SB 820, as amended, Committee on Governmental Organization. State government.
(1) Existing law and the Governor’s Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 2012 (GRP 2), effective on July 3, 2012, and operative on July 1, 2013, assigns and reorganizes the functions of state government among executive officers and agencies by creating the following general agency structure in the executive branch: Business, Consumer Services, and Housing; Government Operations; Corrections and Rehabilitation; Labor and Workforce Development; California Health and Human Services; Environmental Protection; Natural Resources; and Transportation. In creating the new general agency structure, existing law and the GRP 2, abolished certain existing state entities and offices, including, among others, the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency and its secretary.
This bill would generally enact the statutory changes to make conforming
name changes to properly reflect the assignment and reorganization of the functions of state government among the newly established executive entities and officersbegin delete andend deletebegin insert, including, among others, changing the name Department of Real Estate to Bureau of Real Estate. This bill would alsoend insert reallocate certain duties of abolished executive entities and officers tobegin delete theend delete newly establishedbegin insert and existingend insert ones.
(2) Existing law and the GRP 2 transfer the duties and authorities of the Department of Boating and Waterways to the Division of Boating and Waterways in the Department of Parks and Recreation and reallocate specified duties between the division and the Boating and Waterways Commission.
This bill would further modify duties between the division and the commission, including, among others, removing requirements for the consent of the commission for the department to make certain transfers, loans, or grants under various programs and other proposals, as specified.
(3) Existing law and the GRP 2 transfer a requirement that the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency establish small business financial development corporations to the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.
This bill would make conforming changes with respect to the transfer of this dutybegin insert and transfer other duties generally related to economic development from the abolished agency to the office, as specifiedend insert.
(4) Existing law authorizes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to work with the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency to implement the program funded by federal funds allocated to, and received by, the state for energy-related projects pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and other federal acts related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
This bill would authorize the Energy Commission to work instead with the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.
(5) The California Tourism Marketing Act provides for the establishment of the California Travel and Tourism Commission within the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency.
This bill would remove references to the abolished agency in the actbegin insert to transfer certain duties to the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development,end insert and delete obsolete provisions.
(6) Existing law and the GRP 2 transfer the California Film Commission and the Film California First Program from the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency to the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.
This bill would make administrative changes consistent with that transfer.
(7) The GRP 2 reallocates certain licensing and regulatory functions between the California Gambling Control Commission and the Department of Justice related to gaming.
This bill would reallocate additional functions among the commissionbegin delete toend deletebegin insert andend insert the department, including, among others, requiring the department, rather than the commission, to decide whether the payment of the annual gambling license fee is on an annual or installment basisbegin insert, authorizing the department, rather than the commission, to collect certain fees, and requiring the department, rather than the commission, to administer the Charity Bingo Mitigation Fundend insert.
(8) Existing law and the GRP 2 reallocates certain duties and functions of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency related to the small business loan guarantee program, the disaster assistance loan program, the economic adjustment assistance grant, the employment training panel, green collar jobs program, and the film industry.
This bill would further reallocate the duties and functions of this abolished agency with regard to these programs and this industry.
(9) Existing law requires common interest developments to submit specified information, including personal identifying information regarding the president of the association, to the Secretary of State, who is required to make the information available for governmental purposes under specified conditions to certain entities, including, among others, the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency.
This bill would replace the abolished agency with the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.
(10) Existing law authorizes the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing to prescribe specified rules and regulations relating to certain mortgage instruments.
This bill would transfer the duties of the abolished officer with the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing.
(11) Existing law authorizes the Governor to, with respect to the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, appoint a Deputy Secretary of Housing to advise that agency’s secretary on housing matters.
The bill would modify the Governor’s authorization to appoint a Deputy Secretary of Housing Coordination to serve as the Secretary of Transportation’s primary advisor on housing matters, as specified.
(12) Existing law provides that, among other things, the powers and duties of the Department of Transportation include investigating and reporting to the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing upon the consistency between housing plans and programs and federal transportation plans and programs.
This bill would instead provide that the Department of Transportation report under these circumstances to the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing, as specified.
(13) Existing law requires the Director of the Office of Planning and Research to consult with the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing, as specified.
This bill would instead require the director to consult with the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing under these circumstances, as specified.
(14) The GRP 2 reorganizes the Department of Corporations and the Department of Financial Institutions into divisions under the Department of Business Oversight, within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. Under the GRP 2, the executive officer of the Department of Business Oversight is the Commissioner of Business Oversight, and the department’s administration includes a Deputy Commissioner of Business Oversight for the Division of Corporations, and a Deputy Commissioner of Business Oversight for the Division of Financial Institutions.
This bill would enact statutory changes to implement the above-described organizational structure by transferring the responsibilities of the Department of Corporations and the Department of Financial Institutions to the newly established Department of Business Oversight and its Division of Corporations and Division of Financial Institutions, headed by Senior Deputy Commissioners and the Office of Credit Unions, as specified. This bill would make other conforming changes to the duties of the Department of Business Oversightbegin insert and the Commissioner of Business Oversightend insert to include additional activities relating to the functions of corporations and financial institutions. The bill would require the Senior Deputy Commissioner of Business Oversight for the Division of Financial Institutions to employ legal counsel to act as the attorney for the commissioner under specified circumstances.
(15) The GRP 2 recasts the California Technology Agency as the Department of Technology within the Government Operations Agency.
This bill would make various technical, nonsubstantive conforming changes to further reflect this reorganization. This bill would also designate that the Office of Technology Services and the Office of Information Security, each within the Department of Technology, is managed or under the direction of a chief. This bill would also rename the Public Safety Communications Division, also within the department, as the Public Safety Communications Office.
(16) This bill would become operative on July 1, 2013.
(17) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Vote: 2⁄3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 11003.4 of the end insertbegin insertBusiness and Professions
2Codeend insertbegin insert is amended to read:end insert
(a) A “limited-equity housing cooperative” or a
4“workforce housing cooperative trust” is a corporation that meets
5the criteria of Section 11003.2 and that also meets the criteria of
6Sections 817 and 817.1 of the Civil Code, as applicable. Except
7as provided in subdivision (b), a limited-equity housing or
8workforce housing cooperative trust shall be subject to all the
9requirements of this chapter pertaining to stock cooperatives.
10(b) A limited-equity housing cooperative or a workforce housing
11cooperative trust shall be exempt from the requirements of this
12chapter if the limited-equity housing cooperative or workforce
13housing cooperative trust complies with all the following
14conditions:
15(1) The United
States Department of Housing and Urban
16Development, the United States Department of Agriculture, the
17National Consumers Cooperative Bank, the California Housing
18Finance Agency, the Public Employees’ Retirement System
19(PERS), the State Teachers’ Retirement System (STRS), the
20Department of Housing and Community Development, or the
21Federal Home Loan Bank System or any of its member institutions,
22alone or in any combination with each other, or with the city,
23county, school district, or redevelopment agency in which the
24cooperative is located, directly finances or subsidizes at least 50
25percent of the total construction or development cost or one
26hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), whichever is less; or the real
27property to be occupied by the cooperative was sold or leased by
28the Department of Transportation, other state agency, a city, a
29county, or a school district for the development of the cooperative
30and has a regulatory agreement approved by the Department of
31Housing and Community Development for the term
of the
32permanent financing, notwithstanding the source of the permanent
33subsidy or financing.
34(2) No more than 20 percent of the total development cost of a
35limited-equity mobilehome park, and no more than 10 percent of
36the total development cost of other limited-equity housing
37cooperatives, is provided by purchasers of membership shares.
P7 1(3) A regulatory agreement that covers the cooperative for a
2term of at least as long as the duration of the permanent financing
3or subsidy, notwithstanding the source of the permanent subsidy
4or financing has been duly executed between the recipient of the
5financing and either (A) one of the federal or state agencies
6specified in paragraph (1) or (B) a local public agency that is
7providing financing for the project under a regulatory agreement
8meeting standards of the Department of Housing and
Community
9Development. The regulatory agreement shall make provision for
10at least all of the following:
11(A) Assurances for completion of the common areas and
12facilities to be owned or leased by the limited-equity housing
13cooperative, unless a construction agreement between the same
14parties contains written assurances for completion.
15(B) Governing instruments for the organization and operation
16of the housing cooperative by the members.
17(C) The ongoing fiscal management of the project by the
18cooperative, including an adequate budget, reserves, and provisions
19for maintenance and management.
20(D) Distribution of a membership information report to any
21prospective purchaser of a membership share, prior to purchase
22of that share. The membership information
report shall contain
23full disclosure of the financial obligations and responsibilities of
24cooperative membership, the resale of shares, the financing of the
25cooperative including any arrangements made with any partners,
26membership share accounts, occupancy restrictions, management
27arrangements, and any other information pertinent to the benefits,
28risks, and obligations of cooperative ownership.
29(4) The federal, state, or local public agency that executes the
30regulatory agreement shall satisfy itself that the bylaws, articles
31of incorporation, occupancy agreement, subscription agreement,
32any lease of the regulated premises, any arrangement with partners,
33and arrangement for membership share accounts provide adequate
34protection of the rights of cooperative members.
35(5) The federal or state agency shall receive from the attorney
36for the recipient of the financing or subsidy a legal
opinion that
37the cooperative meets the requirements of Section 817 of the Civil
38Code and the exemption provided by this section.
39(c) Any limited-equity cooperative, or workforce housing
40cooperative trust that meets the requirements for exemption
P8 1pursuant to subdivision (b) may elect to be subject to all provisions
2of this chapter.
3(d) The developer of the cooperative shall notify thebegin delete Department begin insert Bureau of Real Estate,end insert on a form provided by the
4of Real Estate,end delete
5begin delete department,end deletebegin insert bureau,end insert that an exemption is
claimed under this
6section. Thebegin delete Department of Real Estateend deletebegin insert Bureau of Real Estateend insert shall
7retain this form for at least four years for statistical purposes.
Section 19821 of the Business and Professions Code
10 is amended to read:
(a) The commission shall cause to be made and kept
12a record of all proceedings at regular and special meetings of the
13commission. These records shall be open to public inspection.
14(b) The department shall maintain a file of all applications for
15licenses under this chapter. The commission shall maintain a record
16of all actions taken with respect to those applications. The file and
17record shall be open to public inspection.
18(c) The department and commission may maintain any other
19files and records as they deem appropriate. Except as provided in
20this chapter, the records of the department and commission are
21exempt from disclosure under Chapter 3.5 (commencing with
22
Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
23(d) Except as necessary for the administration of this chapter,
24no commissioner and no official, employee, or agent of the
25commission or the department, having obtained access to
26confidential records or information in the performance of duties
27pursuant to this chapter, shall knowingly disclose or furnish the
28records or information, or any part thereof, to any person who is
29not authorized by law to receive it. A violation of this subdivision
30is a misdemeanor.
31(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (k) of Section 1798.24 of the
32Civil Code, a court shall not compel disclosure of personal
33information in the possession of the department or the commission
34to any person in any civil proceeding wherein the department or
35the commission is not a party, except for good cause and upon a
36showing that the information cannot otherwise be
obtained. This
37section shall not authorize the disclosure of personal information
38that is otherwise exempt from disclosure.
begin insertSection 19841 of the end insertbegin insertBusiness and Professions Codeend insert
40begin insert is amended to read:end insert
The regulations adopted by the commission shall do
2all of the following:
3(a) With respect to applications, registrations, investigations,
4and fees, the regulations shall include, but not be limited to,
5provisions that do all of the following:
6(1) Prescribe the method andbegin delete formend deletebegin insert mannerend insert of application and
7registration.
8(2) Prescribe the information to be furnished by any applicant,
9licensee, or registrant concerning, as appropriate, the person’s
10personal history, habits,
character, associates, criminal record,
11business activities, organizational structure, and financial affairs,
12past or present.
13(3) Prescribe the information to be furnished by an owner
14licensee relating to the licensee’s gambling employees.
15(4) Require fingerprinting or other methods of identification of
16an applicant, licensee, or employee of a licensee.
17(5) Prescribe the manner and method of collection and payment
18of fees and issuance of licenses.
19(b) Provide for the approval of game rules and equipment by
20the department to ensure fairness to the public and compliance
21with state laws.
22(c) Implement the provisions of this chapter relating to licensing
23and other approvals.
24(d) Require owner licensees to report and keep records of
25transactions, including transactions as determined by the
26department, involving cash or credit. The regulations may include,
27without limitation, regulations requiring owner licensees to file
28with the department reports similar to those required by Sections
295313 and 5314 of Title 31 of the United States Code, and by
30Sections 103.22 and 103.23 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal
31Regulations, and any successor provisions thereto, from financial
32institutions, as defined in Section 5312 of Title 31 of the United
33States Code and Section 103.11 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal
34Regulations, and any successor provisions.
35(e) Provide for the receipt of protests and written comments on
36an application by public agencies, public officials, local governing
37bodies, or residents of the location of the gambling establishment
38or future
gambling establishment.
39(f) Provide for the disapproval of advertising by licensed
40gambling establishments that is determined by the department to
P10 1be deceptive to the public. Regulations adopted by the commission
2for advertising by licensed gambling establishments shall be
3consistent with the advertising regulations adopted by the
4California Horse Racing Board and the Lottery Commission.
5Advertisement that appeals to children or adolescents or that offers
6gambling as a means of becoming wealthy is presumptively
7deceptive.
8(g) Govern all of the following:
9(1) The extension of credit.
10(2) The cashing, deposit, and redemption of checks or other
11negotiable instruments.
12(3) The verification of identification in monetary transactions.
13(h) Prescribe minimum procedures for adoption by owner
14licensees to exercise effective control over their internal fiscal and
15gambling affairs, which shall include, but not be limited to,
16provisions for all of the following:
17(1) The safeguarding of assets and revenues, including the
18recording of cash and evidences of indebtedness.
19(2) Prescribing the manner in which compensation from games
20and gross revenue shall be computed and reported by an owner
21licensee.
22(3) The provision of reliable records, accounts, and reports of
23transactions, operations, and events, including reports to the
24department.
25(i) Provide for the adoption and use of internal
audits, whether
26by qualified internal auditors or by certified public accountants.
27As used in this subdivision, “internal audit” means a type of control
28that operates through the testing and evaluation of other controls
29and that is also directed toward observing proper compliance with
30the minimum standards of control prescribed in subdivision (h).
31(j) Require periodic financial reports from each owner licensee.
32(k) Specify standard forms for reporting financial conditions,
33results of operations, and other relevant financial information.
34(l) Formulate a uniform code of accounts and accounting
35classifications to ensure consistency, comparability, and effective
36disclosure of financial information.
37(m) Prescribe intervals at which the information in
subdivisions
38(j) and (k) shall be furnished to the department.
39(n) Require audits to be conducted, in accordance with generally
40accepted auditing standards, of the financial statements of all owner
P11 1licensees whose annual gross revenues equal or exceed a specified
2sum. However, nothing herein shall be construed to limit the
3department’s authority to require audits of any owner licensee.
4Audits, compilations, and reviews provided for in this subdivision
5shall be made by independent certified public accountants licensed
6to practice in this state.
7(o) Restrict, limit, or otherwise regulate any activity that is
8related to the conduct of controlled gambling, consistent with the
9purposes of this chapter.
10(p) Define and limit the area, games, hours of operation, number
11of tables, wagering limits, and equipment permitted, or
the method
12of operation of games and equipment, if the commission, upon the
13recommendation of, or in consultation with, the department,
14determines that local regulation of these subjects is insufficient to
15protect the health, safety, or welfare of residents in geographical
16areas proximate to a gambling establishment.
17(q) Prohibit gambling enterprises from cashing checks drawn
18against any federal, state, or county fund, including, but not limited
19to, social security, unemployment insurance, disability payments,
20or public assistance payments. However, a gambling enterprise
21shall not be prohibited from cashing any payroll checks or checks
22for the delivery of goods or services that are drawn against a
23federal, state, or county fund.
24(r) Provide for standards, specifications, and procedures
25governing the manufacture, distribution, including the sale and
26leasing, inspection, testing,
location, operation, repair, and storage
27of gambling equipment, and for the licensing of persons engaged
28in the business of manufacturing, distributing, including the sale
29and leasing, inspection, testing, repair, and storage of gambling
30equipment.
31(s) By December 31, 2011, provide procedures, criteria, and
32timelines for the processing and approval of applications for the
33licensing, temporary or interim licensing, or findings of suitability
34for receivers, trustees, beneficiaries, executors, administrators,
35conservators, successors in interest, or security interest holders for
36a gambling enterprise so that gambling enterprises may operate
37continuously in cases including, but not limited to, the death,
38insolvency, foreclosure, receivership, or incapacity of a licensee.
begin insertSection 19861 of the end insertbegin insertBusiness and Professions Codeend insert
40begin insert is amended to read:end insert
Notwithstanding subdivision (i) of Section 19801, the
2commission shall not deny a license to a gambling establishment
3solely because it is not open to the public, provided that all of the
4following are true: (a) the gambling establishment is situated in a
5local jurisdiction that has an ordinance allowing only private clubs,
6and the gambling establishment was in operation as a private club
7under that ordinance on December 31, 1997, and met all applicable
8state and local gaming registration requirements; (b) the gambling
9establishment consists of no more than five gaming tables; (c)
10video recordings of the entrance to the gambling room or rooms
11and all tables situated therein are made during all hours of operation
12by means of closed-circuit television cameras, and these recordings
13are retained for a period of 30 days and are made available for
14review by
the departmentbegin delete or commissionend delete
upon request; and (d) the
15gambling establishment is open to members of the private club
16and their spouses in accordance with membership criteria in effect
17as of December 31, 1997.
18A gambling establishment meeting these criteria, in addition to
19the other requirements of this chapter, may be licensed to operate
20as a private club gambling establishment until November 30, 2003,
21or until the ownership or operation of the gambling establishment
22changes from the ownership or operation as of January 1, 1998,
23whichever occurs first. Operation of the gambling establishments
24after this date shall only be permitted if the local jurisdiction
25approves an ordinance, pursuant to Sections 19961 and 19962,
26authorizing the operation of gambling establishments that are open
27to the public. The commission shall adopt regulations implementing
28this section. Prior to the commission’s issuance of a license to a
29private club, the department shall ensure that the ownership of the
30
gambling establishment has remained constant since January 1,
311998, and the operation of the gambling establishment has not
32been leased to any third party.
begin insertSection 19864 of the end insertbegin insertBusiness and Professions Codeend insert
34begin insert is amended to read:end insert
(a) Application for a state license or other commission
36action shall bebegin delete madeend deletebegin insert submitted to the departmentend insert on forms
37furnished by thebegin delete commission.end deletebegin insert department.end insert
38(b) The application for a gambling license shall include all of
39the following:
40(1) The name of the proposed licensee.
P13 1(2) The name and location of the proposed gambling
2establishment.
3(3) The gambling games proposed to be conducted.
4(4) The names of all persons directly or indirectly interested in
5the business and the nature of the interest.
6(5) A description of the proposed gambling establishment and
7operation.
8(6) Any other information and details the commission may
9require in order to discharge itsbegin delete dutyend deletebegin insert dutiesend insert properly.
Section 19876 of the Business and Professions Code
12 is amended to read:
(a) Subject to the power of the commission to deny,
14revoke, suspend, condition, or limit any license, as provided in
15this chapter, a license shall be renewed biennially.
16(b) An application for renewal of a gambling license shall be
17filed by the owner licensee or key employee with the department
18no later than 120 calendar days prior to the expiration of the current
19license. The commission shall act upon any application for renewal
20prior to the date of expiration of the current license. Upon renewal
21of any owner license, the commission shall issue an appropriate
22renewal certificate or validating device or sticker.
23(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (b), if an
24owner licensee has submitted
an application for renewal prior to
25the original expiration date of the current license and the
26commission is unable to act on the application prior to the
27expiration date, the commission may extend the current license
28for up to 180 days.
29(d) Unless the commission determines otherwise, renewal of
30an owner’s gambling license shall be deemed to effectuate the
31renewal of every other gambling license endorsed thereon.
32(e) In addition to the penalties provided by law, any owner
33licensee who deals, operates, carries on, conducts, maintains, or
34exposes for play any gambling game after the expiration date of
35the gambling license is liable to the state for all license fees and
36penalties that would have been due upon renewal.
37(f) If an owner licensee fails to renew the gambling license as
38provided in this chapter, the
commission may order the immediate
39closure of the premises and a cessation of all gambling activity
40therein until the license is renewed.
P14 1(g) If an owner licensee submits an application for renewal of
2the gambling license after the deadline set in subdivision (b) but
3before the original expiration date of the license, the commission
4may assess reasonable delinquency fees not to exceed three times
5the usual application fee.
Section 19912 of the Business and Professions Code
8 is amended to read:
(a) (1) A person shall not be employed as a gambling
10enterprise employee, or serve as an independent agent, except as
11provided in paragraph (2), unless he or she is the holder of one of
12the following:
13(A) A valid work permit issued in accordance with the applicable
14ordinance or regulations of the county, city, or city and county in
15which his or her duties are performed.
16(B) A work permit issued by the commission pursuant to
17regulations adopted by the commission for the issuance and
18renewal of work permits. A work permit issued by the commission
19shall be valid for two years.
20(2) An independent agent is not required to
hold a work permit
21if he or she is not a resident of this state and has registered with
22the department in accordance with regulations.
23(b) A work permit shall not be issued by any city, county, or
24city and county to any person who would be disqualified from
25holding a state gambling license for the reasons specified in
26subdivisions (a) to (g), inclusive, of Section 19859.
27(c) The department may object to the issuance of a work permit
28by a city, county, or city and county for any cause deemed
29reasonable by the department, and if the department objects to
30issuance of a work permit, the work permit shall be denied.
31(1) The commission shall adopt regulations specifying particular
32grounds for objection to issuance of, or refusal to issue, a work
33permit.
34(2) The ordinance of any city, county, or city and county relating
35to issuance of work permits shall permit the department to object
36to the issuance of any permit.
37(3) Any person whose application for a work permit has been
38denied because of an objection by the department may apply to
39the commission for an evidentiary hearing in accordance with
40regulations.
