BILL NUMBER: AB 75	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hill

                        DECEMBER 22, 2010

   An act to amend Sections 17533.6 and 17537.9 of the Business and
Professions Code, to amend Section 1195 of the Civil Code, to amend
Section 3505 of the Commercial Code, and to amend Sections 8205,
8208, 8211, and 27287 of, and to add Section 12181 to, the Government
Code, relating to documents.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 75, as introduced, Hill. Documents: notaries public:
solicitations.
   (1) Existing law makes it unlawful for a nongovernmental entity to
solicit funds or information by means of a mailing, electronic
message, or Internet Web site that contains a seal, insignia, trade,
or brand name, or any other term or symbol that reasonably could be
interpreted or construed as implying any state or local government
connection, approval, or endorsement, unless the nongovernmental
entity has an expressed connection with a state or local entity or
unless the solicitation contains specified disclosures in conspicuous
and legible type. Existing law requires a business to include the
contact information for a referenced governmental agency in an
unsolicited mailing that offers to assist the recipient in dealing
with the governmental agency. A violation of these or other
provisions related to advertising is a misdemeanor, punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 6 months, a fine not
exceeding $1,000, or both.
   This bill would additionally make it unlawful for a
nongovernmental entity to solicit funds or information by any of
those means that contains an emblem or content that reasonably could
be interpreted or construed as implying any federal, state, or local
government connection, approval, or endorsement, unless the
nongovernmental entity has an expressed connection with a federal,
state, or local entity or unless the solicitation contains the
specified disclosures and meets other requirements. The bill would
require the disclosures to be conspicuously displayed in specified
locations, type, and manner. The bill would increase the maximum
criminal fine for a violation of these provisions to $2,500 and would
authorize a person to recover specified damages resulting from a
violation of these provisions. The bill would delete the provisions
requiring a business to include the contact information for a
referenced governmental agency in an unsolicited mailing that offers
to assist the recipient in dealing with the governmental agency.
   Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to make any untrue or
misleading statements in any manner in connection with the offering
or performance of an assessment reduction filing service. Existing
law provides that an untrue or misleading statement includes
representing that an offeror of an assessment reduction filing
service is, or is affiliated with, any governmental entity by, among
other things, the use of a business name including the word "appeal"
or "tax" and any of a list of terms, including "agency," "bureau," or
"department."
   This bill would provide that it is also an untrue or misleading
statement in connection with the offering or performance of an
assessment reduction filing service if the words "board" or
"commission" are used with the word "appeal" or "tax" in the business
name of an assessment reduction filing service.
   Because a violation of these provisions would be a crime, this
bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
   (2) Existing law authorizes proof of the execution of an
instrument by certain persons and prescribes the form for that proof.
Existing law prohibits a proof of the execution of any of several
types of specified instruments, including a grant deed, mortgage,
deed of trust, quitclaim deed, or security agreement.
   This bill would add a power of attorney to the types of
instruments for which a proof of the execution is prohibited and
would further prohibit a proof of the execution for any instrument
requiring a notary public to obtain a thumbprint from the party
signing the document in the notary public's journal. The bill would
also revise the form of certificate that may be used for proof of
execution.
   (3) Existing law prescribes the duties of a notary public,
including the duty to demand acceptance and payment of foreign and
inland bills of exchange, or promissory notes, to protest them for
nonacceptance or nonpayment, and to exercise any other powers and
duties that by the law of nations and according to commercial usages,
or by the laws of any other state, government, or country, may be
performed by notaries. Existing law provides that a protest is a
certificate of dishonor of a negotiable instrument made by, among
others, a notary public. Existing law provides that the protest of a
notary public of a bill of exchange or promissory note for
nonacceptance or nonpayment is prima facie evidence of the facts
recited therein.
   This bill would limit the application of these provisions to a
notary public employed by a financial institution, during the course
and scope of the notary's employment with the financial institution.
   (4) Existing law prescribes the maximum fees a notary public may
charge for specified services.
   This bill would delete the prescribed maximum fees for every
protest for the nonpayment of a promissory note or for the nonpayment
or nonacceptance of a bill of exchange, draft, or check, for serving
every notice of nonpayment of a promissory note or of nonpayment or
nonacceptance of a bill of exchange, order, draft, or check, and for
recording every protest.
   (5) Existing law sets forth the fees the Secretary of State is
authorized to charge for the provision of specified business
services.
   This bill would authorize the Secretary of State's office to
refuse to perform a service or refuse a filing based on a reasonable
belief that the service or filing is being requested for any of a
number of specified improper purposes.
   (6)  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.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 17533.6 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   17533.6.  (a) It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or
association that is a nongovernmental entity to solicit information,
or to solicit the purchase of or payment for a product or service,
or to solicit the contribution of funds or membership fees, by means
of a mailing, electronic message, or Internet Web site that contains
a seal,  emblem,  insignia, trade or brand name, or any
other term  or   ,  symbol  , or
content  that reasonably could be interpreted or construed as
implying any  federal,  state  ,  or local
government connection, approval, or endorsement, unless the
requirements of paragraph (1) or (2) have been met, as follows:
   (1) The nongovernmental entity has an expressed connection with,
or the approval or endorsement of, a  federal,  state  ,
 or local government entity, if permitted by other provisions
of law.
   (2) The solicitation meets  both   all 
of the following requirements:
   (A) The solicitation  bears on its face, in conspicuous
and legible type in contrast by typography, layout, or color with
other type on its face, the following notice:  
conspicuously displays the following disclosure on the front and back
of every page of the solicitation: 

