CTBA Bills

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CA AB 450	AUTHOR:	Yee (D)
	TITLE:	Standardized Emergency Management System: Animals
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	no
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no
	INTRODUCED:	02/15/2005
	LAST AMEND:	01/23/2006
	DISPOSITION:	Pending
	LOCATION:	Senate Governmental Organization Committee
	SUMMARY:
	Relates to existing law that requires the Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with specified agencies, to jointly establish a standardized emergency management system for use by all emergency management agencies. Permits the system to take into account the needs of individuals with household pets, service animals, livestock and equines following a major disaster or emergency.
	STATUS:
	02/09/2006	To SENATE Committee on GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION.
	NOTES:	Disaster Preparedness
	COMMENTARY:
	Passed the Assembly on a 71 to 1 vote. It now goes to the Senate GO Committee for consideration.

CA AB 1835	AUTHOR:	Lieber (D)
	TITLE:	Minimum Wage
	INTRODUCED:	01/10/2006
	DISPOSITION:	Pending
	LOCATION:	Assembly Labor and Employment Committee
	SUMMARY:
	Increases the minimum wage to $7.25 per hour.
	STATUS:
	01/26/2006	To ASSEMBLY Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT.
	COMMENTARY:
	This is one of 3 bills that would increase the minimum wage and require cost living increases. CTBA is analyzing those bills and will most likely oppose them

CA AB 1844	AUTHOR:	Chavez (D)
	TITLE:	Minimum Wage Increase
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no
	INTRODUCED:	01/11/2006
	DISPOSITION:	Pending
	LOCATION:	Assembly Labor and Employment Committee
	SUMMARY:
	Increases the minimum wage to $7.25 per hour, effective on and after July 1, 2007, and would further increase the minimum wage to $7.75 per hour, effective on and after July 1, 2008.
	STATUS:
	01/26/2006	To ASSEMBLY Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT.
	COMMENTARY:
	This is one of 3 bills that would increase the minimum wage and require cost living increases. CTBA is analyzing those bills and will most likely oppose them.

CA AB 2187	AUTHOR:	Liu (D)
	TITLE:	Livestock: Liens
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	yes
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no
	INTRODUCED:	02/22/2006
	DISPOSITION:	Pending
	LOCATION:	ASSEMBLY
	SUMMARY:
	Permits a livestock servicer, if the obligations of the owner are not satisfied, to sell livestock of a specified value, without obtaining the consent of the owner, court order, or judgment, if the servicer sends notice to the owner prior to the sale of that livestock. Requires that notice of sale be signed under penalty of perjury.
	STATUS:
	02/22/2006	INTRODUCED.
	COMMENTARY:
	This is the CTBA sponsored bill to address concerns associated with the lien law as it applies to livestock and equines

CA AB 2201	AUTHOR:	La Malfa (R)
	TITLE:	Vehicles: Farm Equipment: Registration
	INTRODUCED:	02/22/2006
	DISPOSITION:	Pending
	LOCATION:	ASSEMBLY
	SUMMARY:
	Expresses the Legislature's intent to clarify the laws regarding registration requirements for farm trucks and farm trailers.
	STATUS:
	02/22/2006	INTRODUCED.
	COMMENTARY:
	This appears to be a spot bill at this point.

CA SB 42	AUTHOR:	Florez (D)
	TITLE:	Tribal-State Gaming Compacts: Ratification
	FISCAL COMMITTEE:	no
	URGENCY CLAUSE:	no
	INTRODUCED:	12/21/2004
	LAST AMEND:	03/01/2005
	DISPOSITION:	Pending
	LOCATION:	Assembly Governmental Organization Committee
	SUMMARY:
	Requires each tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and a federally recognized Indian tribe to be ratified by the Legislature in a separate statute.
	STATUS:
	02/16/2006	To ASSEMBLY Committee on GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION.

CA SR 20	AUTHOR:	Florez (D)
	TITLE:	Relative to Tribal Gaming
	INTRODUCED:	01/04/2006
	LAST AMEND:	01/30/2006
	DISPOSITION:	Pending
	COMMITTEE:	Senate Governmental Organization Committee
	HEARING:	02/28/2006 9:30 am
	SUMMARY:
	Provides that a gaming compact negotiated by the Governor between an Indian tribe and the State of California governing the conduct of class III gaming activities on lands that are not federally-recognized Indian lands, as defined by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, at the time the compact is presented to the Senate, shall not be ratified or considered for ratification.
	STATUS:
	02/02/2006	Withdrawn from SENATE Committee on RULES.
	02/02/2006	To SENATE Committee on GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION.
	NOTES:	Ratificaton of Compacts