:DocName>, to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_C392B5F8-A5A0-4A3C-825B-80E0B0563A43"><caml:Num>8627.7.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_3E2919AA-1368-4800-9CD1-323D590A198B"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>During a period for which the Governor has issued a proclamation of a state of emergency under this chapter based on drought conditions, a city, county, or city and county shall not impose a fine under any ordinance for a failure to water a lawn or for having a brown lawn.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>A violation of this section is not subject to the criminal penalties set forth in Section 8665.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection> | 2015-07-13 | 13 | 1 | Democrat | Individual | Brown | Cheryl |
CA_201520160AB10 | -1 | null | null | CA | Died | CA | Assembly | Political Reform Act of 1974: economic interest disclosures. | An act to amend Sections 82033, 82034, 87103, 87206, and 87207 of, and to add Sections 87206.5 and 87211 to, the Government Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of 1974. | <p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits a public official at any level of state or local government from making, participating in making, or in any way attempting to use his or her official position to influence a governmental decision in which the public official knows or has reason to know that he or she has a financial interest. A public official has a financial interest in a governmental decision if it is reasonably foreseeable that the decision will have a material financial effect, distinguishable from its effect on the public generally, on a business entity in which the public official has a direct or indirect investment worth $2,000 or more, real property in which the public official has a direct or indirect interest worth $2,000 or more, and sources of income aggregating $500 or more in value within 12 months before the time
when the decision is made.</p><p>The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires persons holding specified public offices to file disclosures of investments, real property interests, and income within specified periods of assuming or leaving office, and annually while holding the office. The act requires the disclosures to include a statement indicating, within a specified value range, the fair market value of investments or interests in real property and the aggregate value of income received from a source.</p><p>This bill would increase the thresholds at which a public official has a disqualifying financial interest in sources of income from $500 to $1,000, in investments in business entities from $2,000 to $5,000, and in interests in real property from $2,000 to $10,000. </p><p>This bill would make conforming adjustments to the thresholds at which income, investments, and interests in real property
must be disclosed on a public officials statement of economic interests. The bill would also revise the dollar amounts associated with the value ranges for reporting the value of economic interests.</p><p>This bill would require certain public officials to disclose information on the officials statement of economic interests relating to governmental decisions for which the public official had a disqualifying financial interest, as specified.</p><p>Existing law makes a knowing or willful violation of the act a misdemeanor and subjects offenders to criminal penalties.</p><p>By creating additional crimes, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 87207 of the Government Code,
proposed by SB 21, that would become operative only if SB 21 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2016, and this bill is chaptered last.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/> 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.</p><p>This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.</p><p>(4)<span class="EnSpace"/> The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the acts purposes upon a <caml:Fraction><caml:Numerator>2</caml:Numerator><caml:Denominator>3</caml:Denominator></caml:Fraction> vote of each house and compliance with
specified procedural requirements.</p><p>This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.</p> | <caml:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</caml:Preamble><caml:BillSection id="id_D7531B3F-5C76-40EF-AC02-781A21DD20B9"><caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:GOV:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'TITLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'9.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'82033.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 82033 of the <caml:DocName>Government Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_56F0EE3C-A46D-4C0A-A484-82E2BF49E9AF"><caml:Num>82033.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_41462381-905C-4A2C-97CE-3A06272150B8"><caml:Content><p>Interest in real property includes any leasehold, beneficial or ownership interest, or an option to acquire such an interest in real property located in the jurisdiction owned directly, indirectly, or beneficially by the public official, or other filer, or his or her immediate family if the fair market value of the interest is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more. Interests in real property of an individual includes a pro rata share of interests in real property of any business entity or trust in which the individual or immediate family owns, directly, indirectly, or beneficially, a 10-percent interest or
greater.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_E32E85A4-E50E-4D50-86A4-8007660C58D7"><caml:Num>SEC. 2.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:GOV:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'TITLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'9.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'82034.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 82034 of the <caml:DocName>Government Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_B03C7CC3-1B0C-49E3-BCCB-B98960859737"><caml:Num>82034.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_7F45FA65-064A-4F29-9348-F6AA5AEAB3DE"><caml:Content><p>Investment means any financial interest in, or security issued by, a business entity, including, but not limited to, common stock, preferred stock, rights, warrants, options, debt instruments, and any partnership or other ownership interest owned directly, indirectly, or beneficially by the public official, or other filer, or his or her immediate family, if the business entity or any
parent, subsidiary, or otherwise related business entity has an interest in real property in the jurisdiction, does business or plans to do business in the jurisdiction, or has done business within the jurisdiction at any time during the two years before the time any statement or other action is required under this title. An asset shall not be deemed an investment unless its fair market value equals or exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000). The term investment does not include a time or demand deposit in a financial institution, shares in a credit union, an insurance policy, interest in a diversified mutual fund registered with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. Sec. 80a1 et seq.) or in a common trust fund created pursuant to Section 1585 of the Financial Code, interest in a government defined-benefit pension plan, or a bond or other debt instrument issued by a government or government agency. Investments of an individual includes a pro rata share of investments of any business entity, mutual fund, or trust in which the individual or immediate family owns, directly, indirectly, or beneficially, a 10-percent interest or greater. The term parent,
subsidiary, or otherwise related business entity shall be specifically defined by regulations of the commission.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_D522664D-820C-48C7-886D-D4B520070C60"><caml:Num>SEC. 3.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:GOV:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'TITLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'9.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'7.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'ARTICLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'1.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'87103.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 87103 of the <caml:DocName>Government Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_3FDC406C-4E75-40E7-94C5-7C1E2ADD6155"><caml:Num>87103.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_A9E4EECC-5C64-4D80-8087-5EE5939E18A6"><caml:Content><p>A public official has a financial interest in a decision within the meaning of Section 87100 if it is reasonably foreseeable that the decision will have a material financial effect, distinguishable from its effect on the public generally, on the official, a member of his or her immediate family, or on any of the following:</p><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>Any business entity in which the public official has a direct or indirect investment worth five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>Any real property in which the public official has a direct or indirect interest worth ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>Any source of income, except gifts or loans by a commercial lending institution made in the regular course of business on terms available to the public without regard to official status, aggregating
one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in value provided to, promised to, or received by the public official within 12 months before the time when the decision is made.</p><p>(d)<span class="EnSpace"/>Any business entity in which the public official is a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or holds a position of management.</p><p>(e)<span class="EnSpace"/>Any donor of, or any intermediary or agent for a donor of, a gift or gifts aggregating two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more in value provided to, received by, or promised to the public official within 12 months before the time when the decision is made. The amount of the
value of gifts specified by this subdivision shall be adjusted biennially by the commission to equal the same amount determined by the commission pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 89503.</p><p>For purposes of this section, indirect investment or interest means any investment or interest owned by the spouse or dependent child of a public official, by an agent on behalf of a public official, or by a business entity or trust in which the official, the officials agents, spouse, and dependent children own directly, indirectly, or beneficially a 10-percent interest or greater.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_9ECACEF2-568C-4A31-8969-39B4923B8D9E"><caml:Num>SEC. 4.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:GOV:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'TITLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'9.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'7.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'ARTICLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'87206.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 87206 of the <caml:DocName>Government Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_A6E82F0B-F525-4228-8EED-C64146B11767"><caml:Num>87206.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_4BD3727C-A11A-4413-BF1F-7F53BAB153FC"><caml:Content><p>If an investment is required to be disclosed under this article, the statement shall contain all of the following:</p><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>A statement of the nature of the investment.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>The name of the business entity in which each investment is held, and a general description of the business activity in which the business entity is engaged. If a filer is required to report on his or her statement of economic interests a business entity investment in which the filer is a director, officer, partner, or trustee, except as provided in paragraph (2), the filer shall provide a thorough and detailed description
of the business entitys activities and disclose the names of all business partners who share a financial interest in the business entity, based on criteria established by the commission.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>A filer is not required to provide a thorough and detailed description of the business entitys activities and is not required to disclose the names of all business partners who share a financial interest in the business entity if the business entity is publicly traded.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>A statement indicating which of the following represents the fair market value of the investment:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>At least five thousand dollars ($5,000) but not greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) but not greater than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) but not greater than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).</p><p>(4)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) but not greater than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).</p><p>(5)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) but not greater than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).</p><p>(6)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) but not greater than one million dollars ($1,000,000).</p><p>(7)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than one million dollars ($1,000,000) but not greater than two million dollars ($2,000,000).</p><p>(8)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than two million dollars ($2,000,000).</p><p>(d)<span class="EnSpace"/>In the case of a statement filed under Section 87203 or 87204, if the investment was partially or wholly acquired or disposed of during the period covered by the statement, the date of acquisition or disposal.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_6421141B-F309-476B-88E6-37B347F1FDF7"><caml:Num>SEC. 5.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_ADDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:GOV:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2F%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'87206.5'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 87206.5 is added to the <caml:DocName>Government Code</caml:DocName>, to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_A94A995B-473A-4137-9DD4-90738D35EFDF"><caml:Num>87206.5.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_B995958E-150C-4CFB-9BC4-FE8AB1001BC1"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>If an interest in real property is required to be disclosed under this article, the statement shall contain all of the following:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>A statement of the nature of the interest.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>The address or other precise location of the real property.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>A statement indicating which of the following represents the fair market value of the interest in real property:</p><p>(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>At least ten thousand dollars ($10,000) but not greater than
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).</p><p>(B)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) but not greater than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).</p><p>(C)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) but
not greater than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).</p><p>(D)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) but not greater than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000).</p><p>(E)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) but not greater than one million
dollars ($1,000,000).</p><p>(F)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than one million dollars ($1,000,000) but not greater than two million dollars ($2,000,000).</p><p>(G)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than two million dollars ($2,000,000).</p><p>(4)<span class="EnSpace"/>In the case of a statement filed under
Section 87203 or 87204, if the interest in real property was partially or wholly acquired or disposed of during the period covered by the statement, the date of acquisition or disposal.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>For purposes of disclosure under this article, interest in real property does not include the principal residence of the filer or any other property that the filer uses exclusively as the personal residence of the filer.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_2EFCB5D7-9012-40D7-9DF4-3F0563B233D1"><caml:Num>SEC. 6.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:GOV:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'TITLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'9.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'7.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'ARTICLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'87207.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 87207 of the <caml:DocName>Government Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_AD17D7E0-4558-4EDB-A3A9-A253B2308817"><caml:Num>87207.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_A6386895-0F08-4CA0-A4AB-71A14E461E7D"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>Except as provided in subdivision (b), if income is required to be reported under this article, the statement shall contain all of the following:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>The name and address of each source of income aggregating
one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in value, or fifty dollars ($50) or more in value if the income was a gift, and a general description of the business activity, if any, of each source.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>A statement indicating which of the following represents the aggregate value of income from each source, or in the case of a loan, the highest amount owed to each source:</p><p>(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>At least one thousand dollars ($1,000) but not greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).</p><p>(B)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) but not greater than fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000).</p><p>(C)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) but not greater than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).</p><p>(D)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) but not greater than two hundred fifty thousand dollars
($250,000).</p><p>(E)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) but not greater than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).</p><p>(F)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>A description of the
consideration, if any, for which the income was received.</p><p>(4)<span class="EnSpace"/>In the case of a gift, the amount and the date on which the gift was received.</p><p>(5)<span class="EnSpace"/>In the case of a loan, the annual interest rate, the security, if any, given for the loan, and the term of the loan.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>When the filers pro rata share of income to a business entity, including income to a sole proprietorship, is required to be reported
under this article, the statement shall contain the following:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>The name, address, and, except as provided in subparagraph (B), a thorough and detailed description of the business activity of the business entity based on criteria established by the commission.</p><p>(B)<span class="EnSpace"/>A filer is not required to provide a thorough and detailed description of the business activity of the business entity if the business entity is publicly traded.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>The name of every person from whom the business entity received payments if the filers pro rata share of gross receipts from that person was equal to or greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) during a calendar year.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>When a payment, including an advance or reimbursement, for travel is required to be reported pursuant to this section, it may be reported on a separate travel reimbursement schedule, which shall be included in the filers statement of economic interests. A filer who chooses not to use the travel schedule shall disclose payments for travel as a gift, unless it is clear from all surrounding circumstances that the services provided were equal to or greater in value than the payments for the travel, in which case the travel may be reported as income.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_172965D4-341D-4111-8216-FC316367EC91"><caml:Num>SEC. 6.5.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:GOV:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'TITLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'9.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'7.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'ARTICLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'87207.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 87207 of the <caml:DocName>Government Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_E4B4CA9C-0F36-4D59-B792-F061F4DEE331"><caml:Num>87207.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_5D3F67EE-65CB-470C-9DCB-687D0853E443"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>Except as provided in subdivision (b), if income is required to be reported under this article, the statement shall contain all of the following:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>The name and address of each
source of income aggregating