"THIS PRODUCT OR SERVICE HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED OR ENDORSED BY ANY
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, AND THIS OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE BY AN AGENCY OF
THE GOVERNMENT."

   (B) In the case of a mailed solicitation, the  front of the
 envelope  or   ,  outside cover 
,  or wrapper in which the matter is mailed  bears on
its face in capital letters and in conspicuous and legible type,
  conspicuously displays  the following 
notice:   disclosure: 

"THIS IS NOT A GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT."

   (C) The disclosure in subparagraph (A) shall be displayed
conspicuously, as provided in subdivision (d), and immediately below
each portion of the solicitation that reasonably could be construed
to specify an amount due and payable by the recipient. The disclosure
in subparagraph (B) shall be displayed conspicuously, as provided in
subdivision (d), and immediately below the area of the envelope,
outside cover, or wrapper that is used for a return address. The
disclosures in subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not be preceded,
followed, or surrounded by symbols, terms, or other content that
result in the disclosures not being conspicuous or that introduce,
modify, qualify, or explain the text of those disclosures.  

   (D) The solicitation does not use a title or trade or brand name
that reasonably could be interpreted or construed as implying any
federal, state, or local government connection, approval, or
endorsement, including, but not limited to, use of the term "agency,"
"administrative," "assessor," "board," "bureau," "collector,"
"commission," "committee," "department," "division," "recorder,"
"unit," "federal," "state," "county," "city," or "municipal," or the
name or division of any government agency.  
   (b) Except 
    (E)     The solicitation does not specify a
date or time period when payment to the soliciting nongovernmental
person, firm, corporation, or association is due, including, but not
limited to, use of the terms "due date," "due now," "remit by,"
"remit immediately," "payment due," "pay now," "pay immediately," or
"pay no later than," unless the solicitation displays, in the same
sentence  as  provided in subdivision (c), any business
that solicits the purchase of, or payment for,  the date
or time period specified, how the information being solicited will
be used,  a  service by means of an unsolicited mailing
  description of the product or service  that
 offers   is  to  assist the
recipient in dealing with a state   be provided and to
what government agency it shall be rendered, or how the solicited
funds  or  local governmental agency shall do both of
the following:   membership fees will be used, as
applicable.  
   (1) State on the envelope and in the mailing 
    (F)     The solicitation does not state or
imply that  the business   payment to any
person, firm, corporation, or association that  is not a
 governmental agency and   government entity
 is mandatory or required by law, or state or imply that
penalties, fines, or consequences will occur if payment is  not
 associated with   made to  the 
governmental agency referenced   soliciting
nongovernmental person, firm, corporation, or association  .

