Legislation

Legislation of Senator Roderick D. Wright
2011-2012 Legislative Session

SB 45 – Internet Gaming - will generate additional revenue for schools and other programs by setting a framework to authorize registered players who are California residents to engage in gambling on the Internet at websites licensed by the State of California. Computer slot machines, and other casino games such as roulette and black jack would not be allowed; only games such as poker would be authorized for computerized play on the Internet. 

SB 268 – Inter-district Student Transfer Appeals - will provide more equity and consistency for parents seeking to transfer their students to another school.  It clarifies standards used by county offices of education to determine the outcome of appeals from interdistrict permit denials by local district schools; as well as set standards for parent employment related transfers.

SB 276 – California Science Center – will cut costs and help save the financial stability of the California Science Center by eliminating the Office of the Exposition Park Manager and transfer the duties it currently preforms to the California Science Center.

SB 286 – Redevelopment – improves education funding by prohibiting local redevelopment agencies from capturing tax revenue that would normally go to schools.

SB 296 – Gang Injunctions – provides a simple inexpensive way for community members to request from the court to exclude them from a gang injunction.  It requires the creation of a standard petition that can be filed without an attorney.

SB 315 – Meth Labs – seeks to eliminate meth labs in California by requiring a doctor’s prescription for pseudoephedrine, the key ingredient in meth.  This bill is supported by all of law enforcement and is modeled after similar and successful programs in Oregon and Mississippi.

SB 320 – Welfare – makes several changes to improve fairness and convenience in the conduct of welfare fair hearings including the right to have a telephone hearing at one’s home.

SB 375 – Juvenile Paternity – protects juveniles from paternity fraud by prohibiting a minor from signing a declaration of paternity without parental supervision and consent.

SB 377 – Paternity Fraud – corrects the current legal injustice of paternity fraud by allowing a court to reverse a paternity judgment based on DNA evidence within a reasonable time after discovery of non-parenthood.

SB 380 – Nutrition Education – requires doctors to take a one-time continuing education class on nutrition and life style changes that impact chronic diseases.  More than 70% of all chronic diseases can be cured and prevented by proper nutrition and life style practices.

SB 410 – Energy PIER Extension – extends by ten years, until January 1, 2022, an existing program within the California Energy Commission called the Public Interest Research, Development, and Demonstration Program (PIER), that finances energy efficiency and renewable energy research programs.  Electric utility ratepayers pay for the program in a utility rate surcharge.

SB 415 – LA Memorial Coliseum Commission – puts in place conditions for the LA Memorial Coliseum Commission to continue operating and designates a successor agency if the Commission is not able to abide by the terms of its lease.  

SB 422 – Health – makes technical and clarifying changes to state law regarding HIV. Current law only allows communication between the local public health agency with the patient and the patient’s HIV care provider in the case of co-infection and not in cases of HIV without co-infections. This bill clarifies that this provision will also apply to patients with only HIV.

SB 465 – Weapons: Good Cause – would define “good cause” for weapons permits when applied to members of Congress, the Legislature and statewide elected officials.

SB 475 – Public-Private Infrastructure – helps increase jobs and major construction projects by clarifying and improving the law that permits private-public infrastructure projects.  Legal uncertainties and other problems have limited the use of this law.

SB 477 – Inglewood Unified School District – authorizes an emergency loan for the Inglewood Unified School District.

SB 481 – Double Dipping – Corrects an inequity in California law, known as double dipping, where the same stream of income is counted twice in a family law action -- once for purposes of valuing that income stream as a division of property, then again for spousal/partner support purposes when the spouse/partner receives the income in the future.

SB 530 – Satellite Equity Tax – provides funding for local services, fire and law enforcement by establishing an equity 6 % tax on the revenues of satellite broadcasting services who now do not pay this fee now charged to cable services.

SB 533 – ARB Compliance – improves California’s business environment and basic fairness by requiring the Air Resources Board (ARB) to publish all necessary tools to comply with new regulations at least 60 days prior to any implementation deadline.