one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in value, or fifty dollars ($50) or more in value if the income was a gift, and a general description of the business activity, if any, of each source.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>A statement indicating which of the following represents the aggregate value of income from each source, or in the case of a loan, the highest amount owed to each
source:</p><p>(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>At least one thousand dollars ($1,000) but not greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).</p><p>(B)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) but not greater than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).</p><p>(C)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) but not greater than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).</p><p>(D)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) but not greater than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).</p><p>(E)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) but not greater than five hundred thousand dollars
($500,000).</p><p>(F)<span class="EnSpace"/>Greater than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>A description of the consideration, if any, for which the income was received.</p><p>(4)<span class="EnSpace"/>In the case of a gift, the amount and the date on which the gift was received, and the travel destination for purposes of a gift that is a travel payment, advance, or reimbursement.</p><p>(5)<span class="EnSpace"/>In the case of a loan, the annual interest rate, the security, if any, given for the loan, and the term of the loan.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>If
the filers pro rata share of income to a business entity, including income to a sole proprietorship, is required to be reported under this article, the statement shall
contain the following:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>The name, address, and, except as provided in subparagraph (B), a thorough and detailed description of the business activity of the business entity based on criteria established by the commission.</p><p>(B)<span class="EnSpace"/>A filer is not required to provide a thorough and detailed
description of the business activity of the business
entity if the business entity is publicly traded.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>The name of every person from whom the business entity received payments if the filers pro rata share of gross receipts from that person was equal to or greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) during a calendar year.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>If a payment, including an advance or reimbursement, for travel is required to be reported pursuant to this section, it may be reported on a separate travel reimbursement schedule,
which shall be included in the filers statement of economic interests. A filer who chooses not to use the travel schedule shall disclose payments for travel as a gift, unless it is clear from all surrounding circumstances that the services provided were equal to or greater in value than the payments for the travel, in which case the travel may be reported as income.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_26C8CC38-DA80-44FE-B459-FE8E2DF9C90D"><caml:Num>SEC. 7.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_ADDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:GOV:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2F%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'87211'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 87211 is added to the <caml:DocName>Government Code</caml:DocName>, to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_6CC7C707-FDBA-43F2-B5A6-98A450D17521"><caml:Num>87211.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_0992A8D5-1BA3-4A87-A0B4-C1C4F63EE14B"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>A public official who holds an office specified in Section 87200 shall disclose on his or her statement of economic interests each governmental decision for which a financial interest resulted in the public officials disqualification from making, participating in making, or in any way attempting to use his or her official position to influence that governmental decision pursuant to Section 87100 or, for a Member of the Legislature, Section 87102.5. The disclosure shall identify the governmental decision, the date that the governmental decision was made or considered, the financial interest that created the conflict of
interest, and any other relevant information that the commission deems appropriate.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>The disclosures required by this section are in addition to any other required disclosures, including, but not limited to, the requirements of Section 87105.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_D7917BC0-0057-4074-B7D6-ED10FFDB7A90"><caml:Num>SEC. 8.</caml:Num><caml:Content><p>Section 6.5 of this bill incorporates amendments to Section 87207 of the Government Code proposed by both this bill and Senate Bill 21. It shall only become operative if (1) both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2016, (2) each bill amends Section 87207 of the Government Code, and (3) this bill is enacted after Senate Bill 21, in which case Section 6 of this bill shall not become operative.</p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_5136D822-E40F-4B04-B624-ABD3B0EBCE82"><caml:Num>SEC. 9.</caml:Num><caml:Content><p>No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII<span class="ThinSpace"/>B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII<span class="ThinSpace"/>B of the California Constitution.</p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_7B2D36B0-658F-4FA5-B3F2-EA5D1877E437"><caml:Num>SEC. 10.</caml:Num><caml:Content><p>The Legislature finds and declares that this bill furthers the purposes of the Political Reform Act of 1974 within the meaning of subdivision (a) of Section 81012 of the Government Code.</p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection> | 2015-09-14 | 46 | 1 | Democrat | Individual | Gatto | Mike |
CA_201520160AB1000 | -1 | null | null | CA | Chaptered | CA | Assembly | California State University: student success fees. | An act to repeal and add Section 89712 of the Education Code, relating to the California State University. | <p>Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law authorizes the trustees by rule to require all persons to pay fees, rents, deposits, and charges for services, facilities, or materials provided by the trustees to those persons. Existing law prohibits specified California State University campus-based mandatory fees from being reallocated without an affirmative vote of the majority of the members of either the student body or a specified campus fee advisory committee voting on the fee reallocation, unless the vote that established the fee authorizes an alternative or automatic reallocation mechanism for that fee.</p><p>Existing law prohibits a campus or the Chancellor of the
California State University from approving a student success fee, as defined, before January 1, 2016. Existing law requires the chancellor to conduct a review of the trustees fee policy related to student success fees, submit recommended changes to the fee policy to the trustees, consider specified information in conducting that review and in preparing his or her recommended changes to the policy, and to submit a report regarding those proposed changes to the Department of Finance and the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature, on or before February 1, 2015. </p><p>This bill would revise and recast the requirements related to student success fees. The bill would prohibit a campus of the California State University, or the Chancellor of the California State University, from imposing a student success fee, as defined, unless certain requirements are met. The bill would establish procedures for campus
elections for the adoption or rescission of student success fees. The bill would require the chancellor to report a summary of the fees adopted or rescinded in the prior academic year, and the uses of proposed and currently implemented fees, annually to the Department of Finance and the Legislature.</p> | <caml:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</caml:Preamble><caml:BillSection id="id_F2729A63-ED73-46FB-B528-51FF331EC6BF"><caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_REPEALED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:EDC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'TITLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'3.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'8.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'PART'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'55.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'6.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'ARTICLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'1.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'89712.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 89712 of the <caml:DocName>Education Code</caml:DocName> is repealed.</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment/></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_CE31B790-FE71-4C1B-BD35-EBFE9361585B"><caml:Num>SEC. 2.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_ADDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:EDC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'TITLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'3.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'8.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'PART'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'55.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'6.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'ARTICLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'1.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'89712.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 89712 is added to the <caml:DocName>Education Code</caml:DocName>, to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_E7F1AC38-A2E8-4243-9062-6C9B2A36E72D"><caml:Num>89712.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_E6ED75CF-9329-4F41-9F26-F1F8A9536F5E"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>A campus of the California State University, or the Chancellor of the California State University, or both, shall not approve a new student success fee or an increase to an existing student success fee, as defined in subdivision (g), before all of the following requirements are satisfied:</p><p>(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>The campus undertakes a rigorous consultation process that informs and educates students on the uses, impact, and cost of any proposed student success fee or student success fee increase.</p><p>(B)<span class="EnSpace"/>The campus informs its students of all of the following circumstances, which shall apply to these fees:</p><p>(i)<span class="EnSpace"/>That, except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), a student success fee may be rescinded by a majority vote of the students, as specified in subdivision (c).</p><p>(ii)<span class="EnSpace"/>That a student success fee may not be rescinded earlier than six years following the vote to implement the fee.</p><p>(iii)<span class="EnSpace"/>If any portion of the student success fee is committed to support a long-term obligation, that portion of the fee may not be rescinded until the obligation has been satisfied.</p><p>(C)<span class="EnSpace"/>The campus shall hold a binding student election on the implementation of any proposed student success fees, or any increase to an existing student success fee, and a majority of the student
body voting on the fee must vote affirmatively.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>Implementation of a fee supported by a majority of the campus student body voting on the fee is contingent upon the final approval of the Chancellor of the California State University.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>A student success fee proposal may not be brought before the student body more frequently than once per academic year.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>A student success fee in place on January 1, 2016, may be rescinded by a binding student vote under the procedures authorized in subdivision (c) only after at least six years have elapsed following the implementation of the fee.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>Student success fees may be rescinded with a binding student vote wherein a simple majority of those students voting vote to rescind the fee. The student vote shall comply with all of the following:</p><p>(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>A campus decision to vote is formally approved by the recognized student government.</p><p>(B)<span class="EnSpace"/>Rescission vote proposals shall not be brought before the student body more frequently than once per academic year.</p><p>(C)<span class="EnSpace"/>In the process of reconsidering a student success fee, and before the student vote occurs, the students shall be informed, if a portion of the fee is supporting a long-term obligation, the dollar amount of that portion, and the date on which the long-term obligation would be
satisfied.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>No new contractual or other obligation that would be supported by the rescinded student success fee may be entered into following a vote to rescind the fee.</p><p>(d)<span class="EnSpace"/>The Chancellor of the California State University shall ensure that all of the following occur on each campus:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>There is majority student representation in campus student success fee allocation oversight groups.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>There is an annual report from each campus to the chancellor on student success fees.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>There is uniform, transparent, online accountability in the decisionmaking process for, and a detailed
accounting of, the allocation of student success fees.</p><p>(e)<span class="EnSpace"/>The Chancellor of the California State University shall establish appropriate reporting procedures to ensure that a campus is in compliance with the requirements of this section.</p><p>(f)<span class="EnSpace"/>The chancellor shall report, by December 1 of each year, to the Department of Finance, and the Legislature pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, a summary of the fees adopted or rescinded in the prior academic year, and the uses of proposed and currently implemented fees.</p><p>(g)<span class="EnSpace"/>For purposes of this section, a student success fee is a type of category II campus-based mandatory fee that is required to be paid by a student before that student may enroll or attend a campus of
the California State University, as determined by that campus or the Chancellor of the California State University.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection> | 2015-10-08 | 44 | 1 | Democrat | Individual | Weber | Shirley |
CA_201520160AB1002 | -1 | null | null | CA | Chaptered | CA | Assembly | Civil actions: interpreter costs. | An act to amend Section 1033.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil actions. | <p>Existing law enumerates costs that a prevailing party in a civil action may recover. Existing law allows a prevailing party to recover court interpreter fees under specified conditions. Existing law also allows recovery of certain costs related to depositions.</p><p>This bill would allow a prevailing party to recover interpreter fees for the deposition of a party or witness who does not proficiently speak or understand the English language.</p> | <caml:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</caml:Preamble><caml:BillSection id="id_AD016567-8176-4D03-9C9F-D548C092CEE0"><caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:CCP:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'PART'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'TITLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'14.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'6.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'1033.5.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 1033.5 of the <caml:DocName>Code of Civil Procedure</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_C929018B-65BF-464B-B2E3-416F300B476C"><caml:Num>1033.5.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_3C625B7B-1A0A-41B9-A77F-418122D5EAAF"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>The following items are allowable as costs under Section 1032:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>Filing, motion, and jury fees.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>Juror food and lodging while they are kept together during trial and after the jury retires for deliberation.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>Taking, video recording, and transcribing necessary
depositions, including an original and one copy of those taken by the claimant and one copy of depositions taken by the party against whom costs are allowed.</p><p>(B)<span class="EnSpace"/>Fees of a certified or registered interpreter for the deposition of a party or witness who does not proficiently speak or understand the English language.</p><p>(C)<span class="EnSpace"/>Travel expenses to attend depositions.</p><p>(4)<span class="EnSpace"/>Service of process by a public officer, registered process server, or other means, as follows:</p><p>(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>When service is
by a public officer, the recoverable cost is the fee authorized by law at the time of service.</p><p>(B)<span class="EnSpace"/>If service is by a process server registered pursuant to Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 22350) of Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, the recoverable cost is the amount actually incurred in effecting service, including, but not limited to, a stakeout or other means employed in locating the person to be served, unless those charges are successfully challenged by a party to the action.</p><p>(C)<span class="EnSpace"/>When service is by publication, the recoverable cost is the sum actually incurred in effecting service.</p><p>(D)<span class="EnSpace"/>When service is by a means other than that set forth in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C), the recoverable cost is the
lesser of the sum actually incurred, or the amount allowed to a public officer in this state for that service, except that the court may allow the sum actually incurred in effecting service upon application pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c).</p><p>(5)<span class="EnSpace"/>Expenses of attachment including keepers fees.</p><p>(6)<span class="EnSpace"/>Premiums on necessary surety bonds.</p><p>(7)<span class="EnSpace"/>Ordinary witness fees pursuant to Section 68093 of the Government Code.</p><p>(8)<span class="EnSpace"/>Fees of expert witnesses ordered by the court.</p><p>(9)<span class="EnSpace"/>Transcripts of court proceedings ordered by the court.</p><p>(10)<span class="EnSpace"/>Attorneys fees, when authorized by any of the following:</p><p>(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>Contract.</p><p>(B)<span class="EnSpace"/>Statute.</p><p>(C)<span class="EnSpace"/>Law.</p><p>(11)<span class="EnSpace"/>Court reporter fees as established by statute.</p><p>(12)<span class="EnSpace"/>Court interpreter fees for a qualified court interpreter authorized by the court for an indigent person represented by a qualified legal services project, as defined in Section 6213 of the Business and Professions Code or a pro bono attorney as defined in Section 8030.4 of the Business and Professions Code.</p><p>(13)<span class="EnSpace"/>Models and
enlargements
of exhibits and photocopies of exhibits may be allowed if they were reasonably helpful to aid the trier of fact.</p><p>(14)<span class="EnSpace"/>Any other item that is required to be awarded to the prevailing party pursuant to statute as an incident to prevailing in the action at trial or on appeal.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>The following items are not allowable as costs, except when expressly authorized by law:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>Fees of experts not ordered by the court.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>Investigation expenses in preparing the case for trial.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>Postage, telephone, and photocopying charges, except for exhibits.</p><p>(4)<span class="EnSpace"/>Costs in investigation of jurors or in preparation for voir dire.</p><p>(5)<span class="EnSpace"/>Transcripts of court proceedings not ordered by the court.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>Any award of costs shall be subject to the following:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>Costs are allowable if incurred, whether or not paid.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>Allowable costs shall be reasonably necessary to the conduct of the litigation rather than merely convenient or beneficial to its preparation.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>Allowable costs shall be reasonable in amount.</p><p>(4)<span class="EnSpace"/>Items not mentioned in this section and items assessed upon application may be allowed or
denied in the courts discretion.</p><p>(5)<span class="EnSpace"/>When any statute of this state refers to the award of costs and attorneys fees, attorneys fees are an item and component of the costs to be awarded and are allowable as costs pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (10) of subdivision (a). Any claim not based upon the courts established schedule of attorneys fees for actions on a contract shall bear the burden of proof. Attorneys fees allowable as costs pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (10) of subdivision (a) may be fixed as follows: (A) upon a noticed motion, (B) at the time a statement of decision is rendered, (C) upon application supported by affidavit made concurrently with a claim for other costs, or (D) upon entry of default judgment.
