California Daily Ledger May 13, 2005

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




NEW BILLS INTRODUCED AND AMENDED


AGRICULTURE


AGRICULTURE

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SB 1041, Denham, Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would require the department report its findings to the Governor and the Legislature by April 1, 2006.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1001-1050/sb_1041_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html


SEEDS

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AB 1508, Committee on Agriculture, Amended on May 11, 2005
This bill would provide that any vegetable seed sold in a container one-half pound or less shall bear upon it at the time of retail sale for nonfarm use the viability assurance statement "Packed for the (year) season."
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1501-1550/ab_1508_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



AGRICULTURAL WORKERS

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AJR 20, Fabian Nunez, D Amended on May 11, 2005
This measure would state the Legislature's support of this proposal.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ajr_20_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



EDUCATION


CIVIC CENTERS

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AB 416, George Plescia, R Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would require the governing board to promulgate rules and regulations
that the use of a particular group be reviewed and discontinued in favor of another
group if that use has continued regularly for 6 months.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0401-0450/ab_416_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



PUPIL NUTRITION

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AB 569, Bonnie Garcia, R Amended on May 11, 2005
This bill would require a school district that elects to contract with a commercial food
vendor to prepare or provide food for sale to pupils on a school campus to make
information available on the nutritional content of all food items sold.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0551-0600/ab_569_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



SPECIAL EDUCATION

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AB 829, Lynn Daucher, R Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would require the department to increase from 20 to 40
the number of special education local plan areas participating in the
alternative dispute resolution pilot project that is administered by
the department for the resolution of special education disputes

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0801-0850/ab_829_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



SCHOOL DISTRICTS

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AB 835, Bob Huff, R Amended on May 11, 2005
This bill would require that the necessary signatures for a
petition be obtained within a period of 180 days before the
submission of the petition to the county committee.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0801-0850/ab_835_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



CHILD CARE TRAINING

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AB 1095, Gene Mullin, D Amended on May 11, 2005
This bill would authorize a school district to reimburse a contractor,
funded for a center based program for up to 3 days of staff training.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1051-1100/ab_1095_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



SCHOOL DISTRICTS

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AB 1642, Simon Salinas, D Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would extend these provisions to the abolition of a common
governing board.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1601-1650/ab_1642_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



SPECIAL EDUCATION

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AB 1662, Sally J. Lieber, D Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would make various revisions generally conforming state law to federal
requirements relating to pupil identification, assessment, and eligibility; individualized
education program development, including notice, representation, and hearing procedures
and requirements; and pupil data confidentiality.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1662_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



EMPLOYMENT


PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS

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SB 1111, Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would revise and recast certain provisions regulating these professions.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1101-1150/sb_1111_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



EMPLOYER SAFETY

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SCR 25, Jackie Speier, D Amended on May 11, 2005

This measure would urge employers to ensure that their injury prevention programs and other systems for identifying and correcting workplace hazards consider the effects of ultraviolet radiation and ensure that skin cancer prevention policies for outdoor workers are put into operation.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/scr_25_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



SEVERANCE OFFICERS

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AB 1310, Fabian Nunez, D Amended on May 11, 2005
This bill would forbid an employer to offer cash or any other thing of value to an
employee in return for that employee's voluntary resignation from employment
unless the employer provides to the employee specified disclosures relating to the
financial consequences of the resignation and a 21-day period during which the
employee may reconsider any decision to accept the offer.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1301-1350/ab_1310_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



CHILD DAY CARE FACILITIES

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AB 1565, Fran Pavley, D Amended on May 11, 2005
This bill would authorize the state commission to establish a working group to
Develop recommendations for creating a statewide voluntary star quality rating
system for child day care facilities
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1551-1600/ab_1565_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



PRIVATE WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT

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AB 1622, Carol Liu, D Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would require an owner and an original contractor and any subcontractor,
Or subsequent subcontractors, relating to the construction of any private work of
improvement that retention proceeds not exceed 10% of the progress payments until
the work is 50% complete
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1601-1650/ab_1622_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES

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AB 1772, Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security, Amended
On May 11, 2005
This bill would authorize the governing board of a school district to permit a
permanent classified employee to attend a minimum of one school day each year,
during working hours, for job-related in-service training, with pay.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1751-1800/ab_1772_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



ENVIRONMENT


POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY

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SB 931, Florez, Amended on May 11, 2005

The bill would require applications for financing to include a

report of all violations of local, regional, state, or federal laws

recorded in the preceding 10 years at the site of the proposed

project or pollution control facility.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0901-0950/sb_931_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



AIR POLLUTION

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SB 1056, Florez, Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would impose a state-mandated local program by requiring the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District to submit, on or before July 1, 2006, a report to the Legislature regarding the feasibility of adopting concrete and easily administered incentives to accomplish specified objectives.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1056_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



SOILD WASTE

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AB 259, Loni Hancock, D Amended on May 11, 2005
This bill would enact a procedure that authorizes the Board of
Supervisors of Contra Costa County to impose assessments against
parcels and record liens for unpaid solid waste collection services.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_259_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