SB 560 – Small Business Regulation – makes a number of reforms to help small businesses grow by encouraging more realistic regulations and a real assessment of the actual costs of regulations to the business community.

SB 610 – Concealed Weapons – makes changes to the concealed weapons law to achieve greater consistency statewide in its application, reduce costs, and permit statewide elected officials the option to get a permit if they qualify.

SB 675 – Private Post-Secondary Schools– prohibits a number of unfair and fraudulent practices of private-postsecondary schools that enroll limited English speaking students who then fail, drop out of school, get no jobs and then default on their federal loan, wasting taxpayer money.

SB 680 – Department of Corrections – reduces the cost of state government and saves money for needed programs by reducing an overlapping, redundant bureaucracy in the Department of Corrections.  It restricts the scope of the Bureau of Independent Review, to that mandated by a federal court order, eliminating unnecessary staff and litigation.

SB 688 – Business Regulations – improves California business environment by placing a time hold on the implementation of regulations above a statewide monetary limit, to give the Legislature time to review its cost impact.

SB 830 – Investment Credit – protects and creates jobs by authorizing a unique investment tax credit for investment in our harbor infrastructure facilities.  The tax credit does not go into effect until the Board of Equalization certifies the investment has generated state tax revenue equal to or greater than the tax credit.

SB 937 – Alcoholic Beverages: Licenses – annual committee bill that makes non-controversial and code maintenance changes to the California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Act

SB 939 – Public Goods Surcharge -  The Legislature transferred several million dollars from a fund into which natural gas customers pay a small monthly surcharge to support customer low income assistance and energy efficiency programs.  SB 939 changes the program to block further attempts by the Legislature to redirect this money to support other state programs.

SB 964 – Storm-water Regulations - requires the State Water Resources to follow the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) whenever it issues general or area-wide storm water or related permits. Currently the Board is exempt from the APA, which requires state agencies to consider economic impact of regulations and provide an opportunity for regulated entities to comment on proposed regulations.   

SB 965 - Storm-water Ex Parte Rules - clarifies that persons who are regulated under general or area-wide storm water or related permits are permitted to communicate with members of the State Water Resources Control Board while the permit is under consideration.

SB 968 - Bail Bill – clarifies that defendants eligible for bail are also eligible for electronic monitoring.  This is cleanup of the jail realignment legislation.

SB 975 - Business Licenses - Clarifies boards and bureaus etc. regulated by the Dept. of Consumer Affairs has sole authority for requiring additional courses and fees.

SB 1099 - Business Regulations – makes administrative regulations effective on two times of the year – Jan. 1 and July 1.  Also requires a posting and link on the website of the Office of Administrative Law of regulations coming due. 

SB 1103 -  Education Information to Parents -  makes numerous changes to state law to provide parents information and one site to get critical information on colleges and job market surveys.

SB 1165 - PUC Intervenor Fee - will authorize school districts and community colleges to be eligible for intervenor compensation to participate in PUC proceedings affecting their energy costs.

SB 1230 - Diesel Trucks – Requires the Occupational Safety and health Standards Board to establish safety standards for diesel vehicles required to have emission control equipment.

SB 1255 – Pay Stubs – Makes clarifications to existing law to eliminate legal uncertainty regarding enforcement of current pay to provide basic information on a worker’s wages

SB 1260 - Paternity Fraud - provides authority for judges to set aside paternity judgments for non-biological fathers based on the totality of the circumstances and the best interest of the child.

SB 1299 - Victim Rights – Makes numerous technical and substantive changes to the Victims of Crime Program to ensure prompt payments, clarity of rules, and lower administrative costs.

SB 1390 - Sports Gambling Bill - legalizes sports betting in California by authorizing the owner or operator of a gambling establishment, horse racing track, or satellite wagering facility, with a current license, to conduct wagering on professional and collegiate sports or athletic events by applying to its respective licensing authority for necessary authorization.

SB 1463 - Internet Gambling - enacts the “Internet Gambling Consumer Protection and Public-Private Partnership Act of 2012” authorizing, implementing, and creating a system for intrastate Internet gambling; protecting Californians who currently gamble online, allowing state law enforcement to ensure consumer protection and keep revenues generated from Internet gaming in California.