Attorneys fees allowable as costs pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (C) of paragraph (10) of subdivision (a) shall be fixed either upon a noticed motion or upon entry of a default judgment, unless otherwise provided by stipulation of the parties.</p><p>Attorneys fees awarded pursuant to Section 1717 of the Civil Code are allowable costs under Section 1032 of this code as authorized by subparagraph (A) of paragraph (10) of subdivision (a).</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection> | 2015-07-14 | 9 | 2 | Bipartisan | Individual | Multiple | Lead Authors |
CA_201520160AB1003 | -1 | null | null | CA | Died | CA | Assembly | Mental health: sexually violent predators. | An act to amend<span class="deletion"> Section 6604.9 of</span><span class="insertion"> Sections 6601 an 6604.9 of, and to add Section 6610 to,</span> the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health. | <p>Existing law provides for the civil commitment of criminal offenders who have been determined to be sexually violent predators for treatment in a secure state hospital facility, as specified. Existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to refer a prisoner for evaluation by the State Department of State Hospitals when the secretary determines that the person may be a sexually violent predator,<span class="insertion"> requires the State Department of State Hospitals to evaluate the person in accordance with a standardized assessment protocol, as specified, to determine whether the person is a sexually violent predator,</span> and specifies the judicial processes necessary for civil commitment as a sexually violent predator, including, but not limited to, the right to a
jury trial.<span class="deletion"> Existing</span></p><span class="insertion"><p>This bill would require the State Department of State Hospitals to consult, on or before January 30, 2016, with a committee comprised of representatives of specified organizations to make recommendations regarding possible changes to the standardized assessment protocol. The bill would require the State Department of State Hospitals, on or before March 1, 2016, to initiate the regulatory process to update the standardized assessment protocol, as specified.</p></span><p><span class="insertion">Existing</span> law requires an annual examination of the mental condition of a
sexually violent predator to determine whether conditional release to a less restrictive alternative or unconditional release is in the best interest of the person and the conditions imposed would adequately protect the community. Existing law requires that the report be in the form of a declaration and prepared by a professionally qualified person.<span class="deletion"> Proposition 83, enacted by the voters at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, made various changes to the sexually violent predator civil commitment process.</span></p><span class="deletion"><p>Proposition 83 permits the Legislature to amend its provisions, either by a
<caml:Fraction><caml:Numerator>2</caml:Numerator><caml:Denominator>3</caml:Denominator></caml:Fraction> vote of the membership of each house, or by a majority vote of the membership of each house if the amendments expand the scope of the application of the provisions of the proposition or increase the punishments or penalties provided in the proposition.</p></span><p>This bill would require the report described above to be signed by the Director of the State Department of State Hospitals.<span class="deletion"> By amending the requirements for the report, this bill would amend Proposition 83.</span></p><span class="insertion"><p> The bill would also create a 7-member oversight board to advise the Governor and the Legislature regarding the civil commitment of sexually violent
predators comprised of representatives selected by the State Department of State Hospitals and other organizations, as specified. The bill would require the oversight board to meet at least 6 times per year and, beginning January 1, 2017, to make an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature including the boards recommendations, as specified.</p></span> | <caml:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</caml:Preamble><caml:BillSection id="id_DA37C444-8CE7-42DC-888C-9B91A30F1692"><caml:Num><span class="insertion">SECTION 1.</span></caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:WIC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'6.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'PART'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'ARTICLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'4.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'6601.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator"><span class="insertion">Section 6601 of the <caml:DocName>Welfare and Institutions Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</span></caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_6334EDE2-978A-4927-AED5-BE43B1EBBA1C"><caml:Num>6601.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_3514B333-F397-4845-A6CC-80B509EBF377"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>Whenever the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation determines that an individual who is in custody under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and who is either serving a determinate prison sentence or whose parole has been revoked, may be a sexually violent predator, the secretary shall, at least six months prior to that individuals scheduled date for release from prison, refer the person for evaluation in accordance with this section. However, if the inmate was received by the department with less than nine months of his or her sentence to serve, or if the inmates release date is modified by judicial or administrative action, the secretary may refer the person for evaluation in accordance with this section at a date that is less than six
months prior to the inmates scheduled release date.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>A petition may be filed under this section if the individual was in custody pursuant to his or her determinate prison term, parole revocation term, or a hold placed pursuant to Section 6601.3, at the time the petition is filed. A petition shall not be dismissed on the basis of a later judicial or administrative determination that the individuals custody was unlawful, if the unlawful custody was the result of a good faith mistake of fact or law. This paragraph shall apply to any petition filed on or after January 1, 1996.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>The person shall be screened by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Board of Parole Hearings based on whether the person has committed a sexually violent predatory offense and on a review of the persons social, criminal, and institutional history. This screening shall be conducted
in accordance with a structured screening instrument developed and updated by the State Department of State Hospitals in consultation with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. If as a result of this screening it is determined that the person is likely to be a sexually violent predator, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall refer the person to the State Department of State Hospitals for a full evaluation of whether the person meets the criteria in Section 6600.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/><span class="insertion">(1)<span class="EnSpace"/></span>The State Department of State Hospitals shall evaluate the person in accordance with a standardized assessment protocol, developed and updated by the State Department of State Hospitals, to determine whether the person is a sexually violent predator as defined in this article. The standardized assessment protocol shall
require assessment of diagnosable mental disorders, as well as various factors known to be associated with the risk of reoffense among sex offenders. Risk factors to be considered shall include criminal and psychosexual history, type, degree, and duration of sexual deviance, and severity of mental disorder.</p><span class="insertion"><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>On or before January 30, 2016, the State Department of State Hospitals shall consult with a committee consisting of one representative from each of the State Department of State Hospitals, the California District Attorneys Association, the California Public Defenders Association, and the Los Angeles District Attorneys Office. The committee members shall select a member of the private defense bar and a person with experience as an evaluator under Article 4 (commencing with Section 6600) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 6 to make recommendations regarding
possible changes to the standardized assessment protocol, as described in paragraph (3).</p></span><span class="insertion"><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>On or before March 1, 2016, the State Department of State Hospitals shall initiate the regulatory process to update the standardized assessment protocol, including a plan for formal supervisory review of evaluations and a checklist for reviewing evaluations, as recommended by the March 2015 report of the California State Auditor. The regulations shall also include requirements and procedures for training evaluators.</p></span><p>(d)<span class="EnSpace"/>Pursuant to subdivision (c), the person shall be evaluated by two practicing psychiatrists or psychologists, or one practicing psychiatrist and one practicing psychologist, designated by the Director of State Hospitals. If both evaluators
concur that the person has a diagnosed mental disorder so that he or she is likely to engage in acts of sexual violence without appropriate treatment and custody, the Director of State Hospitals shall forward a request for a petition for commitment under Section 6602 to the county designated in subdivision (i). Copies of the evaluation reports and any other supporting documents shall be made available to the attorney designated by the county pursuant to subdivision (i) who may file a petition for commitment.</p><p>(e)<span class="EnSpace"/>If one of the professionals performing the evaluation pursuant to subdivision (d) does not concur that the person meets the criteria specified in subdivision (d), but the other professional concludes that the person meets those criteria, the Director of State Hospitals shall arrange for further examination of the person by two independent professionals selected in accordance with subdivision (g).</p><p>(f)<span class="EnSpace"/>If an examination by independent professionals pursuant to subdivision (e) is conducted, a petition to request commitment under this article shall only be filed if both independent professionals who evaluate the person pursuant to subdivision (e) concur that the person meets the criteria for commitment specified in subdivision (d). The professionals selected to evaluate the person pursuant to subdivision (g) shall inform the person that the purpose of their examination is not treatment but to determine if the person meets certain criteria to be involuntarily committed pursuant to this article. It is not required that the person appreciate or understand that information.</p><p>(g)<span class="EnSpace"/>Any independent professional who is designated by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Director of State Hospitals for purposes of this section shall not be a state
government employee, shall have at least five years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, and shall include psychiatrists and licensed psychologists who have a doctoral degree in psychology. The requirements set forth in this section also shall apply to any professionals appointed by the court to evaluate the person for purposes of any other proceedings under this article.</p><p>(h)<span class="EnSpace"/>If the State Department of State Hospitals determines that the person is a sexually violent predator as defined in this article, the Director of State Hospitals shall forward a request for a petition to be filed for commitment under this article to the county designated in subdivision (i). Copies of the evaluation reports and any other supporting documents shall be made available to the attorney designated by the county pursuant to subdivision (i) who may file a petition for commitment in the superior court.</p><p>(i)<span class="EnSpace"/>If the countys designated counsel concurs with the recommendation, a petition for commitment shall be filed in the superior court of the county in which the person was convicted of the offense for which he or she was committed to the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The petition shall be filed, and the proceedings shall be handled, by either the district attorney or the county counsel of that county. The county board of supervisors shall designate either the district attorney or the county counsel to assume responsibility for proceedings under this article.</p><p>(j)<span class="EnSpace"/>The time limits set forth in this section shall not apply during the first year that this article is operative.</p><p>(k)<span class="EnSpace"/>An order issued by a judge pursuant to Section 6601.5, finding that the petition, on its face, supports a
finding of probable cause to believe that the individual named in the petition is likely to engage in sexually violent predatory criminal behavior upon his or her release, shall toll that persons parole pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 3000 of the Penal Code, if that individual is determined to be a sexually violent predator.</p><p>(l)<span class="EnSpace"/>Pursuant to subdivision (d), the attorney designated by the county pursuant to subdivision (i) shall notify the State Department of State Hospitals of its decision regarding the filing of a petition for commitment within 15 days of making that decision.</p><p>(m)<span class="EnSpace"/>This section shall become operative on the date that the director executes a declaration, which shall be provided to the fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature, including the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, and the Department of Finance,
specifying that sufficient qualified state employees have been hired to conduct the evaluations required pursuant to subdivision (d), or January 1, 2013, whichever occurs first.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_875B6335-E05C-40FD-B11A-3237D9C6DE18"><caml:Num><span class="deletion">SECTION 1.</span><span class="insertion">SEC. 2.</span></caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:WIC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'6.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'PART'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'ARTICLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'4.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'6604.9.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 6604.9 of the <caml:DocName>Welfare and Institutions Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_99A31BF3-8EA8-4C41-8BB1-0E18F1321E79"><caml:Num>6604.9.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_43640A5E-A28A-4450-9D22-6C4BFD485574"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>A person found to be a sexually violent predator and committed to the custody of the State Department of State Hospitals shall have a current examination of his or her mental condition made at least once every year. The report shall be in the form of a declaration and shall be prepared by a professionally qualified person. The report shall also be signed by the Director of the State Department of State Hospitals. The person may retain or, if he or she is indigent and so requests, the court may appoint, a qualified expert or professional person to examine him or her, and the expert or professional person shall have access to all records concerning the person.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>The annual report
shall include consideration of whether the committed person currently meets the definition of a sexually violent predator and whether conditional release to a less restrictive alternative, pursuant to Section 6608, or an unconditional discharge, pursuant to Section 6605, is in the best interest of the person and conditions can be imposed that would adequately protect the community.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>The State Department of State Hospitals shall file this periodic report with the court that committed the person under this article. A copy of the report shall be served on the prosecuting agency involved in the initial commitment and upon the committed person.</p><p>(d)<span class="EnSpace"/>If the State Department of State Hospitals determines that either: (1) the persons condition has so changed that the person no
longer meets the definition of a sexually violent predator and should, therefore, be considered for unconditional discharge, or (2) conditional release to a less restrictive alternative is in the best interest of the person and conditions can be imposed that adequately protect the community, the director shall authorize the person to petition the court for conditional release to a less restrictive alternative or for an unconditional discharge. The petition shall be filed with the court and served upon the prosecuting agency responsible for the initial commitment.</p><p>(e)<span class="EnSpace"/>The court, upon receipt of the petition for conditional release to a less restrictive alternative, shall consider the petition using procedures described in Section 6608.</p><p>(f)<span class="EnSpace"/>The court, upon receiving a petition for
unconditional discharge, shall order a show cause hearing, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6605, at which the court may consider the petition and any accompanying documentation provided by the medical director, the prosecuting attorney, or the committed person.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_B0EFD046-C29B-4F4D-8CDD-FABE3A00125A"><caml:Num><span class="insertion">SEC. 3.</span></caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_ADDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:WIC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2F%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'6610'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator"><span class="insertion">Section 6610 is added to the <caml:DocName>Welfare and Institutions Code</caml:DocName>, to read:</span></caml:ActionLine><span class="insertion"><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_9A9AD56B-B745-43B4-94FA-D43EBC9E2E52"><caml:Num>6610.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_A1649B34-83FF-496B-9AB8-C387E2F4EE93"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>There is hereby created an oversight board that shall advise the Legislature and the Governor regarding sexually violent predators under Article 4 (commencing with Section 6600) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 6.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>The board shall be comprised of seven members. Each of the following organizations shall select one representative to serve on the oversight board: The State Department of State Hospitals, the California District Attorneys Association, the California Public Defenders Association, the Los Angeles District Attorneys Office, and the California Judicial Commission on Judicial Performance.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>The board members selected pursuant to
paragraph (2) shall select both a representative of the private defense bar and a person with experience as an evaluator under Article 4 (commencing with Section 6600) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 6 to serve on the oversight board.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>The oversight board shall meet at least six times per year.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>On or before January 1, 2017, and on or before January 1 in each subsequent year, the oversight board shall make a report to the Governor and the Legislature making recommendations relating to implementation of Article 4 (commencing with Section 6600) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 6, including, but not limited to, evaluating sexually violent predators in state hospitals.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>The report required pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be submitted to the Legislature in compliance with
subdivision (c) of Section 9795 of the Government Code.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></span></caml:BillSection> | 2015-04-22 | 36 | 1 | Democrat | Individual | Nazarian | Adrin |
CA_201520160AB1004 | -1 | null | null | CA | Chaptered | CA | Assembly | California Tahoe Conservancy. | An act to amend Section 66907.8 of the Government Code, relating to the California Tahoe Conservancy. | <p>Existing law establishes the California Tahoe Conservancy within the Natural Resources Agency to, among other things, acquire, restore, and manage property, protect the natural environment, and preserve the scenic beauty and recreational opportunities of the Lake Tahoe region, as defined. Existing law authorizes the conservancy to lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer any real property or interest therein, or option acquired under those provisions to local public agencies, state agencies, federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, individuals, corporate entities, or partnerships for management purposes pursuant to terms and conditions approved by the conservancy.</p><p>This bill
would instead, except as provided, authorize the conservancy to take those actions relating to the lease, sale, exchange, and transfer of any real property or interest therein, or option acquired under those provisions to fulfill the purposes of the conservancy and to promote specified state planning priorities. The bill would require the conservancy to submit, on or before January 1, 2018, a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on its progress toward promoting those priorities.</p> | <caml:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</caml:Preamble><caml:BillSection id="id_8ABB1E5E-2544-44C6-B25A-B5319C032128"><caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:GOV:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'TITLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'7.42.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'5.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'66907.8.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 66907.8 of the <caml:DocName>Government Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_4DF216B1-5CE7-4B53-A477-8A2925E0DF0A"><caml:Num>66907.8.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_1EEA9AA2-C104-45AF-AEFF-1BB377B7ED1D"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>Notwithstanding any other provisions of law and except as provided in subdivision (b), the conservancy may lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer any real property or interest therein, or option acquired under this title to local public agencies, state agencies, federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, individuals, corporate entities, or partnerships to fulfill the purposes of this title and to promote the states planning priorities, consistent with subdivision (i) of Section 79707 of the Water Code. The conservancy may request