P15 1(d) Application for a work permit for use in any jurisdiction
2where a locally issued work permit is not required by the licensing
3authority of a city, county, or city and county shall be made to the
4department, and may be granted or denied for any cause deemed
5reasonable by the commission. If the commission denies the
6application, it shall include in its notice of denial a statement of
7facts upon which it relied in denying the application. Upon receipt
8of an application for a work permit, the commission may issue a
9
temporary work permit for a period not to exceed 120 days,
10pending completion of the background investigation by the
11department and official action by the commission with respect to
12the work permit application.
13(e) An order of the commission denying an application for, or
14placing restrictions or conditions on, a work permit, including an
15order declining to issue a work permit following review pursuant
16to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c), may be reviewed in accordance
17with subdivision (e) of Section 19870.
Section 19951 of the Business and Professions Code
20 is amended to read:
(a) Every application for a license or approval shall be
22accompanied by a nonrefundable fee, the amount of which shall
23be adopted by regulation on or before January 1, 2009. The adopted
24fee shall not exceed one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200).
25Prior to adoption of the regulation, the nonrefundable application
26fee shall be five hundred dollars ($500).
27(b) (1) Any fee paid pursuant to this section, including all
28licenses issued to key employees and other persons whose names
29are endorsed upon the license, shall be assessed against the
30gambling license issued to the owner of the gambling
31establishment. This paragraph shall not apply to key employee
32licenses issued on and after January 1, 2009, or the
implementation
33of regulations establishing a personal key employee license adopted
34pursuant to Section 19854, whichever is sooner.
35(2) (A) The fee for initial issuance of a state gambling license
36shall be an amount determined by the commission in accordance
37with regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
38(B) The fee for the renewal of a state gambling license shall be
39determined pursuant to the schedule in subdivision (c) or the
40schedule in subdivision (d), whichever amount is greater.
P16 1(C) The holder of a provisional license shall pay an annual fee
2pursuant to the schedule in subdivision (c).
3(c) The schedule based on the number of tables is as follows:
4(1) For a
license authorizing one to five tables, inclusive, at
5which games are played, three hundred dollars ($300) for each
6table.
7(2) For a license authorizing six to eight tables, inclusive, at
8which games are played, five hundred fifty dollars ($550) for each
9table.
10(3) For a license authorizing 9 to 14 tables, inclusive, at which
11games are played, one thousand three hundred dollars ($1,300) for
12each table.
13(4) For a license authorizing 15 to 25 tables, inclusive, at which
14games are played, two thousand seven hundred dollars ($2,700)
15for each table.
16(5) For a license authorizing 26 to 70 tables, inclusive, at which
17games are played, four thousand dollars ($4,000) for each table.
18(6) For a
license authorizing 71 or more tables at which games
19are played, four thousand seven hundred dollars ($4,700) for each
20table.
21(d) Without regard to the number of tables at which games may
22be played pursuant to a gambling license, if, at any time of any
23license renewal, or when a licensee is required to pay the fee
24described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b)
25it is determined that the gross revenues of an owner licensee during
26the licensee’s previous fiscal year fell within the following ranges,
27the annual fee shall be as follows:
28(1) For a gross revenue of two hundred thousand dollars
29($200,000) to four hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred
30ninety-nine dollars ($499,999), inclusive, the amount specified by
31the department pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c).
32(2) For a gross revenue of
five hundred thousand dollars
33($500,000) to one million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine
34hundred ninety-nine dollars ($1,999,999), inclusive, the amount
35specified by the department pursuant to paragraph (3) of
36subdivision (c).
37(3) For a gross revenue of two million dollars ($2,000,000) to
38nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred
39ninety-nine dollars ($9,999,999), inclusive, the amount specified
40by the department pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c).
P17 1(4) For a gross revenue of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to
2twenty-nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine
3hundred ninety-nine dollars ($29,999,999), the amount specified
4by the department pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c).
5(5) For a gross revenue of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000)
6or more, the amount
specified by the department pursuant to
7paragraph (6) of subdivision (c).
8(e) The department may provide for payment of the annual
9gambling license fee on an annual or installment basis.
10(f) For the purposes of this section, each table at which a game
11is played constitutes a single game table.
12(g) It is the intent of the Legislature that the fees paid pursuant
13to this section are sufficient to enable the department and the
14commission to fully carry out their duties and responsibilities under
15this chapter.
begin insertSection 19984 of the end insertbegin insertBusiness and Professions Codeend insert
17begin insert is amended to read:end insert
Notwithstanding any other law, a licensed gambling
19enterprise may contract with a third party for the purpose of
20providing proposition player services at a gambling establishment,
21subject to the following conditions:
22(a) Any agreement, contract, or arrangement between a gambling
23enterprise and a third-party provider of proposition player services
24shall be approved in advance by the department, and in no event
25shall a gambling enterprise or the house have any interest, whether
26direct or indirect, in funds wagered, lost, or won.
27(b) The commission shall establish reasonable criteria for, and
28require the licensure and registration of, any person or entity that
29provides proposition player services at gambling establishments
30
pursuant to this section, including owners, supervisors, and players.
31Those employed by a third-party provider of proposition player
32services, including owners, supervisors, observers, and players,
33shall wear a badge which clearly identifies them as proposition
34players whenever they are present within a gambling establishment.
35The commission may impose licensing requirements, disclosures,
36approvals, conditions, or limitations as it deems necessary to
37protect the integrity of controlled gambling in this state, and may
38begin delete assess and collectend deletebegin insert assess, and the department may collect,end insert
39 reasonable fees and deposits as necessary to defray the costs of
40providing this regulation and oversight.
P18 1(c) The department, pursuant to regulations of the commission,
2is empowered to
perform background checks, financial audits, and
3other investigatory services as needed to assist the commission in
4regulating third party providers of proposition player services, and
5may assess and collect reasonable fees and deposits as necessary
6to defray the costs of providing this regulation and oversight. The
7department may adopt emergency regulations in order to implement
8this subdivision.
9(d) No agreement or contract between a licensed gambling
10enterprise and a third party concerning the provision of proposition
11player services shall be invalidated or prohibited by the department
12pursuant to this section until the commission establishes criteria
13for, and makes determinations regarding the licensure or
14registration of, the provision of these services pursuant to
15subdivision (b).
Section 1916.12 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
(a) The Legislature finds that the economic
19environment of financial institutions has become increasingly
20volatile as a result of regulatory revisions enacted by the United
21States Congress and federal agencies including, but not necessarily
22limited to, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Home
23Loan Bank Board, Federal Reserve Board, and the Depository
24Institutions Deregulation Committee. The Legislature further finds
25that deposit rate ceilings are being phased out while the cost of
26and competition for funds have escalated. It is the purpose of this
27section to maintain the quality of competition between
28state-licensed and federally regulated financial institutions in the
29field of mortgage lending, as well as promote the convenience,
30advantage and best interests of California
residents in their pursuit
31of adequate and available housing. In order to remain competitive
32and provide the optimum housing environment for the citizens of
33California, state institutions require the ability to respond in a
34timely manner to changes in mortgage lending parameters initiated
35at the federal level. Local regulatory guidelines must promote
36continued parity between the state and federal levels in order to
37avoid creation of discriminatory burdens upon state institutions
38and to protect interests held by California citizens. It is the intent
39of the Legislature to eliminate past and prevent future inequities
40between state and federal financial institutions doing business in
P19 1the State of California by creating a sensitive and responsive
2mortgage parity procedure.
3(b) The Secretary of the Business, Consumer Services, and
4Housing Agency, or the secretary’s designee as defined by
5subdivision (c) of Section 1918.5 of the Civil Code, shall have
the
6authority to prescribe rules and regulations extending to lenders
7who make loans upon the security of residential real property any
8right, power, privilege or duty relating to mortgage instruments
9that is equivalent to authority extended to federally-regulated
10financial institutions by federal statute or regulation.
11(c) In order to grant equivalent mortgage lending authority to
12state financial institutions to that which has been extended to
13federal financial institutions, the secretary or the secretary’s
14designee shall adopt such regulations within 60 days of the
15effective date of the statute or regulation extending the comparable
16right, power, privilege or duty to federally regulated financial
17institutions.
18(d) The provisions of Sections 1916.5, 1916.6, 1916.7, 1916.8,
19and 1916.9, and any other provisions of law relating to the
20requirements for changes in the rate of interest
on loans, shall not
21be applicable to loans made pursuant to the provisions of this
22section and regulations promulgated thereunder.
23(e) Any regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall expire
24on January 1 of the second succeeding year following the end of
25the calendar year in which the regulation was promulgated.
26Subsequent amendments to these regulations cannot extend this
27expiration date.
28(f) This section shall become operative on December 31, 1983.
Section 1918.5 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
As used in this chapter:
32(a) “Evidence of debt” means a note or negotiable instrument.
33(b) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Business, Consumer
34Services, and Housing.
35(c) “Secretary’s designee” means the director of a department
36within the agency that licenses or regulates the institutions,
37organizations or persons engaged in a business related to or
38affecting compliance with this chapter.
39(d) “Security document” means a mortgage contract, deed of
40trust, real estate sales contract, or any note or negotiable instrument
P20 1issued in connection therewith,
when its purpose is to finance the
2purchase or construction of real property occupied or intended to
3be occupied by the borrower, containing four or fewer residential
4units or on which four or fewer residential units are to be
5constructed.
Section 5405 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
(a) To assist with the identification of common interest
9developments, each association, whether incorporated or
10unincorporated, shall submit to the Secretary of State, on a form
11and for a fee not to exceed thirty dollars ($30) that the Secretary
12of State shall prescribe, the following information concerning the
13association and the development that it manages:
14(1) A statement that the association is formed to manage a
15common interest development under the Davis-Stirling Common
16Interest Development Act.
17(2) The name of the association.
18(3) The street address of the business or corporate office of the
19association, if any.
20(4) The street address of the association’s onsite office, if
21different from the street address of the business or corporate office,
22or if there is no onsite office, the street address of the responsible
23officer or managing agent of the association.
24(5) The name, address, and either the daytime telephone number
25or e-mail address of the president of the association, other than the
26address, telephone number, or e-mail address of the association’s
27onsite office or managing agent.
28(6) The name, street address, and daytime telephone number of
29the association’s managing agent, if any.
30(7) The county, and, if in an incorporated area, the city in which
31the development is physically located. If the boundaries of the
32development are physically located in more than
one county, each
33of the counties in which it is located.
34(8) If the development is in an unincorporated area, the city
35closest in proximity to the development.
36(9) The front street and nearest cross street of the physical
37location of the development.
38(10) The type of common interest development managed by the
39association.
40(11) The number of separate interests in the development.
P21 1(b) The association shall submit the information required by
2this section as follows:
3(1) By incorporated associations, within 90 days after the filing
4of its original articles of incorporation, and thereafter at the time
5the association files its
statement of principal business activity
6with the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 8210 of the
7Corporations Code.
8(2) By unincorporated associations, in July 2003, and in that
9same month biennially thereafter. Upon changing its status to that
10of a corporation, the association shall comply with the filing
11deadlines in paragraph (1).
12(c) The association shall notify the Secretary of State of any
13change in the street address of the association’s onsite office or of
14the responsible officer or managing agent of the association in the
15form and for a fee prescribed by the Secretary of State, within 60
16days of the change.
17(d) The penalty for an incorporated association’s noncompliance
18with the initial or biennial filing requirements of this section shall
19be suspension of the association’s rights, privileges, and powers
20
as a corporation and monetary penalties, to the same extent and in
21the same manner as suspension and monetary penalties imposed
22pursuant to Section 8810 of the Corporations Code.
23(e) The statement required by this section may be filed,
24notwithstanding suspension of the corporate powers, rights, and
25privileges under this section or under provisions of the Revenue
26and Taxation Code. Upon the filing of a statement under this
27section by a corporation that has suffered suspension under this
28section, the Secretary of State shall certify that fact to the Franchise
29Tax Board and the corporation may thereupon be relieved from
30suspension, unless the corporation is held in suspension by the
31Franchise Tax Board by reason of Section 23301, 23301.5, or
3223775 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
33(f) The Secretary of State shall make the information submitted
34pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision
(a) available only for
35governmental purposes and only to Members of the Legislature
36and the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, upon
37written request. All other information submitted pursuant to this
38section shall be subject to public inspection pursuant to the
39California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with
40Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code).
P22 1The information submitted pursuant to this section shall be made
2available for governmental or public inspection.
3(g) Whenever any form is filed pursuant to this section, it
4supersedes any previously filed form.
5(h) The Secretary of State may destroy or otherwise dispose of
6any form filed pursuant to this section after it has been superseded
7by the filing of a new form.
Section 14024 of the
Corporations Code is amended
10to read:
The manager shall adopt regulations concerning the
12implementation of this chapter and direct lending as emergency
13regulations in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with
14Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
15Code. The adoption of these regulations is an emergency and
16necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
17and safety, or general welfare within the meaning of subdivision
18(b) of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code. Notwithstanding
19subdivision (e) of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code, the
20regulations shall not remain in effect for more than 180 days unless
21the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development
22complies with all provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with
23Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
24
Code, as required by subdivision (e) of Section 11346.1 of the
25Government Code. This section also applies to any direct loan
26program administered by the Governor’s Office of Business and
27Economic Development.
Section 14025 of the
Corporations Code is amended
30to read:
The manager shall do all of the following:
32(a) Administer this part.
33(b) In accordance with program resources, stimulate the
34formation of corporations and the use of branch offices for the
35purposes of making this program accessible to all areas of the state.
36(c) Expeditiously approve or disapprove the articles of
37incorporation and any subsequent amendments to the articles of
38incorporation of a corporation.
39(d) Require each corporation to submit an annual written plan
40of operation.
P23 1(e) Review
reports from the Department of Financial Institutions
2and inform corporations as to what corrective action is required.
3(f) Examine, or cause to be examined, at any reasonable time,
4all books, records, and documents of every kind, and the physical
5properties of a corporation. The inspection shall include the right
6to make copies, extracts, and search records.
The heading of Article 4 (commencing with Section
914025) of Chapter 1 of
Part 5 of Division 3 of Title 1 of the 10Corporations Code is amended to read:
11
Section 14026 of the
Corporations Code is amended
16to read:
The manager may do all of the following:
18(a) Contract for services entered into pursuant to this chapter.
19(b) Hold public hearings.
20(c) Act as liaison between corporations formed under this part,
21other state and federal agencies, lenders, and the Legislature.
22(d) Process and tabulate on a monthly basis all corporate reports.
23(e) Attend board meetings.
24(f) Attend and participate at corporation meetings. The manager,
25or his or her
designee, shall be an ex officio, nonvoting
26representative on the board of directors and loan committees of
27each corporation. The manager shall meet with the board of
28directors of each corporation at least once each fiscal year.
29(g) Assist corporations in applying for federal grant applications,
30and in obtaining program support from the business community.
Section 14027 of the
Corporations Code is amended
33to read:
The manager shall have the accounts of each corporation
35formed under this part audited as of the close of business on June
3630, of each year. The manager shall also have the portfolio of each
37corporation audited a minimum of once a year. Material audit
38exceptions that are not corrected by the corporation within a
39reasonable period of time may result in the suspension of the
40corporation pursuant to Section 14028.
Section 14028 of the
Corporations Code is amended
3to read:
(a) Upon a finding by the manager that irreparable
5harm may occur if guarantee authority is not temporarily withdrawn
6from a corporation, the manager may temporarily withdraw
7guarantee authority from a corporation. The notice of temporary
8withdrawal sent to the corporation shall specify the reasons for the
9action. As used in this section, “guarantee authority” means the
10authority to make or guarantee any loan that encumbers funds in
11a trust fund account or the expansion fund. The manager shall
12make one of the determinations specified in subdivision (c) within
1330 days of the effective date of the temporary withdrawal unless
14the corporation and the manager mutually agree to an extension.
15The corporation shall have the opportunity to submit written
16material to the manager addressing the items
stated in the
17temporary withdrawal notice. If the manager does not make any
18determinations within 30 days, the temporary withdrawal shall be
19negated. The corporation’s yearly contract shall remain in effect
20during the period of temporary withdrawal, and the corporation
21shall continue to receive reimbursement of necessary operating
22expenses.
23(b) Failure of a corporation to substantially comply with the
24following may result in the suspension of a corporation:
25(1) Regulations implementing the Small Business Development
26Corporation Law.
27(2) The plan of operation specified in subdivision (d) of Section
2814025.
29(3) Fiscal and portfolio requirements, as contained in the fiscal
30and portfolio audits specified in Section 14027.
31(4) Milestones and scope of work as contained in the annual
32contract between the corporation and the office.
33(c) Pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b), the manager may do the
34following:
35(1) Terminate the temporary withdrawal.
36(2) Terminate the temporary withdrawal subject to the
37corporation’s adoption of a specified remedial action plan.
38(3) Temporarily withdraw, or continue to withdraw, guarantee
39authority until a specified time. This determination by the manager
P25 1requires a finding that the corporation has failed to comply with
2the Small Business Development Corporation Law.
3(4) Suspend the corporation.
4(5) Suspend the corporation, with suspension stayed until the
5corporation provides a remedial action plan to the manager, and
6the manager decides whether to repeal or implement the stayed
7suspension.
8The determinations contained in paragraphs (4) and (5) require
9a finding that irreparable harm will occur unless the corporation
10is suspended.
11(d) In considering a determination regarding the recommended
12suspension and possible remedial action plans, the manager shall
13consider, along with other criteria as specified in subdivision (b),
14the corporation’s history and past performance.
15(e) Upon suspension of a corporation, the manager shall transfer
16all funds, whether encumbered or not, in the trust fund account of
17the suspended corporation into either the expansion fund or
18
temporarily transfer the funds to another corporation.
19(f) If the manager decides to take any action against the
20corporation pursuant to paragraphs (2) to (5), inclusive, of
21subdivision (c), the corporation shall be notified of the action 10
22days before the effective date of the action. The corporation shall
23have the right to appeal the manager’s decision to the board within
24that 10-day period by sending notice to the manager and to the
25chair of the board. Once the manager receives notice that the action
26is being appealed, the manager’s action shall be stayed except for
27temporary withdrawal of guarantee authority. Upon receipt of the
28notice, the manager shall schedule a properly noticed board meeting
29within 30 days. The board may elect to take any of the actions
30listed in subdivision (g). The temporary withdrawal of corporation
31guarantee authority shall remain in effect until the board issues its
32decision.
33(g) Pursuant to subdivision (f), the board may do any of the
34following:
35(1) Terminate the action taken by the director.
36(2) Modify the action taken by the manager subject to the
37adoption by the corporation of a specified remedial action plan.
38(3) Affirm the action taken by the manager.
39(h) Following suspension, the corporation may continue its
40existence as a nonprofit corporation pursuant to the Nonprofit
P26 1Public Benefit Corporation Law (Part 2 (commencing with Section
25110) of Division 2) but shall no longer be registered with the
3Secretary of State as a small business development corporation.
4A corporation shall not enjoy any of the benefits of a small business
5development corporation
following suspension.
6(i) The funds in the trust fund account of a corporation under
7temporary withdrawal shall be transferred to the expansion fund.
8Upon termination of the temporary withdrawal, unless the
9termination is caused by suspension, the funds of the corporation
10that were transferred to the expansion fund from the trust fund
11account shall be returned to the corporation’s trust fund account,
12notwithstanding Section 14037. While the funds of a corporation’s
13trust fund account reside in the expansion fund, use of the principal
14on the funds shall be governed by the implementing regulations
15specifying use of funds in the expansion fund. Interest on the funds
16moved from a corporation’s trust fund account upon temporary
17withdrawal shall be limited to payment of the corporation’s
18administrative expenses, as contained in the contract between the
19corporation and the office.
Section 14030.2 of the
Corporations Code is amended
22to read:
(a) The manager may establish accounts within the
24expansion fund for loan guarantees and surety bond guarantees,
25including loan loss reserves. Each account is a legally separate
26account, and shall not be used to satisfy loan or surety bond
27guarantees or other obligations of another corporation. The manager
28shall recommend whether the expansion fund and trust fund
29accounts are to be leveraged, and if so, by how much. Upon the
30request of the corporation, the manager’s decision may be repealed
31or modified by a board resolution.
32(b) Annually, not later than January 1 of each year commencing
33January 1, 1996, the manager shall prepare a report regarding the
34loss experience for the expansion fund for loan guarantees and
35surety bond guarantees for the preceding fiscal
year. At a minimum,
36the report shall also include data regarding numbers of surety bond
37and loan guarantees awarded through the expansion fund, including
38ethnicity and gender data of participating contractors and other
39entities, and experience of surety insurer participants in the bond
40guarantee program. The report shall include the information
P27 1described in Section 14076 of the Corporations Code. The manager
2shall submit that report to the Governor and the Legislature.
Section 14034 of the
Corporations Code is amended
5to read:
(a) The manager at his or her discretion, with the
7approval of the Director of Finance, may request the trustee to
8invest those funds in the trust fund in any of the securities described
9in Section 16430 of the Government Code. Returns from these
10investments shall be deposited in the expansion fund and shall be
11used to support the programs of this part.
12(b) Any investments made in securities described in Section
1316430 of the Government Code shall be governed by the statement
14of investment policy prepared by the Treasurer pursuant to
15subdivision (a) of Section 16481.2 of the Government Code.
Section 14036 of the
Corporations Code is amended
18to read:
The expansion fund and trust fund are created solely
20for the purpose of receiving state, federal, or local government
21money, and other public or private money to make loans,
22guarantees, and restricted investments pursuant to this article.
23Funds in the expansion fund may be allocated by the manager,
24with the approval of the Department of Finance, to the trust fund
25accounts.
Section 14037 of the
Corporations Code is amended
28to read:
(a) The state shall not be liable or obligated in any way
30beyond the state money that is allocated and deposited in the trust
31fund account from state money and that is appropriated for these
32purposes.
33(b) The manager may reallocate funds held within a
34corporation’s trust fund account.
35(1) The manager shall reallocate funds based on which
36corporation is most effectively using its guarantee funds. If funds
37are withdrawn from a less effective corporation as part of a
38reallocation, the office shall make that withdrawal only after giving
39consideration to that corporation’s fiscal solvency, its ability to
40honor loan guarantee defaults, and its ability to maintain a
viable
P28 1presence within the region it serves. Reallocation of funds shall
2occur no more frequently than once per fiscal year. Any decision
3made by the manager pursuant to this subdivision may be appealed
4to the board. The board has authority to repeal or modify any
5decision to reallocate funds.