SB  1510 -  Small Business  –  will close loopholes in the law to prevent sham companies posing as small business for the state’s set aside small business goals.

SB 1550 - Community Colleges – authorizes community colleges to provide for career tech courses based on fees for the actual cost of the course rather than general fund money.

LEGISLATION OF
SENATOR RODERICK D. WRIGHT
 2009 -2010 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

SB 150 (Criminal Sentence Enhancement Reform) Ensures that California criminal sentence enhancements for convictions of the most violent crimes are not overturned and declared in violation of the U.S. Constitution. Signed into Law

SB 155 (School Nurse Loan Program) Allows nurses to qualify for loans for programs designed to meet school nurse requirements. Senate Appropriations – Two-year bill

SB 156 (Worker's Compensation Fraud) Lowers the cost of worker's compensation premiums by requiring that insurance providers send a summary Notice of Services to injured workers to protect against the filing of false claims. Assembly Desk –  Two-year bill

SB 161 (Cancer Chemotherapy) Protects cancer victims by requiring health plans to cover drug chemotherapy treatment the same as intravenous chemotherapy. Vetoed by Governor

SB 181 (Code Enforcement) Defines and clarifies for the first time what "code enforcement" is and who is a "code enforcement officer." Senate Transportation – Two-year bill

SB 190 (Pomegranate Juice) Stops false advertising by setting clear standards to identify 100% pure pomegranate juice. Assembly Inactive File – Two-year bill.

SB 191 (Charter School Funding) Creates a fairer funding system for local schools by clarifying the basic grant formula for conversion to charter schools. Signed into Law

SB 240 (CalTrans Worker Safety - Labor Protection) Requires drivers to move one lane over - if safe - to avoid hitting highway transportation workers. Signed into Law

SB 244 (Children's Services - Foster Kids) Establishes a priority system for new openings of day care services for high risk children not living with their parents. Assembly Appropriations – Two-year bill

SB 282 (Gang Injunctions) Mandates a 5 year statute of limitations on injunctions against an individual which may be renewed on evidence of being a gang member. Assembly Public Safety – Two-year bill

SB 285 (Veterans' Benefits) Prohibits payments or benefits due to a disabled veteran, as specified, from being assigned attachment or seizure illegally. Signed into Law

SB 354 (Cable Financing Equity) Requires the Board of Equalization to study the impact of new video and voice alternatives on local tax and fee revenues. Senate Desk – Two-year bill

SB 356 (Small Business Regulatory Flexibility) Encourages and supports small businesses by requiring regulating agencies to consider low cost, less burdensome alternative regulations for small businesses.Senate Appropriations – Two-year bill

SB 381 (Technical Education) Requires that any mandatory increase in high school graduation requirements be matched by an equal number of career technical education courses. Assembly Appropriations – Two-year bill

SB 385 (Preservation of Historic Vehicles) Preserves historic vehicles of at least 25 years old by extending the existing system to exempt historic cars, under strict criteria, from smog regulations. Senate Transportation – Two-year bill

SB 484 (Meth Labs) Dramatically reduces the number of homemade meth labs by making ephedrine and pseudo ephedrine, the main components of methamphetamine, a class 5 drug, requiring a doctor's prescription. Assembly Public Safety – Two-year bill

SB 485 (Highway Safety Billboard Pilot) Creates a pilot program to use and fund new billboard technology to enhance highway and public safety notices. Senate Transportation – Two-year bill

SB 578 (Interest on Child Support Arrears) Encourages greater child support payments by suspending interest on unpaid support payments if current payments are maintained. Assembly Appropriations – Two-year bill

SB 580 (Medical Child Support Payments) Conforms California law with recent federal regulations to clarify the obligation to provide medical coverage for children. Senate Judiciary – Two-year bill

SB 625 (Bail Criteria) Requires that the court be informed in a bail hearing if the defendant has an INS immigration hold in effect. Assembly Judiciary – Two-year bill