the Director of General Services to undertake these actions on its behalf.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>The conservancy shall not sell any real property, or interest therein, acquired pursuant to Section 66907.5.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>On or before January 1, 2018, the conservancy shall submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on its progress toward promoting the states planning priorities described in subdivision (a).</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>This subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2022, pursuant to Section 10231.5.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection> | 2015-08-10 | 47 | 1 | Republican | Individual | Dahle | Brian |
CA_201520160AB1006 | -1 | null | null | CA | Died | CA | Assembly | Prisoners: mental health treatment. | An act to add Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 1425) to Title 10 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, relating to prisoners. | <p>Existing law prohibits a person from being tried, adjudged to punishment, or having his or her probation, mandatory supervision, postrelease community supervision, or parole revoked while that person is mentally incompetent. Existing law establishes a process by which a defendants mental competency is evaluated and by which the defendant receives treatment, including, if applicable, antipsychotic medication, with the goal of returning the defendant to competency. Existing law credits time spent by a defendant in a state hospital or other facility as a result of commitment during the process toward the term of any imprisonment for which the defendant is sentenced.<span class="insertion"> Existing law, as added by Proposition 184, adopted November 8, 1994, and amended by Proposition 36, adopted November 6, 2012, commonly known
as the Three Strikes Law, prohibits certain recidivist offenders from being committed to any facility other than a state prison.</span></p><p>This bill would authorize, if a defendant has pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or been convicted of, an offense that will result in a sentence to state<span class="deletion"> prison,</span><span class="insertion">
prison or county jail,</span> the defendant or the prosecutor to<span class="deletion"> file a petition for a hearing to determine if</span><span class="insertion"> submit evidence that</span> the defendant suffers from a diagnosable mental condition<span class="deletion"> and would authorize the court, on its own motion, to order that hearing.</span><span class="insertion"> that was a substantial factor that contributed to the defendants criminal conduct.</span> The bill would require that<span class="deletion"> petition to</span><span class="insertion">
the evidence</span> be<span class="deletion"> filed</span><span class="insertion"> submitted</span> after the defendants conviction, but before his or her<span class="deletion"> sentencing, and to allege that the defendant suffers from a diagnosable mental illness and requests mental health treatment.</span><span class="insertion"> sentencing.</span> The bill would require the<span class="deletion"> court, after a hearing on the matter, and if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant suffers from a diagnosable mental illness, to make one or more specified orders, including, among others, an order that</span><span class="insertion">
court to consider any evidence submitted as described above in conjunction with the defendants sentencing, and would authorize the court to order</span> the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation<span class="insertion"> or county jail authority, as applicable, to</span> place the defendant in a<span class="insertion"> residential</span> mental health<span class="deletion"> program within the state prison.</span><span class="insertion">
treatment facility. This placement would not be available to a defendant who is subject to the Three Strikes Law. The bill would also authorize the court to order the department or jail authority to place the defendant in a mental health program within the state prison or county jail, respectively.</span> The bill would provide that the defendant has the right to counsel for these proceedings.</p><span class="insertion"><p>By imposing additional duties upon county jail authorities, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.</p></span><span class="insertion"><p>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.</p><p>This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.</p></span> | <caml:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</caml:Preamble><caml:BillSection id="id_69D73031-DD19-402E-AEA8-96F9B94E5E11"><caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:Content><p>This act shall be known and may be cited as the Mental Health Justice Act.</p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_A59C1D55-E4F1-470E-AE34-B6F96B044C82"><caml:Num>SEC. 2.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_ADDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:PEN:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'PART'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'TITLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'10.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'16.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SPREAD||commencingWith: 1425" xlink:type="locator">Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 1425) is added to Title 10 of Part 2 of the <caml:DocName>Penal Code</caml:DocName>, to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawHeading id="id_208315E6-7F6D-4080-84AB-7B90B205232F" type="CHAPTER"><caml:Num>16.</caml:Num><caml:LawHeadingVersion id="id_1A4A2891-6DDC-4768-9E5C-C15A90AFA300"><caml:LawHeadingText>Mental Health Treatment</caml:LawHeadingText></caml:LawHeadingVersion><caml:LawSection id="id_A12777A4-3805-442A-A76C-6ADDD75576F7"><caml:Num>1425.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_770A2408-4FBA-4DEA-B8A5-92E14D78D152"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/><span class="deletion">(1)<span class="EnSpace"/></span>If a defendant has pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or been convicted of, an offense that will result in a sentence to state<span class="deletion"> prison,</span><span class="insertion"> prison or county jail,</span> the defendant or the prosecutor may<span class="deletion"> file a petition for a hearing to determine if</span><span class="insertion"> submit
evidence that</span> the defendant suffers from a diagnosable mental<span class="deletion"> illness.</span><span class="insertion"> illness that was a substantial factor that contributed to the defendants criminal conduct.</span>
The<span class="deletion"> petition</span><span class="insertion"> evidence</span> shall be filed after the defendants plea or conviction, but before his or her sentencing.</p><span class="deletion"><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>If a defendant has pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or been convicted of, an offense that will result in a sentence to state prison, the court, on its own motion, may order the hearing described in paragraph (1).</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>A petition filed pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall allege that the defendant suffers from a diagnosable mental illness and requests mental health treatment.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>Upon the filing of a petition pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), or upon its own motion pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), the court shall set an evidentiary hearing, to be heard in conjunction with the defendants sentencing, to determine whether the defendant suffers from a diagnosable mental illness.</p><p>(d)<span class="EnSpace"/>If, after the hearing described in subdivision (c), the court determines by a preponderance of evidence that the defendant suffers from a diagnosable mental illness, the court shall order one or more of the following:</p></span><span class="insertion"><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>If evidence is submitted pursuant to subdivision (a), the court shall consider that evidence in conjunction with the defendants sentencing.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>Upon consideration of the evidence submitted pursuant to subdivision (a), notwithstanding any other law, if the court determines that it is in the best interests of public safety, the court may order one or more of the following:</p></span><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/><span class="deletion">Order that </span><span class="insertion">(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>That </span>the defendant<span class="deletion"> serve</span><span class="insertion">
serve, if the defendant agrees,</span> all or a part of his or her sentence in a residential mental health treatment facility instead of in the state<span class="deletion"> prison,</span><span class="insertion">
prison or county jail,</span> unless that placement would pose an unreasonable risk of danger to public safety. </p><span class="insertion"><p>(B)<span class="EnSpace"/>This paragraph does not apply to a defendant subject to Section 1170.12.</p></span><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/><span class="deletion">Order the </span><span class="insertion">The </span>Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation<span class="insertion">
or county jail authority, as applicable,</span> to place the defendant in a mental health program within the state<span class="deletion"> prison,</span><span class="insertion"> prison or county jail system, respectively,</span> at a level of care determined to be appropriate by the departments mental health staff<span class="insertion"> or county mental health staff,</span> within 30<span class="deletion"> days</span><span class="insertion"> days,</span> of the defendants placement in the state<span class="deletion"> prison, or sooner upon order of the court.</span><span class="insertion">
prison or county jail.</span></p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/><span class="deletion">Order the </span><span class="insertion">The </span>Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation<span class="insertion"> or the county jail authority, as applicable, regardless of the type of crime committed</span> to prepare a<span class="deletion"> post-release</span><span class="insertion"> postrelease</span> mental health treatment plan six months prior to the defendants release<span class="deletion"> from custody.</span><span class="insertion">
to parole or postrelease community supervision.</span> The treatment plan shall specify the manner in which the defendant will receive mental health treatment services following<span class="deletion"> release from custody,</span><span class="insertion"> that release,</span> and shall address, if applicable and in the discretion of the court, medication management, housing, and substance abuse treatment.</p><span class="deletion"><p>(e)</p></span><p><span class="insertion">(d)</span><span class="EnSpace"/>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/><span class="deletion">(A)<span class="EnSpace"/></span>The
defendant or prosecutor may, at any time, petition the court for approval to transfer the defendant from a residential mental health treatment facility to a mental health program within the state prison<span class="insertion">
or county jail</span> for the remainder of the defendants sentence.</p><span class="deletion"><p>(B)</p></span><p><span class="insertion">(2)</span><span class="EnSpace"/>The defendant, prosecutor,<span class="deletion"> or</span> Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation<span class="insertion"> or county jail authority, as applicable,</span> may, at any time, petition the court for permission to remove the defendant from a mental health program within the state<span class="deletion"> prison.</span><span class="insertion">
prison or county jail system, respectively.</span></p><span class="deletion"><p>(C)</p></span><p><span class="insertion">(3)</span><span class="EnSpace"/>The defendant, prosecutor,<span class="deletion"> or</span>
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation<span class="insertion"> or county jail authority, as applicable,</span> may, at any time, petition the court for dismissal of the requirement that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation<span class="insertion">
or county jail authority, respectively,</span> prepare a<span class="deletion"> post-release</span><span class="insertion"> postrelease</span> mental health treatment plan.</p><span class="deletion"><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>The court shall approve a petition described in paragraph (1) only if the court determines by a preponderance of the evidence that approving the petition is in the best interest of the defendant.</p><p>(f)</p></span><p><span class="insertion">(e)</span><span class="EnSpace"/>The defendant shall have the right to counsel for all proceedings under this section.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:LawHeading></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_541F41FA-8A64-4422-83C9-49D482ADAEFF"><caml:Num><span class="insertion">SEC. 3.</span></caml:Num><caml:Content><span class="insertion"><p>If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.</p></span></caml:Content></caml:BillSection> | 2015-04-21 | 8 | 1 | Democrat | Individual | Levine | Marc |
CA_201520160AB1007 | -1 | null | null | CA | Died | CA | Assembly | Minimum wage. | An act<span class="insertion"> to amend Section 1182.12 of the Labor Code,</span> relating to minimum wage. | <p>Existing law sets the minimum wage for all industries at $9 per hour and, on January 1, 2016, raises the minimum wage for all industries to $10 per hour.</p><span class="deletion"><p>This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the minimum wage.</p></span><span class="insertion"><p>This bill instead would set the minimum wage on and after January 1, 2016, at the amount necessary to keep a family of 3 above the supplemental poverty level.</p></span> | <caml:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</caml:Preamble><caml:BillSection id="id_23A48415-15F2-4FB2-8D65-DDD0E2CD9A7B"><caml:Num><span class="insertion">SECTION 1.</span></caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:LAB:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'PART'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'4.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'1.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'1182.12.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator"><span class="insertion">Section 1182.12 of the <caml:DocName>Labor Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</span></caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_0FBD6B51-C417-45C2-AD48-8F66E893DC41"><caml:Num>1182.12.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_A6C9E63C-F5CA-4089-A7BF-FC373189B61C"><caml:Content><p>Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, on and after July 1, 2014, the minimum wage for all industries shall be not less than nine dollars ($9) per hour, and on and after January 1, 2016, the minimum wage for all industries<span class="deletion"> shall be not less than ten dollars ($10) per hour.</span><span class="insertion"> is set at the amount necessary to keep a family of three above the supplemental poverty level established by this United States Census Bureau.</span></p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><span class="deletion"><caml:BillSection id="id_3FD84A15-3F2E-4A49-A448-7D2582DC7B23"><caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:Content><p>It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the minimum wage.</p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection></span> | 2015-03-26 | 20 | 1 | Democrat | Individual | Stone | Mark |
CA_201520160AB1008 | -1 | null | null | CA | Chaptered | CA | Assembly | Public utilities: sale of hydrogen to public as a motor vehicle fuel. | An act to amend Section 216 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to public utilities. | <p>The Public Utilities Act provides that whenever any common carrier, toll bridge corporation, pipeline corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, water corporation, sewer system corporation, or heat corporation performs a service for, or delivers a commodity to, the public or any portion of the public for which any compensation or payment is received, that entity is a public utility subject to the jurisdiction, control, and regulation of the Public Utilities Commission and the provisions of the act. The act provides that the ownership or operation of a facility that sells compressed natural gas at retail to the public for use only as a motor vehicle fuel, and the selling of compressed natural gas at retail from that facility to the public for use only as a motor vehicle fuel, does not make the corporation or person a public utility
solely because of that ownership, operation, or sale.</p><p>This bill would additionally provide that the ownership or operation of a facility that sells hydrogen at retail to the public for use only as a motor vehicle fuel, and the selling of hydrogen at retail from that facility to the public for use only as a motor vehicle fuel, does not make the corporation or person a public utility solely because of that ownership, operation, or sale.</p> | <caml:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</caml:Preamble><caml:BillSection id="id_09D081FD-EBA6-477E-AE38-76C36C11B6F1"><caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:PUC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'1.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'PART'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'1.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'1.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'216.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 216 of the <caml:DocName>Public Utilities Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_E4F3176D-0F1C-4765-8567-5C9B680E6B58"><caml:Num>216.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_60BCF132-8EC7-4B80-BE48-7B191050461F"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>Public utility includes every common carrier, toll bridge corporation, pipeline corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, water corporation, sewer system corporation, and heat corporation, where the service is performed for, or the commodity is delivered to, the public or any portion thereof.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>Whenever any common carrier, toll bridge corporation, pipeline corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, water corporation, sewer system corporation, or heat corporation performs a service for, or delivers a commodity to, the public or any portion thereof for which any compensation or payment whatsoever is
received, that common carrier, toll bridge corporation, pipeline corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, water corporation, sewer system corporation, or heat corporation, is a public utility subject to the jurisdiction, control, and regulation of the commission and the provisions of this part.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>When any person or corporation performs any service for, or delivers any commodity to, any person, private corporation, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state, that in turn either directly or indirectly, mediately or immediately, performs that service for, or delivers that commodity to, the public or any portion thereof, that person or corporation is a public utility subject to the jurisdiction, control, and regulation of the commission and the provisions of this part.</p><p>(d)<span class="EnSpace"/>Ownership or operation of a facility
that employs cogeneration technology or produces power from other than a conventional power source or the ownership or operation of a facility which employs landfill gas technology does not make a corporation or person a public utility within the meaning of this section solely because of the ownership or operation of that facility.</p><p>(e)<span class="EnSpace"/>Any corporation or person engaged directly or indirectly in developing, producing, transmitting, distributing, delivering, or selling any form of heat derived from geothermal or solar resources or from cogeneration technology to any privately owned or publicly owned public utility, or to the public or any portion thereof, is not a public utility within the meaning of this section solely by reason of engaging in any of those activities.</p><p>(f)<span class="EnSpace"/>The ownership or operation of a facility that sells compressed natural gas or hydrogen at retail to the public
for use only as a motor vehicle fuel, and the selling of compressed natural gas or hydrogen at retail from that facility to the public for use only as a motor vehicle fuel, does not make the corporation or person a public utility within the meaning of this section solely because of that ownership, operation, or sale.</p><p>(g)<span class="EnSpace"/>Ownership or operation of a facility that is an exempt wholesale generator, as defined in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 16451(6)), does not make a corporation or person a public utility within the meaning of this section, solely due to the ownership or operation of that facility.</p><p>(h)<span class="EnSpace"/>The ownership, control, operation, or management of an electric plant used for direct transactions or participation directly or indirectly in direct transactions, as permitted by subdivision (b) of Section 365, sales into a market established and
operated by the Independent System Operator or any other wholesale electricity market, or the use or sale as permitted under subdivisions (b) to (d), inclusive, of Section 218, shall not make a corporation or person a public utility within the meaning of this section solely because of that ownership, participation, or sale.</p><p>(i)<span class="EnSpace"/>The ownership, control, operation, or management of a facility that supplies electricity to the public only for use to charge light duty plug-in electric vehicles does not make the corporation or person a public utility within the meaning of this section solely because of that ownership, control, operation, or management. For purposes of this subdivision, light duty plug-in electric vehicles includes light duty battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. This subdivision does not affect the commissions authority under Section 454 or 740.2 or any other applicable
statute.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection> | 2015-07-15 | 23 | 1 | Democrat | Individual | Quirk | Bill |