6(2) The manager may authorize a corporation to exceed the
7leverage ratio specified in Section 14030, subdivision (b) of Section
814070, and subdivision (a) of Section 14076 pending the annual
9reallocation of funds pursuant to this section. However, no
10corporation shall be permitted to exceed an outstanding guarantee
11liability of more than five times its portion of funds on deposit in
12the expansion fund.
Section 14037.5 of the
Corporations Code is amended
15to read:
The Director of Finance, with the approval of the
17Governor, may transfer moneys in the Special Fund for Economic
18Uncertainties to the Small Business Expansion Fund for use as
19authorized by the manager, in an amount necessary to make loan
20guarantees pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 14000)
21of Part 5 of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code.
Section 14037.7 of the
Corporations Code is amended
24to read:
Pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 8684.2 of the
26Government Code, within 60 days of the conclusion of the period
27for guaranteeing loans under any small business disaster loan
28guarantee program conducted for a disaster as authorized by
29Section 8684.2 of the Government Code or Section 14075, the
30manager, through the office, shall provide a report to the
31Legislature on loan guarantees approved and rejected by gender,
32ethnic group, type of business and location, and each participating
33loan institution. The office need only submit one report to comply
34with this section and subdivision (f) of Section 8684.2 of the
35Government Code.
Section 14038 of the
Corporations Code is amended
38to read:
(a) The funds in the expansion fund shall be paid out
40to trust fund accounts by the Treasurer on warrants drawn by the
P29 1Controller and requisitioned by the manager, pursuant to the
2purposes of this chapter. The manager may transfer funds allocated
3from the expansion fund to accounts, established solely to receive
4the funds, in lending institutions designated by the office to act as
5trustee. The lending institutions so designated shall be approved
6by the state for the receipt of state deposits. Interest earned on the
7trust fund accounts in lending institutions may be utilized by the
8corporations pursuant to the purposes of this chapter.
9(b) Except as specified in subdivision (c), the manager shall
10allocate and transfer money to
trust fund accounts based on
11performance-based criteria. The criteria shall include, but not be
12limited to, the following:
13(1) The default record of the corporation.
14(2) The number and amount of loans guaranteed by a
15corporation.
16(3) The number and amount of loans made by a corporation if
17state funds were used to make those loans.
18(4) The number and amount of surety bonds guaranteed by a
19corporation.
20Any decision made by the manager pursuant to this subdivision
21may be appealed to the board within 15 days of notice of the
22proposed action. The board may repeal or modify any reallocation
23and transfer decisions made by the manager.
24(c) The criteria
specified in subdivision (b) shall not apply to a
25corporation that has been in existence for five years or less. The
26manager shall develop regulations specifying the basis for
27transferring account funds to those corporations that have been in
28existence for five years or less.
Section 14039 of the
Corporations Code is amended
31to read:
Pursuant to this section and the regulations, the state
33has residual interest in the funds deposited by the state to a trust
34fund account and to the return on these funds from investments.
35On dissolution or suspension of the corporation, these funds shall
36be withdrawn by the manager from the trust fund account and
37returned to the expansion fund or temporarily transferred to another
38trust fund account. This provision shall be contained in the trust
39instructions to the trustee.
Section 14040 of the
Corporations Code is amended
3to read:
Each trust fund account shall consist of a loan guarantee
5account, and, upon recommendation by the manager, a bond
6guarantee account, each of which is a legally separate account,
7and the assets of one account shall not be used to satisfy loan
8guarantees or other obligations of another corporation. Not more
9than one-third of a trust fund account shall be allocated to a bond
10guarantee account. A corporation shall not use trust fund accounts
11to secure a corporate indebtedness. State funds deposited in the
12trust fund accounts, with the exception of guarantees established
13pursuant to this chapter, shall not be subject to liens or
14encumbrances of the corporation or its creditors.
Section 14041 of the
Corporations Code is amended
17to read:
(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d) of
19Section 14070, the trust fund account, shall be used solely to make
20loans, guarantee bonds, and guarantee loans, approved by the
21corporation, that meet the California Small Business Development
22Corporation Law loan criteria. The state shall not be liable or
23obligated in any way as a result of the allocation of state money
24to a trust fund account beyond the state money that is allocated
25and deposited in the fund pursuant to this chapter, and that is not
26otherwise withdrawn by the state pursuant to this chapter.
27(b) A summary of all loans and bonds to which a state guarantee
28is attached shall be submitted to the manager upon execution of
29the loan agreement and periodically
thereafter.
30(c) A summary of all loans made by a corporation shall be
31submitted to the manager upon execution of the loan agreement
32and periodically thereafter.
Section 14043 of the
Corporations Code is amended
35to read:
The financial institution that is to act as trustee of the
37trust fund shall be designated after review by the manager. The
38corporation shall not receive money on deposit to support
39guarantees issued under this chapter without the approval of the
40manager.
Section 14061 of the
Corporations Code is amended
3to read:
Every corporation shall provide for and maintain a
5central staff to perform all administrative requirements of the
6corporation including all those functions required of a corporation
7by the manager.
Section 14065 of the
Corporations Code is amended
10to read:
The corporations shall report to the manager, or his or
12her designated representative, all statistical and other reports
13required by this part, responses to audit reports, budget
14requirements, invoices submitted for payment by the state, and
15information concerning loans made or guaranteed.
Section 14066 of the
Corporations Code is amended
18to read:
The corporation shall make a report to the manager, as
20of the close of business on June 30, of each year describing the
21corporation’s activities and any additional information requested
22by the manager, on or before August 1 of each year.
Section 14070 of the Corporations Code, as amended
25by Section 4 of Chapter 648 of the Statutes of 2012, is amended
26to read:
(a) The corporate guarantee shall be backed by funds
28on deposit in the corporation’s trust fund account, or by receivables
29due from funds loaned from the corporation’s trust fund account
30to another fund in state government as directed by the Department
31of Finance pursuant to a statute enacted by the Legislature.
32(b) Loan guarantees shall be secured by a reserve of at least 20
33percent to be determined by the manager.
34(c) The expansion fund and trust fund accounts shall be used
35exclusively to guarantee obligations and pay the administrative
36costs of the corporations. A corporation located in a rural area may
37utilize the funds for direct lending to farmers as long as at least 90
38percent of the corporate
fund farm loans, calculated by dollar
39amount, and all expansion fund farm loans are guaranteed by the
40United States Department of Agriculture. The amount of funds
P32 1available for direct farm lending shall be determined by the
2manager. In its capacity as a direct lender, the corporation may
3sell in the secondary market the guaranteed portion of each loan
4so as to raise additional funds for direct lending. The office shall
5issue regulations governing these direct loans, including the
6maximum amount of these loans.
7(d) In furtherance of the purposes of this part, up to one-half of
8the trust funds may be used to guarantee loans utilized to establish
9a Business and Industrial Development Corporation (BIDCO)
10under Division 15 (commencing with Section 33000) of the
11Financial Code.
12(e) To execute the direct loan programs established in this
13chapter, the manager may loan trust funds to a
corporation located
14in a rural area for the express purpose of lending those funds to an
15identified borrower. The loan authorized by the manager to the
16corporation shall be on terms similar to the loan between the
17corporation and the borrower. The amount of the loan may be in
18excess of the amount of a loan to any individual farm borrower,
19but actual disbursements pursuant to the office loan agreement
20shall be required to be supported by a loan agreement between the
21farm borrower and the corporation in an amount at least equal to
22the requested disbursement. The loan between the office and the
23corporation shall be evidenced by a credit agreement. In the event
24that any loan between the corporation and borrower is not
25guaranteed by a governmental agency, the portion of the credit
26agreement attributable to that loan shall be secured by assignment
27of any note, executed in favor of the corporation by the borrower
28to the office. The terms and conditions of the credit agreement
29shall be similar to the loan agreement
between the corporation and
30the borrower, which shall be collateralized by the note between
31the corporation and the borrower. In the absence of fraud on the
32part of the corporation, the liability of the corporation to repay the
33loan to the office is limited to the repayment received by the
34corporation from the borrower except in a case where the United
35States Department of Agriculture requires exposure by the
36corporation in rule or regulation. The corporation may use trust
37funds for loan repayment to the office if the corporation has
38exhausted a loan loss reserve created for this purpose. Interest and
39principal received by the office from the corporation shall be
P33 1deposited into the same account from which the funds were
2originally borrowed.
3(f) Upon the approval of the manager, a corporation shall be
4authorized to borrow trust funds from the office for the purpose
5of relending those funds to small businesses. A corporation shall
6demonstrate to
the manager that it has the capacity to administer
7a direct loan program, and has procedures in place to limit the
8default rate for loans to startup businesses. Not more than 25
9percent of any trust fund account shall be used for the direct lending
10established pursuant to this subdivision. A loan to a corporation
11shall not exceed the amount of funds likely to be lent to small
12businesses within three months following the loan to the
13corporation. The maximum loan amount to a small business is fifty
14thousand dollars ($50,000). In the absence of fraud on the part of
15the corporation, the repayment obligation pursuant to the loan to
16the corporation shall be limited to the amount of funds received
17by the corporation for the loan to the small business and any other
18funds received from the office that are not disbursed. The
19corporation shall be authorized to charge a fee to the small business
20borrower, in an amount determined by the manager pursuant to
21regulation. The program provided for in this subdivision shall be
22
available in all geographic areas of the state.
23(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2018,
24and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
25is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends that date.
Section 14070 of the Corporations Code, as amended
28by Section 5 of Chapter 648 of the Statutes of 2012, is amended
29to read:
(a) The corporate guarantee shall be backed by funds
31on deposit in the corporation’s trust fund account, or by receivables
32due from funds loaned from the corporation’s trust fund account
33to another fund in state government as directed by the Department
34of Finance pursuant to a statute enacted by the Legislature.
35(b) Loan guarantees shall be secured by a reserve of at least 25
36percent to be determined by the manager, unless the manager
37authorizes a higher leverage ratio for an individual corporation
38pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 14037.
39(c) The expansion fund and trust fund accounts shall be used
40exclusively to guarantee obligations and pay the administrative
P34 1costs of the corporations. A
corporation located in a rural area may
2utilize the funds for direct lending to farmers as long as at least 90
3percent of the corporate fund farm loans, calculated by dollar
4amount, and all expansion fund farm loans are guaranteed by the
5United States Department of Agriculture. The amount of funds
6available for direct farm lending shall be determined by the
7manager. In its capacity as a direct lender, the corporation may
8sell in the secondary market the guaranteed portion of each loan
9so as to raise additional funds for direct lending. The office shall
10issue regulations governing these direct loans, including the
11maximum amount of these loans.
12(d) In furtherance of the purposes of this part, up to one-half of
13the trust funds may be used to guarantee loans utilized to establish
14a Business and Industrial Development Corporation (BIDCO)
15under Division 15 (commencing with Section 33000) of the
16Financial Code.
17(e) To execute the direct loan programs established in this
18chapter, the manager may loan trust funds to a corporation located
19in a rural area for the express purpose of lending those funds to an
20identified borrower. The loan authorized by the manager to the
21corporation shall be on terms similar to the loan between the
22corporation and the borrower. The amount of the loan may be in
23excess of the amount of a loan to any individual farm borrower,
24but actual disbursements pursuant to the office loan agreement
25shall be required to be supported by a loan agreement between the
26farm borrower and the corporation in an amount at least equal to
27the requested disbursement. The loan between the office and the
28corporation shall be evidenced by a credit agreement. In the event
29that any loan between the corporation and borrower is not
30guaranteed by a governmental agency, the portion of the credit
31agreement attributable to that loan shall be secured by assignment
32
of any note, executed in favor of the corporation by the borrower
33to the office. The terms and conditions of the credit agreement
34shall be similar to the loan agreement between the corporation and
35the borrower, which shall be collateralized by the note between
36the corporation and the borrower. In the absence of fraud on the
37part of the corporation, the liability of the corporation to repay the
38loan to the office is limited to the repayment received by the
39corporation from the borrower except in a case where the United
40States Department of Agriculture requires exposure by the
P35 1corporation in rule or regulation. The corporation may use trust
2funds for loan repayment to the office if the corporation has
3exhausted a loan loss reserve created for this purpose. Interest and
4principal received by the office from the corporation shall be
5deposited into the same account from which the funds were
6originally borrowed.
7(f) Upon the approval of the manager,
a corporation shall be
8authorized to borrow trust funds from the office for the purpose
9of relending those funds to small businesses. A corporation shall
10demonstrate to the manager that it has the capacity to administer
11a direct loan program, and has procedures in place to limit the
12default rate for loans to startup businesses. Not more than 25
13percent of any trust fund account shall be used for the direct lending
14established pursuant to this subdivision. A loan to a corporation
15shall not exceed the amount of funds likely to be lent to small
16businesses within three months following the loan to the
17corporation. The maximum loan amount to a small business is fifty
18thousand dollars ($50,000). In the absence of fraud on the part of
19the corporation, the repayment obligation pursuant to the loan to
20the corporation shall be limited to the amount of funds received
21by the corporation for the loan to the small business and any other
22funds received from the agency that are not disbursed. The
23corporation shall be
authorized to charge a fee to the small business
24borrower, in an amount determined by the manager pursuant to
25regulation. The program provided for in this subdivision shall be
26available in all geographic areas of the state.
27(g) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2018.
Section 14071 of the
Corporations Code is amended
30to read:
In furtherance of the purposes set forth in Section
3214002, a corporation may do any one or more of the following
33activities, but only to the extent that the activities are authorized
34pursuant to the contract between the office and the corporation:
35guarantee, endorse, or act as surety on the bonds, notes, contracts,
36or other obligations of, or assist financially, any person, firm,
37corporation, or association, and may establish and regulate the
38terms and conditions with respect to any such loans or financial
39assistance and the charges for interest and service connected
P36 1therewith, except that the corporation shall not make or guarantee
2any loan unless and until it determines:
3(a) There is no probability that the loan or other financial
4assistance
would be granted by a financial company under
5reasonable terms or conditions, and the borrower has demonstrated
6a reasonable prospect of repayment of the loan.
7(b) The loan proceeds shall be used exclusively in this state.
8(c) The loan qualifies as a small business loan or an employment
9incentive loan.
10(d) That the borrower has a minimum equity interest in the
11business as determined by the manager.
12(e) As a result of the loan, the jobs generated or retained
13demonstrate reasonable conformance to the regulations specifying
14employment criteria.
Section 14071.5 of the
Corporations Code is amended
17to read:
In addition to the authority granted by Section 14071,
19upon approval of the manager, a corporation may act as guarantor
20on a surety bond for any small business contractor, including, but
21not limited to, women, minority, and disabled veteran contractors.
22The provisions of this section allowing a corporation to act as a
23guarantor on surety bonds may be funded through appropriate
24federal funding sources. Federal funds shall be deposited in the
25Federal Trust Fund in the State Treasury in accordance with Section
2616360 of the Government Code, for transfer to the Small Business
27Expansion Fund, as created by Section 14030 of the Corporations
28Code.
Section 14072 of the
Corporations Code is amended
31to read:
A corporation may charge the borrower or financial
33institution a loan fee on all loans made or guaranteed by the
34corporation to defray the operating expenses of the corporation.
35The amount of the fee shall be determined by the manager.
Section 14074 of the
Corporations Code is amended
38to read:
The office shall enter into an agreement with the
40California Energy Extension Service of the Office of Planning and
P37 1Research to assist small business owners in reducing their energy
2costs through low interest loans and by providing assistance and
3information.
Section 14075 of the
Corporations Code is amended
6to read:
(a) A corporation may, in an area affected by a state
8of emergency within the state and declared a disaster by the
9President of the United States, or by the Administrator of the
10United States Small Business Administration, or by the United
11States Secretary of Agriculture or declared to be in a state of
12emergency by the Governor, provide loan guarantees from funds
13allocated in Section 14037.5 to small businesses, small farms,
14nurseries, and agriculture-related enterprises that have suffered
15actual physical damage or significant economic injury as a result
16of the disaster.
17(b) The office may adopt regulations to implement the loan
18guarantee program authorized by this section. The office may adopt
19these regulations as emergency
regulations in accordance with
20Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division
213 of the Government Code, and for purposes of that chapter,
22including Section 11349.6 of the Government Code, the adoption
23of the regulations shall be considered by the Office of
24Administrative Law to be necessary for the immediate preservation
25of the public peace, health and safety, and general welfare.
26Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 11346.1 of the
27Government Code, the regulations shall be repealed within 180
28days after their effective date unless the agency complies with
29Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division
303 of the Government Code, as provided in subdivision (e) of
31Section 11346.1 of the Government Code.
32(c) Allocations pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be deemed to
33be for extraordinary emergency or disaster response operations
34costs incurred by the office.
Section 14076 of the Corporations Code, as amended
37by Section 6 of Chapter 648 of the Statutes of 2012, is amended
38to read:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the
40corporations make maximal use of their statutory authority to
P38 1guarantee loans and surety bonds, including the authority to secure
2loans with a minimum loan loss reserve of only 20 percent, so that
3the financing needs of small business may be met as fully as
4possible within the limits of corporations’ loan loss reserves. The
5office shall report annually to the Legislature on the financial status
6of the corporations and their portfolio of loans and surety bonds
7guaranteed.
8(b) Any corporation that serves an area declared to be in a state
9of emergency by the Governor or a disaster area by the President
10of the United States, the Administrator of the United States Small
11Business Administration, or the United States
Secretary of
12Agriculture shall increase the portfolio of loan guarantees where
13the dollar amount of the loan is less than one hundred thousand
14dollars ($100,000), so that at least 15 percent of the dollar value
15of loans guaranteed by the corporation is for those loans. The
16corporation shall comply with this requirement within one year of
17the date the emergency or disaster is declared. Upon application
18of a corporation, the manager may waive or modify the rule for
19the corporation if the corporation demonstrates that it made a good
20faith effort to comply and failed to locate lending institutions in
21the region that the corporation serves that are willing to make
22guaranteed loans in that amount.
23(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2018,
24and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
25is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends that date.
Section 14076 of the Corporations Code, as amended
28by Section 7 of Chapter 648 of the Statutes of 2012, is amended
29to read:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the
31corporations make maximal use of their statutory authority to
32guarantee loans and surety bonds, including the authority to secure
33loans with a minimum loan loss reserve of only 25 percent, unless
34the agency authorizes a higher leverage ratio for an individual
35corporation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 14037, so that
36the financing needs of small business may be met as fully as
37possible within the limits of corporations’ loan loss reserves. The
38office shall report annually to the Legislature on the financial status
39of the corporations and their portfolio of loans and surety bonds
40guaranteed.
P39 1(b) Any corporation that serves an area declared to be in a state
2of emergency by the Governor or a disaster area by the
President
3of the United States, the Administrator of the United States Small
4Business Administration, or the United States Secretary of
5Agriculture shall increase the portfolio of loan guarantees where
6the dollar amount of the loan is less than one hundred thousand
7dollars ($100,000), so that at least 15 percent of the dollar value
8of loans guaranteed by the corporation is for those loans. The
9corporation shall comply with this requirement within one year of
10the date the emergency or disaster is declared. Upon application
11of a corporation, the manager may waive or modify the rule for
12the corporation if the corporation demonstrates that it made a good
13faith effort to comply and failed to locate lending institutions in
14the region that the corporation serves that are willing to make
15guaranteed loans in that amount.
16(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2018.
Section 14085 of the
Corporations Code is amended
19to read:
It shall be unlawful for the manager or any person who
21is an officer, director, or employee of a corporation, or who is a
22member of a loan committee, or who is an employee of the office
23to:
24(a) Ask for, consent, or agree to receive, any commission,
25emolument, gratuity, money, property, or thing of value for his or
26her own use, benefit, or personal advantage, for procuring or
27endeavoring to procure for any person, partnership, joint venture,
28association, or corporation, any loan, guarantee, financial, or other
29assistance from any corporation.
30(b) Borrow money, property, or to benefit knowingly, directly
31or indirectly, from the use of the money, credit, or property of any
32
corporation.
33(c) Make, maintain, or attempt to make or maintain, a deposit
34of the funds of a corporation with any other corporation or
35association on condition, or with the understanding, expressed or
36implied, that the corporation or association receiving the deposit
37shall pay any money or make a loan or advance, directly or
38indirectly, to any person, partnership, joint venture, association,
39or corporation, other than to a corporation formed under this part.
Section 14086 of the
Corporations Code is amended
3to read:
It shall be unlawful for the manager or any person who
5is an officer or director of a corporation, or who is an employee
6of the office, to purchase or receive, or to be otherwise interested
7in the purchase or receipt, directly or indirectly, of any asset of a
8corporation, without paying to the corporation the fair market value
9of the asset at the time of the transaction.
Section 29503 of the Corporations Code is amended
12to read:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Business
14Oversight.
Section 31004 of the Corporations Code is amended
17to read:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Business
19Oversight.
Section 300 of the Financial Code, as amended by
22Section 5 of Chapter 147 of the Statutes of 2012,
is amended to
23read:
(a) In this section:
25(1) “Business and industrial development corporation” means
26a corporation licensed under Division 15 (commencing with
27Section 31000).
28(2) “Payment instrument” has the same meaning as set forth in
29Section 33059.
30(3) “Traveler’s check” has the same meaning as set forth in
31Section 1803.
32(b) There is in the state government, in the Business, Consumer
33Services, and Housing Agency, a Department of Business
34Oversight, which has charge of the execution of, among other laws,
35the laws of this state relating to any of the following: (1) banks or
36trust companies or
the banking or trust business; (2) savings
37associations or the savings association business; (3) credit unions
38or the credit union business; (4) persons who engage in the business
39of receiving money for transmission to foreign nations or such
40business; (5) issuers of traveler’s checks or the traveler’s check
P41 1business; (6) issuers of payment instruments or the payment
2instrument business; (7) business and industrial development
3corporations or the business and industrial development corporation
4business; (8) insurance premium finance agencies or the insurance
5premium finance business; (9) persons offering or making any
6contract constituting bucketing; (10) persons offering or selling
7off-exchange commodities; (11) deferred deposit originators; (12)
8finance lenders and brokers; (13) residential mortgage lenders and
9servicers; (14) capital access companies; (15) check sellers, bill
10payers, and proraters; (16) securities issuers, broker-dealers, agents,
11investment advisers, and investment adviser
representatives; (17)
12mortgage loan originators employed or supervised by finance
13lenders or residential mortgage lenders; (18) escrow agents; (19)
14franchisors, or (20) persons holding securities as custodians on
15behalf of securities owners.