SB 633 (Real Estate Appraisals) Requires that all real estate appraisals include an onsite visit by the appraiser. Signed into Law

SB 805 (Renewable Energy) Creates a workable system that requires energy providers obtain 33% of their energy from renewable sources. Senate Appropriations – Two-year bill

SB 827 (South Coast Air Quality Mgt District) Corrects the existing problem where all construction in four Southern California counties is now stopped because of a court injunction. Signed into Law

LEGISLATION OF ASSEMBLYMAN RODERICK WRIGHT
1996-2002

BUSINESS

AB 505 Administrative Procedures. (Note: AB 505’s original content was Firearm Safety Standards.)
Reforms the regulatory process governing small business in the State, moves the Small Business Advocate’s office lessening some of the costs associated with the regulatory process. This is the biggest small business reform legislation in a decade.
Sponsor: California Small Business Association
Chapter 930 (2000)

CHILDREN'S ISSUES/YOUTH

ACR 16 Absolutely Incredible Kid’s Day
Encourages adults to write letters to the children in their lives on March 20, 1997, expressing the importance of the child to the adult.
Chapter 13 (1997)

AB 2796 Corrections: Juvenile Correctional and Youth Center Facilities
Authorizes the Board of Corrections to expend funds for the purpose of awarding grants, on a competitive basis, to counties for the renovation, reconstruction, construction and replacement of county juvenile facilities.
Chapter 499 (1998)

AB 2310 Adoption
Effects a number of changes to clarify and speed up adoption as a permanent placement goal.
Chapter 571 (1998)

AB 2433 Adoption of Children
Provides that the voluntary declaration of paternity will not be the sole basis for determining fatherhood in a adoption proceeding. The list of those “eligible” to adopt a child is expanded to include any relative of the child. In addition, birth parents who have revoked the right to adoption would now have a legal means of reinstating the consent.
Sponsor: American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
Chapter 937 (2000)

AB 333 Foster Care
Provides that discussions between foster children and social workers or probation officers shall remain confidential with a few public safety exceptions.
Chapter 675 (2001)

CHILD SUPPORT/CUSTODY

AB 1222 Rape
Prohibits a person convicted of rape from obtaining custody of the child conceived as a result of the crime. It also preserves the option of the mother to get child support through the district attorney’s office without contact with the violator.
Chapter 594 (1997)

AB 2594 Juvenile Prevention
Makes a number of changes to improve the Repeat Offender Prevention Project, a program designed to provide comprehensive juvenile intervention programs to reduce recidivism among juvenile offenders.
Chapter 327 (1998)

AB 370 Child Support
Requires government agencies to reinstate licenses within 5 days to non-custodial parents following notice from a district attorney. It also requires that a child support delinquency notice state the date of the arrearage calculation on the notice.
Chapter 654 (1999)

CIVIL RIGHTS

AJR 52 Port Chicago Disaster
Requests the United States Congress and the President pardon the sailors convicted of mutiny in the Port Chicago Disaster.
Chapter 23 (1998)

ACR 13 Black History Month
Recognizes February 2000 as Black History Month and encourages all Californian to celebrate the accomplishments, talents, and contributions of African-Americans.
Chapter 19 (1999)

ACR 107 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Memorializes the contributions, experiences and accomplishments of Dr. King.
Chapter 20 (2000)

ACR 15 Black History Month
Recognizes February 2000 as Black History Month and encourages all Californian to celebrate  the accomplishments, talents, and contributions of African-Americans.
Chapter 4 (2000)

AB 1015 Employment Discrimination
Makes it illegal to terminate, fail to hire or deny promotion/benefits because of the individual’s lawful union activity or lawful conduct done outside the work environment. Contains conflict of interest provisions. Provides for an administrative remedy to contest an adverse action.
Chapter 820 (2001)

ACR 144 Black History Month
Recognizes February 2002 as Black History Month and encourages all Californian to celebrate the accomplishments, talents, and contributions of African-Americans.
Chapter 3 (2002)