CA_201520160AB1009 | -1 | null | null | CA | Died | CA | Assembly | Local government: redevelopment: revenues from property tax override rates. | An act to amend Section 34183 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to local government, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. | <p>Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies to wind down the affairs of the dissolved redevelopment agencies. Existing law requires revenues equivalent to those that would have been allocated to each redevelopment agency, had the agency not been dissolved, to be allocated to the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund of each successor agency for making payments on the principal of and interest on loans, and moneys advanced to or indebtedness incurred by the dissolved redevelopment agencies. Existing law requires, from February 1, 2012, to July 1, 2012, inclusive, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the county auditor-controller, after deducting administrative costs, to allocate property tax revenues in each Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund in a specified manner.</p><p>This bill would authorize a city or county that levies a property tax rate, approved by the voters of a city or county to make payments in support of pension programs and levied in addition to the general property tax rate, to make a request to an oversight board to prohibit revenues derived from that property tax rate from being deposited into a Redevelopment Property Tax Fund. This bill would authorize an oversight board to deny this request based on substantial evidence that a former redevelopment agency made a pledge of revenues that specifically included revenues derived from the imposition of that property tax rate. This bill, for the 201516 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, except to the extent an oversight board denies a request, would prohibit any revenues derived from the imposition of that property tax rate from being allocated to a Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund and would, instead, require these revenues to be allocated to, and when
collected to be paid into, the fund of the city or county whose voters approved the tax. The bill would require all allocations of revenues derived from the imposition of that property tax rate made by any county auditor-controller prior to July 1, 2015, to be deemed correct, and would prohibit any city, county, county auditor-controller, successor agency, or affected taxing entity from being subject to any claim, as specified. This bill would require, to the extent that revenues derived from the imposition of a property tax rate, approved by the voters of a city or county to make payments in support of pension programs and levied in addition to the general property tax rate, are deposited into a Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund, the county-auditor controller to allocate moneys from each Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund to a city or county that levies a property tax as so described after certain other allocations have been made.</p><p>By adding to the duties of
local government officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.</p><p>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.</p><p>This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.</p><p>This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.</p> | <caml:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</caml:Preamble><caml:BillSection id="id_FD0E9FD7-FCF2-4A97-8F97-9B9842A795E7"><caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>The California Constitution limits property-based tax levies, with exceptions to these limits only when a local jurisdiction obtains the approval of its voting electorate to use additional property-based tax levies for specific purposes approved by the voting electorate, in accordance with applicable constitutional and statutory provisions.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>With the enactment of Chapter 5 of the 201112 First Extraordinary Session (Assembly Bill 26), the Legislature intended that, upon dissolution of redevelopment agencies in the State of California,
property taxes that would have been allocated to redevelopment agencies are no longer deemed tax increment.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this act to do all of the following:</p><p>(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>If a redevelopment agency had previously pledged revenues derived from the imposition of a property tax rate, approved by the voters of a city, county, or city and county to make payments in support of pension programs and levied in addition to the property tax rate limited by subdivision (a) of Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, to pay a portion of the debt service due on indebtedness incurred by the former redevelopment agency on an approved recognized obligation payment schedule, then the successor agency shall continue to pledge those revenues, in a commensurate rate going forward. For example, if revenues derived from a pension tax rate approved by the
voters of a city, county, or city and county were pledged to pay up to 25 percent of the annual debt service for the indebtedness approved in a recognized obligation payment schedule, the successor agency shall continue to pay up to 25 percent of the annual debt service on the indebtedness until maturity. Any and all excess pledged revenues derived from the pension property tax rate that are not necessary to pay the debt service on the indebtedness shall be allocated and paid to the city, county, or city and county whose voters approved the pension property tax rate.</p><p>(B)<span class="EnSpace"/>Ensure that the use of revenues derived from the imposition of a property tax rate approved by the voters of a city, county, or city and county, to make payments in support of pension programs and levied in addition to the property tax rate limited by subdivision (a) of Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, is consistent with the use approved by the voters
of a city, county, or city and county, once revenues from such property tax rates are not needed to pay approved indebtedness of a former redevelopment agency.</p><p>(C)<span class="EnSpace"/>Implement the allocation and distribution of voter-approved, property-based tax revenues for pension programs under the redevelopment dissolution process in a manner that would have been consistent with the allocation and distribution of those revenues had redevelopment agencies not been dissolved, in accordance with applicable constitutional provisions.</p><p>(4)<span class="EnSpace"/>Further, it is the intent of the Legislature that this act not affect any property tax allocations that occurred prior to July 1, 2015.</p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_928EFF92-80F8-414E-ACCF-516596C49127"><caml:Num>SEC. 2.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:HSC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'24.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'PART'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'1.85.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'5.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'34183.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 34183 of the <caml:DocName>Health and Safety Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_6FD68961-56EC-4DAB-B091-19EC2090C113"><caml:Num>34183.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_12D41CF3-D6A4-428A-B146-FF2A6C29A394"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>Notwithstanding any other law, from February 1, 2012, to July 1, 2012, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the county auditor-controller shall, after deducting administrative costs allowed under Section 34182 and Section 95.3 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, allocate moneys in each Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund as follows:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>Subject to any prior deductions required by subdivision (b), first, the county auditor-controller shall remit from the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund to each local agency and school entity an amount of property tax revenues in an amount equal to that which would have been received under Section 33401, 33492.140, 33607, 33607.5, 33607.7, or 33676, as those sections read on January 1, 2011, or pursuant to any passthrough
agreement between a redevelopment agency and a taxing entity that was entered into prior to January 1, 1994, that would be in force during that fiscal year, had the redevelopment agency existed at that time. The amount of the payments made pursuant to this paragraph shall be calculated solely on the basis of passthrough payment obligations, existing prior to the effective date of this part and continuing as obligations of successor entities, shall occur no later than May 16, 2012, and no later than June 1, 2012, and each January 2 and June 1 thereafter. Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 33670, that portion of the taxes in excess of the amount identified in subdivision (a) of Section 33670, which are attributable to a tax rate levied by a taxing entity for the purpose of producing revenues in an amount sufficient to make annual repayments of the principal of, and the interest on, any bonded indebtedness for the acquisition or improvement of real property shall be allocated to, and when collected
shall be paid into, the fund of that taxing entity. The amount of passthrough payments computed pursuant to this section, including any passthrough agreements, shall be computed as though the requirement to set aside funds for the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund was still in effect.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>Second, on June 1, 2012, and each January 2 and June 1 thereafter, to each successor agency for payments listed in its Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule for the six-month fiscal period beginning January 1, 2012, and July 1, 2012, and each January 2 and June 1 thereafter, in the following order of priority:</p><p>(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>Debt service payments scheduled to be made for tax allocation bonds.</p><p>(B)<span class="EnSpace"/>Payments scheduled to be made on revenue bonds, but only to the extent the revenues pledged for them are insufficient to make the payments and
only if the agencys tax increment revenues were also pledged for the repayment of the bonds.</p><p>(C)<span class="EnSpace"/>Payments scheduled for other debts and obligations listed in the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule that are required to be paid from former tax increment revenue.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>Third, on June 1, 2012, and each January 2 and June 1 thereafter, to each successor agency for the administrative cost allowance, as defined in Section 34171, for administrative costs set forth in an approved administrative budget for those payments required to be paid from former tax increment revenues.</p><span class="insertion"><p>(4)<span class="EnSpace"/>(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>Fourth, on January 2, 2016, and each January 2 and June 1 thereafter, to a city or county that levies a property tax rate, approved by the
voters of a city or county to make payments in support of pension programs and levied in addition to the property tax rate limited by subdivision (a) of Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, an amount of property tax revenues equal to the amount of revenues derived from the imposition of that tax rate that were allocated to the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund for that fiscal period. </p></span><span class="insertion"><p><span class="insertion">(B)<span class="EnSpace"/></span>This paragraph shall not apply to the extent that revenues derived from the imposition of a property tax rate described in subparagraph (A) are not deposited into a Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund as provided by subdivision (f). </p></span><span class="deletion"><p>(4)<span class="EnSpace"/>Fourth</p></span><p><span class="insertion">(5)<span class="EnSpace"/>Fifth,</span>
on June 1, 2012, and each January 2 and June 1 thereafter, any moneys remaining in the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund after the payments and transfers authorized by paragraphs (1) to<span class="deletion"> (3),</span><span class="insertion"> (4),</span> inclusive, shall be distributed to local agencies and school entities in accordance with Section 34188.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>If the successor agency reports, no later than April 1, 2012, and May 1, 2012, and each December 1 and May 1 thereafter, to the county auditor-controller that the total amount available to the successor agency from the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund allocation to that successor agencys Redevelopment Obligation Retirement Fund, from other funds transferred from each redevelopment agency, and from funds that have or will become
available through asset sales and all redevelopment operations, are insufficient to fund the payments required by paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (a) in the next six-month fiscal period, the county auditor-controller shall notify the Controller and the Department of Finance no later than 10 days from the date of that notification. The county auditor-controller shall verify whether the successor agency will have sufficient funds from which to service debts according to the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule and shall report the findings to the Controller. If the Controller concurs that there are insufficient funds to pay required debt service, the amount of the deficiency shall be deducted first from the amount remaining to be distributed to taxing entities pursuant to<span class="deletion"> paragraph (4),</span><span class="insertion"> paragraphs (4) and (5) of subdivision
(a),</span> and if that amount is exhausted, from amounts available for distribution for administrative costs in paragraph<span class="deletion"> (3).</span><span class="insertion"> (3) of subdivision (a).</span> If an agency, pursuant to the provisions of Section 33492.15, 33492.72, 33607.5, 33671.5, 33681.15, or 33688 or as expressly provided in a passthrough agreement entered into pursuant to Section 33401, made passthrough payment obligations subordinate to debt service payments required for enforceable obligations, funds for servicing bond debt may be deducted from the amounts for passthrough payments under paragraph<span class="deletion"> (1),</span><span class="insertion"> (1) of subdivision (a),</span> as provided in those
sections, but only to the extent that the amounts remaining to be distributed to taxing entities pursuant to<span class="deletion"> paragraph</span><span class="insertion"> paragraphs</span> (4)<span class="insertion"> and (5) of subdivision (a)</span> and the amounts available for distribution for administrative costs in paragraph (3)<span class="insertion"> of subdivision (a)</span> have all been exhausted.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>The county treasurer may loan any funds from the county treasury to the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund of the successor agency for the purpose of paying an item approved on the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule at the request of the Department
of Finance that are necessary to ensure prompt payments of redevelopment agency debts. An enforceable obligation is created for repayment of those loans.</p><p>(d)<span class="EnSpace"/>The Controller may recover the costs of audit and oversight required under this part from the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund by presenting an invoice therefor to the county auditor-controller who shall set aside sufficient funds for and disburse the claimed amounts prior to making the next distributions to the taxing entities pursuant to Section 34188. Subject to the approval of the Director of Finance, the budget of the Controller may be augmented to reflect the reimbursement, pursuant to Section 28.00 of the Budget Act.</p><p>(e)<span class="EnSpace"/>Within 10 days of each distribution of property tax, the county auditor-controller shall provide a report to the department regarding the distribution for each successor agency that includes
information on the total available for allocation, the passthrough amounts and how they were calculated, the amounts distributed to successor agencies, and the amounts distributed to taxing entities in a manner and form specified by the department. This reporting requirement shall also apply to distributions required under subdivision (b) of Section 34183.5.</p><span class="insertion"><p>(f)<span class="EnSpace"/>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>A city or county that levies a property tax rate, approved by the voters of a city or county to make payments in support of pension programs and levied in addition to the property tax rate limited by subdivision (a) of Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, may make a request to an oversight board to prohibit revenues derived from the imposition of that property tax rate from being deposited into a Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund. </p></span><span class="insertion"><p><span class="insertion">(2)<span class="EnSpace"/></span>Based on substantial evidence that a former redevelopment agency made a pledge of revenues that specifically included revenues derived from the imposition of a property tax rate, approved by the voters of a city or county to make payments in support of pension programs and levied in addition to the property tax rate limited by subdivision (a) of Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, an oversight board may deny a request made pursuant to paragraph (1) in an amount not to exceed the amount of revenues pledged by the former redevelopment agency. </p></span><span class="insertion"><p><span class="insertion">(3)<span class="EnSpace"/></span>Notwithstanding
any other law, for the 201516 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, except to the extent an oversight board denies a request as provided by paragraph (2), any revenues derived from the imposition of a property tax rate, approved by the voters of a city or county to make payments in support of pension programs and levied in addition to the property tax rate limited by subdivision (a) of Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, shall not be allocated to a Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund and shall instead be allocated to, and when collected shall be paid into, the fund of the city or county whose voters approved the tax. </p></span><span class="insertion"><p><span class="insertion">(4)<span class="EnSpace"/></span>Notwithstanding any other law, all allocations of
revenues derived from the imposition of a property tax rate, approved by the voters of a city or county to make payments in support of pension programs and levied in addition to the property tax rate limited by subdivision (a) of Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, made by any county auditor-controller prior to July 1, 2015, shall be deemed correct and shall not be affected by this act. A city, county, county auditor-controller, successor agency, or affected taxing entity shall not be subject to any claim for money, damages, or reallocated revenues based on any allocation of such revenues prior to July 1, 2014. </p></span></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_6BC50E66-3726-41DD-91F7-1D1E45097DA6"><caml:Num>SEC. 3.</caml:Num><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>No inference shall be drawn from the enactment of this act with respect to the use, distribution, or allocation of revenues derived from the imposition of a property tax rate, approved by the voters of a city, county, or city and county to make payments in support of pension programs and levied in addition to the property tax rate limited by subdivision (a) of Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, made by any county auditor-controller prior to July 1, 2015.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>The Legislature is aware of City of San Jose, etc. v. Sharma et al., Court of Appeal Case No. C074539, which is pending litigation. It is the express intent of the Legislature that no party in
that pending litigation be in any way prejudiced by the passage of this act. Therefore, the provisions of this act, except the addition of paragraph (4) to subdivision (a) of Section 34183 of the Health and Safety Code, shall not apply to the City of San Jose Successor Agency. Furthermore, this act shall not be indicative of any legislative intent concerning any issues before the courts in that litigation, and no provision of this act shall be relied upon in any way regarding the issues pending before the courts in that litigation.</p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_18D7B766-5674-4CC9-BABA-DA27B04801FA"><caml:Num>SEC. 4.</caml:Num><caml:Content><p>If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.</p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_61B128C9-E72E-497B-9210-802D3B4014A6"><caml:Num>SEC. 5.</caml:Num><caml:Content><p>This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:</p><p>In order to avoid underfunded pension programs as a result of revenues derived from the imposition of a property tax rate, approved by the voters of a city, county, or city and county to make payments in support of pension programs and levied in addition to the property tax rate limited by subdivision (a) of Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, being allocated first to successor agencies to make payments on the indebtedness incurred by the
dissolved redevelopment agencies, with remaining balances being allocated in accordance with applicable constitutional and statutory provisions, instead of being paid entirely into the fund of the city, county, or city and county whose voters approved the tax, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.</p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection> | 2015-02-26 | 112 | 1 | Democrat | Individual | Garcia | Cristina |
CA_201520160AB101 | -1 | null | null | CA | Vetoed | CA | Assembly | Pupil instruction: ethnic studies. | An act to add Section 51226.7 to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction. | <p>Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to include, among other subjects, the social sciences. Existing law requires the State Board of Education, with the assistance of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to establish a list of textbooks and other instructional materials that highlight the contributions of minorities in the development of California and the United States.</p><p>This bill would require the Superintendent to oversee the development of, and the state board to adopt, a model curriculum to ensure quality courses in ethnic studies. The bill would require the Superintendent to establish an Ethnic Studies Advisory Committee and would require the committee to advise, assist, and make recommendations to the Superintendent regarding the development of the model curriculum. The bill would, beginning
the school year following the adoption of the model curriculum, authorize each school district maintaining any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer, as an elective in the social sciences, a course of study in ethnic studies based on the model curriculum.</p> | <caml:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</caml:Preamble><caml:BillSection id="id_7FBCBC36-159C-4844-8A27-73EBC29966A1"><caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:Content><p>The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:</p><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>The State of California is committed to providing excellent educational opportunities to all of its pupils.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>There are 92 languages other than English spoken throughout the state, with the primary languages being Arabic, Armenian, Cantonese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>There is a growing body of academic research that shows the importance of culturally meaningful and relevant curriculum.</p><p>(d)<span class="EnSpace"/>Based on the National