Section 301 of the Financial Code is amended to read:
(a) This chapter is applicable to this division, Division
191.1 (commencing with Section 1000), Division 1.2 (commencing
20with Section 2000), Division 1.6 (commencing with Section 4800),
21Division 5 (commencing with Section 14000), Division 7
22(commencing with Section 18000), and Division 15 (commencing
23with Section 31000).
24(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), this article, and
25Articles 2 (commencing with Section 320) and 3 (commencing
26with Section 350) are applicable to the administration of laws by
27the Division of Corporations.
28(c) Sections 329, 330, 332, 335, 336, 357, 378, 379, and 381
29are not applicable to the Division of Corporations.
Section 320 of the Financial Code is amended to read:
(a) The chief officer of the Department of Business
33Oversight is the Commissioner of Business Oversight. The
34Commissioner of Business Oversight is the head of the department
35with the authority and responsibility over all officers, employees,
36and activities in the department and, except as otherwise provided
37in this code and the Corporations Code, is subject to the provisions
38of the Government Code relating to department heads.
39(b) The Commissioner of Business Oversight shall employ legal
40counsel to act as the attorney for the commissioner in actions or
P42 1proceedings brought by or against the commissioner under or
2pursuant to any law under the commissioner’s jurisdiction, or in
3which the commissioner joins or intervenes as to a matter within
4the commissioner’s
jurisdiction, as a friend of the court or
5otherwise, and stenographic reporters to take and transcribe the
6testimony in any formal hearing or investigation before the
7commissioner or before a person authorized by the commissioner.
8(c) Sections 11040, 11042, and 11043 of the Government Code
9do not apply to the Commissioner of Business Oversight.
Section 326 of the Financial Code is amended to read:
The Commissioner of Business Oversight is responsible
13for the performance of all duties, the exercise of all powers and
14jurisdiction, and the assumption and discharge of all responsibilities
15vested by law in the department and the divisions thereunder. The
16commissioner has and may exercise all the powers necessary or
17convenient for the administration and enforcement of, among other
18laws, the laws described in Section 300. The commissioner may
19issue rules and regulations consistent with law as he or she may
20deem necessary or advisable in executing the powers, duties, and
21responsibilities of the department.
Section 350 of the Financial Code is amended to read:
The chief deputy shall be appointed by the Governor and
25hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. The annual salary of
26the chief deputy shall be fixed by the Governor.
Section 351 of the Financial Code is repealed.
Section 351 is added to the Financial Code, to read:
(a) The chief officer of the Division of Corporations is
32the Senior Deputy Commissioner of Business Oversight for the
33Division of Corporations. The Senior Deputy Commissioner of
34Business Oversight for the Division of Corporations shall, under
35the direction of the commissioner, administer the laws of this state
36that were, prior to July 1, 2013, under the charge of the Department
37of Corporations. The Senior Deputy Commissioner of Business
38Oversight for the Division of Corporations shall be appointed by
39the Governor and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor.
40The Senior Deputy Commissioner of Business Oversight for the
P43 1Division of Corporations shall receive an annual salary as fixed
2by the Governor.
3(b) The chief officer of the Division of
Financial Institutions is
4the Senior Deputy Commissioner of Business Oversight for the
5Division of Financial Institutions. The Senior Deputy
6Commissioner of Business Oversight for the Division of Financial
7Institutions shall, under the direction of the commissioner,
8administer the laws of this state that were, prior to July 1, 2013,
9under the charge of the Department of Financial Institutions. The
10Senior Deputy Commissioner of Business Oversight for the
11Division of Financial Institutions shall be appointed by the
12Governor and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor.
13The Senior Deputy Commissioner of Business Oversight for the
14Division of Financial Institutions shall receive an annual salary as
15fixed by the Governor.
Section 353 of the Financial Code is amended to read:
Before entering upon the duties of his office each deputy
19and examiner shall take and subscribe to the constitutional oath
20of office.
Section 371 of the Financial Code is repealed.
Section 371 is added to the Financial Code, to read:
(a) There is in the Department of Business Oversight, the
26Division of Corporations, under the direction of the Senior Deputy
27Commissioner of Business Oversight for the Division of
28Corporations. The senior deputy commissioner has charge of the
29execution of the laws of the state that were, prior to July 1, 2013,
30under the charge of the Department of Corporations.
31(b) There is in the Department of Business Oversight, the Senior
32Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Business Oversight
33for the Division of Financial Institutions. Under the direction of
34the senior deputy commissioner, the Division of Financial
35Institutions has charge of the execution of the laws of the state that
36were, prior to July 1, 2013, under the
charge of the Department of
37Financial Institutions.
Section 4805.055 of the Financial Code is amended
40to read:
“Commissioner” means thebegin delete Senior Deputyend delete
2 Commissioner of Businessbegin delete Oversight for the Division of Financial begin insert Oversight.end insert
3Institutions.end delete
Section 5104 of the Financial Code is amended to
6read:
“Commissioner” means thebegin delete Senior Deputyend delete Commissioner
8of Businessbegin delete Oversight for the Division of Financial Institutions.end delete
9begin insert Oversight.end insert
Section 12003 of the Financial Code is amended to
12read:
“Commissioner” means thebegin delete Senior Deputyend delete
14 Commissioner of Business begin deleteOversight for the Division of begin insert Oversight,end insert or any deputy, investigator, auditor, or
15Corporations,end delete
16any other person employed bybegin delete him.end deletebegin insert him or her.end insert
Section 14003 of the Financial Code is amended to
19read:
“Commissioner” means thebegin delete Senior Deputyend delete
21 Commissioner of Business begin deleteOversight for the Division of begin insert Oversight.end insert
22Corporations.end delete
Section 14200.1 of the Financial Code is amended
25to read:
There is in the Division of Financial Institutions of
27the Department of Business Oversight the Office of Credit Unions.
28The Office of Credit Unions has charge of the execution of the
29laws of this state relating to credit unions or to the credit union
30business.
Section 14200.2 of the Financial Code is amended
33to read:
The chief officer of the Office of Credit Unions is
35the Deputy Commissioner of the Office of Credit Unions. The
36Deputy Commissioner of the Office of Credit Unions, under the
37direction and on behalf of the Senior Deputy Commissioner for
38Business Oversight for the Division of Financial Institutions, shall
39administer the laws of this state relating to credit unions or the
40credit union business. The Deputy Commissioner of the Office of
P45 1Credit Unions shall be appointed by the Governor and shall hold
2office at the pleasure of the Governor. The Deputy Commissioner
3of the Office of Credit Unions shall receive an annual salary as
4fixed by the Governor.
Section 17002 of the Financial Code is amended to
7read:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Business
9Oversight.
Section 18002 of the Financial Code is amended to
12read:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Business
14Oversight.
Section 22005 of the Financial Code is amended to
17read:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Business
19Oversight.
Section 30002 of the Financial Code is amended to
22read:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Business
24Oversight.
Section 31055 of the Financial Code is amended to
27read:
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Business
29Oversight, or other person to whom the commissioner delegates
30the authority to act for him or her in the particular matter.
Section 50003 of the Financial Code is amended to
33read:
(a) “Annual audit” means a certified audit of the
35licensee’s books, records, and systems of internal control performed
36by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with
37generally accepted accounting principles and generally accepted
38auditing standards.
39(b) “Borrower” means the loan applicant.
P46 1(c) “Buy” includes exchange, offer to buy, or solicitation to
2buy.
3(d) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Business
4Oversight.
5(e) “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of
6the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and
7policies
of a licensee under this division, whether through voting
8or through the ownership of voting power of an entity that
9possesses voting power of the licensee, or otherwise. Control is
10presumed to exist if a person, directly or indirectly, owns, controls,
11or holds 10 percent or more of the voting power of a licensee or
12of an entity that owns, controls, or holds, with power to vote, 10
13percent or more of the voting power of a licensee. No person shall
14be deemed to control a licensee solely by reason of his or her status
15as an officer or director of the licensee.
16(f) “Depository institution” has the same meaning as in Section
173 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and includes any credit
18union.
19(g) “Engage in the business” means the dissemination to the
20public, or any part of the public, by means of written, printed, or
21electronic communication or any communication by means of
22
recorded telephone messages or spoken on radio, television, or
23similar communications media, of any information relating to the
24making of residential mortgage loans, the servicing of residential
25mortgage loans, or both. “Engage in the business” also means,
26without limitation, making residential mortgage loans or servicing
27residential mortgage loans, or both.
28(h) “Federal banking agencies” means the Board of Governors
29of the Federal Reserve System, the Comptroller of the Currency,
30the National Credit Union Administration, and the Federal Deposit
31Insurance Corporation.
32(i) “In this state” includes any activity of a person relating to
33making or servicing a residential mortgage loan that originates
34from this state and is directed to persons outside this state, or that
35originates from outside this state and is directed to persons inside
36this state, or that originates inside this state
and is directed to
37persons inside this state, or that leads to the formation of a contract
38and the offer or acceptance thereof is directed to a person in this
39state (whether from inside or outside this state and whether the
40offer was made inside or outside the state).
P47 1(j) “Institutional investor” means the following:
2(1) The United States or any state, district, territory, or
3commonwealth thereof, or any city, county, city and county, public
4district, public authority, public corporation, public entity, or
5political subdivision of a state, district, territory, or commonwealth
6of the United States, or any agency or other instrumentality of any
7one or more of the foregoing, including, by way of example, the
8Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home
9Loan Mortgage Corporation.
10(2) Any bank, trust
company, savings bank or savings and loan
11association, credit union, industrial bank or industrial loan
12company, personal property broker, consumer finance lender,
13commercial finance lender, or insurance company, or subsidiary
14or affiliate of one of the preceding entities, doing business under
15the authority of or in accordance with a license, certificate, or
16charter issued by the United States or any state, district, territory,
17or commonwealth of the United States.
18(3) Trustees of pension, profit-sharing, or welfare funds, if the
19pension, profit-sharing, or welfare fund has a net worth of not less
20than fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000), except pension,
21profit-sharing, or welfare funds of a licensee or its affiliate,
22self-employed individual retirement plans, or individual retirement
23accounts.
24(4) A corporation or other entity with outstanding securities
25registered under
Section 12 of the federal Securities Exchange Act
26of 1934 or a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation or entity,
27provided that the purchaser represents either of the following:
28(A) That it is purchasing for its own account for investment and
29not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution
30of a promissory note.
31(B) That it is purchasing for resale pursuant to an exemption
32under Rule 144A (17 C.F.R. 230.144A) of the Securities and
33Exchange Commission.
34(5) An investment company registered under the Investment
35Company Act of 1940; or a wholly owned and controlled subsidiary
36of that company, provided that the purchaser makes either of the
37representations provided in paragraph (4).
38(6) A residential mortgage lender or servicer
licensed to make
39residential mortgage loans under this law or an affiliate or
40subsidiary of that person.
P48 1(7) Any person who is licensed as a securities broker or
2securities dealer under any law of this state, or of the United States,
3or any employee, officer, or agent of that person, if that person is
4acting within the scope of authority granted by that license or an
5affiliate or subsidiary controlled by that broker or dealer, in
6connection with a transaction involving the offer, sale, purchase,
7or exchange of one or more promissory notes secured directly or
8indirectly by liens on real property or a security representing an
9ownership interest in a pool of promissory notes secured directly
10or indirectly by liens on real property, and the offer and sale of
11those securities is qualified under the California Corporate
12Securities Law of 1968 or registered under federal securities laws,
13or exempt from qualification or registration.
14(8) A licensed real estate broker selling the loan to an
15institutional investor specified in paragraphs (1) to (7), inclusive,
16or paragraph (9) or (10).
17(9) A business development company as defined in Section
182(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a Small
19Business Investment Company licensed by the United States Small
20Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small
21Business Investment Act of 1958.
22(10) A syndication or other combination of any of the foregoing
23entities that is organized to purchase a promissory note.
24(11) A trust or other business entity established by an
25institutional investor for the purpose of issuing or facilitating the
26issuance of securities representing undivided interests in, or rights
27to receive
payments from or to receive payments primarily from,
28a pool of financial assets held by the trust or business entity,
29provided that all of the following apply:
30(A) The business entity is not a sole proprietorship.
31(B) The pool of assets consists of one or more of the following:
32(i) Interest-bearing obligations.
33(ii) Other contractual obligations representing the right to receive
34payments from the assets.
35(iii) Surety bonds, insurance policies, letters of credit, or other
36instruments providing credit enhancement for the assets.
37(C) The securities will be either one of the following:
38(i) Rated as “investment grade” by Standard and Poor’s
39Corporation or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. “Investment grade”
40means that the securities will be rated by Standard and Poor’s
P49 1Corporation as AAA, AA, A, or BBB or by Moody’s Investors
2Service, Inc. as Aaa, Aa, A, or Baa, including any of those ratings
3with “+” or “--” designation or other variations that occur within
4those ratings.
5(ii) Sold to an institutional investor.
6(D) The offer and sale of the securities is qualified under the
7California Corporate Securities Law of 1968 or registered under
8federal securities laws, or exempt from qualification or registration.
9(k) “Institutional lender” means the following:
10(1) The United States or
any state, district, territory, or
11commonwealth thereof, or any city, county, city and county, public
12district, public authority, public corporation, public entity, or
13political subdivision of a state, district, territory, or commonwealth
14of the United States, or any agency or other instrumentality of any
15one or more of the foregoing, including, by way of example, the
16Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home
17Loan Mortgage Corporation.
18(2) Any bank, trust company, savings bank or savings and loan
19association, credit union, industrial loan company, or insurance
20company, or service or investment company that is wholly owned
21and controlled by one of the preceding entities, doing business
22under the authority of and in accordance with a license, certificate,
23or charter issued by the United States or any state, district, territory,
24or commonwealth of the United States.
25(3) Any corporation with outstanding securities registered under
26Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any wholly
27owned subsidiary of that corporation.
28(4) A residential mortgage lender or servicer licensed to make
29residential mortgage loans under this law.
30(l) “Law” means the California Residential Mortgage Lending
31Act.
32(m) “Lender” means a person that (1) is an approved lender for
33the Federal Housing Administration, Veterans Administration,
34Farmers Home Administration, Government National Mortgage
35Association, Federal National Mortgage Association, or Federal
36Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, (2) directly makes residential
37mortgage loans, and (3) makes the credit decision in the loan
38transactions.
39(n) “Licensee” means,
depending on the context, a person
40licensed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 50120),
P50 1Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 50130), or Chapter 3.5
2(commencing with Section 50140).
3(o) “Makes or making residential mortgage loans” or “mortgage
4lending” means processing, underwriting, or as a lender using or
5advancing one’s own funds, or making a commitment to advance
6one’s own funds, to a loan applicant for a residential mortgage
7loan.
8(p) “Mortgage loan,” “residential mortgage loan,” or “home
9mortgage loan” means a federally related mortgage loan as defined
10in Section 3500.2 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
11or a loan made to finance construction of a one-to-four family
12dwelling.
13(q) “Mortgage servicer” or “residential mortgage loan servicer”
14means a person that (1) is an approved servicer for the
Federal
15Housing Administration, Veterans Administration, Farmers Home
16Administration, Government National Mortgage Association,
17Federal National Mortgage Association, or Federal Home Loan
18Mortgage Corporation, and (2) directly services or offers to service
19mortgage loans.
20(r) “Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry”
21means a mortgage licensing system developed and maintained by
22the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the American
23Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators for the licensing
24and registration of licensed mortgage loan originators.
25(s) “Net worth” has the meaning set forth in Section 50201.
26(t) “Own funds” means (1) cash, corporate capital, or warehouse
27credit lines at commercial banks, savings banks, savings and loan
28associations, industrial loan companies, or other sources that are
29
liability items on a lender’s financial statements, whether secured
30or unsecured, or (2) a lender’s affiliate’s cash, corporate capital,
31or warehouse credit lines at commercial banks or other sources
32that are liability items on the affiliate’s financial statements,
33whether secured or unsecured. “Own funds” does not include funds
34provided by a third party to fund a loan on condition that the third
35party will subsequently purchase or accept an assignment of that
36loan.
37(u) “Person” means a natural person, a sole proprietorship, a
38corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an
39association, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization,
P51 1a joint stock company, a government or a political subdivision of
2a government, and any other entity.
3(v) “Residential real property” or “residential real estate” means
4real property located in this state that is improved by a
one-to-four
5family dwelling.
6(w) “SAFE Act” means the federal Secure and Fair Enforcement
7for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-289).
8(x) “Service” or “servicing” means receiving more than three
9installment payments of principal, interest, or other amounts placed
10in escrow, pursuant to the terms of a mortgage loan and performing
11services by a licensee relating to that receipt or the enforcement
12of its receipt, on behalf of the holder of the note evidencing that
13loan.
14(y) “Sell” includes exchange, offer to sell, or solicitation to sell.
15(z) “Unique identifier” means a number or other identifier
16assigned by protocols established by the Nationwide Mortgage
17Licensing System and Registry.
18(aa) For purposes of Sections 50142, 50143, and 50145,
19“nontraditional mortgage product” means any mortgage product
20other than a 30-year fixed rate mortgage.
21(ab) For purposes of Section 50141, “expungement” means the
22subsequent order under the provisions of Section 1203.4 of the
23Penal Code allowing such individual to withdraw his or her plea
24of guilty and to enter a plea of not guilty, or setting aside the verdict
25of guilty or dismissing the accusation, information, or indictment.
26With respect to criminal convictions in another state, that state’s
27definition of expungement will apply.
Section 8684.2 of the Government Code is amended
30to read:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature:
32(1) To provide the Governor with appropriate emergency powers
33in order to enable utilization of available emergency funding to
34provide guarantees for interim loans to be made by lending
35institutions, in connection with relief provided for those persons
36affected by disasters or a state of emergency in affected areas
37during periods of disaster relief assistance, for the purpose of
38supplying interim financing to enable small businesses to continue
39operations pending receipt of federal disaster assistance.
P52 1(2) That the Governor should utilize this authority to prevent
2business insolvencies and loss of employment in areas
affected by
3these disasters.
4(b) In addition to the allocations authorized by Section 8683
5and the loan guarantee provisions of Section 14030.1 of the
6Corporations Code, the Governor may allocate funds made
7available for the purposes of this chapter, in connection with relief
8provided, in affected areas during the period of federal disaster
9relief, to the Small Business Expansion Fund for use by the
10Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development,
11pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part
125 of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code, to provide
13guarantees for low-interest interim loans to be made by lending
14institutions for the purpose of providing interim financing to enable
15small businesses that have suffered actual physical damage or
16significant economic losses, as a result of the disaster or state of
17emergency for which funding under this section is made available,
18to continue or resume operations pending
receipt of loans made
19or guaranteed by the federal Small Business Administration. The
20maximum amount of any loan guarantee funded under this
21paragraph shall not exceed two hundred thousand dollars
22($200,000). Each loan guarantee shall not exceed 95 percent of
23the loan amount, except that a loan guarantee may be for 100
24percent of the loan amount if the applicant can demonstrate that
25access to business records pertinent to the loan application has
26been precluded by official action prohibiting necessary reentry
27into the affected business premises or that those business records
28pertinent to the loan application have been destroyed. The term of
29the loan shall be determined by the lending institution providing
30the loan or shall be made payable on the date the proceeds of a
31loan made or guaranteed by the federal Small Business
32Administration with respect to the same damage or loss are made
33available to the borrower, whichever event first occurs.
34(c) Loan guarantees for which the initial 12-month term has
35expired and for which an application for disaster assistance funding
36from the federal Small Business Administration is still pending
37may be extended until the Small Business Administration has
38reached a final decision on the application. Applications for interim
39loans shall be processed in an expeditious manner. Wherever
40possible, lending institutions shall fund nonconstruction loans
P53 1within 60 calendar days of application. Loan guarantees for loans
2that have been denied funding by the federal Small Business
3Administration, may be extended by the financial institution
4provided that the loan is for no longer than a maximum of seven
5years, if the business demonstrates the ability to repay the loan
6with an extended loan term, and a new credit analysis is provided.
7All loans extended under this provision shall be repaid in
8installments of principal and interest, and be fully amortized over
9the term of the loan. This section shall not
preclude the lender from
10charging reasonable administrative fees in connection with the
11loan.
12(d) Allocations pursuant to this section shall, for purposes of
13all provisions of law, be deemed to be for extraordinary emergency
14or disaster response operation costs, as provided in Section 8690.6,
15incurred by state employees assigned to work on the financial
16development corporation program.
17(e) The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic
18Development may adopt regulations to implement the loan
19guarantee program authorized by this section. The Governor’s
20Office of Business and Economic Development may adopt these
21regulations as emergency regulations in accordance with Chapter
223.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3, and
23for purposes of that chapter, including Section 11349.6, the
24adoption of the regulations shall be considered by the Office of
25Administrative Law to
be necessary for the immediate preservation
26of the public peace, health and safety, and general welfare.
27Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 11346.1, the regulations
28shall be repealed within 180 days after their effective date unless
29the agency complies with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section
3011340) of Part 1 of Division 3, as provided in subdivision (e) of
31Section 11346.1.
32(f) Within 60 days of the conclusion of the period for
33guaranteeing loans under any small business disaster loan guarantee
34program conducted for a disaster as authorized by Section 8684.2,
35or Section 14075 of the Corporations Code, the Governor’s Office
36of Business and Economic Development shall provide a report to
37the Legislature on loan guarantees approved and rejected by gender,
38ethnic group, type of business and location, and each participating
39loan institution.
Section 11532 of the
Government Code is amended
3to read:
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
5have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise:
6(a) “Chief” means the Chief of the Office of Technology
7Services.
8(b) “Technology” includes, but is not limited to, all electronic
9technology systems and services, automated information handling,
10system design and analysis, conversion of data, computer
11programming, information storage and retrieval, and business
12telecommunications systems and services.
13(c) “Business telecommunications systems and services”
14includes, but is not limited to, wireless or wired systems for
15transport of voice, video, and data communications, network
16systems,
requisite facilities, equipment, system controls, simulation,
17electronic commerce, and all related interactions between people
18and machines. Public safety communications are excluded from
19this definition.
20(d) “Public agencies” include, but are not limited to, all state
21and local governmental agencies in the state, including cities,
22counties, other political subdivisions of the state, state departments,
23agencies, boards, and commissions, and departments, agencies,
24boards, and commissions of other states and federal agencies.