CONSUMERS AFFAIRS/PROTECTION

AB 1164 Vocational Schools: Extension
Emergency extension California regulation of private post-secondary schools to avoid terminating all student/consumer rights in California.
Chapter 32 (1997)

AB 71 Private Postsecondary Education
Re-establishes the Council for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education with more specific duties and responsibilities, making it the most comprehensive consumer student protection law in the country. Also establishes Bureau of Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education within the Bureau of Consumer Affairs.
Chapter 78 (1997)

AB 2301 Consumer Credit Contracts
Requires the attachment of a warning notice to any contract for the sale of home improvement goods or services that is secured by a lien on real property that is offered by door–to-door sale. It also prohibits real property liens for the purchase of satellite dishes, antennas, or security systems.
Chapter 571 (1998)

AB 1898 Private Postsecondary Education: Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education: Short-term Career Training Clarify and enforce that the regulation of security guard schools should be under the jurisdiction of the Department of Consumer Affairs, as are all other small schools.
Chapter 273 (2000)

AB 655 Personal Identifying Information: Identity Theft
Major expansion of remedies and sanctions available to victims of identity theft for civil litigation. Expands the existing law relating to the consumer Credit Reporting law and the investigative Consumer Reporting Statute to provide greater notice and consumer protection.
Chapter 354 (2001)

AB 201 Private Postsecondary Education: Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education
Major reform to establish the financial health of the Student Tuition Recovery Fund, increase STRF payments, added consumer protection for complaint hearings, toughens procedures to close illegal schools and require procedures to get loan forgiveness under federal law.
Chapter 621 (2001)

AB 1068 Identity Theft
Clarifies the process by which consumer debt may be sold, deletes and replaces specific provisions set forth in AB 655 (2001) regarding consumer credit reports and increases requirements on user of consumer credit reports who are not employers.
Chapter 1030 (2002)

AB 2868 Identity Theft
Clarifies the issues of privileged character in communications, the role of resellers of information and further details the process of what investigative consumer reporting agencies can or cannot do with credit information.
Chapter 1029 (2002)

CRIMINAL/CORRECTIONS/PROBATION

AB 1536 Child Abuse/Board of Prison Terms
Gives the Board of Prison Terms the power to subpoena an employee of a county welfare department to testify in parole revocation proceedings associated with child abuse cases.
Chapter 24 (1997)

AB 1655 Local Prison Reimbursement
Requires the state to compensate counties if it refuses to accept state prisoners within 5 days of notice from the county that it (the county) is ready to transport the prisoner.
Chapter 767 (1998)

AB 1788 Prostitution
Expands the penalties for an act of prostitution or lewd act within 1000 feet of a private residence and with the use of a car. The penalty was changed from 30 days license suspension to up to six months at the court’s discretion.
Chapter 758 (1998)

AB 2680 Sex Offender Registration
Institutes a number of provisions designed to close loopholes in the law and improve the state’s sex offender registration statute.
Chapter 960 (1998)

AB 380 Evidence of Prior Sexual Offenses
Expands the definition of ‘sexual offenses’ to include aggravated sexual assault of a child.
Chapter 517 (2001)

AB 1616 Healing Arts: Disciplinary Actions
Removes the filing time limit during which an individual may bring accusations of sexual misconduct against a physician.
Chapter 617 (2001)

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

AB 950 Developmentally Disabled Persons: Community Care Facilities: Direct Care
Staff Training Expands the time frame for direct care staff to complete mandatory training and testing required maintaining employment.
Chapter 188 (2001)

EDUCATION

AB 2881 Teachers: Professional Development Institutes
(Note: Original Bill, AB 1941 (Wright). Turned into a Trailer bill in order to immediately enact its provisions.)  Would expand the programs of the institutes to include teachers of grades 9 –12, serving an additional 14,000 participants and change the stipend for program attendance to be not less than $1000 nor more than $2000. Additionally, institutes in English Math and Algebra would be developed so that California’s pupils are better able to meet academic standards and performance criteria.
Chapter 77 (2000)