Education Association (NEA) publication, The Academic and Social Value of Ethnic Studies, the inclusion of ethnic studies in a curriculum has a positive impact on pupils of color.</p><p>(e)<span class="EnSpace"/>Ethnic studies benefit pupils in observable ways, such as pupils becoming more academically engaged, increasing their performance on academic tests, improving their graduation rates, and developing a sense of self-efficacy and personal empowerment.</p><p>(f)<span class="EnSpace"/>The states educational standards should be guided by core values of equity, inclusiveness, and universally high expectations.</p><p>(g)<span class="EnSpace"/>The state is committed to its efforts to provide all pupils with excellent educational opportunities, without regard to race, gender, ethnicity, nationality, income, sexual orientation, or disability.</p><p>(h)<span class="EnSpace"/>The state is committed to its obligation to ensure its youth are college prepared and career ready, while graduating 100 percent of its pupils.</p><p>(i)<span class="EnSpace"/>The implementation of various ethnic studies courses within Californias curriculum that are A-G approved, with the objective of preparing pupils to be global citizens with an appreciation for the contributions of multiple cultures, will close the achievement gap, reduce pupil truancy, increase pupil enrollment, reduce dropout rates, and increase graduation rates.</p><p>(j)<span class="EnSpace"/>The state should support efforts in recruiting and retaining teachers who have relevant experience and educational background in the study or teaching of ethnic studies.</p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_153B7510-A36C-4D45-85CF-D8E41ECF34B9"><caml:Num>SEC. 2.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_ADDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:EDC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2F%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'51226.7'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 51226.7 is added to the <caml:DocName>Education Code</caml:DocName>, to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_5C9C3020-E8AC-4BA7-A9FD-BF966668FC5A"><caml:Num>51226.7.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_8D692092-CA33-4758-BD9A-DA8ADFBEA93E"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>The Superintendent shall oversee the development of, and the state board shall adopt, a model curriculum to ensure quality courses of study in ethnic studies through partnerships with universities with ethnic studies programs. The model curriculum shall meet the A-G approval requirements of the Regents of the University of California.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>On or before the beginning of the 201617 school year, the Superintendent shall establish an Ethnic Studies Advisory Committee comprised of a majority of educators with experience in teaching ethnic studies from public high schools and institutions of higher education.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>The Ethnic Studies Advisory Committee shall advise, assist, and make recommendations to the Superintendent regarding the development of the model curriculum pursuant to subdivision (a).</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>Upon completion of the development of the model curriculum pursuant to subdivision (a), the Ethnic Studies Advisory Committee shall cease to exist.</p><p> (c)<span class="EnSpace"/>Beginning the school year following the adoption of the model curriculum pursuant to subdivision (a), each school district maintaining any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, may offer to all otherwise qualified pupils in those grades, as an elective in the social sciences, a course of study in ethnic studies based on the model curriculum.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection> | 2015-09-14 | 9 | 1 | Democrat | Individual | Alejo | Luis |
CA_201520160AB1010 | -1 | null | null | CA | In Committee Process | CA | Assembly | Community colleges: part-time, temporary employees. | An act to add Section 87482.3 to the Education Code, relating to community colleges. | <p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes the establishment of community college districts under the administration of community college governing boards, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at community college campuses throughout the state.</p><p>Existing law requires that a person employed to teach adult or community college classes for not more than 67% of the hours per week of a full-time employee having comparable duties, excluding substitute service, be classified as a temporary employee and not become a contract employee.</p><p>This bill would require community college districts without a collective bargaining agreement with
part-time, temporary faculty in effect as of January 1, 2016, to, on or after January 1, 2016, commence negotiations with the exclusive representatives for part-time, temporary faculty regarding the terms and conditions required by the bill. The bill would specify minimum standards for the treatment of part-time, temporary faculty to be met by community college collective bargaining agreements negotiated on or after January 1, 2016, that are not exempt, as specified. These standards would relate to, among other issues, evaluation procedures, workload distribution, and seniority rights.</p><p>To the extent that this bill would impose new duties on community college districts, it would constitute a state-mandated local program.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>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.</p><p>This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.</p> | <caml:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</caml:Preamble><caml:BillSection id="id_3A6FDC92-A9E1-4CFE-9C44-9B2B63AEC0D5"><caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_ADDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:EDC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2F%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'87482.3'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 87482.3 is added to the <caml:DocName>Education Code</caml:DocName>, to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_529F9517-3091-492F-BBA3-F97202EBA212"><caml:Num>87482.3.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_50B41479-0FF4-44F6-92C4-52DA8136B45C"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>On or after January 1, 2016, community college districts that do not have a collective bargaining agreement with part-time, temporary faculty in effect as of January 1, 2016, shall commence negotiations with the exclusive representatives for part-time, temporary faculty regarding the terms and conditions required by subdivision (b). The parties shall negotiate these rights for part-time, temporary faculty.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>It is the intent of the<span class="deletion"> Legislature:</span><span class="insertion"> Legislature that both of the following shall occur:</span></p><p>(A)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/><span class="deletion">That </span><span class="insertion">The </span>adoption of provisions in compliance with subdivision (b) shall be included as part of the usual and customary negotiations between the community college district and the exclusive representative for part-time, temporary faculty.</p><p>(B)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/><span class="deletion">That a </span><span class="insertion">A </span>community college district<span class="insertion"> shall</span>
meet the minimum standards established by this section through the negotiation process between the community college district and the exclusive representative for part-time, temporary faculty.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>A community college district that enters into a collective bargaining agreement on or after January 1, 2016, shall comply with all of the following:</p><p>(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>Upon initial hire, a part-time, temporary faculty member shall be evaluated by a committee that shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, a contract or regular faculty peer evaluator who has expertise in the subject matter of the part-time, temporary faculty members assignment. The evaluation committee may additionally include other evaluators, such as a department
chair, dean, or a second peer. The terms and conditions of the evaluation process and procedures shall be locally negotiated between the community college district and the exclusive representative for part-time, temporary faculty. Subsequent to his or her initial hire, each part-time, temporary faculty member shall be evaluated at least once every six semesters or nine quarters of service, exclusive of summer and intersession terms.</p><p>(B)<span class="EnSpace"/>After six semesters or nine quarters of service, exclusive of summer and intersession terms, each part-time, temporary faculty member who has not received a less-than-satisfactory evaluation during the preceding six semesters or nine quarters of service shall be placed on a seniority list for each assignment at each college where he or she holds a current assignment during the seventh semester
or 10th quarter of service, irrespective of how many times he or she has completed each unique assignment. The seniority
for all assignments shall be determined based on the first date of hire at the applicable college. Seniority lists shall be by campus unless otherwise locally negotiated between the community college district and the exclusive representative for part-time, temporary faculty.</p><p>(C)<span class="EnSpace"/>For semester seven or quarter 10 and beyond, each community college district shall endeavor to maintain the workload equivalent that the part-time, temporary faculty member was assigned during semester six or quarter nine, subject to all of the following:</p><p>(i)<span class="EnSpace"/>As new assignments become available due to growth or attrition, these assignments shall be offered in seniority order to those part-time, temporary faculty members who have qualified to be placed on the seniority list pursuant to
subparagraph (B), and previously successfully completed that same assignment. These assignments may be made up to a maximum annualized load, exclusive of summer and intersession terms, in the range of 60 to 67 percent of a full-time equivalent load.</p><p>(ii)<span class="EnSpace"/>In cases where a reduction in assignment needs to occur due to program needs, budget constraints, or more contract faculty hires, the reduction shall occur first from among those part-time, temporary faculty members who have not yet qualified to be placed on the seniority list, and thereafter in reverse seniority order, with the least senior part-time, temporary faculty member reduced first. Any rights to a certain workload equivalent shall be maintained for a period of 18 months. In cases of class cancellation due to low enrollment, faculty members shall displace faculty members who
are lower than they are on the seniority list, provided that the class cancellation occurs prior to the first class meeting day.</p><p>(iii)<span class="EnSpace"/>Each new assignment successfully completed shall be added to the part-time, temporary faculty member seniority list.</p><span class="deletion"><p>(D)<span class="EnSpace"/>If a part-time, temporary faculty member rejects any offered assignment, he or she shall have his or her workload equivalent reduced accordingly. If he or she rejects all offered assignments, he or she shall lose all seniority rights.</p><p>(E)<span class="EnSpace"/>Additional</p></span><p><span class="insertion"> </span><span class="insertion">(D)<span class="EnSpace"/>Procedures governing refusal or rejection of offered assignments, diminution or loss of seniority rights, and additional</span> leave or break-in-service provisions<span class="deletion"> may</span><span class="insertion"> shall</span> be locally negotiated between the community college district and the exclusive representative for part-time, temporary faculty.</p><span class="deletion"><p>(F)</p></span><p><span class="insertion">(E)</span><span class="EnSpace"/>In cases where a part-time, temporary faculty member, subsequent to qualifying to be placed on the seniority list, receives a less-than-satisfactory evaluation, as that term is defined in the collective bargaining agreement between the community college district and the exclusive representative for part-time, temporary faculty, the faculty member shall be provided a written plan of remediation with concrete suggestions for improvement. The faculty member shall be evaluated again the following semester. If the outcome of this subsequent evaluation is also less than satisfactory, the faculty member shall lose all seniority rights, and may be dismissed at the discretion of the district. Appeal and grievance rights and procedures, if any, shall be subject to local collective bargaining.</p><span class="deletion"><p>(G)</p></span><p><span class="insertion">(F)</span><span class="EnSpace"/>In all cases, part-time faculty assignments are temporary in nature, contingent on enrollment and funding, and subject to program changes, and no part-time faculty member has a reasonable assurance of continued employment at any point, irrespective of the status, length of service, or reemployment preference seniority of that part-time, temporary faculty member.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>A community college district that has a collective bargaining agreement in effect as of January 1, 2016, that<span class="deletion"> takes into account</span><span class="insertion">
has provisions in place that require implementation of</span> all of the following, and executes a signed written agreement pursuant to subparagraph (B), shall be exempt from this subdivision upon the expiration of that agreement:</p><p>(i)<span class="EnSpace"/>Part-time, temporary faculty<span class="deletion"> assignments</span><span class="insertion"> assignment</span> based on seniority up to the range of 60 to 67 percent of a full-time equivalent load.</p><p>(ii)<span class="EnSpace"/>A regular evaluation process for part-time, temporary faculty.</p><p>(iii)<span class="EnSpace"/>Due process for termination once a part-time, temporary faculty member has qualified for the
negotiated provisions.</p><p>(B)<span class="EnSpace"/>A written agreement, confirming that<span class="insertion"> provisions requiring the implementation of</span> clauses (i) to (iii), inclusive, have been<span class="deletion"> taken into account in</span><span class="insertion"> included in</span> a collective bargaining agreement in effect as of January 1, 2016, shall be signed by the exclusive representative for part-time, temporary faculty and the community college district, who are subject to that agreement, in order for the district to be exempt from this subdivision pursuant to subparagraph (A).</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_38DF8575-D217-45F9-8B36-28771F3AC576"><caml:Num>SEC. 2.</caml:Num><caml:Content><p>If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.</p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection> | 2015-04-27 | 81 | 1 | Democrat | Individual | Medina | Jose |
CA_201520160AB1011 | -1 | null | null | CA | Died | CA | Assembly | Department of Transportation: transfer of vacant property. | An act to add Section<span class="deletion"> 14673.12</span><span class="insertion"> 118.8</span> to the<span class="deletion"> Government</span><span class="insertion"> Streets and Highways</span> Code<span class="insertion">,</span> relating to state property. | <span class="deletion"><p>Under existing law the Department of General Services has various duties relating to state property.</p><p>This bill would require the Department of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Transportation, to relinquish specified property in the City of Los Angeles for use by the City of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation as a park, as specified. </p></span><span class="insertion"><p>Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of all state highways and associated property. Existing law requires the department to offer to sell
or exchange certain excess real property that consists of lands of notable environmental value to various public agencies for park purposes prior to disposing of the property.</p><p>This bill would require the department to transfer certain vacant real property in the City of Los Angeles to that city for park purposes, subject to various terms and conditions.</p></span><p>This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute.</p> | <caml:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</caml:Preamble><span class="deletion"><caml:BillSection id="id_B80FEED0-49EF-4138-9C30-86175142DA88"><caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_ADDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:GOV:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2F%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'14673.12'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 14673.12 is added to the <caml:DocName>Government Code</caml:DocName>, to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_6B505C06-37EA-47AC-9DBC-DACF845E1BA4"><caml:Num>14673.12.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_A3F8DD2F-E616-4DBC-BC35-15E5AA962AED"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Department of General Services shall, upon terms and conditions in the best interest of the state, relinquish vacant real property in Los Angeles geographically bounded by North Gaffey Street on the west, the 110 Freeway South Terminus on the southeast, and the Vincent Thomas Bridge/CA47 S off ramp on the north, to be determined and consented by the Department of Transportation for use by the City of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation as a park. The park shall be operated for the benefit of the general public.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>The Department of General Services shall relinquish the property described in subdivision (a) in
as is condition. The contract shall provide that the City of Los Angeles shall be fully responsible for the maintenance and operation of the property in a manner that does not become a public nuisance to the community. The state shall not have any liability for any improvement, construction, operation, or maintenance of the park or park facilities.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection></span><caml:BillSection id="id_6526BF95-0A39-48BD-B662-283FD7FA1C58"><caml:Num><span class="insertion">SECTION 1.</span></caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_ADDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:SHC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2F%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'118.8'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator"><span class="insertion">Section 118.8 is added to the <caml:DocName>Streets and Highways Code</caml:DocName>, to read:</span></caml:ActionLine><span class="insertion"><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_5431920F-6642-4078-B526-0D9D1ED73A70"><caml:Num>118.8.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_01D2B20E-6FD9-43E8-992B-96E90545B9CF"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department, upon terms and conditions that are in the best interest of the state, shall transfer vacant real property geographically bounded by North Gaffey Street on the west, the south terminus of the State Highway Route 110 Freeway on the south and east, and the Vincent Thomas Bridge and State Highway Route 47 south off ramp on the north in the City of Los Angeles to that city for use by its park and recreation department as a park. The park shall be operated for the benefit of the general public.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>The department shall transfer the property described in subdivision (a) in as is condition. The contract shall provide that the City of Los Angeles shall be fully responsible for the
maintenance and operation of the property in a manner that the property does not become a public nuisance. The state shall not have any liability for any improvement, construction, operation, or maintenance of the park or park facilities.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></span></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_9FC2F7ED-818D-4432-B8AC-AD3B48784FFA"><caml:Num>SEC. 2.</caml:Num><caml:Content><p>The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances applicable to the relinquishment of vacant land in Los Angeles.</p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection> | 2015-04-14 | 113 | 1 | Democrat | Individual | O'Donnell | Patrick |
CA_201520160AB1012 | -1 | null | null | CA | Chaptered | CA | Assembly | Pupil instruction: course periods without educational content. | An act to add Sections 51228.1, 51228.2, and 51228.3 to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction. | <p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary education in this state, and requires and authorizes local educational agencies to provide specified instruction at elementary and secondary schools. Existing law prescribes various requirements with respect to a course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, at these schools.</p><p>This bill, commencing with the 201617 school year, would prohibit school districts that maintain any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, from assigning a pupil enrolled in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in
a school, as defined to exclude alternative schools, community day schools, continuation schools, and opportunity schools, in the school district to any course period without educational content, as defined, for more than one week in any semester, except under prescribed conditions. The bill would specifically prohibit school districts from assigning a pupil enrolled in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in a school in the school district to a course period without educational content because there are not sufficient curricular course offerings for the pupil to take during the relevant period of the designated schoolday.</p><p>The bill would, commencing with the
201617 school year, also prohibit school districts that maintain any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, from assigning a pupil enrolled in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in a school, as defined to exclude alternative schools, community day schools, continuation schools, and opportunity schools, in the school district, to a course that the pupil has previously completed and received a grade determined by the school district to be sufficient to satisfy the requirements and prerequisites for admission to the California public institutions of postsecondary education and the minimum requirements for receiving a diploma of graduation from high school, except under specified conditions.</p><p> The bill would specify that it is not to be interpreted to limit or otherwise affect the authority of a school district to