Section 11534 of the
Government Code is amended
27to read:
(a) There is in the Government Operations Agency, in
29the Department of Technology, the Office of Technology Services.
30(b) The purpose of this article is to establish a general purpose
31technology services provider to serve the common technology
32needs of executive branch entities with accountability to customers
33for providing secure services that are responsive to client needs at
34a cost representing best value to the state.
35(c) The purpose of this chapter is to improve and coordinate the
36use of technology and to coordinate and cooperate with all public
37agencies in the state in order to eliminate duplications and to bring
38about economies that could not otherwise be obtained.
39(d) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, whenever the
40term “Department of Technology Services” appears in any statute,
P55 1regulation, or contract, it shall be deemed to refer to the Office of
2Technology Services, and whenever the term “Director of
3Technology Services” appears in statute, regulation, or contract,
4it shall be deemed to refer to the Chief of the Office of Technology
5Services.
6(e) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the Office of
7Technology Services and the Director of Technology succeed to
8and are vested with all the duties, powers, purposes,
9responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the former Department
10of Technology Services and the former Director of Technology
11Services, or Secretary of California Technology, respectively.
12(f) All employees serving in state civil service, other
than
13temporary employees, who are engaged in the performance of
14functions transferred to the Office of Technology Services, are
15transferred to the Office of Technology Services. The status,
16positions, and rights of those persons shall not be affected by their
17transfer and shall continue to be retained by them pursuant to the
18State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500)
19of Division 5), except as to positions the duties of which are vested
20in a position exempt from civil service. The personnel records of
21all transferred employees shall be transferred to the Office of
22Technology Services.
23(g) The property of any office, agency, or department related
24to functions transferred to the Office of Technology Services is
25transferred to the Office of Technology Services. If any doubt
26arises as to where that property is transferred, the Department of
27General Services shall determine where the property is transferred.
28(h) All unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds
29available for use in connection with any function or the
30administration of any law transferred to the Office of Technology
31Services shall be transferred to the Office of Technology Services
32for the use and for the purpose for which the appropriation was
33originally made or the funds were originally available. If there is
34any doubt as to where those balances and funds are transferred,
35the Department of Finance shall determine where the balances and
36funds are transferred.
Section 11538 of the
Government Code is amended
39to read:
The Chief of the Office of Technology Services shall
2be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Governor, subject
3to Senate confirmation. The chief shall report to the Director of
4Technology.
Section 11539 of the
Government Code is amended
7to read:
The chief shall be responsible for managing the affairs
9of the Office of Technology Services and shall perform all duties,
10exercise all powers and jurisdiction, and assume and discharge all
11responsibilities necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
12The Office of Technology Services shall employ professional,
13clerical, technical, and administrative personnel as necessary to
14carry out this chapter.
Section 11540 of the
Government Code is amended
17to read:
The Director of Technology shall propose to the
19Director of Finance rates for Office of Technology Services’
20services based on a formal rate methodology. The Director of
21Finance shall approve the proposal based on the reasonableness
22of the rates and any significant impact on departmental budgets.
23The Director of Technology and the Director of Finance shall
24coordinate to develop policies and procedures to implement this
25section, including, but not limited to, the format and timeframe of
26the rate proposal.
Section 11541 of the
Government Code is amended
29to read:
(a) The Office of Technology Services may acquire,
31install, equip, maintain, and operate new or existing business
32telecommunications systems and services. Acquisitions for
33information technology goods and services shall be made pursuant
34to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12100) of Part 2 of
35Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. To accomplish that
36purpose, the Office of Technology Services may enter into
37contracts, obtain licenses, acquire personal property, install
38necessary equipment and facilities, and do other acts that will
39provide adequate and efficient business telecommunications
40systems and services. Any system established shall be made
P57 1available to all public agencies in the state on terms that may be
2agreed upon by the agency and the Office of Technology Services.
3(b) With respect to business telecommunications systems and
4services, the Office of Technology Services may do all of the
5following:
6(1) Provide representation of public agencies before the Federal
7Communications Commission in matters affecting the state and
8other public agencies regarding business telecommunications
9systems and services issues.
10(2) Provide, upon request, advice to public agencies concerning
11existing or proposed business telecommunications systems and
12services between any and all public agencies.
13(3) Recommend to public agencies rules, regulations,
14procedures, and methods of operation that it deems necessary to
15effectuate the most efficient and economical use of business
16telecommunications systems and services within the state.
17(4) Carry out the policies of this chapter.
18(c) The Office of Technology Services has responsibilities with
19respect to business telecommunications systems, services, policy,
20and planning, which include, but are not limited to, all of the
21following:
22(1) Assessing the overall long-range business
23telecommunications needs and requirements of the state
24considering both routine and emergency operations for business
25telecommunications systems and services, performance, cost,
26state-of-the-art technology, multiuser availability, security,
27reliability, and other factors deemed to be important to state needs
28and requirements.
29(2) Developing strategic and tactical policies and plans for
30business telecommunications with consideration for the systems
31and requirements of public agencies.
32(3) Recommending industry standards, service level agreements,
33and solutions regarding business telecommunications systems and
34services to ensure multiuser availability and compatibility.
35(4) Providing advice and assistance in the selection of business
36telecommunications equipment to ensure all of the following:
37(A) Ensuring that the business telecommunications needs of
38state agencies are met.
P58 1(B) Ensuring that procurement is compatible throughout state
2agencies and is consistent with the state’s strategic and tactical
3plans for telecommunications.
4(C) Ensuring that procurement is designed to leverage the buying
5power of the state and encourage economies of scale.
6(5) Providing management oversight of statewide business
7telecommunications systems and services developments.
8(6) Providing for coordination of, and comment on, plans and
9policies and operational requirements from departments that utilize
10business telecommunications systems and services as determined
11by the Office of Technology Services.
12(7) Monitoring and participating, on behalf of the state, in the
13proceedings of federal and state regulatory agencies and in
14congressional and state legislative deliberations that have an impact
15on state governmental business telecommunications activities.
16(d) The Office of Technology Services shall develop and
17describe statewide policy on the use of business
18telecommunications systems and services by state agencies. In
the
19development of that policy, the Office of Technology Services
20shall ensure that access to state business information and services
21is improved, and that the policy is cost effective for the state and
22its residents. The Office of Technology Services shall develop
23guidelines that do all of the following:
24(1) Describe what types of state business information and
25services may be accessed using business telecommunications
26systems and services.
27(2) Characterize the conditions under which a state agency may
28utilize business telecommunications systems and services.
29(3) Characterize the conditions under which a state agency may
30charge for information and services.
31(4) Specify pricing policies.
32(5) Provide other guidance as may be appropriate at the
33discretion of the Office of Technology Services.
Section 11542 of the
Government Code is amended
36to read:
(a) (1) The Stephen P. Teale Data Center and the
38California Health and Human Services Agency Data Center are
39consolidated within, and their functions are transferred to, the
40Office of Technology Services.
P59 1(2) Except as expressly provided otherwise in this chapter, the
2Office of Technology Services is the successor to, and is vested
3with, all of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and
4jurisdiction of the Stephen P. Teale Data Center, and the California
5Health and Human Services Agency Data Center. Any reference
6in statutes, regulations, or contracts to those entities with respect
7to the transferred functions shall be construed to refer to the Office
8of Technology Services unless the context clearly requires
9otherwise.
10(3) A contract, lease, license, or any other agreement to which
11either the Stephen P. Teale Data Center or the California Health
12and Human Services Agency Data Center is a party shall not be
13void or voidable by reason of this chapter, but shall continue in
14full force and effect, with the Office of Technology Services
15assuming all of the rights, obligations, and duties of the Stephen
16P. Teale Data Center or the California Health and Human Services
17Agency Data Center, respectively.
18(4) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 11793 and
19subdivision (e) of Section 11797, on and after the effective date
20of this chapter, the balance of any funds available for expenditure
21by the Stephen P. Teale Data Center and the California Health and
22Human Services Agency Data Center, with respect to business
23telecommunications systems and services functions in carrying
24out any functions transferred to
the Office of Technology Services
25by this chapter, shall be transferred to the Technology Services
26Revolving Fund created by Section 11544, and shall be made
27available for the support and maintenance of the Office of
28Technology Services.
29(5) All references in statutes, regulations, or contracts to the
30former Stephen P. Teale Data Center Fund or the California Health
31and Human Services Data Center Revolving Fund shall be
32construed to refer to the Technology Services Revolving Fund
33unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
34(6) All books, documents, records, and property of the Stephen
35P. Teale Data Center and the California Health and Human Services
36Agency Data Center, excluding the Systems Integration Division,
37shall be transferred to the Office of Technology Services.
38(7) (A) All officers
and employees of the former Stephen P.
39Teale Data Center and the California Health and Human Services
P60 1Agency Data Center, are transferred to the Office of Technology
2Services.
3(B) The status, position, and rights of any officer or employee
4of the Stephen P. Teale Data Center and the California Health and
5Human Services Agency Data Center, shall not be affected by the
6transfer and consolidation of the functions of that officer or
7employee to the Office of Technology Services.
8(b) (1) All duties and functions of the Telecommunications
9Division of the Department of General Services are transferred to
10the Department of Technology.
11(2) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, whenever the
12term “Telecommunications Division of the Department of General
13Services” or “California Technology Agency”
appears in any
14statute, regulation, or contract, it shall be deemed to refer to the
15Department of Technology.
16(3) All employees serving in state civil service, other than
17temporary employees, who are engaged in the performance of
18functions transferred to the Department of Technology, are
19transferred to the Department of Technology. The status, positions,
20and rights of those persons shall not be affected by their transfer
21and shall continue to be retained by them pursuant to the State
22Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of
23Division 5), except as to positions the duties of which are vested
24in a position exempt from civil service. The personnel records of
25all transferred employees shall be transferred to the Department
26of Technology.
27(4) The property of any office, agency, or department related
28to functions transferred to the Department of Technology, are
29
transferred to the Department of Technology. If any doubt arises
30as to where that property is transferred, the Department of General
31Services shall determine where the property is transferred.
32(5) All unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds
33available for use in connection with any function or the
34administration of any law transferred to the Department of
35Technology shall be transferred to the Department of Technology
36for the use and for the purpose for which the appropriation was
37originally made or the funds were originally available. If there is
38any doubt as to where those balances and funds are transferred,
39the Department of Finance shall determine where the balances and
40funds are transferred.
Section 11544 of the
Government Code is amended
3to read:
(a) The Technology Services Revolving Fund, hereafter
5known as the fund, is hereby created within the State Treasury.
6The fund shall be administered by the Director of Technology to
7receive all revenues from the sale of technology or technology
8services provided for in this chapter, for other services rendered
9by the Department of Technology, and all other moneys properly
10credited to the Department of Technology from any other source,
11to pay, upon appropriation by the Legislature, all costs arising
12from this chapter and rendering of services to state and other public
13agencies, including, but not limited to, employment and
14compensation of necessary personnel and expenses, such as
15operating and other expenses of the Department of Technology,
16and costs associated with approved information technology
17projects, and to establish
reserves. At the discretion of the Director
18of Technology, segregated, dedicated accounts within the fund
19may be established. The amendments made to this section by the
20act adding this sentence shall apply to all revenues earned on or
21after July 1, 2010.
22(b) The fund shall consist of all of the following:
23(1) Moneys appropriated and made available by the Legislature
24for the purposes of this chapter.
25(2) Any other moneys that may be made available to the
26Department of Technology from any other source, including the
27return from investments of moneys by the Treasurer.
28(c) The Department of Technology may collect payments from
29public agencies for providing services to those agencies that the
30agencies have requested from the Department of Technology. The
31
Department of Technology may require monthly payments by
32client agencies for the services the agencies have requested.
33Pursuant to Section 11255, the Controller shall transfer any
34amounts so authorized by the Department of Technology,
35consistent with the annual budget of each department, to the fund.
36The Department of Technology shall notify each affected state
37agency upon requesting the Controller to make the transfer.
38(d) At the end of any fiscal year, if the balance remaining in the
39fund at the end of that fiscal year exceeds 25 percent of the portion
40of the Department of Technology’s current fiscal year budget used
P62 1for support of data center and other client services, the excess
2amount shall be used to reduce the billing rates for services
3rendered during the following fiscal year.
Section 11546 of the Government Code is amended
6to read:
(a) The Department of Technology shall be responsible
8for the approval and oversight of information technology projects,
9which shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
10(1) Establishing and maintaining a framework of policies,
11procedures, and requirements for the initiation, approval,
12implementation, management, oversight, and continuation of
13information technology projects. Unless otherwise required by
14law, a state department shall not procure oversight services of
15information technology projects without the approval of the
16Department of Technology.
17(2) Evaluating information technology projects based on the
18business case justification, resources requirements, proposed
19technical
solution, project management, oversight and risk
20mitigation approach, and compliance with statewide strategies,
21policies, and procedures. Projects shall continue to be funded
22through the established Budget Act process.
23(3) Consulting with agencies during initial project planning to
24ensure that project proposals are based on well-defined
25programmatic needs, clearly identify programmatic benefits, and
26consider feasible alternatives to address the identified needs and
27benefits consistent with statewide strategies, policies, and
28procedures.
29(4) Consulting with agencies prior to project initiation to review
30the project governance and management framework to ensure that
31it is best designed for success and will serve as a resource for
32agencies throughout the project implementation.
33(5) Requiring agencies to provide
information on information
34technology projects including, but not limited to, all of the
35following:
36(A) The degree to which the project is within approved scope,
37cost, and schedule.
38(B) Project issues, risks, and corresponding mitigation efforts.
39(C) The current estimated schedule and costs for project
40completion.
P63 1(6) Requiring agencies to perform remedial measures to achieve
2compliance with approved project objectives. These remedial
3measures may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:
4(A) Independent assessments of project activities, the cost of
5which shall be funded by the agency administering the project.
6(B) Establishing remediation plans.
7(C) Securing appropriate expertise, the cost of which shall be
8funded by the agency administering the project.
9(D) Requiring additional project reporting.
10(E) Requiring approval to initiate any action identified in the
11approved project schedule.
12(7) Suspending, reinstating, or terminating information
13technology projects. The Department of Technology shall notify
14the Joint Legislative Budget Committee of any project suspension,
15reinstatement, and termination within 30 days of that suspension,
16reinstatement, or termination.
17(8) Establishing restrictions or other controls to mitigate
18nonperformance by agencies, including, but not limited to,
any of
19the following:
20(A) The restriction of future project approvals pending
21demonstration of successful correction of the identified
22performance failure.
23(B) The revocation or reduction of authority for state agencies
24to initiate information technology projects or acquire information
25technology or telecommunications goods or services.
26(b) The Department of Technology shall have the authority to
27delegate to another agency any authority granted under this section
28based on its assessment of the agency’s project management,
29project oversight, and project performance.
Section 11549 of the
Government Code is amended
32to read:
(a) There is in state government, in the Department of
34Technology, the Office of Information Security. The purpose of
35the Office of Information Security is to ensure the confidentiality,
36integrity, and availability of state systems and applications, and
37to promote and protect privacy as part of the development and
38operations of state systems and applications to ensure the trust of
39the residents of this state.
P64 1(b) The office shall be under the direction of a chief, who shall
2be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Governor. The
3chief shall report to the Director of Technology, and shall lead the
4Office of Information Security in carrying out its mission.
5(c) The duties of the Office of
Information Security, under the
6direction of the chief, shall be to provide direction for information
7security and privacy to state government agencies, departments,
8and offices, pursuant to Section 11549.3.
9(d) (1) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, whenever
10the term “Office of Information Security and Privacy Protection”
11appears in any statute, regulation, or contract, it shall be deemed
12to refer to the Office of Information Security, and whenever the
13term “executive director of the Office of Information Security and
14Privacy Protection” appears in statute, regulation, or contract, it
15shall be deemed to refer to the Chief of the Office of Information
16Security.
17(2) All employees serving in state civil service, other than
18temporary employees, who are engaged in the performance of
19functions transferred from the Office of Information Security and
20
Privacy Protection to the Office of Information Security, are
21transferred to the Office of Information Security. The status,
22positions, and rights of those persons shall not be affected by their
23transfer and shall continue to be retained by them pursuant to the
24State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500)
25of Division 5), except as to positions the duties of which are vested
26in a position exempt from civil service. The personnel records of
27all transferred employees shall be transferred to the Office of
28Information Security.
29(3) The property of any office, agency, or department related
30to functions transferred to the Office of Information Security is
31transferred to the Office of Information Security. If any doubt
32arises as to where that property is transferred, the Department of
33General Services shall determine where the property is transferred.
34(4) All unexpended
balances of appropriations and other funds
35available for use in connection with any function or the
36administration of any law transferred to the Office of Information
37Security shall be transferred to the Office of Information Security
38for the use and for the purpose for which the appropriation was
39originally made or the funds were originally available. If there is
40any doubt as to where those balances and funds are transferred,
P65 1the Department of Finance shall determine where the balances and
2funds are transferred.
Section 11549.1 of the
Government Code is amended
5to read:
As used in this article, the following terms have the
7following meanings:
8(a) “Chief” means the Chief of the Office of Information
9Security.
10(b) “Office” means the Office of Information Security.
11(c) “Program” means an information security program
12established pursuant to Section 11549.3.
Section 11549.3 of the
Government Code is amended
15to read:
(a) The Chief of the Office of Information Security
17shall establish an information security program. The program
18responsibilities include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
19(1) The creation, updating, and publishing of information
20security and privacy policies, standards, and procedures for state
21agencies in the State Administrative Manual.
22(2) The creation, issuance, and maintenance of policies,
23standards, and procedures directing state agencies to effectively
24manage security and risk for all of the following:
25(A) Information technology, which includes, but is not limited
26to, all electronic technology systems and services,
automated
27information handling, system design and analysis, conversion of
28data, computer programming, information storage and retrieval,
29telecommunications, requisite system controls, simulation,
30electronic commerce, and all related interactions between people
31and machines.
32(B) Information that is identified as mission critical, confidential,
33sensitive, or personal, as defined and published by the office.
34(3) The creation, issuance, and maintenance of policies,
35standards, and procedures directing state agencies for the collection,
36tracking, and reporting of information regarding security and
37privacy incidents.
38(4) The creation, issuance, and maintenance of policies,
39standards, and procedures directing state agencies in the
P66 1development, maintenance, testing, and filing of each agency’s
2disaster recovery plan.
3(5) Coordination of the activities of agency information security
4officers, for purposes of integrating statewide security initiatives
5and ensuring compliance with information security and privacy
6policies and standards.
7(6) Promotion and enhancement of the state agencies’ risk
8management and privacy programs through education, awareness,
9collaboration, and consultation.
10(7) Representing the state before the federal government, other
11state agencies, local government entities, and private industry on
12issues that have statewide impact on information security and
13privacy.
14(b) An information security officer appointed pursuant to Section
1511546.1 shall implement the policies and procedures issued by the
16Office of Information Security, including, but not limited
to,
17performing all of the following duties:
18(1) Comply with the information security and privacy policies,
19standards, and procedures issued pursuant to this chapter by the
20Office of Information Security.
21(2) Comply with filing requirements and incident notification
22by providing timely information and reports as required by policy
23or directives of the office.
24(c) The office may conduct, or require to be conducted,
25independent security assessments of any state agency, department,
26or office, the cost of which shall be funded by the state agency,
27department, or office being assessed.
28(d) The office may require an audit of information security to
29ensure program compliance, the cost of which shall be funded by
30the state agency, department, or office being
audited.
31(e) The office shall report to the Department of Technology any
32state agency found to be noncompliant with information security
33program requirements.
Section 12802.8 of the Government Code is amended
36to read:
The Governor may, with respect to the Transportation
38Agency, appoint a Deputy Secretary of Housing Coordination,
39who shall serve as the secretary’s primary advisor on housing
40matters, including, but not limited to, sustainable growth policy
P67 1matters, and other strategies to achieve the state’s greenhouse gas
2emission reduction objectives as it pertains to those housing
3matters.
4The Deputy Secretary of Housing Coordination shall hold office
5at the pleasure of the Governor and shall receive a salary as shall
6be fixed by the Governor with the approval of the Department of
7Finance.
begin insertSection 13995.20 of the
end insertbegin insertGovernment Codeend insertbegin insert is amended
9to read:end insert
Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions
11in this section govern the construction of this chapter.
12(a) “Appointed commissioner” means a commissioner appointed
13by the Governor pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of
14Section 13995.40.
15(b) “Assessed business” means a person required to pay an
16assessment pursuant to this chapter, and until the first assessment
17is levied, any person authorized to vote for the initial referendum.
18An assessed business shall not include a public entity or a
19corporation when a majority of the corporation’s board of directors
20is appointed by a public official or public entity, or serves on the
21corporation’s board of directors by virtue
of being elected to public
22office, or both.
23(c) “Commission” means the California Travel and Tourism
24Commission.
25(d) “Director” means the Director of the Governor’s Office of
26Business and Economic Development.
27(d)
end delete
28begin insert(e)end insert “Elected commissioner” means a commissioner elected
29pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 13995.40.
30(e)
end delete
31begin insert(f)end insert “Industry category” means the following classifications
32within the tourism industry:
33(1) Accommodations.
34(2) Restaurants and retail.
35(3) Attractions and recreation.
36(4) Transportation and travel services, other than passenger car
37rental.
38(5) Passenger car rental.
39(f)
end delete
P68 1begin insert(g)end insert “Industry segment” means a portion of an industry category.
2For example, motor home rentals are an industry segment of the
3transportation and travel services industry category.
4(g)
end delete
5begin insert(h)end insert “Maximum assessment” means a dollar amount, adopted by
6the commission, over which an assessed business shall not be
7required to pay. The commission may adopt differing amounts of
8maximum assessment for each industry category or industry
9segment.
10(h)
end delete
11begin insert(i)end insert “Office” means the Office of Tourism, also popularly referred
12to as the Division of Tourism, within thebegin delete Business, Transportation begin insert Governor’s Office of Business and Economic
13and Housing Agency.end delete
14Development.end insert
15(i)
end delete
16begin insert(j)end insert “Person” means an individual, public entity, firm,
17corporation, association, or any other business unit, whether
18operating on a for-profit or nonprofit basis.