AB 1412 Vocational Education
Extends the time period for curriculum standards in career technical to be adopted by the Superintendent of Schools to January 1, 2005. Requires the Superintendent to develop said standards with an advisory board of specific composition. Also, requires UC & CSU develop model standards that would streamline the process for schools coursework to meet the admission requirements of these institutions by January 1, 2006.
Chapter 988 (2002)

AB 1895 Special Education
Prohibits any adverse action against a teacher who is assisting a parent in obtaining educational services for a student with special needs.
Chapter 944 (2002)

AB 2967 Private Post-Secondary Schools
Changes the time frame from 10 days to 30 days for a hearing when an action has been filed with the Bureau of Post-Secondary Education, makes changes to the STRF fund process, requires the Bureau to give a statistical accounting to the Legislature of complaints filed against institutions each year and requires the Bureau to re-verify a portion of each institution’s information once every 3 years.
Chapter 581 (2002)

EMPLOYMENT/LABOR

AB 510 Public Social Services: In-home Supportive Services and Personal Care Service
Provides for public disclosure of information regarding persons paid by the state for in-home
care to the same degree as other individuals providing government-based, publicly paid services.
Chapter 826 (1999)

AB 1950 State Personnel/Probation
Extends the time of the probationary period begins for a employee until they have received the reasonable accommodation agreed to by the state.
Chapter 236 (2002)

AB 2456 State Teacher’s Retirement: Deferred Retirement Program Option
Creates the CalSTRS Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) to encourage K-12 and community college faculty to remain in the classroom for an additional three years. Participating faculty are eligible to receive a lump sum payment or increased retirements benefits without
degrading the CalSTRS pension fund.
Sponsor: Faculty Assn. Of CA Community Colleges
Chapter 897 (2000)

FAMILY LAW

AB 960 Child Support
Makes a number of changes to the child support statutes. It requires modifications of support orders due to unemployment to be effective the date of filing. It requires clear notice of the right to have an attorney presenting during a meeting with the district attorney. It also protects a person from contempt or criminal prosecution if their attached wages were not properly delivered through no fault of their own.
Chapter 854 (1998)

AB 380 Support Orders: Modification: Set Aside: Enforcement
Makes a number of changes to the child support collection laws to ensure greater fairness in the operation of the program.
Chapter 653 (1999)

FIREARMS

AB 2022 Concealed Weapons
Effects a number of changes to the concealed weapons law to standardize practices throughout the state. The changes include a safety training requirement, a statewide application form, an emergency 90-day emergency business permit and a uniform application fee.
Chapter 910 (1998)

AB 48 Firearms: SKS Rifles
This legislation was drafted to prevent unfair criminal prosecution due to a poorly drafted law on the books that caused statewide confusion. Would grant immunity against criminal prosecution, for a specified period, to any person, firm, company or corporation for possession related to the SKS rifle. The bill would also prohibit seizure of the weapon.
Chapter 909 (1998)

AB 295 Firearms: Gun Shows (Wright is listed as a co-author on this bill. In August legislative action the total contents of AB 200 (Wright) was incorporated into AB 295. AB 295 was signed on August 30, 1999). Requires contracts between gun show producers and gun show vendors, imposes certain requirements on gun show vendors and prohibits anyone other than gun show vendors, police and/or security from being in possession of a firearm at a gun show. Also, provides for the posting of specified notices regarding enforcement of firearm sales. (Note: Was originally AB 200.)
Chapter 247 (1999)

HEALTH/HUMAN SERVICES

AB 1230 Health Care Provider Loans - LA Care
Allows for loans to providers of Medi-Cal services, from the Small Business Development Corporation, to permit providers to qualify for participation in the new county managed care health systems. Also increases the amount of money available from the local Small Business Development Corporation resulting in additional money available for doctors who served Medi-Cal recipients.
Chapter 924 (1997)

AB 945 Lead Inspections: Certified Industrial Hygienists Adds certified industrial hygienist or any other qualified Department of Health certified professional to the list of those eligible to provide lead , diagnosis and treatment for the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act.
Chapter 524 (2001)