authorize dual enrollment in community college or to provide evening high school programs, independent study programs, or work-based learning or work experience education.</p><p>The bill would specify procedures to be followed if a complaint of noncompliance with the requirements of the bill is filed with a local educational agency or if an appeal of the local educational agencys decision on the complaint is made to the State Department of Education. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to prepare an annual report detailing actions taken pursuant to these procedures.</p><p>The bill would require the Superintendent to develop regulations for adoption by the State Board of Education governing these provisions.</p><p>To the extent that this bill would create new duties for local educational agencies, it would constitute a state-mandated
local program.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>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.</p><p>This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.</p> | <caml:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</caml:Preamble><caml:BillSection id="id_A2A2A66D-39CD-4D22-906B-77CFD88CDD9C"><caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_ADDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:EDC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2F%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'51228.1'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 51228.1 is added to the <caml:DocName>Education Code</caml:DocName>, to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_0722BEBF-1BAD-49C3-9DF2-8ADD20F8F3D4"><caml:Num>51228.1.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_3E267FC2-466D-465F-8D16-73B706443964"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>Commencing with the 201617 school year, except as provided in subdivision (e), a school district maintaining any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, shall not assign a pupil enrolled in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in a school in the school district to any course period without educational content for more than one week in any semester, unless all of the following conditions are satisfied:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>A
pupil is assigned to that course only if the pupil or, for a pupil who has not reached the age of majority, the pupils parent, guardian, or educational rights holder has consented in writing to the assignment.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>A school official has determined that the pupil will benefit from being assigned to the course period.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>The principal or assistant principal of the school has stated in a written document maintained at the school that, for the relevant school year, no pupils are assigned to those classes unless the school has met the conditions specified in paragraphs (1) and (2).</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>Under no circumstances shall a school district assign
a pupil enrolled in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in a school in the school district to a course period without educational content because there are not sufficient curricular course offerings for the pupil to take during the relevant period of the designated schoolday.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>For purposes of this section, course period without educational content is defined as one course period during which
any of the following occurs:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>The pupil is sent home or released from campus before the conclusion of the designated schoolday.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>The pupil is assigned to a service, instructional work experience, or to an otherwise named course in which the pupil is assigned to assist a certificated employee, but not expected to complete curricular assignments, in a course the certificated employee is teaching during that period and where the ratio of certificated employees to pupils assigned to the course for curricular purposes is less than one to one.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>The pupil is not assigned to any course for the relevant course period.</p><p>(d)<span class="EnSpace"/>Nothing in
this section shall be interpreted to limit or otherwise affect the authority of a school district to authorize dual enrollment in community college, as provided for in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 48800) of Part 27, to establish and maintain evening high school programs, as provided for in Article 3 (commencing with Section 51720) of Chapter 5, to offer
independent study, as provided for in Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 51745) of Chapter 5, to provide courses of work-based learning or work experience education, as provided for in Article 7 (commencing with Section 51760) of Chapter 5, or to offer any class or course of instruction authorized under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 51700), if the program otherwise meets all of the requirements of law governing that program.</p><p>(e)<span class="EnSpace"/>This section shall not apply to a pupil enrolled in any of the following:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>An alternative school.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>A community day school.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>A continuation high school.</p><p>(4)<span class="EnSpace"/>An opportunity school.</p><p>(f)<span class="EnSpace"/>The Superintendent shall develop regulations for adoption by the state board to establish procedures governing this section, including the form of the written statement required pursuant to subdivision (a).</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_740F51E0-CE6B-4C65-BA8A-A72688F0EBA6"><caml:Num>SEC. 2.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_ADDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:EDC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2F%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'51228.2'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 51228.2 is added to the <caml:DocName>Education Code</caml:DocName>, to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_79BFA744-A6FE-45CB-B820-A1BA8B190DF5"><caml:Num>51228.2.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_4FAF5FAF-8F8E-4837-B124-B864EA8DDADF"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>Commencing with the 201617 school year, except as provided in subdivision (d), a school district maintaining any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, shall not assign a pupil enrolled in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in a school in the school district to a course that the pupil has previously completed and received a grade determined by the school district to be sufficient to satisfy the requirements and prerequisites for admission to the California public
institutions of postsecondary education and the minimum requirements for receiving a diploma of graduation from high school established in this article, unless either of the following applies:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>The course has been designed to be taken more than once because pupils are exposed to a new curriculum year to year and are therefore expected to derive educational value from taking the course again.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>For any course that has not been designed to be taken more than once, all of the following conditions are satisfied:</p><p>(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>A pupil is assigned to the course only if the pupil or, for a pupil who has not reached the age of majority, the pupils parent, guardian, or educational rights holder has consented in
writing to the assignment for the purpose of improving a lower grade.</p><p>(B)<span class="EnSpace"/>A school official has determined that the pupil will benefit from being assigned to the course period.</p><p>(C)<span class="EnSpace"/>The principal or assistant principal of the school has stated in a written document to be maintained at the school that, for the relevant school year, no pupils are assigned to those classes unless the school has met the conditions specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B).</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>Under no circumstances shall a school district assign a pupil enrolled in
any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in a school in the school district to a course that the pupil has previously completed and received a grade determined by the school district to be sufficient to satisfy the requirements and prerequisites for admission to the California public institutions of postsecondary education and the minimum requirements for receiving a diploma of graduation from high school established in this article because there are not sufficient curricular course offerings for the pupil to take during the relevant period of the designated schoolday.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to limit or otherwise affect the authority of a school district to authorize dual enrollment in community college, as provided for in Chapter 5
(commencing with Section 48800) of Part 27, to establish and maintain evening high school programs, as provided for in Article 3 (commencing with Section 51720) of Chapter 5, to offer independent study, as provided for in Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 51745) of Chapter 5, to provide courses of work-based learning or work experience education, as provided for in Article 7 (commencing with Section 51760) of Chapter 5, or to offer any class or course of instruction authorized under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 51700), if the program otherwise meets all of the requirements of law governing that program.</p><p>(d)<span class="EnSpace"/>This section shall not apply to a pupil enrolled in any of the following:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>An alternative school.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>A community day school.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>A continuation high school.</p><p>(4)<span class="EnSpace"/>An opportunity school.</p><p>(e)<span class="EnSpace"/>The Superintendent shall develop regulations for adoption by the state board to establish procedures governing this section, including the form of the written statement required pursuant to subdivision (a).</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_47B2CF34-3F3E-49D0-A3D8-B484B8DE4C91"><caml:Num>SEC. 3.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_ADDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:EDC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2F%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'51228.3'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 51228.3 is added to the <caml:DocName>Education Code</caml:DocName>, to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_BEAFB157-5D0D-49FC-97FF-52D4F5C60BFB"><caml:Num>51228.3.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_DC7C3E05-1E99-49D6-9FB3-1504DA332247"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>A complaint of noncompliance with the requirements of Section 51228.1 or 51228.2 may be filed with the local educational agency under the Uniform Complaint Procedures set forth in Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 4600) of Division 1 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>A complainant not satisfied with the decision of a local educational agency may appeal the decision to the department pursuant to the Uniform Complaint Procedures set forth in Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 4600) of Division 1 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, and shall receive a decision regarding the appeal within 60 days of the departments receipt of
the appeal.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>If a local educational agency finds merit in a complaint filed pursuant to subdivision (a), or the Superintendent finds merit in an appeal made pursuant to subdivision (b), the local educational agency shall provide a remedy to the affected pupil.</p><p>(d)<span class="EnSpace"/>The Superintendent shall prepare an annual report detailing actions taken pursuant to this section. By January 1 of each year, the Superintendent shall submit the report to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature.</p><p>(e)<span class="EnSpace"/>The Superintendent shall have all power and authority necessary to effectuate the requirements of this section. The Superintendent shall develop regulations for adoption by the state board that set forth
the procedures governing this section.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_19EF3D12-72E7-46D3-B630-FC3EBD039E2E"><caml:Num>SEC. 4.</caml:Num><caml:Content><p>If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.</p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection> | 2015-10-09 | 87 | 1 | Democrat | Individual | Jones-Sawyer | Reginald |
CA_201520160AB1013 | -1 | null | null | CA | In Committee Process | CA | Assembly | Energy: public domain computer program: home energy rating. | An act to amend Sections 25402.1 and 25942 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy. | <p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to prescribe, by regulation, lighting, insulation climate control system, and other building design and construction standards that increase the efficiency in the use of energy and water for new residential and new nonresidential buildings. Existing law also requires the commission to prescribe, by regulation, energy and water conservation design standards for new residential and new nonresidential buildings. In order to implement these requirements, existing law requires the commission to develop a public domain computer program that enables contractors, builders, architects, engineers, and government officials to estimate energy consumed by residential and nonresidential buildings. </p><p>This bill would require the commission to
approve and make publicly available, not less than 6 months prior to the effective date of adopted or updated efficiency standards, a version of the public domain computer program that will function properly with these adopted or updated standards. The bill would require the commission, before approving the public domain computer program for use with adopted or updated standards, to perform preliminary tests of the public domain computer program using common examples of residential and nonresidential buildings and building systems to ensure the usability of the program. The bill would require the commission to make the results of those preliminary tests publicly available.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>Existing law requires the commission to establish criteria for adopting a statewide home energy rating program for residential dwellings.</p><p>For existing single-family residential dwellings and multifamily residential dwellings with
up to 4 units, this bill would require the commission, in administering the statewide home energy rating program, to ensure that energy assessment tools<span class="deletion"> used</span><span class="insertion"> approved</span> by the commission are routinely adjusted to improve modeling accuracy and to ensure that consumers receive a notice with the output of the energy assessment tools explaining the assumptions used in the energy assessment tools and how they may differ from actual usage patterns.</p> | <caml:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</caml:Preamble><caml:BillSection id="id_EB84B97B-BC06-4A15-8B1C-ADC237832437"><caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:PRC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'15.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'5.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'25402.1.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 25402.1 of the <caml:DocName>Public Resources Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_8D0AF931-F82F-41C2-9CEF-E8DA96DE2CE2"><caml:Num>25402.1.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_783226D0-9144-4487-8CEB-16BD7C323C0F"><caml:Content><p>In order to implement the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25402, all of the following shall apply:</p><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>The commission shall develop a public domain computer program that will enable contractors, builders, architects, engineers, and government officials to estimate the energy consumed by residential and nonresidential buildings. The commission may charge a fee for the use of the program, which shall be based upon the actual cost of the program, including any computer costs.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>The commission shall establish a formal process for certification
of compliance options for new products, materials, and calculation methods that provides for adequate technical and public review to ensure accurate, equitable, and timely evaluation of certification applications. Proponents filing applications for new products, materials, and calculation methods shall provide all information needed to evaluate the application that is required by the commission. The commission shall publish annually the results of its certification decisions and instructions to users and local building officials concerning requirements for showing compliance with the building standards for new products, materials, or calculation methods. The commission may charge and collect a reasonable fee from applicants to cover the costs under this subdivision. Any funds received by the commission for purposes of this subdivision shall be deposited in the Energy Resources Programs Account and,
notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, are continuously appropriated to the commission for the purposes of this subdivision. Any unencumbered portion of funds collected as a fee for an application remaining in the Energy Resources Programs Account after completion of the certification process for that application shall be returned to the applicant within a reasonable period of time.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>The commission shall include a prescriptive method of complying with the standards, including design aids such as a manual, sample calculations, and model structural designs.</p><p>(d)<span class="EnSpace"/>The commission shall conduct a pilot project of field testing of actual residential buildings to calibrate and identify potential needed changes in the modeling assumptions to increase the accuracy of the
public domain computer program specified in subdivision (a) and to evaluate the impacts of the standards, including, but not limited to, the energy savings, cost-effectiveness, and the effects on indoor air quality. The pilot project shall be conducted pursuant to a contract entered into by the commission. The commission shall consult with the participants designated pursuant to Section 9202 of the Public Utilities Code, as that section read on December 31, 2003, to seek funding and support for field monitoring in each public utility service territory, with the University of California to take advantage of its extensive building monitoring expertise, and with the California Building Industry Association to coordinate the involvement of builders and developers throughout the state. The pilot project shall include periodic public workshops to develop plans and review progress. The commission shall
prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on progress and initial findings not later than December 31, 1988, and a final report on the results of the pilot project on residential buildings not later than June 30, 1990. The report shall include recommendations regarding the need and feasibility of conducting further monitoring of actual residential and nonresidential buildings. The report shall also identify any revisions to the public domain computer program and energy conservation standards if the pilot project determines that revisions are appropriate.</p><p>(e)<span class="EnSpace"/>The commission shall certify, not later than 180 days after approval of the standards by the State Building Standards Commission, an energy conservation manual for use by designers, builders, and contractors of residential and nonresidential buildings. The manual shall be
furnished upon request at a price sufficient to cover the costs of production and shall be distributed at no cost to all affected local agencies. The manual shall contain, but not be limited to, the following:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>The standards for energy conservation established by the commission.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>Forms, charts, tables, and other data to assist designers and builders in meeting the standards.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>Design suggestions for meeting or exceeding the standards.</p><p>(4)<span class="EnSpace"/>Any other information which the commission finds will assist persons in conforming to the standards.</p><p>(5)<span class="EnSpace"/>Instructions for use of the computer program for
calculating energy consumption in residential and nonresidential buildings.</p><p>(6)<span class="EnSpace"/>The prescriptive method for use as an alternative to the computer program.</p><p>(f)<span class="EnSpace"/>The commission shall approve and make publicly available, not less than six months prior to the effective date of adopted or updated standards, a version of the public domain computer program developed pursuant to subdivision (a) that will function properly with those adopted on updated standards. Before approving the public domain computer program for use with adopted or updated standards, the commission shall do both of the following:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>Perform preliminary tests of the public domain computer program using common examples of residential and nonresidential buildings
and building systems to ensure the usability of the public domain computer program by users of the program, including, but not limited to, architects, builders, contractors, and local code enforcement personnel.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>Make the results of the preliminary tests publicly available.</p><p>(g)<span class="EnSpace"/>The commission shall establish a continuing program of technical assistance to local building departments in the enforcement of subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25402 and this section. The program shall include the training of local officials in building technology and enforcement procedures related to energy conservation, and the development of complementary training programs conducted by local governments, educational institutions, and other public or private entities. The technical assistance
program shall include the preparation and publication of forms and procedures for local building departments in performing the review of building plans and specifications. The commission shall provide, on a contract basis, a review of building plans and specifications submitted by a local building department, and shall adopt a schedule of fees sufficient to repay the cost of those services.</p><p>(h)<span class="EnSpace"/>Subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25402 and this section, and the rules and regulations of the commission adopted pursuant to those provisions, shall be enforced by the building department of every city, county, or city and county.</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>A building permit for a residential or nonresidential building shall not be issued by a local building department, unless a review by the building