   (2) Include in the mailing the contact information for the
governmental agency referenced. 
    (b)     Notwithstanding Section 17534, any
violation of this section is a misdemeanor   punishable by
imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine
not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both
that fine and imprisonment. 
   (c)  Subdivision (b)   Any person who is
harmed as a result of a violation of this section  shall
 not apply if either of   be entitled to
recover, in addition to any other available remedies,  
damages in an amount equal to three times  the 
following requirements has been met:   amount solicited.
 
   (1) The business has an expressed connection with, 
    (d)     For purposes of this section,
"conspicuous"  or  "conspicuously" means displayed apart
from other print on  the  approval   page,
envelope, outside cover,  or  endorsement of, a state
  wrapper and in not less than 12-point boldface font
type in capital letters that is at least 2-point boldface font type
sizes larger than the next largest print on the page, envelope,
outside cover,  or  local governmental entity, if
permitted by other provisions of law   wrapper and in
contrasting type, layout, font, or color in a manner that clearl
  y calls attention to the language  . 
   (2) The business has an "established business relationship," as
defined in Section 1798.83 of the Civil Code, with the recipient.

  SEC. 2.  Section 17537.9 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   17537.9.  (a) It is unlawful for any person to make any untrue or
misleading statements in any manner in connection with the offering
or performance of an assessment reduction filing service. For the
purpose of this section, an "untrue or misleading statement"
includes, but is not limited to, any representation that any of the
following is true:
   (1) The preparation of a request for review or an assessment
appeal application will result in a guaranteed reduction of property
taxes.
   (2) A fee is required in order for the county to process a
reduction of a property's value where the county has no applicable
fee.
   (3) The offeror of the assessment reduction filing service will be
physically present to represent the person to whom a solicitation is
made before county assessor staff, an assessment appeals board,
county board of equalization, or an assessment hearing officer,
unless the fee includes this service.
   (4) The offeror of the assessment reduction filing service will
prepare or complete informal assessor review data or prepare or
complete the application in full, with the exception of the property
owner's signature, on behalf of the person to whom a solicitation is
made, unless the fee includes this service.
   (5) The offeror of the assessment reduction filing service has a
file or record covering a person to whom a solicitation is made.
   (6) The offeror of the assessment reduction filing service is, or
is affiliated with, any governmental entity. A violation of this
paragraph includes, but is not limited to, the following:
   (A) The misleading use of any governmental seal, emblem, or other
similar symbol.
   (B) The use of a business name including the word "appeal" or "tax"
and the word  "agency,"  "assessor,"  "agency,"
  "board,"  "bureau,"  "commission," 
"department," "division," "federal," "state," "county," "city," or
"municipal," or the name of any city, county, city and county, or any
governmental entity.
   (C) The use of an envelope that simulates an envelope containing a
government check, tax bill, or government notice or an envelope that
otherwise has the capacity to be confused with, or mistaken for, an
envelope sent by a governmental entity.
   (D) The use of an envelope or outside cover or wrapper in which a
solicitation is mailed that does not bear on its face in capital
letters and in conspicuous and legible type the following notice:
 "THIS IS NOT A GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT." 

   "THIS IS NOT A GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT." 