19(j)
end delete
20begin insert(k)end insert “Referendum” means any vote by mailed ballot of measures
21recommended by the commission and approved by thebegin delete secretaryend delete
22begin insert
directorend insert pursuant to Section 13995.60, except for the initial
23referendum, which shall consist of measures contained in the
24selection committee report, discussed in Section 13995.30.
25(k) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Business, Transportation
26and Housing.
27(l) “Selection committee” means the Tourism Selection
28Committee described in Article 3 (commencing with Section
2913995.30).
30(m) This section shall become operative only
if the Secretary
31of Business, Transportation and Housing provides notice to the
32Legislature and the Secretary of State and posts notice on its
33Internet Web site that the conditions described in Section 13995.92
34have been satisfied.
The heading of Article 5 (commencing with Section
3713995.50) of Chapter 1
of Part 4.7 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the 38Government Code is amended to read:
39
Section 13995.60 of the
Government Code is amended
3to read:
(a) As used in this article and Article 7 (commencing
5with Section 13995.65), “assessment level” means the estimated
6gross dollar amount received by assessment from all assessed
7businesses on an annual basis, and “assessment formula” means
8the allocation method used within each industry segment (for
9example, percentage of gross revenue or percentage of transaction
10charges).
11(b) Commencing on January 1, 2003, a referendum shall be
12called every two years, and the commission, by adopted resolution,
13shall determine the slate of individuals who will run for
14commissioner. The resolution shall also cover, but not be limited
15to, the proposed assessment level for each industry category, based
16upon specified assessment formulae,
together with necessary
17information to enable each assessed business to determine what
18its individual assessment would be. Commencing with the
19referendum held in 2007 and every six years thereafter, the
20resolution shall also cover the termination or continuation of the
21commission. The resolution may also include an amended industry
22segment allocation formula and the percentage allocation of
23assessments between industry categories and segments. The
24commission may specify in the resolution that a special, lower
25assessment rate that was set pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section
2613995.30 for a particular business will no longer apply due to
27changes in the unique circumstance that originally justified the
28lower rate. The resolution may include up to three possible
29assessment levels for each industry category, from which the
30assessed businesses will select one assessment level for each
31industry category by plurality weighted vote.
32(c) The commission
shall deliver to the director the resolution
33described in subdivision (b). The director shall call a referendum
34containing the information required by subdivision (b) plus any
35additional matters complying with the procedures of subdivision
36(b) of Section 13995.62.
37(d) When the director calls a referendum, all assessed businesses
38shall be sent a ballot for the referendum. Every ballot that the
39secretary receives by the ballot deadline shall be counted, utilizing
P70 1the weighted formula adopted initially by the selection committee,
2and subsequently amended by referendum.
3(e) If the commission’s assessment level is significantly different
4from what was projected when the existing assessment formula
5was last approved by referendum, a majority of members, by
6weighted votes of an industry category, may petition for a
7referendum to change the assessment formula applicable to that
8industry
category.
9(f) If the referendum includes more than one possible assessment
10rate for each industry category, the rate with the plurality of
11weighted votes within a category shall be adopted.
12(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if the
13commission delivers to the director a resolution pertaining to any
14matter described in subdivision (b), the director shall call a
15referendum at a time or times other than as specified in this section.
16Each referendum shall contain only those matters contained in the
17resolution.
18(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the
19director shall identify, to the extent reasonably feasible, those
20businesses that would become newly assessed due to a change in
21category, segment, threshold, or exemption status sought via
22referendum, and provide those businesses the
opportunity to vote
23in that referendum.
Section 13995.64.5 of the
Government Code is
26amended to read:
Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section
2813995.64, if an assessed business within the passenger car rental
29category pays an assessment greater than the maximum assessment,
30determined by the commission for other industry categories, the
31weighted percentage assigned to that assessed business shall be
32the same as though its assessment were equal to the highest
33maximum assessment.
Section 13995.65.5 of the
Government Code is
36amended to read:
Notwithstanding Section 13995.65 or any other
38provision of this chapter, for purposes of calculating the assessment
39for a business within the passenger car rental category, the
40assessment shall be collected only on each rental transaction that
P71 1commences at either an airport or at a hotel or other overnight
2lodging with respect to which a city, city and county, or county is
3authorized to levy a tax as described in Section 7280 of the
4Revenue and Taxation Code. A transaction commencing at an
5airport or hotel or other overnight lodging subject to a transient
6occupancy tax as described in Section 7280 of the Revenue and
7Taxation Code, including those that commence at a location that
8might otherwise by regulation be exempt from assessment, shall
9be subject to the assessment. The assessment shall always be
10
expressed as a fixed percentage of the amount of the rental
11transaction.
Section 13995.92 of the Government Code is
13repealed.
begin insertSection 13995.92 of the
end insertbegin insertGovernment Codeend insertbegin insert is amended
15to read:end insert
begin delete(a)end deletebegin delete end deleteThe California Travel and Tourism Commission
17shall submit a referendum to the passenger rental car industry as
18soon as possible, but not later than March 31, 2007. The
19referendum shall propose an assessment level upon the passenger
20rental car industry, as an industry category, under this chapter. The
21proposed assessment rate shall be set at a level determined by the
22commission that will generate funding that will be sufficient, when
23aggregated together with other funding for the commission, minus
24amounts reverted to the general fund pursuant to Item 0520-495
25of Section 2 of the Budget Act of 2006, for a spending plan for
26the
2006-07 fiscal year of twenty-five million dollars
27($25,000,000), and for the 2007-08 fiscal year of fifty million
28dollars ($50,000,000).
29(b) The commission shall report to the Secretary of Business,
30Transportation and Housing if the referendum and assessment rates
31described in subdivision (a) are agreed to. The secretary shall
32immediately provide notice of that agreement to the Legislature
33and the Secretary of State and shall also post notice of that
34agreement on its Internet Web site.
Section 13997.7 of the Government Code is amended
37to read:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
39effective January 1, 2008, the Economic Adjustment Assistance
40Grant funded through the United States Economic Development
P72 1Administration under Title IX of the Public Works and Economic
2Development Act of 1965 (Grant No. 07-19-02709 and
307-19-2709.1) shall be administered by the Director of the
4Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, and,
5for the purpose of state administration of this grant, the Director
6of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development
7shall be deemed to be the successor to the former Secretary of
8Technology, Trade and Commerce. The Director of the Governor’s
9Office of Business and Economic Development may assign and
10contract administration of the grant to a public agency created
11pursuant to
Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division
127 of Title 1.
13(b) On January 1, 2008, all federal moneys held in the Sudden
14and Severe Economic Dislocation Grant Account within the Special
15Deposit Fund are hereby transferred to the Small Business
16Expansion Fund created pursuant to Section 14030 of the
17Corporations Code for expenditure by the Governor’s Office of
18Business and Economic Development pursuant to Article 9
19(commencing with Section 14070) of the Corporations Code for
20purposes of the Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation Grant
21program, or other purposes permitted by the cognizant federal
22agency.
23(c) All loan repayments received on or after January 1, 2008,
24for the Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation Grant program
25loans issued pursuant to former Section 15327 (repealed by Section
261.8 of Chapter 229 of the Statutes of 2003 (AB 1757)) and this
27section, shall be
deposited into the Small Business Expansion Fund
28and shall be available to the Governor’s Office of Business and
29Economic Development for expenditure pursuant to the provisions
30of Article 9 (commencing with Section 14070) of the Corporations
31Code for the Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation Grant
32program, or other purposes permitted by the cognizant federal
33agency.
Section 14030 of the
Government Code is amended
36to read:
The powers and duties of the department include, but
38are not limited to, all of the following activities:
39(a) Supporting the commission in coordinating and developing,
40in cooperation with local and regional entities, comprehensive
P73 1balanced transportation planning and policy for the movement of
2people and goods within the state.
3(b) Coordinating and assisting, upon request of, the various
4public and private transportation entities in strengthening their
5development and operation of balanced integrated mass
6transportation, highway, aviation, maritime, railroad, and other
7transportation facilities and services in support of statewide and
8regional goals.
9(c) Developing, in cooperation with local and regional
10transportation entities, the full potential of all resources and
11opportunities that are now, and may become, available to the state
12and to regional and local agencies for meeting California’s
13transportation needs, as provided by statutes and, in particular,
14maximizing the amount of federal funds that may be available to
15the state and increasing the efficiency by which those funds are
16utilized.
17(d) Planning, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining
18those transportation systems that the Legislature has made, or may
19make, the responsibility of the department; provided that the
20department is not authorized to assume the functions of project
21planning, designing, constructing, operating, or maintaining
22maritime or aviation facilities without express prior approval of
23the Legislature with the exception of those aviation
functions that
24have been designated for the department in the Public Utilities
25Code.
26(e) Coordinating and developing transportation research projects
27of statewide interest.
28(f) Exercising other functions, powers, and duties as are or may
29be provided for by law.
30(g) With the Department of Housing and Community
31Development, investigating and reporting to the Secretary of
32Transportation and the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services
33and Housing upon the consistency between state, local, and federal
34housing plans and programs and state, local, and federal
35transportation plans and programs.
Section 14998.3 of the Government Code is amended
38to read:
(a) The commission shall submit a list of
40recommended candidates for the position of Director of the Film
P74 1Commission to the Governor for consideration. The Governor
2shall appoint the director.
3(b) The Director of the Film Commission shall receive a salary
4to be determined by the Department of Human Resources.
5(c) The Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and
6Economic Development, or his or her designee, shall act as the
7director during the absence from the state or other temporary
8absence, disability, or unavailability of the director, or during a
9vacancy in that position.
Section 14998.4 of the Government Code is amended
12to read:
(a) The commission shall meet at least quarterly and
14shall select a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its
15members. The vice chairperson shall act as chairperson in the
16chairperson’s absence.
17(b) Each commission member shall serve without compensation
18but shall be reimbursed for traveling outside the county in which
19he or she resides to attend meetings.
20(c) The commission shall work to encourage motion picture and
21television filming in California and to that end, shall exercise all
22of the powers provided in this chapter.
23(d) The commission shall make recommendations to the
24Legislature,
the Governor, the Governor’s Office of Business and
25Economic Development, and other state agencies on legislative or
26administrative actions that may be necessary or helpful to maintain
27and improve the position of the state’s motion picture industry in
28the national and world markets.
29(e) In addition, subject to the provision of funding appropriated
30for these purposes, the commission shall do all of the following:
31(1) Adopt guidelines for a standardized permit to be used by
32state agencies and the director.
33(2) Approve or modify the marketing and promotion plan
34developed by the director pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section
3514998.9 to promote filmmaking in the state.
36(3) Conduct workshops and trade shows.
37(4) Provide expertise in promotional activities.
38(5) Hold hearings.
39(6) Adopt its own operational rules and procedures.
P75 1(7) Counsel the Legislature and the Governor on issues relating
2to the motion picture industry.
Section 14998.6 of the Government Code is amended
5to read:
The director of the commission shall provide staff
7support to the California Film Commission. When needed, the
8Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic
9Development may assign additional staff on a temporary or
10permanent basis.
Section 14998.7 of the Government Code is amended
13to read:
Any funds appropriated to, or for use by, the
15California Film Commission for purposes of this chapter, shall be
16under the control of the Director of the Governor’s Office of
17Business and Economic Development or his or her designee.
Section 15251 of the Government Code is amended
20to read:
Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in this
22part, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
23(a) “Department” means the Department of Technology.
24(b) “Office” means the Public Safety Communications Office
25established by this part.
Section 15277 of the Government Code is amended
28to read:
The Public Safety Communications Office is established
30within the department. The duties of the office shall include, but
31not be limited to, all of the following:
32(a) Assessing the overall long-range public safety
33communications needs and requirements of the state considering
34emergency operations, performance, cost, state-of-the-art
35technology, multiuser availability, security, reliability, and other
36factors deemed to be important to state needs and requirements.
37(b) Developing strategic and tactical policies and plans for public
38safety communications with consideration for the systems and
39requirements of the state and all public agencies in this state, and
40preparing an annual strategic communications plan that includes
P76 1the
feasibility of interfaces with federal and other state
2telecommunications networks and services.
3(c) Recommending industry standards for public safety
4communications systems to ensure multiuser availability and
5compatibility.
6(d) Providing advice and assistance in the selection of
7communications equipment to ensure that the public safety
8communications needs of state agencies are met and that
9procurements are compatible throughout state agencies and are
10consistent with the state’s strategic and tactical plans for public
11safety communications.
12(e) Providing management oversight of statewide public safety
13communications systems developments.
14(f) Providing for coordination of, and comment on, plans,
15policies, and operational requirements from departments
that utilize
16public safety communications in support of their principal function,
17such as the California Emergency Management Agency, National
18Guard, health and safety agencies, and others with primary public
19safety communications programs.
20(g) Monitoring and participating on behalf of the state in the
21proceedings of federal and state regulatory agencies and in
22congressional and state legislative deliberations that have an impact
23on state government public safety communications activities.
24(h) Developing plans regarding teleconferencing as an
25alternative to state travel during emergency situations.
26(i) Ensuring that all radio transmitting devices owned or operated
27by state agencies and departments are licensed, installed, and
28maintained in accordance with the requirements of federal law. A
29request for a federally
required license for a state-owned radio
30transmitting device shall be sought only in the name of the “State
31of California.”
32(j) Acquiring, installing, equipping, maintaining, and operating
33new or existing public safety communications systems and facilities
34for public safety agencies. To accomplish that purpose, the office
35is authorized to enter into contracts, obtain licenses, acquire
36property, install necessary equipment and facilities, and do other
37necessary acts to provide adequate and efficient public safety
38communications systems. Any systems established shall be
39available to all public agencies in the state on terms that may be
40agreed upon by the public agency and the office.
P77 1(k) Acquiring, installing, equipping, maintaining, and operating
2all new or replacement microwave communications systems
3operated by the state, except microwave equipment used
4exclusively for traffic
signal and signing control, traffic metering,
5and roadway surveillance systems. To accomplish that purpose,
6the office is authorized to enter into contracts, obtain licenses,
7acquire property, install necessary equipment and facilities, and
8do other necessary acts to provide adequate and efficient
9microwave communications systems. Any system established shall
10be available to all public safety agencies in the state on terms that
11may be agreed upon by the public agency and the office.
12(l) This chapter shall not apply to Department of Justice
13communications operated pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing
14with Section 15150) of Part 6.
Section 53108.5 of the
Government Code is amended
17to read:
“Office,” as used in this article, means the Public
19Safety Communications Office within the Department of
20Technology.
Section 53113 of the
Government Code is amended
23to read:
The Legislature finds that, because of overlapping
25jurisdiction of public agencies, public safety agencies, and
26telephone service areas, a general overview or plan should be
27developed prior to the establishment of any system. In order to
28ensure that proper preparation and implementation of those systems
29is accomplished by all public agencies by December 31, 1985, the
30office, with the advice and assistance of the Attorney General,
31shall secure compliance by public agencies as provided in this
32article.
Section 53114 of the
Government Code is amended
35to read:
The office, with the advice and assistance of the
37Attorney General, shall coordinate the implementation of systems
38established pursuant to the provisions of this article. The office,
39with the advice and assistance of the Attorney General, shall assist
40local public agencies and local public safety agencies in obtaining
P78 1financial help to establish emergency telephone service, and shall
2aid agencies in the formulation of concepts, methods, and
3procedures that will improve the operation of systems required by
4this article and that will increase cooperation between public safety
5agencies.
Section 53114.1 of the
Government Code is amended
8to read:
To accomplish the responsibilities specified in this
10article, the office is directed to consult at regular intervals with the
11State Fire Marshal, the State Department of Public Health, the
12Office of Traffic Safety, the Office of Emergency Services, a local
13representative from a city, a local representative from a county,
14the public utilities in this state providing telephone service, the
15Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials, the
16Emergency Medical Services Authority, the Department of the
17California Highway Patrol, and the Department of Forestry and
18Fire Protection. These agencies shall provide all necessary
19assistance and consultation to the office to enable it to perform its
20duties specified in this article.
Section 53114.2 of the
Government Code is amended
23to read:
On or before December 31, 1976, and each
25even-numbered year thereafter, after consultation with all agencies
26specified in Section 53114.1, the office shall review and update
27technical and operational standards for public agency systems.
Section 53115 of the
Government Code is amended
30to read:
The office shall monitor all emergency telephone
32systems to ensure they comply with minimal operational and
33technical standards as established by the office. If any system does
34not comply the office shall notify in writing the public agency or
35agencies operating the system of its deficiencies. The public agency
36shall bring the system into compliance with the operational and
37technical standards within 60 days of notice by the office. Failure
38to comply within this time shall subject the public agency to action
39by the Attorney General pursuant to Section 53116.
Section 53115.1 of the
Government Code is amended
3to read:
(a) There is in state government the State 911
5Advisory Board.
6(b) The advisory board shall be comprised of the following
7members appointed by the Governor who shall serve at the pleasure
8of the Governor.
9(1) The Chief of the California 911 Emergency Communications
10Office shall serve as the nonvoting chair of the board.
11(2) One representative from the Department of the California
12Highway Patrol.
13(3) Two representatives on the recommendation of the California
14Police Chiefs Association.
15(4) Two representatives
on the recommendation of the California
16State Sheriffs’ Association.
17(5) Two representatives on the recommendation of the California
18Fire Chiefs Association.
19(6) Two representatives on the recommendation of the CalNENA
20Executive Board.
21(7) One representative on the joint recommendation of the
22executive boards of the state chapters of the Association of
23Public-Safety Communications Officials-International, Inc.
24(c) Recommending authorities shall give great weight and
25consideration to the knowledge, training, and expertise of the
26appointee with respect to their experience within the California
27911 system. Board members should have at least two years of
28experience as a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) manager
29or county coordinator, except where a
specific person is designated
30as a member.
31(d) Members of the advisory board shall serve at the pleasure
32of the Governor, but may not serve more than two consecutive
33two-year terms, except as follows:
34(1) The presiding Chief of the California 911 Emergency
35Communications Office shall serve for the duration of his or her
36tenure.
37(2) Four of the members shall serve an initial term of three years.
38(e) Advisory board members shall not receive compensation
39for their service on the board, but may be reimbursed for travel
40and per diem for time spent in attending meetings of the board.
P80 1(f) The advisory board shall meet quarterly in public sessions
2in accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting
Act (Article
39 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of
4Division 3 of Title 2). The office shall provide administrative
5support to the State 911 Advisory Board. The State 911 Advisory
6Board, at its first meeting, shall adopt bylaws and operating
7procedures consistent with this article and establish committees
8as necessary.
9(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any member
10of the advisory board may designate a person to act as that member
11in his or her place and stead for all purposes, as though the member
12were personally present.
Section 53115.2 of the
Government Code is amended
15to read:
(a) The State 911 Advisory Board shall advise the
17office on all of the following subjects:
18(1) Policies, practices, and procedures for the California 911
19Emergency Communications Office.
20(2) Technical and operational standards for the California 911
21system consistent with the National Emergency Number
22Association (NENA) standards.
23(3) Training standards for county coordinators and Public Safety
24Answering Point (PSAP) managers.
25(4) Budget, funding, and reimbursement decisions related to
26the State Emergency Number Account.
27(5) Proposed projects and studies conducted or funded by the
28State Emergency Number Account.
29(6) Expediting the rollout of Enhanced 911 Phase II technology.
30(b) Upon request of a local public agency, the board shall
31conduct a hearing on any conflict between a local public agency
32and the office regarding a final plan that has not been approved
33by the office pursuant to Section 53114. The board shall meet
34within 30 days following the request, and shall make a
35recommendation to resolve the conflict to the office within 90 days
36following the initial hearing by the board pursuant to the request.
Section 53115.3 of the
Government Code is amended
39to read:
When proposed implementation of the 911 system
2by a single public agency within its jurisdiction may adversely
3affect the implementation of the system by a neighboring public
4agency or agencies, such neighboring public agency may request
5that the office evaluate the impact of implementation by the
6proposing public agency and evaluate and weigh that impact in its
7decision to approve or disapprove the proposing public agency’s
8final plan pursuant to Section 53115. In order to effectuate this
9process, each city shall file a notice of filing of its final plan with
10each adjacent city and with the county in which the proposing
11public agency is located at the same time such final plan is filed
12with the office and each county shall file a notice of filing of its
13final plan with each city within the county and each adjacent county
14at the time the final plan
is filed with the office. Any public agency
15wishing to request review pursuant to this section shall file its
16request with the office within 30 days of filing of the final plan
17for which review is sought.
Section 53116 of the
Government Code is amended
20to read:
The Attorney General may, on behalf of the office or
22on his or her own initiative, commence judicial proceedings to
23enforce compliance by any public agency or public utility providing
24telephone service with the provisions of this article.
Section 53119 of the
Government Code is amended
27to read:
Any telephone corporation serving rural telephone areas
29that cannot currently provide enhanced “911” emergency telephone
30service capable of selective routing, automatic number
31identification, or automatic location identification shall present to
32the office a comprehensive plan detailing a schedule by which
33those facilities will be converted to be compatible with the
34enhanced emergency telephone system.
Section 53120 of the
Government Code is amended
37to read:
The office shall not delay implementation of the
39enhanced “911” emergency telephone system in those portions of
40cities or counties, or both, served by a local telephone corporation
P82 1that has equipment compatible with the enhanced “911” emergency
2telephone system.
Section 53126.5 of the
Government Code is amended
5to read:
For purposes of this article, the following definitions
7apply:
8(a) “Local public agency” means a city, county, city and county,
9and joint powers authority that provides a public safety answering
10point (PSAP).
11(b) “Nonemergency telephone system” means a system
12structured to provide access to only public safety agencies such
13as police and fire, or a system structured to provide access to public
14safety agencies and to all other services provided by a local public
15agency such as street maintenance and animal control.
16(c) “Public Safety Communications Office” means the Public
17Safety Communications Office within the Department of
18
Technology.
Section 53661 of the
Government Code is amended
21to read:
(a) The Commissioner of Business Oversight shall act
23as Administrator of Local Agency Security and shall be responsible
24for the administration of Sections 53638, 53651, 53651.2, 53651.4,
2553651.6, 53652, 53654, 53655, 53656, 53657, 53658, 53659,
2653660, 53661, 53663, 53664, 53665, 53666, and 53667.
27(b) The administrator shall have the powers necessary or
28convenient to administer and enforce the sections specified in
29subdivision (a).