RECYCLING

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AB 399, Cindy Montanez, D Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would require the board to make available one or more model ordinances
that may be adopted by a local agency to facilitate solid waste reduction, reuse,
and recycling programs at multifamily dwellings and to post specified
information on the board's Internet Web site.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0351-0400/ab_399_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



DISPOSING OF AMALGAM SEPARATORS

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AB 966, Lori Saldana, D Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would require the Department of Toxic Substances Control
to establish and maintain a list of approved amalgam separators
meeting certain standards

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0951-1000/ab_966_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>


HEALTH CARE


HEALTH CARE SERVICE PLANS

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SB 364, Perata, Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would authorize a physician who has a contract with a

plan but not with a contracting entity of the plan, to submit a claim

to the plan, and would require the plan to pay the claim pursuant to

the terms of the contract between the plan and the physician.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0351-0400/sb_364_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



HEALING ARTS

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SB 736, Jackie Speier, D Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would require the board to report to the Legislature by July 1, 2006, regarding those reports submitted to the board on and after January 1, 2000, by healing arts licensees.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0701-0750/sb_736_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



CHARTER SCHOOLS

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SB 1054, Soto, Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would expressly include the California Building Code, as adopted and enforced by a local building enforcement agency amongst those state laws from which a charter school is not exempt.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1054_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



PRESCRIPTION CONTAINERS

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AB 657, Betty Karnette, D Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would require the container to be labeled with the intended purpose
of the drug, as set forth on the prescription and require that the purpose be listed
on the prescription
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_657_bill_20050509_amended_asm.html>



COUNTY ORGANIZED HEALTH CARE SYTEMS

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AB 1075, Sam Blakeslee, R Amended on May 11, 2005
This bill would provide that the authority shall not be limited to
areas of the county, provides for the provision of services by the
authority within a service area, and defines service area to mean the
geographical area where the authority provides a health care system.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1051-1100/ab_1075_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



HEALTH CARE DISTRICTS

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AB 1131, Alberto Torrico, D Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would extend a district's authorization to transfer assets at fair
market value to one or more corporations and would thereafter only
authorize the board to transfer assets at fair market value to one or more
nonprofit corporations.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1101-1150/ab_1131_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



GROSSMONT HEALTHCARE DISTRICT

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AB 1155, Jay La Suer, R Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would conditionally permit renegotiation or extension of the
lease executed between the Grossmont Healthcare District located in
the City of La Mesa, and the Grossmont Hospital Corporation if certain
conditions are met, including a review of the lease at least once every 10
years, and would permit cancellation only for cause .
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1151-1200/ab_1155_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



RYAN WHITE CARE ACT

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AJR 24, Ronald Calderon, D Introduced on May 11, 2005
This measure would urge the Congress and the President of the
United States to expeditiously reauthorize the Ryan White
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ajr_24_bill_20050511_introduced.html>



LAWYERS & COURTS


SEX OFFENDERS

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SB 43, Battin, Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would add persons who have been convicted of various

felony offenses involving obscene matter depicting a minor or matter

depicting a minor engaging in or simulating sexual conduct and sexual

exploitation of a child.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_43_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



CRIME

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SB 453, Poochigian, Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would extend the operative date of those provisions to
July 1, 2009, and the repeal date to January 1, 2010.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0451-0500/sb_453_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



PRIVACY

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SB 682, Simitian, Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would enact the Identity Information Protection Act of 2005.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0651-0700/sb_682_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



PRISONS

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SB 901, Denham, Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would establish requirements for the decommissioning and

redevelopment of San Quentin State Prison.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0901-0950/sb_901_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



PROTECTIVE ORDERS

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AB 112, Rebecca Cohn, D Amended on May 11, 2005
This bill would provide that the provisions of an emergency protective order
issued under specified provisions shall have precedence in enforcement over
the provisions of any other restraining or protective order.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/ab_112_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



ARBITRATION

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AB 415, Thomas Harman, R Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would allow an out-of-state attorney to make that
certification within a reasonable period of time after the attorney's
appearance in an arbitration

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0401-0450/ab_415_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



FLEEING A PEACE OFFICER

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AB 570, Michael Villines, R Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would revise these provisions of existing law to codify
the provision relating to willful or wanton disregard for the safety
of persons separately from the provision relating to willful or
wanton disregard for the safety of property.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0551-0600/ab_570_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html



ANIMAL EUTHANASIA

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AB 1426, Carol Liu, D Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would make it a misdemeanor to kill any animal by the measures
or by means of an intracardiac injection of a euthanasia agent on a conscious
animal, unless the animal is heavily sedated or anesthetized in a humane manner
or comatose, or unless, in light of all the relevant circumstances, the procedure is justifiable.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1401-1450/ab_1426_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html>



SMALL CLAIMS COURT

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AB 1459, Joseph Canciamilla, D Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would increase the small claims court jurisdiction over
actions brought by a natural person, if the amount does not exceed
$7,500.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1451-1500/ab_1459_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR ATTORNEYS