   (7) A late fee is required if the person to whom the solicitation
is sent fails to respond to the offeror of the assessment reduction
filing service by a date stated in the solicitation.
   (b) (1) It is unlawful to offer to perform an assessment reduction
filing service without making the following disclosure:

"THIS ASSESSMENT REDUCTION FILING SERVICE IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY
GOVERNMENT AGENCY. IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THE ASSESSED VALUE OF YOUR
PROPERTY, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN INFORMAL ASSESSMENT REVIEW, AT NO
COST, BY CONTACTING THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE DIRECTLY. IF YOU AND THE
ASSESSOR CANNOT AGREE TO THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY OR IF YOU DO NOT
WISH TO CONTACT THE ASSESSOR YOU CAN OBTAIN AND FILE AN APPLICATION
FOR CHANGED ASSESSMENT WITH THE COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OR
ASSESSMENT APPEALS BOARD ON YOUR OWN BEHALF. AN APPEALS BOARD HAS THE
AUTHORITY TO RAISE PROPERTY VALUES (BUT IN NO CASE HIGHER THAN THE
PROPOSITION 13 PROTECTED VALUE) AS WELL AS TO LOWER PROPERTY VALUES."

   (2) The disclosures specified in paragraph (1) shall be placed at
the top of each page of every advertisement or promotional material
disseminated by an offeror of an assessment reduction filing service
and shall be printed in 12-point boldface type enclosed in a box
formed by a heavy line.
   (3) The disclosure specified in paragraph (1) shall be recited at
the beginning of every oral solicitation and every broadcast
advertisement and shall be delivered in printed form as prescribed by
paragraph (2) before the time each person who responds to the oral
solicitation or broadcast advertisement is obligated to pay for the
service.
   (c) (1) No offeror of an assessment reduction filing service shall
charge, demand, or collect any money in connection with a request
for review until after the request is filed with the assessor.
   (2) No offeror of an assessment reduction filing service shall
charge, demand, or collect any money in connection with an assessment
appeal application until after the application is filed with the
clerk of the assessment appeals board.
   (d) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions
apply:
   (1) "Assessment reduction filing service" means any service
performed or offered to be performed for compensation in connection
with the preparation or completion of an application or request of
any kind for reduction in assessment of residential property or in
connection with the assistance in any manner of another person to
either (A) prepare or complete an application or request of any kind
for reduction in assessment of residential property or (B) provide
comparable sales information in connection with an application or
request for reduction in assessment of residential property.
   (2) "Assessment appeal application" has the meaning described in
Section 1603 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
   (e) (1) It is unlawful for an offeror of an assessment reduction
filing service to file a request or application of any kind for
reduction in assessment without first obtaining a written
authorization from the property owner.
   (2) A true and correct copy of the written authorization shall be
submitted with any request or application for reduction in
assessment. The offeror shall maintain the original written
authorization for a period of three years and shall make it available
for inspection and copying within 24 hours of a request without a
warrant to law enforcement, the Attorney General, district attorney,
or city attorney.
  SEC. 3.  Section 1195 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
   1195.  (a) Proof of the execution of an instrument, when not
acknowledged, may be made  by  any of the following:
   1. By the party executing it, or either of them.
   2. By a subscribing witness.
   3. By other witnesses, in cases mentioned in Section 1198.
   (b)  (1)    Proof of the execution of a 
power of attorney,  grant deed, mortgage, deed of trust,
quitclaim deed, or security agreement is not permitted pursuant to
Section 27287 of the Government Code, though proof of the execution
of a trustee's deed or deed of reconveyance is permitted. 
   (2) Proof of the execution for any instrument requiring a notary
public to obtain a thumbprint from the party signing the document in
the notary public's journal is not permitted. 
   (c) Any certificate for proof of execution taken within this state
may be in the following form, although the use of other,
substantially similar forms is not precluded:
State of California   )
                          ss.
County of __________  )


   On ____ (date), before me, the undersigned, a notary public for
the state, personally appeared ____  (subscribing witness's
  name), personally known to me (or  
(name o   f subscribing witness),  proved to me
 on the oath of  ____  
  credible witness's name], who is personally known
  to   me)  to be the
person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, as a
witness thereto,  who,   on the oath of ____
(name of credible witness), a credible witness who is known to me and
provided a satisfactory identifying document. ____ (name of
subscribing witness),  being by me duly sworn,  deposed
and  said that he/she was present and  saw 
 saw/heard  ____ (names] of principals]), the same person
(s) described in and whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within
 and annexed   or attached  instrument in
his/her/their authorized capacity(ies) as (a) party(ies) thereto,
execute  or acknowledge executing  the same, and that said
affiant subscribed his/her name to the within  or attached 
instrument as a witness at the request of ____ (names] of
principals]).
  WITNESS my hand and official seal.
   Signature_____________________________    (Seal) 