30(c) (1) The administrator shall issue regulations consistent with
31law as the administrator may deem necessary or advisable in
32executing the powers, duties, and responsibilities assigned by this
33article. The
regulations may include regulations prescribing
34standards for the valuation, marketability, and liquidity of the
35eligible securities of the class described in subdivision (m) of
36Section 53651, regulations prescribing procedures and
37documentation for adding, withdrawing, substituting, and holding
38pooled securities, and regulations prescribing the form, content,
39and execution of any application, report, or other document called
P83 1for in any of the sections specified in subdivision (a) or in any
2regulation or order issued under any of those sections.
3(2) The administrator, for good cause, may waive any provision
4of any regulation adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) or any order
5issued under this article, where the provision is not necessary in
6the public interest.
7(d) The administrator may enter into any contracts or agreements
8as may be necessary, including joint underwriting
agreements, to
9sell or liquidate eligible securities securing local agency deposits
10in the event of the failure of the depository or if the depository
11fails to pay all or part of the deposits of a local agency.
12(e) The administrator shall require from every depository a
13report certified by the agent of depository listing all securities, and
14the market value thereof, which are securing local agency deposits
15together with the total deposits then secured by the pool, to
16determine whether there is compliance with Section 53652. These
17reports may be required whenever deemed necessary by the
18administrator, but shall be required at least four times each year
19at the times designated by the Comptroller of the Currency for
20reports from national banking associations. These reports shall be
21filed in the office of the administrator by the depository within 20
22business days of the date the administrator calls for the report.
23(f) The administrator may have access to reports of examination
24made by the Comptroller of the Currency insofar as the reports
25relate to national banking association trust department activities
26which are subject to this article.
27(g) (1) The administrator shall require the immediate
28substitution of an eligible security, where the substitution is
29necessary for compliance with Section 53652, if (i) the
30administrator determines that a security listed in Section 53651 is
31not qualified to secure public deposits, or (ii) a treasurer, who has
32deposits secured by the securities pool, provides written notice to
33the administrator and the administrator confirms that a security in
34the pool is not qualified to secure public deposits.
35(2) The failure of a depository to substitute securities, where
36the
administrator has required the substitution, shall be reported
37by the administrator promptly to those treasurers having money
38on deposit in that depository and, in addition, shall be reported as
39follows:
P84 1(A) When that depository is a national bank, to the Comptroller
2of the Currency of the United States.
3(B) When that depository is a state bank, to the Commissioner
4of Business Oversight.
5(C) When that depository is a federal association, to the Office
6of the Comptroller of the Currency.
7(D) When that depository is a savings association, to the
8Commissioner of Business Oversight.
9(E) When that depository is a federal credit union, to the
10National Credit Union Administration.
11(F) When that depository is a state credit union or a federally
12insured industrial loan company, to the Commissioner of Business
13Oversight.
14(h) The administrator may require from each treasurer a
15registration report and at appropriate times a report stating the
16amount and location of each deposit together with other
17information deemed necessary by the administrator for effective
18operation of this article. The facts recited in any report from a
19treasurer to the administrator are conclusively presumed to be true
20for the single purpose of the administrator fulfilling responsibilities
21assigned to him or her by this article and for no other purpose.
22(i) (1) If, after notice and opportunity for hearing, the
23administrator finds that any depository or agent of depository has
24violated or is violating, or
that there is reasonable cause to believe
25that any depository or agent of depository is about to violate, any
26of the sections specified in subdivision (a) or any regulation or
27order issued under any of those sections, the administrator may
28order the depository or agent of depository to cease and desist from
29the violation or may by order suspend or revoke the authorization
30of the agent of depository. The order may require the depository
31or agent of depository to take affirmative action to correct any
32condition resulting from the violation.
33(2) (A) If the administrator makes any of the findings set forth
34in paragraph (1) with respect to any depository or agent of
35depository and, in addition, finds that the violation or the
36continuation of the violation is likely to seriously prejudice the
37interests of treasurers, the administrator may order the depository
38or agent of depository to cease and desist from the violation or
39may
suspend or revoke the authorization of the agent of depository.
40The order may require the depository or agent of depository to
P85 1take affirmative action to correct any condition resulting from the
2violation.
3(B) Within five business days after an order is issued under
4subparagraph (A), the depository or agent of depository may file
5with the administrator an application for a hearing on the order.
6The administrator shall schedule a hearing at least 30 days, but
7not more than 40 days, after receipt of an application for a hearing
8or within a shorter or longer period of time agreed to by a
9depository or an agent of depository. If the administrator fails to
10schedule the hearing within the specified or agreed to time period,
11the order shall be deemed rescinded. Within 30 days after the
12hearing, the administrator shall affirm, modify, or rescind the order;
13otherwise, the order shall be deemed rescinded. The right of a
14depository or agent of depository
to which an order is issued under
15subparagraph (A) to petition for judicial review of the order shall
16not be affected by the failure of the depository or agent of
17depository to apply to the administrator for a hearing on the order
18pursuant to this subparagraph.
19(3) Whenever the administrator issues a cease and desist order
20under paragraph (1) or (2), the administrator may in the order
21restrict the right of the depository to withdraw securities from a
22security pool; and, in that event, both the depository to which the
23order is directed and the agent of depository which holds the
24security pool shall comply with the restriction.
25(4) In case the administrator issues an order under paragraph
26(1) or (2) suspending or revoking the authorization of an agent of
27depository, the administrator may order the agent of depository at
28its own expense to transfer all pooled securities held by it to
such
29agent of depository as the administrator may designate in the order.
30The agent of depository designated in the order shall accept and
31hold the pooled securities in accordance with this article and
32regulations and orders issued under this article.
33(j) In the discretion of the administrator, whenever it appears
34to the administrator that any person has violated or is violating, or
35that there is reasonable cause to believe that any person is about
36to violate, any of the sections specified in subdivision (a) or any
37regulation or order issued thereunder, the administrator may bring
38an action in the name of the people of the State of California in
39the superior court to enjoin the violation or to enforce compliance
40with those sections or any regulation or order issued thereunder.
P86 1Upon a proper showing a permanent or preliminary injunction,
2restraining order, or writ of mandate shall be granted, and the court
3may not require the administrator to
post a bond.
4(k) In addition to other remedies, the administrator shall have
5the power and authority to impose the following sanctions for
6noncompliance with the sections specified in subdivision (a) after
7a hearing if requested by the party deemed in noncompliance. Any
8fine assessed pursuant to this subdivision shall be paid within 30
9days after receipt of the assessment.
10(1) Assess against and collect from a depository a fine not to
11exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each day the depository
12fails to maintain with the agent of depository securities as required
13by Section 53652.
14(2) Assess against and collect from a depository a fine not to
15exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each day beyond the time
16period specified in subdivision (b) of Section 53663 the depository
17negligently or willfully fails to file
in the office of the administrator
18a written report required by that section.
19(3) Assess against and collect from a depository a fine not to
20exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each day beyond the time
21period specified in subdivision (e) that a depository negligently or
22willfully fails to file in the office of the administrator a written
23report required by that subdivision.
24(4) Assess and collect from an agent of depository a fine not to
25exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each day the agent of
26depository fails to comply with any of the applicable sections
27specified in subdivision (a) or any applicable regulation or order
28issued thereunder.
29(l) (1) In the event that a depository or agent of depository fails
30to pay a fine assessed by the administrator pursuant to subdivision
31(k) within
30 days of receipt of the assessment, the administrator
32may assess and collect an additional penalty of 5 percent of the
33fine for each month or part thereof that the payment is delinquent.
34(2) If a depository fails to pay the fines or penalties assessed by
35the administrator, the administrator may notify local agency
36treasurers with deposits in the depository.
37(3) If an agent of depository fails to pay the fines or penalties
38assessed by the administrator, the administrator may notify local
39agency treasurers who have authorized the agent of depository as
40provided in Sections 53649 and 53656, and may by order revoke
P87 1the authorization of the agent of depository as provided in
2subdivision (i).
3(m) The amendments to this section enacted by the Legislature
4during the 1999-2000 Regular Session shall become operative on
5
January 1, 2001.
begin insertSection 63021.5 of the end insertbegin insertGovernment Codeend insertbegin insert is amended
7to read:end insert
(a) The bank shall be governed and its corporate
9power exercised by a board of directors that shall consist of the
10following persons:
11(1) The Director of Finance or his or her designee.
12(2) The Treasurer or his or her designee.
13(3) Thebegin delete Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housingend delete
14begin insert Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic
15Developmentend insert or his or her designee, who shall serve as chair of
16
the board.
17(4) An appointee of the Governor.
18(5) The Secretary ofbegin delete State and Consumer Services Agencyend delete
19begin insert
Transportationend insert or his or her designee.
20(b) Any designated director shall serve at the pleasure of the
21designating power.
22(c) Three of the members shall constitute a quorum and the
23affirmative vote of three board members shall be necessary for
24any action to be taken by the board.
25(d) A member of the board shall not participate in any bank
26action or attempt to influence any decision or recommendation by
27any employee of, or consultant to, the bank that involves a sponsor
28of which he or she is a representative or in which the member or
29a member of his or her immediate family has a personal financial
30interest within the meaning of Section 87100. For purposes of this
31section, “immediate family” means the spouse, children, and
32parents of the member.
33(e) Except as provided in this subdivision, the members of the
34board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed
35for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of
36their duties to the extent that reimbursement for these expenses is
37not otherwise provided or payable by another public agency, and
38shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each full day of
39attending meetings of the authority.
Section 65040.12 of the Government Code is
3amended to read:
(a) The office shall be the coordinating agency in
5state government for environmental justice programs.
6(b) The director shall do all of the following:
7(1) Consult with the Secretaries of California Environmental
8Protection,begin delete Nationalend deletebegin insert Natural end insert Resources, Transportation, and
9Business, Consumer Services, and Housing, the Working Group
10on Environmental Justice established pursuant to Section 71113
11of the Public Resources Code, any other appropriate state agencies,
12and all
other interested members of the public and private sectors
13in this state.
14(2) Coordinate the office’s efforts and share information
15regarding environmental justice programs with the Council on
16Environmental Quality, the United States Environmental Protection
17Agency, the General Accounting Office, the Office of Management
18and Budget, and other federal agencies.
19(3) Review and evaluate any information from federal agencies
20that is obtained as a result of their respective regulatory activities
21under federal Executive Order 12898, and from the Working Group
22on Environmental Justice established pursuant to Section 71113
23of the Public Resources Code.
24(c) When it adopts its next edition of the general plan guidelines
25pursuant to Section 65040.2, but in no case later than July 1, 2003,
26the office shall include guidelines for
addressing environmental
27justice matters in city and county general plans. The office shall
28hold at least one public hearing prior to the release of any draft
29guidelines, and at least one public hearing after the release of the
30draft guidelines. The hearings may be held at the regular meetings
31of the Planning Advisory and Assistance Council.
32(d) The guidelines developed by the office pursuant to
33subdivision (c) shall recommend provisions for general plans to
34do all of the following:
35(1) Propose methods for planning for the equitable distribution
36of new public facilities and services that increase and enhance
37community quality of life throughout the community, given the
38fiscal and legal constraints that restrict the siting of these facilities.
39(2) Propose methods for providing for the location, if any, of
40industrial
facilities and uses that, even with the best available
P89 1technology, will contain or produce material that, because of its
2quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical characteristics,
3poses a significant hazard to human health and safety, in a manner
4that seeks to avoid over-concentrating these uses in proximity to
5schools or residential dwellings.
6(3) Propose methods for providing for the location of new
7schools and residential dwellings in a manner that seeks to avoid
8locating these uses in proximity to industrial facilities and uses
9that will contain or produce material that because of its quantity,
10concentration, or physical or chemical characteristics, poses a
11significant hazard to human health and safety.
12(4) Propose methods for promoting more livable communities
13by expanding opportunities for transit-oriented development so
14that residents minimize traffic and pollution
impacts from traveling
15for purposes of work, shopping, schools, and recreation.
16(e) For the purposes of this section, “environmental justice”
17means the fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, and
18incomes with respect to the development, adoption,
19implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws,
20regulations, and policies.
begin insertSection 91550 of the end insertbegin insertGovernment Codeend insertbegin insert is amended
22to read:end insert
There is in state government the California Industrial
24Development Financing Advisory Commission, consisting of five
25members, as follows:
26(a) The Treasurer, who shall serve as chairperson.
27(b) The Controller.
28(c) The Director of Finance.
29(d) Thebegin delete Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing.end delete
30begin insert Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic
31Development.end insert
32(e) The Commissioner ofbegin delete Corporations.end deletebegin insert
Business Oversight.end insert
33Members of the commission may each designate a deputy or
34employee in his or her agency to act for him or her at all meetings
35of the commission. The first meeting shall be convened by the
36Treasurer.
begin insertSection 99055 of the end insertbegin insertGovernment Codeend insertbegin insert is amended
38to read:end insert
(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance
40and sale pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law of
P90 1the bonds authorized by this title and the making of those
2determinations and the taking of other actions as are authorized
3by this title, the Economic Recovery Financing Committee is
4hereby created. For purposes of this title, the Economic Recovery
5Financing Committee is “the committee” as that term is used in
6the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing
7with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2).
8(b) The committee consists of all of the following members:
9(1) The Governor or his or her designee.
10(2) The Director of Finance.
11(3) The Treasurer.
12(4) The Controller.
13(5) Thebegin delete Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing.end delete
14begin insert Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic
15Development.end insert
16(6) The Director of General Services.
17(7) The Director of Transportation.
18(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any member
19may designate a deputy to act as that member in
his or her place
20and stead for all purposes, as though the member were personally
21present.
22(d) The Legislature finds and declares that each member of the
23committee has previously acted as a member of a similar finance
24committee.
25(e) A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute
26a quorum of the committee and may act for the committee.
27(f) The Director of Finance shall serve as chairperson of the
28committee.
Section 71.4 of the Harbors and Navigation Code
31 is amended to read:
(a) (1) The division, subject to the approval of the
33Legislature in accordance with Section 85.2, may make loans to
34qualified cities, counties, or districts having power to acquire,
35construct, and operate small craft harbors, for the design, planning,
36acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or operation
37of small craft harbors and facilities in connection with the harbors,
38and connecting waterways, if the division finds that the project is
39feasible.
P91 1(2) The minimum annual rate of interest charged by the division
2for a loan shall be set annually by the division and shall be based
3on the Pooled Money Investment Account interest rate.
4(b) The division shall establish, by
rules and regulations, policies
5and standards to be followed in making loans pursuant to this
6section so as to further the proper development and maintenance
7of a statewide system of small craft harbors and connecting
8waterways. To the greatest extent possible, the division shall adhere
9to customary commercial practices to ensure that loans made
10pursuant to this section are adequately secured and that the loans
11are repaid consistent with the terms of the loan agreement. Any
12rules and regulations shall include policies and standards for
13restrooms, vessel pumpout facilities, oil recycling facilities, and
14receptacles for the purpose of separating, reusing, or recycling all
15solid waste materials.
16(c) The division shall develop weighing and ranking criteria to
17qualify and prioritize the public loans.
18(d) A loan under this section shall be repaid as provided in
19Section 70.
20(e) Rates to be charged for the use of the boating facilities shall
21be established by the city, county, or district, subject to the approval
22of the division, in every loan contract. The division shall concern
23itself with the rates charged only as prescribed in Section 71.8.
24The rates set shall be based on a monthly berthing charge, and the
25division shall monitor these rates to ensure that the berthing charges
26are sufficient to ensure timely and complete repayment of the loan.
27(f) The division shall submit any project for which it
28recommends any loan be made to the Governor for inclusion in
29the Budget Bill.
30(g) The division may restate an existing loan under this article,
31upon written request by the borrower.
Section 71.7 of the Harbors and Navigation Code
34 is amended to read:
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
36Section 82, or any contract or agreement to the contrary, loan
37payments on the loan on behalf of Spud Point Marina in the County
38of Sonoma, as authorized by Schedule (b)(8) of Item 3680-101-516
39of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 1982, and administered by
40the division, may be renegotiated by the division and the County
P92 1of Sonoma, to solve the fiscal problems involving the marina
2existing on the effective date of this section as enacted during the
31994 portion of the 1993-94 Regular Session.
Section 72.6 of the Harbors and Navigation Code
6 is amended to read:
Transfers pursuant to Section 70, loans pursuant to
8Section 71.4, and grants pursuant to Section 72.5 shall be made
9by the division with the advice of the commission.
Section 76.5 of the Harbors and Navigation Code
12 is amended to read:
In processing applications under this article, the division
14shall give priority to applications from qualified private marina
15owners who have not received previous loans from the department.
16If the department finds a proposed loan project is feasible, the loan
17request shall be submitted to the commission for its advice.
Section 76.6 of the Harbors and Navigation Code
20 is amended to read:
Loans made under this article shall include, but are not
22limited to, the following terms and conditions:
23(a) The minimum annual rate of interest charged by the division
24for a loan shall be set annually by the division and shall be a rate
25equal to 1 percent per annum plus the prime or base rate of interest.
26(b) The division shall require collateral in a minimum amount
27of 110 percent of the loan.
28(c) The repayment period of a loan shall not exceed 20 years,
29or be longer than the length of the borrower’s leasehold estate,
30including renewal options, if the loan is based upon a leasehold
31estate of the borrower.
32(d) All loans shall amortize the principal over the term of the
33loan. However, a loan shall become due and payable in full if the
34borrower sells or otherwise transfers the recreational marina
35developed with divisional funds, unless the transfer is, by reason
36of the death of the borrower, to the borrower’s heirs.
37(e) The division’s loans shall not be subordinated to any future
38loans obtained by a private marina owner, except in those cases
39involving loans acquired for refinancing previous senior loans.
P93 1(f) The division may allow assumption of loans from the original
2borrower by future parties, subject to completion of the application
3process and upon approval by the division.
4(g) The division may, upon written request by the borrower,
5restate an existing loan.
Section 82 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, as
8added by Section 2 of Chapter 136 of the Statutes of 2012, is
9amended to read:
The division, consistent with Section 82.3, and in
11furtherance of the public interest and in accordance therewith, shall
12have only the following duties with respect to the commission:
13(a) To submit any proposed changes in regulations pertaining
14to boating functions and responsibilities of the division to the
15commission for its advice and comment prior to enactment of
16changes.
17(b) To submit proposals for transfers pursuant to Section 70,
18loans pursuant to Section 71.4 or 76.3, and grants pursuant to
19Section 72.5 to the commission for its advice and comment.
20(c) To submit any proposed project for which it is making a
21determination of eligibility for funding from
the Harbors and
22Watercraft Revolving Fund to the commission if that project could
23have a potentially significant impact on either public health or
24safety, public access, or the environment for the commission’s
25advice and comment prior to making that determination.
26(d) To annually submit a report on its budget and expenditures
27to the commission for its advice and comment.
28(e) To cause studies and surveys to be made of the need for
29small craft harbors and connecting waterways throughout the state
30and the most suitable sites therefore, and submit those studies and
31surveys to the commission for advice and comment.
Section 82.3 of the Harbors and Navigation Code
34 is amended to read:
The commission shall have the following particular duties
36and responsibilities:
37(a) To be fully informed regarding all governmental activities
38affecting programs administered by the division.
39(b) To meet at least four times per year at various locations
40throughout the state to receive comments on the implementation
P94 1of the programs administered by the division and establish an
2annual calendar of proposed meetings at the beginning of each
3calendar year. The meetings shall include a public meeting, before
4the beginning of each funding cycle of a loan and grant program
5funded from the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund, to collect
6public input concerning the program, recommendations for program
7improvements, and specific
project needs for the system.
8(c) To hold a public hearing to receive public comment regarding
9any proposed project subject to subdivision (c) of Section 82 at a
10location in close geographic proximity to the proposed project,
11unless a hearing consistent with federal law or regulation has
12already been held regarding the project.
13(d) To consider, upon the request of any owner or tenant whose
14property is in the vicinity of any proposed project subject to
15subdivision (c) of Section 82, any alleged adverse impacts
16occurring on that person’s property from activities undertaken
17pursuant to this code, and recommend to the division suitable
18measures for the prevention of any adverse impacts determined
19by the commission to be occurring, and suitable measures for the
20restoration of adversely impacted property.
21(e) To review and
comment annually to the division on the
22proposed budget of expenditures from the revolving fund.
23(f) To review all proposals for local and regional waterways,
24piers, harbors, docks, or other recreational areas that have applied
25for grant or loan funds from the division prior to a final
26determination of eligibility by the division.
27(g) (1) With support and assistance from the division, to prepare
28and submit a program report to the Governor, the Assembly
29Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife, the Senate Committee
30on Natural Resources and Water, the Senate Committee on
31Appropriations, and the Assembly Committee on Appropriations
32on or before January 1, 2013, and every three years thereafter. The
33report shall be adopted by the commission after discussing the
34contents during two or more public meetings. The report shall
35address the status of any regulations
adopted or being considered
36by the division and any loan or grant that has been or is being
37considered for a determination of eligibility by the division pending
38the previous report.
P95 1(2) A report required to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1)
2shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the
3Government Code.
Section 40448.6 of the Health and Safety Code is
6amended to read:
The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the
8following:
9(a) It is necessary to increase the availability of financial
10assistance to small businesses that are subject to the rules and
11regulations of the south coast district, in order to minimize
12economic dislocation and adverse socioeconomic impacts.
13(b) It is in the public interest that a portion of the funds collected
14by the south coast district from violators of air pollution regulations
15be allocated for the purpose of guaranteeing or otherwise reducing
16the financial risks of providing financial assistance to small
17businesses which face increased borrowing requirements in order
18to comply with air pollution control
requirements.
19(c) Public agencies and private lenders have a variety of methods
20available for providing financing assistance to small businesses
21and other employers, including taxable bonds, composite or pooled
22financing instruments, loan guarantees, and credit insurance, which
23could be utilized in combination with the penalties collected by
24the south coast district to expand the availability and reduce the
25cost of financing assistance.
26(d) The California Pollution Control Financing Authority has
27funds set aside from previous bond issues, which could be used to
28guarantee the issuance of bonds or other financing for small
29businesses for the purchase and installation of pollution control
30equipment.
31(e) The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic
32Development, through the small business financial development
33
corporations established pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with
34Section 14000) of Part 5 of Division 3 of Title 1 of the
35Corporations Code, has the ability to provide state loan guarantees
36and technical assistance to small businesses needing financial
37assistance.