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AB 1529, Dave Jones, D Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would require self-disqualification by a member with regard to any decision
in which he or she has a financial interest which it is reasonably foreseeable may be
affected materially by the decision.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1501-1550/ab_1529_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



POLITICS & GOVERNMENT


GENERAL PLANS

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SB 409, Kehoe, Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would, additionally, require the water supply portion of the conservation element

to be prepared, adopted, and correlated with the land use element no later than one year from the date specified for the next revision of the housing element that occurs after January 1, 2007.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0401-0450/sb_409_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



ELECTIONS

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AB 738, Joe Nation, D Amended on May 11, 2005
This bill would require the individual circulating an initiative, referendum
or recall petition to wear a badge stating, in no smaller than 30-point font,
that he or she is either a "paid" or a "volunteer" signature gatherer.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0701-0750/ab_738_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS

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AB 1314, Mark Ridley-Thomas, D Amended on May 11, 2005
This bill would provide that the 72-hour notification requirement in the Brown
Act shall not apply to a subcommittee of a standing committee of an organization
that is certified as a neighborhood council in the City of Los Angeles.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1301-1350/ab_1314_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



REDEVELOPMENT

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AB 1352, Russ Bogh, R Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would authorize a redevelopment agency to transfer to any

agency anywhere within the housing region in which the agency is

located funds it is required to use for the purposes of increasing, improving

and preserving the communities supply of low-and moderate-income housing available
at affordable costs.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1351-1400/ab_1352_bill_20050425_amended_asm.html>



HOUSING DISCRIMINATION

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AB 1574, Dave Jones, D Amended on May 11, 2005
This bill would authorize the County of Sacramento and the City of Sacramento
to enact laws prohibiting discrimination in housing that are substantively identical to
the protections against discrimination as provided by the act.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1551-1600/ab_1574_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



TAX



CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS

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SB 564, Torlakson, Amended on May 10, 2005

This bill would, commencing January 1, 2006, impose an additional
tax on the distribution of cigarettes at the rate of $0.05 for each
cigarette distributed. The revenues collected from these additional
taxes would be deposited in the California Healthy Children Trust
Fund that would be created by this bill.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0551-0600/sb_564_bill_20050510_amended_sen.html



TAX CREDIT

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AB 294, Sam Blakeslee, R Amended on May 11, 2005
This bill would authorize a refundable credit against that tax for each taxable year
beginning on or after January 1, 2005, and before January 1, 2009, in an amount
equal to the amount paid or incurred by a qualified person during the taxable year for
qualified life insurance premiums not to exceed $200.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_294_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



RETIREMENT

COUNTY RETIREMENT BOARDS

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AB 719, Joseph Canciamilla, D Amended on May 11, 2005
This bill would permit the board of supervisors, by resolution adopted
by majority vote, to appoint an alternate member for the 4th, 5th, 6th, or 9th member.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0701-0750/ab_719_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



SCHOOL EMPLOYEES

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AB 1772, Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and
Social Security, Amended on May 11, 2005
This bill would authorize the governing board of a school district
to permit a permanent classified employee to attend a minimum of one
school day each year, during working hours, for job-related
in-service training, with pay.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1751-1800/ab_1772_bill_20050511_amended_asm.html>



TRANSPORTATION

HIGHWAYS
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SB 283, Maldonado, Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would specify standards for the administration of Safety

Enhancement-Double Fine Zones and would designate, until January 1,

2009, a specified segment of State Highway Route 101 and County Road

16 in Monterey County as Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0251-0300/sb_283_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



DRIVER'S LICENSE

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SB 629, Dutton, Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would prohibit the Department of Motor Vehicles from issuing an original driver's license or driver's license renewal to a person required to be registered as a sex offender unless the driver's license or renewal is for a term of one year.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_629_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



OTHER


WATER QUALITY

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SB 120, Florez, Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would require a POTW to submit a certification to the

regional board that any sewage sludge transferred from the facility

for disposal or further processing meets the requirements and

standards for any pollutants listed in the waste discharge

requirements for the POTW issued by the regional board.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0101-0150/sb_120_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

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SB 127, Chesbro, Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would delete that limitation.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0101-0150/sb_127_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



HOUSING ELEMENTS

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SB 326, Dunn, Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would revise these provisions to apply only to an attached housing development, on any parcel zoned for an attached housing development.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0301-0350/sb_326_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



WATER

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SB 376, Soto, Amended on May 11, 2005

This bill would authorize the Three Valleys Municipal Water District, by resolution, to adopt an assessment with a schedule of annual adjustments, and to adjust the amount of an assessment in a specified manner.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0351-0400/sb_376_bill_20050511_amended_sen.html



WATER STORAGE DISTRICTS

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SB 1009, Florez, Amended on May 10, 2005

This bill would revise the manner in which a district election roll is prepared.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1001-1050/sb_1009_bill_20050510_amended_sen.html