AB 2994 HIV Reporting
Provides contingent authority to the Department of Health Services to change the HIV reporting system regulations if the current state proposals do not meet federal requirements and thus risk the loss of significant federal funding.
Chapter 926 (2002)

INSURANCE

AB 1050 Insurance: Fraudulent Claims
Provides relief for victims of fraudulent insurance claims and funds the nation’s first urban program to target insurance fraud rings.
Chapter 885 (1999)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

AB 1586 State Administration
Budget trailer bill making a number of changes to how funds are administered in the state (i.e. – all revenues collected by the California Science Center parking facility be utilized for the care and maintenance of the Center instead of a portion being placed in the General Fund.)
Chapter 300 (1997)

AB 340 California Science Center: Police and Security Services
Establishes the office of Exposition Park Manager to be filled by a Governor’s appointment. The Park Manager would be responsible for security and safety personnel appointments and management.
Chapter 479 (2001)

AB 1866 Housing Density Bonus/Granny Flats
Makes changes to improve and make more effective the density bonus law while streamlining the approval process.
Chapter 1062 (2002)

MOTOR VEHICLES

AB 1730 USC/DMV Records
Authorizes a three-year pilot program with the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide residence information to an independent institution of higher education for the purpose of enforcing parking restrictions.
Chapter 885 (1998)

AB 370 Vehicles: Residence Addresses
Extends for two years, the pilot program which provides residence address information to an independent university whose security forces has police powers.
Chapter 676 (2001)

PUBLIC SAFETY

AB 70 Thermal Imaging Equipment
Establishes a volume purchase program within the Office of Emergency Services to enable each fire station, and other fire fighting entities within the state to purchase thermal imaging equipment.
Sponsor: California Fire Chief’s Association, the California Professional Firefighters
and the California State Firefighter’s Association
Chapter 837 (2001)

REAL ESTATE

AB 669 Real Property: Foreclosures
Gives sellers of property in foreclosure a number of additional procedural protections when they are forced to sell their property in lieu of losing it to foreclosure. The new provisions also include an award of punitive damages for violations of the new provisions.
Chapter 50 (1997)

SENIORS

AB 1820 Geriatric Medicine
Creates the nation’s first requirement that geriatrics be completely integrated in the medical school curriculum for both undergraduates and graduate students. Also establishes, for the first time, a continuing education requirement for certain doctors to take courses in geriatrics.
Sponsor: Congress of CA Seniors
Chapter 440 (2000)

TRADE/COMMERCE

AB 81 Alcoholic Beverages: Event Permit
Allows for the holder of permit to sell beer and wine at an event to, for a nominal additional fee, obtain a permit for an adjacent property.
Chapter 103 (1997)

AB 835 State Contracts
Makes a number of technical and substantives changes to the state’s bidder preference program to increase small business participation in public contracting. Among other things it authorizes a state agency to award contracts up to $49,999 with Department of General Services approval, when contracting with a small business for goods and services.
Chapter 1030 (1998)

AB 185 Local Agency Military Base Recovery Areas
Would bring military base recovery areas in line with Target Area Contract Preference Act (TACPA) and the Enterprise Zone Act (EZA) preference programs, upon which the Local Agency Military Base Recovery Areas (LAMBRA) was modeled.
Sponsor: Department of General Services
Chapter 412 (2001)

UTILITIES

AB 301 Public Utilities Commission: Rules: Petition.
Extends the sunset date of the State Energy Conservation Assistance Account and authorized the state Energy Resources Commission and Development Commission to offer energy efficient project development assistance, grants and loans to local public agencies.
Chapter 568 (1999)

AB 1393 Electrical Restructuring: Programs: Funding
Requires specified electric corporations, on or after January 1, 2002, to collect a surcharge to support cost-effective energy efficiency and conservation programs and requires the CPUC to allocate funds in accordance with criteria established by the Legislature.
Chapter 700 (1999)

AB 515 Retail Electricity Suppliers
Provides for public disclosure of information regarding persons paid by the state for in-home care to the same degree as other individuals providing government-based, publicly paid services.
Chapter 804 (1999)