   Signature____________________ (Notary public seal) 


  SEC. 4.  Section 3505 of the Commercial Code is amended to read:
   3505.  (a) The following are admissible as evidence and create a
presumption of dishonor and of any notice of dishonor stated:
   (1) A document regular in form as provided in subdivision (b)
which purports to be a protest.
   (2) A purported stamp or writing of the drawee, payor bank, or
presenting bank on or accompanying the instrument stating that
acceptance or payment has been refused unless reasons for the refusal
are stated and the reasons are not consistent with dishonor.
   (3) A book or record of the drawee, payor bank, or collecting
bank, kept in the usual course of business  which 
 that  shows dishonor, even if there is no evidence of who
made the entry.
   (b) A protest is a certificate of dishonor made by a United States
consul or vice consul, or a notary public during the course and
scope of   employment   with a financial  
institution  or other person authorized to administer oaths by
the  law   laws  of any other state,
government, or country in  the place where dishonor occurs. It
may be made upon information satisfactory to that person. The protest
shall identify the instrument and certify either that presentment
has been made or, if not made, the reason why it was not made, and
that the instrument has been dishonored by nonacceptance or
nonpayment. The protest may also certify that notice of dishonor has
been given to some or all parties.
  SEC. 5.  Section 8205 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   8205.  (a) It is the duty of a notary public, when requested:
   (1) To demand acceptance and payment of foreign and inland bills
of exchange, or promissory notes, to protest them for nonacceptance
and nonpayment, and, with regard only to the nonacceptance or
nonpayment of bills and notes, to exercise any other powers and
duties that by the law of nations and according to commercial usages,
or by the laws of any other state, government, or country, may be
performed by  notaries   a notary. This
paragraph applies only to a notary public employed by a financial
institution,   during the course and scope of the notary's
employment with the financial institution  .
   (2) To take the acknowledgment or proof of advance health care
directives, powers of attorney, mortgages, deeds, grants, transfers,
and other instruments of writing executed by any person, and to give
a certificate of that proof or acknowledgment, endorsed on or
attached to the instrument. The certificate shall be signed by the
notary public in the notary public's own handwriting. A notary public
may not accept any acknowledgment or proof of any instrument that is
incomplete.
   (3) To take depositions and affidavits, and administer oaths and
affirmations, in all matters incident to the duties of the office, or
to be used before any court, judge, officer, or board. Any
deposition, affidavit, oath, or affirmation shall be signed by the
notary public in the notary public's own handwriting.
   (4) To certify copies of powers of attorney under Section 4307 of
the Probate Code. The certification shall be signed by the notary
public in the notary public's own handwriting.
   (b) It shall further be the duty of a notary public, upon written
request:
   (1) To furnish to the Secretary of State certified copies of the
notary's journal.
   (2) To respond within 30 days of receiving written requests sent
by certified mail from the Secretary of State's office for
information relating to official acts performed by the notary.
  SEC. 6.  Section 8208 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   8208.  The protest of a notary public  acting in the course
and scope of employment by a financial institution  , under his
or her hand and official seal, of a bill of exchange or promissory
note for nonacceptance or nonpayment, specifying any of the following
is prima facie evidence of the facts recited therein:
   (a) The time and place of presentment.
   (b) The fact that presentment was made and the manner thereof.
   (c) The cause or reason for protesting the bill.
   (d) The demand made and the answer given, if any, or the fact that
the drawee or acceptor could not be found.
  SEC. 7.  Section 8211 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   8211.  Fees charged by a notary public for the following services
shall not exceed the fees prescribed by this section.
   (a) For taking an acknowledgment or proof of a deed, or other
instrument, to include the seal and the writing of the certificate,
the sum of ten dollars ($10) for each signature taken.
   (b) For administering an oath or affirmation to one person and
executing the jurat, including the seal, the sum of ten dollars
($10).
   (c) For all services rendered in connection with the taking of any
deposition, the sum of twenty dollars ($20), and in addition
thereto, the sum of five dollars ($5) for administering the oath to
the witness and the sum of five dollars ($5) for the certificate to
the deposition. 
   (d) For every protest for the nonpayment of a promissory note or
for the nonpayment or nonacceptance of a bill of exchange, draft, or
check, the sum of ten dollars ($10).  
   (e) For serving every notice of nonpayment of a promissory note or
of nonpayment or nonacceptance of a bill of exchange, order, draft,
or check, the sum of five dollars ($5).  
   (f) For recording every protest, the sum of five dollars ($5).
 
