CA AB 450

AUTHOR:

Yee (D)

 

TITLE:

Standardized Emergency Management System: Animals

 

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

 

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

 

INTRODUCED:

02/15/2005

 

LAST AMEND:

01/09/2006

 

DISPOSITION:

Pending

 

LOCATION:

Assembly Appropriations 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. Requires the system to take into account the needs of individuals with household pets, service animals, and livestock following a major disaster or emergency.

 

STATUS:

 

 

01/18/2006

From ASSEMBLY Committee on GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION: Do pass to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.

 

NOTES:

Disaster Preparedness

 

COMMENTARY:

 

 

This bill is supported by many different organizations, including CTBA. It was introduced in response to the hurricanes in the south and the problems livestock and pet owners encountered with rescuing pets and livestock. At CTBA's request, the bill is being amended to add the word "equine" to eliminate any possibility that horses might not be considered "livestock". It passed out of Assembly GO Committee on Wednesday unanimously.

 

CA AB 674

AUTHOR:

Klehs (D)

 

TITLE:

Diesel Fuel: Exemption: Farming: Refund Procedures

 

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

 

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

 

INTRODUCED:

02/17/2005

 

LAST AMEND:

01/04/2006

 

DISPOSITION:

Pending

 

COMMITTEE:

Assembly Appropriations Committee

 

HEARING:

01/19/2006

 

SUMMARY:

 

 

Makes specified reimbursement and certificate provisions of the Diesel Fuel Tax Law inapplicable to diesel fuel used on a farm for farming purposes, thereby causing the sales of that diesel fuel to be subject to the refund and reimbursement provisions that are generally applicable to other specified exempt uses of diesel fuel.

 

STATUS:

 

 

01/18/2006

From ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Do pass.

 

COMMENTARY:

 

 

This bill is opposed by most of production agriculture including the CTBA. We testified against it in committee but it passed. We are now working with the sponsors to find a compromise which would not require farmers to pay the $.14 per gallon Excise Tax up front. Claude Parrish of the Board of Equalization is also adamantly opposed to the bill.

 

CA AB 1178

AUTHOR:

Yee (D)

 

TITLE:

Dealers and Pawnbrokers

 

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

 

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

 

INTRODUCED:

02/22/2005

 

LAST AMEND:

01/17/2006

 

DISPOSITION:

Pending

 

FILE:

166

 

LOCATION:

Assembly Third Reading File

 

SUMMARY:

 

 

Deletes the requirement of provisions of existing law that requires pawnbrokers, secondhand dealers, or coin dealers to report specified transactions to local law enforcement for coin dealers. Revises the definition of secondhand dealers and tangible personal property. Makes it a misdemeanor to advertise as a secondhand dealer without being licensed and a civil penalty. Requires the payment of a licensure and renewal fee by dealers and pawnbrokers. Requires reports regarding gun show transactions.

 

STATUS:

 

 

01/17/2006

In ASSEMBLY. Read third time and amended. To third reading.

 

NOTES:

Pawnbrokers

 

COMMENTARY:

 

 

We are watching this bill to be sure that it wouldn't affect any Thoroughbred sales. It mentions auctions and we are watching it closely.

 

CA AB 1835

AUTHOR:

Lieber (D)

 

TITLE:

Minimum Wage

 

INTRODUCED:

01/10/2006

 

DISPOSITION:

Pending

 

LOCATION:

ASSEMBLY

 

SUMMARY:

 

 

Increases the minimum wage to $7.25 per hour.

 

STATUS:

 

 

01/10/2006

INTRODUCED.

 

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

 

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:

 

 

01/11/2006

INTRODUCED.

 

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 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

 

FILE:

113

 

LOCATION:

Senate Third Reading File

 

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:

 

 

01/11/2006

In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.

 

COMMENTARY:

 

 

Requires a separate bill to ratify each proposed Indian Compact.

 

CA SB 1099

AUTHOR:

Hollingsworth (R)

 

TITLE:

Eminent Domain: Agricultural Property

 

INTRODUCED:

02/22/2005

 

LAST AMEND:

08/15/2005

 

DISPOSITION:

Pending

 

LOCATION:

Senate Judiciary Committee

 

SUMMARY:

 

 

Prohibits the exercise of the power of eminent domain to acquire agricultural property, as defined, for public use unless one of 2 specified conditions is met.