AB 1421 Gas and Electric Service
Declares that core customers of a gas corporation should continue to receive safe basic gas service from the gas corporation unless the customer makes a positive declaration to receive service from another entity.
Chapter 909 (1999)

AB 1658 Public Utilities
Eliminates obsolete provisions of the Public Utilities Code in the form of one-time reports and other obsolete provisions to reflect the internal reorganization of the Commission. Update the Public Utilities Code in light of mandated changes to state and federal laws and clarify the continuing authority of the commission.
Sponsor: CA Public Utilities Commission
Chapter 1005 (1999)

AB 1674 Capital Facilities
Allows a public agency that provides electric utility service to continue to charge capital facility fees imposed before 1987. The bill requires the public agency to negotiate for new or increased fees, show the method of computation and, notify schools and universities at least 30 days prior to the fee increase.
Chapter 146 (2000)

AB 2762 Common Carriers: Passenger Vehicle Operators: Annual Fee
Permits the California Public Utilities Commission to establish alternative fee structures to finance the regulation of specified classes of common carriers.
Sponsor: CA Bus Association
Chapter 341 (2000)

AB 994 Telephone Rates: Telephone Bills
Requires California Public Utilities Commission to produce a study on the viability of rural telephone cooperatives and alternative services providers to provide telecommunications services for areas that currently have no service. Also, extends the operational date for statutes governing the High Cost Fund and contents of telephone bills.
Chapter 931 (2000)

AB 995 Electric Restructuring: Transmission Grid.
Preserves, for more than a half million people, the Low Income Assistance Energy Program. Reduces the state’s reliance on imported energy supplies by extending the state’s long term investment in energy efficiency, renewable energy, research and development for clean energy technologies.
Chapter 1051 (2000)

AB 1002 Natural Gas: Consumption Surcharge.
The bill levels the playing field for small and medium sized businesses in the payment of the natural gas surcharge. Updates programs for senior citizens and low-income customers to make all programs consistent with the federal deregulation of natural gas.
Chapter 932 (2000)

ABX1 3 California Alternate Rates For Energy or CARE Program
Requires utilities to work to expand participation in the CARE Program through targeted outreach. Also makes it difficult for utilities to terminate service for those on the program.
Chapter 11 (2001)

ABX1 31 Interruptible Programs
Extends the existing utility interruptible programs until December 31, 2002, directs investorowned utilities (IOUs) to develop specified new demand reduction programs, with an evaluation of such programs, and provides for funding of such programs through an offset against costs owed to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) for its power purchases.
Chapter 13 (2001)

AB 219 Public Utilities: Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program the requirement for telephone surcharges collected for providing telecommunications devices for the deaf and hearing disabled.
Chapter 109 (2001)

AB 1723 State Library: Telephonic reading systems
This bill would require the California Public Utilities Commission to design and implement a program, on or before July 1, 2002, to provide toll-free access throughout California to telephonic reading systems for citizens with print disabilities.
Chapter 654 (2001)

AB2X 48 Solar Program
Creates the Solar Training, Education and Certification Act of 2001. permits local government to award a special recognition to developers (“Sunny Seal”) when they exceed state building codes and include the use of solar technology. Establishes within EDD a “solar training and oversight program” for contractors who install solar systems. Adds clarifying language to permit the CEC to implement a battery technology grant program under SB 1345 of 2000.
Chapter 17 (2001)

AB 1734 Telecommunications Services
Directs the disbursement of funds in the DEAF fund, renames the committee charged with advising the PUC and revises the duties of said committee.
Chapter 61 (2002)

AB 57 Electrical Corporations: Procurement Plans
Makes findings and declarations regarding providing guidance and recommendations to electric corporations and the PUC with respect to the purchase of electricity, would amend the Public Utilities Act to require the PUC to review and adopt a procurement plan for each electric
corporation in accordance with the provisions set forth in the bills. Also authorizes the PUC to engage independent consultant or advisory services to evaluate the risk management and strategy.
Chapter 835 (2002)