    (g) 
    (d)  No fee may be charged to notarize signatures on
vote by mail ballot identification envelopes or other voting
materials. 
    (h) 
    (e)  For certifying a copy of a power of attorney under
Section 4307 of the Probate Code the sum of ten dollars ($10).

    (i) 
    (f)  In accordance with Section 6107, no fee may be
charged to a United States military veteran for notarization of an
application or a claim for a pension, allotment, allowance,
compensation, insurance, or any other veteran's benefit.
  SEC. 8.  Section 12181 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   12181.  The Secretary of State's office may refuse to perform a
service or refuse a filing based on a reasonable belief that the
service or filing is being requested for an unlawful, false, or
fraudulent purpose, to promote or conduct an illegitimate object or
purpose, or is being requested or submitted in bad faith or for the
purpose of harassing or defrauding a person or entity.
  SEC. 9.  Section 27287 of the Government Code, as amended by
Section 7 of Chapter 319 of the Statutes of 1997, is amended to read:

   27287.  Unless it belongs to the class provided for in either
Sections 27282 to 27286, inclusive, or  Sections 
 Section  1202 or 1203, of the Civil Code, or is a
fictitious mortgage or deed of trust as provided in  Sections
  Section  2952  ,  or 2963
 ,  of the Civil Code, or is a fictitious oil and
gas lease as provided in Section 1219 of the Civil Code, or is a
claim of lien, as provided in Section 3084 of the Civil Code, or a
notice of completion, as provided in Section 3093 of the Civil Code,
before an instrument can be recorded its execution shall be
acknowledged by the person executing it, or if executed by a
corporation, by its president or secretary or other person executing
it on behalf of the corporation, or, except for any  power of
attorney,  quitclaim deed  ,  or grant deed other than
a trustee's deed or a deed of reconveyance, mortgage, deed of trust,
or security agreement, proved by subscribing witness or as provided
in Sections 1198 and 1199 of the Civil Code, and the acknowledgment
or proof certified as prescribed by law.
  SEC. 10.  Section 27287 of the Government Code, as amended by
Section 33 of Chapter 697 of the Statutes of 2010, is amended to
read:
   27287.  Unless it belongs to the class provided for in either
Sections 27282 to 27286, inclusive, or Section 1202 or 1203, of the
Civil Code, or is a fictitious mortgage or deed of trust as provided
in Section 2952 or 2963 of the Civil Code, or is a fictitious oil and
gas lease as provided in Section 1219 of the Civil Code, or is a
claim of lien under Section 8416 of the Civil Code or a notice of
completion under Section 8182 or 9204 of the Civil Code, before an
instrument can be recorded its execution shall be acknowledged by the
person executing it, or if executed by a corporation, by its
president or secretary or other person executing it on behalf of the
corporation, or, except for any  power of attorney, 
quitclaim deed  ,  or grant deed other than a trustee's deed
or a deed of reconveyance, mortgage, deed of trust, or security
agreement, proved by subscribing witness or as provided in Sections
1198 and 1199 of the Civil Code, and the acknowledgment or proof
certified as prescribed by law.
  SEC. 11.   No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII 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 B of the California
Constitution.