department of the plans for the proposed residential or nonresidential building contains detailed energy system specifications and confirms that the building satisfies the minimum standards established pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 25402 and this section applicable to the building.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>Where there is no local building department, the commission shall enforce subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25402 and this section.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>If a local building department fails to enforce subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25402 and this section or any other provision of this chapter or standard adopted pursuant thereto, the commission may provide enforcement after furnishing 10 days written notice to the local building department.</p><p>(4)<span class="EnSpace"/>A city, county, or city and county may, by ordinance or resolution, prescribe a schedule of fees sufficient to pay the costs incurred in the enforcement of subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25402 and this section. The commission may establish a schedule of fees sufficient to pay the costs incurred by that enforcement.</p><p>(5)<span class="EnSpace"/>The construction of a state building shall not commence until the Department of General Services or the state agency that otherwise has jurisdiction over the property reviews the plans for the proposed building and certifies that the plans satisfy the minimum standards established pursuant to Chapter 2.8 (commencing with Section 15814.30) of Part 10b of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 25402, and this section that are applicable to the building.</p><p>(i)<span class="EnSpace"/>Subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25402 and this section shall apply only to new residential and nonresidential buildings on which actual site preparation and construction have not commenced prior to the effective date of rules and regulations adopted pursuant to those provisions that are applicable to those buildings. Those sections shall not prohibit either of the following:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>The enforcement of state or local energy conservation or energy insulation standards, adopted prior to the effective date of rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25402 and this section with regard to residential and nonresidential buildings on which actual site preparation and construction have commenced prior to that date.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>The enforcement of city or county energy conservation or energy insulation standards, whenever adopted, with regard to residential and nonresidential buildings on which actual site preparation and construction have not commenced prior to the effective date of rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25402 and this section, if the city or county files the basis of its determination that the standards are cost effective with the commission and the commission finds that the standards will require the diminution of energy consumption levels permitted by the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to those sections. If, after two or more years after the filing with the commission of the determination that those standards are cost effective, there has been a substantial change in the factual circumstances
affecting the determination, upon application by any interested party, the city or county shall update and file a new basis of its determination that the standards are cost effective. The determination that the standards are cost effective shall be adopted by the governing body of the city or county at a public meeting. If, at the meeting on the matter, the governing body determines that the standards are no longer cost effective, the standards shall, as of that date, be unenforceable and no building permit or other entitlement shall be denied based on the noncompliance with the standards.</p><p>(j)<span class="EnSpace"/>The commission may exempt from the requirements of this section and of any regulations adopted pursuant to this section any proposed building for which compliance would be impossible without substantial delays and increases in cost of construction,
if the commission finds that substantial funds have been expended in good faith on planning, designing, architecture, or engineering prior to the date of adoption of the regulations.</p><p>(k)<span class="EnSpace"/>If a dispute arises between an applicant for a building permit, or the state pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (h), and the building department regarding interpretation of Section 25402 or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, either party may submit the dispute to the commission for resolution. The commissions determination of the matter shall be binding on the parties.</p><p> (<i>l</i>)<span class="EnSpace"/>Nothing in Section 25130, 25131, or 25402, or in this section prevents enforcement of any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, or Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 19878) of Part 3 of Division
13 of the Health and Safety Code as they existed prior to September 16, 1977.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_1345C2FF-BBC2-4E12-9801-8B52E9D25C97"><caml:Num>SEC. 2.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:PRC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'15.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'10.8.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'25942.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 25942 of the <caml:DocName>Public Resources Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_8CBD8D2C-CECB-441C-9DE2-C117D2AD5FF9"><caml:Num>25942.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_27E9D45E-4BD5-4887-B667-FAD1C1C9AA36"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>The commission shall establish criteria for adopting a statewide home energy rating program for residential dwellings. The program criteria shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following elements:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>Consistent, accurate, and uniform ratings based on a single statewide rating scale.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>Reasonable estimates of potential utility bill savings, and reliable recommendations on cost-effective measures to improve energy efficiency.</p><p>(3)<span class="EnSpace"/>Training and certification
procedures for home raters and quality assurance procedures to promote accurate ratings and to protect consumers.</p><p>(4)<span class="EnSpace"/>In coordination with home energy rating service organization databases, procedures to establish a centralized, publicly accessible, database that includes a uniform reporting system for information on residential dwellings, excluding proprietary information, needed to facilitate the program. There shall be no public access to information in the database concerning specific dwellings without the owners or occupants permission.</p><p>(5)<span class="EnSpace"/>Labeling procedures that will meet the needs of home buyers, homeowners, renters, the real estate industry, and mortgage lenders with an interest in home energy ratings.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>The commission shall adopt the program pursuant to subdivision (a) in consultation with representatives of the Bureau of Real Estate, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Public Utilities Commission, investor-owned and municipal utilities, cities and counties, real estate licensees, home builders, mortgage lenders, home appraisers and inspectors, home energy rating organizations, contractors who provide home energy services, consumer groups, and environmental groups.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>Home energy rating services shall not be performed in this state unless the services have been certified, if such a certification program is available, by the commission to be in compliance with the program criteria specified in subdivision (a) and, in addition, are in conformity with any other applicable element of the
program.</p><p>(d)<span class="EnSpace"/>The commission shall consult with the agencies and organizations described in subdivision (b), to facilitate a public information program to inform homeowners, rental property owners, renters, sellers, and others of the existence of the statewide home energy rating program adopted by the commission.</p><p>(e)<span class="EnSpace"/>The commission shall, as part of the biennial report prepared pursuant to Section 25302, report on the progress made to implement a statewide home energy rating program. The report shall include an evaluation of the energy savings attributable to the program, and a recommendation concerning which means and methods will be most efficient and cost-effective to induce home energy ratings for residential dwellings.</p><p>(f)<span class="EnSpace"/>For existing single-family residential dwellings and multifamily residential dwellings with up to four units, the commission shall do both of the following in administering the statewide home energy rating program:</p><p>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>Ensure energy assessment tools<span class="deletion"> used</span><span class="insertion"> approved</span> by the commission are routinely adjusted to improve modeling accuracy.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>Ensure that consumers receive a notice with the output of the energy assessment tools explaining the assumptions used in the energy assessment tools and how they may differ from actual usage
patterns.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection> | 2015-06-19 | 23 | 1 | Democrat | Individual | Quirk | Bill |
CA_201520160AB1015 | -1 | null | null | CA | Chaptered | CA | Assembly | Parking: car share vehicles. | An act to amend Section 22507.1 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. | <p>Existing law provides that the Vehicle Code is applicable and uniform throughout the state and in all counties and municipalities, and prohibits a local authority from enacting or enforcing an ordinance or resolution on those matters covered by the Vehicle Code unless expressly authorized by that code. Existing law authorizes local authorities to prohibit or restrict, by ordinance or resolution, the stopping, parking, or standing of vehicles on certain streets or highways, or portions thereof, during all or certain hours of the day. Under existing law, the local authority may also, by ordinance or resolution, give preferential parking privileges on designated streets to residents and merchants adjacent to those streets. The ordinance or resolution may also authorize preferential parking permits for members of organizations, professions, or other designated groups to park on specified
streets if the local authority determines that the use of the permits will not adversely affect parking conditions for residents and merchants in the area. Existing law authorizes a local authority, by ordinance or resolution, to designate certain streets or portions of streets for the exclusive parking privilege of motor vehicles participating in a car share vehicle program or ridesharing program, as specified.</p><p>This bill would additionally authorize a local authority to, by ordinance or resolution, designate certain streets or portions of streets for the nonexclusive parking privilege of motor vehicles participating in a car share vehicle program or ridesharing program.</p> | <caml:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</caml:Preamble><caml:BillSection id="id_790F9D00-2BC7-4A47-98CB-17B70E17D1DB"><caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:VEH:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'11.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'9.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'22507.1.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 22507.1 of the <caml:DocName>Vehicle Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_C1FDB8A3-2723-4C86-9DBD-BB5177724E34"><caml:Num>22507.1.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_46ED148A-01F3-4016-894D-3B79B9BE3D7E"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>A local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, designate certain streets or portions of streets for the exclusive or nonexclusive parking privilege of motor vehicles participating in a car share vehicle program or ridesharing program. The ordinance or resolution shall establish the criteria for a public or private company or organization to participate in the program, and may limit the types of motor vehicles that may be included in the program. Under the car share vehicle program a car share vehicle or ridesharing vehicle shall be assigned a permit, if necessary, by the local authority that allows that vehicle to park in the exclusive or nonexclusive designated parking areas.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>If exclusive parking privilege is authorized, the ordinance or resolution described in subdivision (a) does not apply until signs or markings giving adequate notice thereof have been placed.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>A local ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) may contain provisions that are reasonable and necessary to ensure the effectiveness of a car share vehicle program or ridesharing program.</p><p>(d)<span class="EnSpace"/>For purposes of this section, a car share vehicle is a motor vehicle that is operated as part of a regional fleet by a public or private car sharing company or organization and provides hourly or daily service.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection> | 2015-07-02 | 2 | 1 | Democrat | Individual | Bloom | Richard |
CA_201520160AB1016 | -1 | null | null | CA | Chaptered | CA | Assembly | Public postsecondary education: Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act. | An act to add Section 66749.5 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education. | <p>Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges and the California State University as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law, the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, encourages community colleges to facilitate the acceptance of credits earned at other community colleges toward the associate degree for transfer. The act requires the California State University to guarantee admission with junior status to a community college student who meets the requirements for the associate degree for transfer, and provides that admission to the California State University under these provisions does not guarantee admission for specific majors or campuses.</p><p>This bill would require the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to report to the Legislature, on or before
December 1, 2016, the status of each community colleges compliance with the acts provisions related to creating associate degrees for transfer. To the extent this reporting requirement would place additional requirements on community college districts, it would impose a state-mandated local program.</p><p>This bill would require the California State University to submit 2 reports to the Legislature on campus acceptance of transfer model curricula by concentration, on or before December 1, 2016, and on or before December 1, 2017, respectively. The
bill would require the California State University, commencing December 1, 2016, to annually, until November 30, 2021, publicly post available data, including, among other data, the number of students with an associate degree for transfer who applied to a campus of the California State University and were redirected to another campus than that indicated in the application, and the proportion of students with an associate degree for transfer who graduate from the California State University, as specified.</p><p>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.</p><p>This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory
provisions.</p> | <caml:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</caml:Preamble><caml:BillSection id="id_D67817A2-22E5-4548-AB92-7E19F6B51A4F"><caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_ADDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:EDC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2F%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'66749.5'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 66749.5 is added to the <caml:DocName>Education Code</caml:DocName>, to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_0F52AA46-F570-4726-915F-B085559C634D"><caml:Num>66749.5.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_9B2B4873-59DF-43C4-9DAA-BD11F6F90B7F"><caml:Content><p>(a)<span class="EnSpace"/>The Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall report to the Legislature on or before December 1, 2016, the status of each community colleges compliance with the provisions of this article related to creating associate degrees for transfer.</p><p>(b)<span class="EnSpace"/>The California State University shall submit two reports to the Legislature on campus acceptance of transfer model curricula by concentration, on or before
December 1, 2016, and on or before December 1, 2017, respectively.</p><p>(c)<span class="EnSpace"/>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>The California State University shall annually, commencing December 1, 2016, publicly post available data on all of the following:</p><p>(A)<span class="EnSpace"/>The number of students admitted with an associate degree for transfer.</p><p>(B)<span class="EnSpace"/>The proportion of students with an associate degree for transfer who graduate from the California State University within two or three years.</p><p>(C)<span class="EnSpace"/>The number of students with an associate degree for transfer who applied to a campus of the California State University and were redirected to another campus than that indicated in the application.</p><p>(D)<span class="EnSpace"/>The number of students described in subparagraph (C) who ultimately enrolled at a California State University campus.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>This subdivision shall become inoperative on November 30, 2021.</p><p>(d)<span class="EnSpace"/>(1)<span class="EnSpace"/>The requirements for submitting reports on or before December 1, 2016, imposed under subdivisions (a) and (b) are inoperative
on December 1, 2020, and the requirement for submitting a report on or before December 1, 2017, imposed under subdivision (b) is inoperative on December 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.</p><p>(2)<span class="EnSpace"/>Reports to be submitted pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section
9795 of the Government Code.</p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_4D56F40A-6E1C-4942-9066-F0E58547085A"><caml:Num>SEC. 2.</caml:Num><caml:Content><p>If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.</p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection> | 2015-10-02 | 17 | 1 | Democrat | Individual | Santiago | Miguel |
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Khosmood, F., Dekhtyar, A., Ellwein, S., White, B., "The Digital Democracy Corpus: Comprehensive Proceedings of Four State Legislatures 2015-2018", Digital Humanities, Washington, DC, August 2024.
CONTENT
This a corpus of a comprehensive proceedings of the state legislature in four largest US States: California, Texas, New York and Florida. It contains two full sessions for California (2015-2016 and 2017-2018 sessions) and for the other three states only the 2017-2018 session. The proceedings are mainly transcripts of what was said in public committee hearings of the legislature including floor sessions. They were developed from videos released by the legislature, but they were transcribed and annotated by the project. In addition to the speeches, speaker identities, committees, bills, sessions, hearings and links to hosted videos are provided. The format of the corpus is a series of CSV files closely resembling relational database tables of utterances, people, committees, bills, hearings, discussions and videos. The corpus contains over 1.6 Million speeches spoken by about 116,000 individually identified speakers in four states. The data is over 1.66GB uncompressed.
COLUMN IDS
A short explanation of column names for all 9 CSV files is provided here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QJA9OkhLQQVduc3FD532N0h1e5a3Z7lYIfQs7Ex2Op4/edit?usp=sharing
QUALITY
While no formal assessment of the content quality has been published, this corpus is considered of the highest quality mainly because every auto-transcribed utterance was subsequently verified and edited for quality and annotated by people trained and employed by the project. Unfortuantely since unlike the US Federal Government, none of the 50 states produce official transcript records, there's no way to verify against an authoritive source, and there are no other projects that have produced the same data.
BRIEF HISTORY
This corpus was developed by the Cal Poly Institute for Advanced Technology and Public Policy as part of the "Digital Democracy" government transparency project 2015-2018. The key individuals were Sen. Sam Blakeslee (former California Senate minority leader and founder of IATPP), Christine Robertson (Sam's chief of staff and designer of the project), Hans Poschman (IATPP staff and former legislative staff), Toshihiro Kuboi (Software Engineer), Thomas Gerrity (Software Engineer) and Cal Poly Computer Science Professors Foaad Khosmood (NLP), Alex Dekhtyar (Databases and Data Science), Franz Kurfess (AI) and Davide Falessi (Software Engineering). Help and consultation was also provided by Dr. Michael Latner (Political Science) and Pat Howe (Journalism). Dozens of Cal Poly students in Computing and Liberal Arts also made valuable contributions during this period. The project was a web-accessible portal (digitaldemocracy.org) where citizens of each state could search the records, browse hearings, bills, votes and donations, and view auto-synched videos with transripts. However live data gathering and transcription was expensive to maintain and the project's public service mission did not allow for monetization, so the project was halted by December 2018. But research continued on the same concepts involving Cal Poly students and visitors from Graz University of Technology, Munich University of Applied Sciences and University of Miami. Special thanks to Professors Christian Guetl (Graz), Gudrun Socher (Munich) and Lindsay Grace (Miami) and students Thorsten Ruprechter, Anastasia Klimashevskaya, Michelle Perkonigg, Alexander Ehm, Sasha Prostota, Katy Huang. The project was revived by 2022 and became part of the nonprofit news agency CalMatters, covering the California 2023-2024 legislative session (https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org). A new UI was created by 10UP. More information, financial and news data was integrated into the public facing site and a new tool "AI TipSheets" was created to help reporters cover the legislature better.
GOOGLE COLAB
We have created a Google Colab that demonstrates some basic operations such as downloading and reading in the data and displaying full transcripts https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1RkV4bvbjJmHG5VEznZjndZKU_8XYyZGH?usp=sharing
CONTACTS
IATPP https://iatpp.calpoly.edu
Foaad Khosmood https://foaad.net (foaad -at- calpoly -dot- edu)
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