38(f) The Job Training Partnership Division of the Employment
39Development Department makes funds available for job training
P96 1programs, including funds for dislocated workers, through the
2federal Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 1501 et seq.).
3(g) It is the policy of the state that the Job Training Partnership
4Division of the Employment Development Department, in
5cooperation with the districts and the state board, are encouraged
6to provide job training programs for workers who, as determined
7by the department or the local private industry council, have been
8laid off or dislocated as a result of actions resulting
from air quality
9regulations.
10(h) It is the policy of the state that the California Pollution
11Control Financing Authority and other state agencies implementing
12small business assistance programs, in cooperation with the districts
13and the state board, are encouraged to provide technical and
14financial assistance to small businesses to facilitate compliance
15with air quality regulations.
Section 44272 of the Health and Safety Code is
18amended to read:
(a) The Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle
20Technology Program is hereby created. The program shall be
21administered by the commission. The commission shall implement
22the program by regulation pursuant to the requirements of Chapter
233.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of
24Title 2 of the Government Code. The program shall provide, upon
25appropriation by the Legislature, competitive grants, revolving
26loans, loan guarantees, loans, or other appropriate funding
27measures, to public agencies, vehicle and technology entities,
28businesses and projects, public-private partnerships, workforce
29training partnerships and collaboratives, fleet owners, consumers,
30recreational boaters, and academic institutions to develop and
31deploy innovative technologies that transform California’s fuel
32and vehicle types to help
attain the state’s climate change policies.
33The emphasis of this program shall be to develop and deploy
34technology and alternative and renewable fuels in the marketplace,
35without adopting any one preferred fuel or technology.
36(b) A project that receives more than seventy-five thousand
37dollars ($75,000) in funds from the commission shall be approved
38at a noticed public meeting of the commission and shall be
39consistent with the priorities established by the investment plan
40adopted pursuant to Section 44272.5. Under this article, the
P97 1commission may delegate to the commission’s executive director,
2or his or her designee, the authority to approve either of the
3following:
4(1) A contract, grant, loan, or other agreement or award that
5receives seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) or less in funds
6from the commission.
7(2) Amendments to a contract, grant, loan, or other agreement
8or award as long as the amendments do not increase the amount
9of the award, change the scope of the project, or modify the purpose
10of the agreement.
11(c) The commission shall provide preferences to those projects
12that maximize the goals of the Alternative and Renewable Fuel
13and Vehicle Technology Program, based on the following criteria,
14as applicable:
15(1) The project’s ability to provide a measurable transition from
16the nearly exclusive use of petroleum fuels to a diverse portfolio
17of viable alternative fuels that meet petroleum reduction and
18alternative fuel use goals.
19(2) The project’s consistency with existing and future state
20climate change policy and low-carbon fuel standards.
21(3) The project’s ability to reduce criteria air pollutants and air
22toxics and reduce or avoid multimedia environmental impacts.
23(4) The project’s ability to decrease, on a life cycle basis, the
24discharge of water pollutants or any other substances known to
25damage human health or the environment, in comparison to the
26production and use of California Phase 2 Reformulated Gasoline
27or diesel fuel produced and sold pursuant to California diesel fuel
28regulations set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 2280)
29of Chapter 5 of Division 3 of Title 13 of the California Code of
30Regulations.
31(5) The project does not adversely impact the sustainability of
32the state’s natural resources, especially state and federal lands.
33(6) The project provides nonstate matching funds. Costs incurred
34from the date a proposed
award is noticed may be counted as
35nonstate matching funds. The commission may adopt further
36requirements for the purposes of this paragraph. The commission
37is not liable for costs incurred pursuant to this paragraph if the
38commission does not give final approval for the project or the
39proposed recipient does not meet requirements adopted by the
40commission pursuant to this paragraph.
P98 1(7) The project provides economic benefits for California by
2promoting California-based technology firms, jobs, and businesses.
3(8) The project uses existing or proposed fueling infrastructure
4to maximize the outcome of the project.
5(9) The project’s ability to reduce on a life cycle assessment
6greenhouse gas emissions by at least 10 percent, and higher
7percentages in the future, from current reformulated gasoline and
8diesel fuel
standards established by the state board.
9(10) The project’s use of alternative fuel blends of at least 20
10percent, and higher blend ratios in the future, with a preference
11for projects with higher blends.
12(11) The project drives new technology advancement for
13vehicles, vessels, engines, and other equipment, and promotes the
14deployment of that technology in the marketplace.
15(d) Only the following shall be eligible for funding:
16(1) Alternative and renewable fuel projects to develop and
17improve alternative and renewable low-carbon fuels, including
18electricity, ethanol, dimethyl ether, renewable diesel, natural gas,
19hydrogen, and biomethane, among others, and their feedstocks
20that have high potential for long-term or short-term
21commercialization, including
projects that lead to sustainable
22feedstocks.
23(2) Demonstration and deployment projects that optimize
24alternative and renewable fuels for existing and developing engine
25technologies.
26(3) Projects to produce alternative and renewable low-carbon
27fuels in California.
28(4) Projects to decrease the overall impact of an alternative and
29renewable fuel’s life cycle carbon footprint and increase
30sustainability.
31(5) Alternative and renewable fuel infrastructure, fueling
32stations, and equipment. The preference in paragraph (10) of
33subdivision (c) shall not apply to renewable diesel or biodiesel
34infrastructure, fueling stations, and equipment used solely for
35renewable diesel or biodiesel fuel.
36(6) Projects to develop and improve light-, medium-, and
37heavy-duty vehicle technologies that provide for better fuel
38efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions, alternative fuel
39usage and storage, or emission reductions, including propulsion
40systems, advanced internal combustion engines with a 40 percent
P99 1or better efficiency level over the current market standard,
2light-weight materials, energy storage, control systems and system
3integration, physical measurement and metering systems and
4software, development of design standards and testing and
5certification protocols, battery recycling and reuse, engine and fuel
6optimization electronic and electrified components, hybrid
7technology, plug-in hybrid technology, battery electric vehicle
8technology, fuel cell technology, and conversions of hybrid
9technology to plug-in technology through the installation of safety
10certified supplemental battery modules.
11(7) Programs and projects
that accelerate the commercialization
12of vehicles and alternative and renewable fuels including buy-down
13programs through near-market and market-path deployments,
14advanced technology warranty or replacement insurance,
15development of market niches, supply-chain development, and
16research related to the pedestrian safety impacts of vehicle
17technologies and alternative and renewable fuels.
18(8) Programs and projects to retrofit medium- and heavy-duty
19on-road and nonroad vehicle fleets with technologies that create
20higher fuel efficiencies, including alternative and renewable fuel
21vehicles and technologies, idle management technology, and
22aerodynamic retrofits that decrease fuel consumption.
23(9) Infrastructure projects that promote alternative and renewable
24fuel infrastructure development connected with existing fleets,
25public transit, and existing transportation corridors, including
26
physical measurement or metering equipment and truck stop
27electrification.
28(10) Workforce training programs related to alternative and
29renewable fuel feedstock production and extraction, renewable
30fuel production, distribution, transport, and storage,
31high-performance and low-emission vehicle technology and high
32tower electronics, automotive computer systems, mass transit fleet
33conversion, servicing, and maintenance, and other sectors or
34occupations related to the purposes of this chapter.
35(11) Block grants or incentive programs administered by public
36entities or not-for-profit technology entities for multiple projects,
37education and program promotion within California, and
38development of alternative and renewable fuel and vehicle
39technology centers. The commission may adopt guidelines for
P100 1implementing the block grant or incentive program, which shall
2be approved at a noticed
public meeting of the commission.
3(12) Life cycle and multimedia analyses, sustainability and
4environmental impact evaluations, and market, financial, and
5technology assessments performed by a state agency to determine
6the impacts of increasing the use of low-carbon transportation fuels
7and technologies, and to assist in the preparation of the investment
8plan and program implementation.
9(13) A program to provide funding for homeowners who
10purchase a plug-in electric vehicle to offset costs associated with
11modifying electrical sources to include a residential plug-in electric
12vehicle charging station. In establishing this program, the
13commission shall consider funding criteria to maximize the public
14benefit of the program.
15(e) The commission may make a single source or sole source
16award pursuant to this section for
applied research. The same
17requirements set forth in Section 25620.5 of the Public Resources
18Code shall apply to awards made on a single source basis or a sole
19source basis. This subdivision does not authorize the commission
20to make a single source or sole source award for a project or
21activity other than for applied research.
22(f) The commission may do all of the following:
23(1) Contract with the Treasurer to expend funds through
24programs implemented by the Treasurer, if the expenditure is
25consistent with all of the requirements of this article and Article
261 (commencing with Section 44270).
27(2) Contract with small business financial development
28corporations established by the Governor’s Office of Business and
29Economic Development to expend funds through the Small
30Business Loan Guarantee Program if the expenditure is
consistent
31with all of the requirements of this article and Article 1
32(commencing with Section 44270).
33(3) Advance funds, pursuant to an agreement with the
34commission, to any of the following:
35(A) A public entity.
36(B) A recipient to enable it to make advance payments to a
37public entity that is a subrecipient of the funds and under a binding
38and enforceable subagreement with the recipient.
39(C) An administrator of a block grant program.
Section 326.3 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
4following:
5(1) Nonprofit organizations provide important and essential
6educational, philanthropic, and social services to the people of the
7State of California.
8(2) One of the great strengths of California is a vibrant nonprofit
9sector.
10(3) Nonprofit and philanthropic organizations touch the lives
11of every Californian through service and employment.
12(4) Many of these services would not be available if nonprofit
13organizations did not provide them.
14(5) There is a
need to provide methods of fundraising to
15nonprofit organizations to enable them to provide these essential
16services.
17(6) Historically, many nonprofit organizations have used
18charitable bingo as one of their key fundraising strategies to
19promote the mission of the charity.
20(7) Legislation is needed to provide greater revenues for
21nonprofit organizations to enable them to fulfill their charitable
22purposes, and especially to meet their increasing social service
23obligations.
24(8) Legislation is also needed to clarify that existing law requires
25that all charitable bingo must be played using a tangible card and
26that the only permissible electronic devices to be used by charitable
27bingo players are card-minding devices.
28(b) Neither the prohibition on gambling
in this chapter nor in
29Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 330) applies to any remote
30caller bingo game that is played or conducted in a city, county, or
31city and county pursuant to an ordinance enacted under Section
3219 of Article IV of the California Constitution, if the ordinance
33allows a remote caller bingo game to be played or conducted only
34in accordance with this section, including the following
35requirements:
36(1) The game may be conducted only by the following
37organizations:
38(A) An organization that is exempted from the payment of the
39taxes imposed under the Corporation Tax Law by Section 23701a,
P102 123701b, 23701d, 23701e, 23701f, 23701g, 23701k, 23701l, or
223701w of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
3(B) A mobilehome park association.
4(C) A senior citizens organization.
5(D) Charitable organizations affiliated with a school district.
6(2) The organization conducting the game shall have been
7incorporated or in existence for three years or more.
8(3) The organization conducting the game shall be licensed
9pursuant to subdivision (l) of Section 326.5.
10(4) The receipts of the game shall be used only for charitable
11purposes. The organization conducting the game shall determine
12the disbursement of the net receipts of the game.
13(5) The operation of bingo may not be the primary purpose for
14which the organization is organized.
15(c) (1) A city, county, or
city and county may adopt an
16ordinance in substantially the following form to authorize remote
17caller bingo in accordance with the requirements of subdivision
18(b):
19
20Sec. _.01. Legislative Authorization.
21This chapter is adopted pursuant to Section 19 of Article IV of
22the California Constitution, as implemented by Sections 326.3 and
23326.4 of the Penal Code.
24Sec. _.02. Remote Caller Bingo Authorized.
25Remote Caller Bingo may be lawfully played in the [City,
26County, or City and County] pursuant to the provisions of Sections
27326.3 and 326.4 of the Penal Code, and this chapter, and not
28otherwise.
29Sec. _.03. Qualified Applicants: Applicants for Licensure.
30(a) The following
organizations are qualified to apply to the
31License Official for a license to operate a bingo game if the receipts
32of those games are used only for charitable purposes:
33(1) An organization exempt from the payment of the taxes
34imposed under the Corporation Tax Law by Section 23701a,
3523701b, 23701d, 23701e, 23701f, 23701g, 23701k, 23701l, or
3623701w of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
37(2) A mobile home park association of a mobile home park that
38is situated in the [City, County, or City and County].
39(3) Senior citizen organizations.
40(4) Charitable organizations affiliated with a school district.
P103 1(b) The application shall be in a form prescribed by the License
2Official and shall be
accompanied by a nonrefundable filing fee
3in an amount determined by resolution of the [Governing Body of
4the City, County, or City and County] from time to time. The
5following documentation shall be attached to the application, as
6applicable:
7(1) A certificate issued by the Franchise Tax Board certifying
8that the applicant is exempt from the payment of the taxes imposed
9under the Corporation Tax Law pursuant to Section 23701a,
1023701b, 23701d, 23701e, 23701f, 23701g, 23701k, 23701l, or
1123701w of the Revenue and Taxation Code. In lieu of a certificate
12issued by the Franchise Tax Board, the License Official may refer
13to the Franchise Tax Board’s Internet Web site to verify that the
14applicant is exempt from the payment of the taxes imposed under
15the Corporation Tax Law.
16(2) Other evidence as the License Official determines is
17necessary to verify that the applicant is a duly
organized mobile
18home park association of a mobile home park situated in the [City,
19County, or City and County].
20Sec. _.04. License Application: Verification.
21The license shall not be issued until the License Official has
22verified the facts stated in the application and determined that the
23applicant is qualified.
24Sec. _.05. Annual Licenses.
25A license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be valid until the
26end of the calendar year, at which time the license shall expire. A
27new license shall only be obtained upon filing a new application
28and payment of the license fee. The fact that a license has been
29issued to an applicant creates no vested right on the part of the
30licensee to continue to offer bingo for play. The [Governing Body
31of the City, County, or City and County] expressly reserves the
32right to amend or repeal this chapter at any
time by resolution. If
33this chapter is repealed, all licenses issued pursuant to this chapter
34shall cease to be effective for any purpose on the effective date of
35the repealing resolution.
36Sec. _.06. Conditions of Licensure.
37(a) Any license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be subject
38to the conditions contained in Sections 326.3 and 326.4 of the
39Penal Code, and each licensee shall comply with the requirements
40of those provisions.
P104 1(b) Each license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be subject
2to the following additional conditions:
3(1) Bingo games shall not be conducted by any licensee on more
4than two days during any week, except that a licensee may hold
5one additional game, at its election, in each calendar quarter.
6(2) The licensed organization is responsible for ensuring that
7the conditions of this chapter and Sections 326.3 and 326.4 of the
8Penal Code are complied with by the organization and its officers
9and members. A violation of any one or more of those conditions
10or provisions shall constitute cause for the revocation of the
11organization’s license. At the request of the organization, the
12[Governing Body of the City, County, or City and County] shall
13hold a public hearing before revoking any license issued pursuant
14to this chapter.
15
16 (3) This section shall not require a city, county, or city and
17county to use this model ordinance in order to authorize remote
18caller bingo.
19(c) It is a misdemeanor for any person to receive or pay a profit,
20wage, or salary from any
remote caller bingo game, provided that
21administrative, managerial, technical, financial, and security
22personnel employed by the organization conducting the bingo
23game may be paid reasonable fees for services rendered from the
24revenues of bingo games, as provided in subdivision (m), except
25that fees paid under those agreements shall not be determined as
26a percentage of receipts or other revenues from, or be dependant
27on the outcome of, the game.
28(d) A violation of subdivision (d) shall be punishable by a fine
29not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), which fine shall be
30deposited in the general fund of the city, county, or city and county
31that enacted the ordinance authorizing the remote caller bingo
32game. A violation of any provision of this section, other than
33subdivision (d), is a misdemeanor.
34(e) The city, county, or city and county that enacted the
35ordinance authorizing
the remote caller bingo game, or the Attorney
36General, may bring an action to enjoin a violation of this section.
37(f) No minors shall be allowed to participate in any remote caller
38bingo game.
39(g) A remote caller bingo game shall not include any site that
40is not located within this state.
P105 1(h) An organization authorized to conduct a remote caller bingo
2game pursuant to subdivision (b) shall conduct the game only on
3property that is owned or leased by the organization, or the use of
4which is donated to the organization. This subdivision shall not
5be construed to require that the property that is owned or leased
6by, or the use of which is donated to, the organization be used or
7leased exclusively by, or donated exclusively to, that organization.
8(i) (1) All remote caller bingo games shall be open to the public,
9not just to the members of the authorized organization.
10(2) No more than 750 players may participate in a remote caller
11bingo game in a single location.
12(3) If the Governor of California or the President of the United
13States declares a state of emergency in response to a natural disaster
14or other public catastrophe occurring in California, an organization
15authorized to conduct remote caller bingo games may, while that
16declaration is in effect, conduct a remote caller bingo game
17pursuant to this section with more than 750 participants in a single
18venue if the net proceeds of the game, after deduction of prizes
19and overhead expenses, are donated to or expended exclusively
20for the relief of the victims of the disaster or catastrophe, and the
21organization gives the California Gambling
Control Commission
22at least 10 days’ written notice of the intent to conduct that game.
23(4) An organization authorized to conduct remote caller bingo
24games shall provide the department with at least 30 days’ advance
25written notice of its intent to conduct a remote caller bingo game.
26That notice shall include all of the following:
27(A) The legal name of the organization and the address of record
28of the agent upon whom legal notice may be served.
29(B) The locations of the caller and remote players, whether the
30property is owned by the organization or donated, and if donated,
31by whom.
32(C) The name of the licensed caller and site manager.
33(D) The names of administrative, managerial, technical,
34
financial, and security personnel employed.
35(E) The name of the vendor and any person or entity maintaining
36the equipment used to operate and transmit the game.
37(F) The name of the person designated as having a fiduciary
38responsibility for the game pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision
39(k).
P106 1(G) The license numbers of all persons specified in
2subparagraphs (A) to (F), inclusive, who are required to be licensed.
3(H) A copy of the local ordinance for any city, county, or city
4and county in which the game will be played. The department shall
5post the ordinance on its Internet Web site.
6(j) (1) A remote caller bingo game shall be operated and staffed
7only by members of
the authorized organization that organized it.
8Those members shall not receive a profit, wage, or salary from
9any remote caller bingo game. Only the organization authorized
10to conduct a remote caller bingo game shall operate that game, or
11participate in the promotion, supervision, or any other phase of a
12remote caller bingo game. Subject to the provisions of subdivision
13(m), this subdivision shall not preclude the employment of
14administrative, managerial, technical, financial, or security
15personnel who are not members of the authorized organization at
16a location participating in the remote caller bingo game by the
17organization conducting the game. Notwithstanding any other
18provision of law, exclusive or other agreements between the
19authorized organization and other entities or persons to provide
20services in the administration, management, or conduct of the game
21shall not be considered a violation of the prohibition against
22holding a legally cognizable financial interest in the conduct of
23the remote caller
bingo game by persons or entities other than the
24charitable organization, or other entity authorized to conduct the
25remote caller bingo games, provided that those persons or entities
26obtain the gambling licenses, the key employee licenses, or the
27work permits required by, and otherwise comply with, Chapter 5
28(commencing with Section 19800) of Division 8 of the Business
29and Professions Code. Fees to be paid under any such agreements
30shall be reasonable and shall not be determined as a percentage of
31receipts or other revenues from, or be dependent on the outcome
32of, the game.
33(2) An organization that conducts a remote caller bingo game
34shall designate a person as having fiduciary responsibility for the
35game.
36(k) No individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity,
37except the organization authorized to conduct or participate in a
38remote caller bingo game, shall hold a
legally cognizable financial
39interest in the conduct of such a game.
P107 1(l) An organization authorized to conduct a remote caller bingo
2game pursuant to this section shall not have overhead costs
3exceeding 20 percent of gross sales, except that the limitations of
4this section shall not apply to one-time, nonrecurring capital
5acquisitions. For purposes of this subdivision, “overhead costs”
6includes, but is not limited to, amounts paid for rent and equipment
7leasing and the reasonable fees authorized to be paid to
8administrative, managerial, technical, financial, and security
9personnel employed by the organization pursuant to subdivision
10(d). For the purpose of keeping its overhead costs below 20 percent
11of gross sales, an authorized organization may elect to deduct all
12or a portion of the fees paid to financial institutions for the use and
13processing of credit card sales from the amount of gross revenues
14awarded for prizes. In that case, the
redirected fees for the use and
15processing of credit card sales shall not be included in “overhead
16costs” as defined in the California Remote Caller Bingo Act.
17Additionally, fees paid to financial institutions for the use and
18processing of credit card sales shall not be deducted from the
19proceeds retained by the charitable organization.
20(m) A person shall not be allowed to participate in a remote
21caller bingo game unless the person is physically present at the
22time and place where the remote caller bingo game is being
23conducted. A person shall be deemed to be physically present at
24the place where the remote caller bingo game is being conducted
25if he or she is present at any of the locations participating in the
26remote caller bingo game in accordance with this section.
27(n) (1) An organization shall not cosponsor a remote caller
28bingo game with one or more
other organizations unless one of
29the following is true:
30(A) All of the cosponsors are affiliated under the master charter
31or articles and bylaws of a single organization.
32(B) All of the cosponsors are affiliated through an organization
33described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), and have the same
34Internal Revenue Service activity code.
35(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a maximum of 10
36unaffiliated organizations described in paragraph (1) of subdivision
37(b) may enter into an agreement to cosponsor a remote caller game,
38provided that the game shall have not more than 10 locations.
39(3) An organization shall not conduct remote caller bingo more
40than two days per week.
P108 1(4) Before
sponsoring or operating any game authorized under
2paragraph (1) or (2), each of the cosponsoring organizations shall
3have entered into a written agreement, a copy of which shall be
4provided to the Department of Justice, setting forth how the
5expenses and proceeds of the game are to be allocated among the
6participating organizations, the bank accounts into which all
7receipts are to be deposited and from which all prizes are to be
8paid, and how game records are to be maintained and subjected to
9annual audit.
10(o) The value of prizes awarded during the conduct of any
11remote caller bingo game shall not exceed 37 percent of the gross
12receipts for that game. When an authorized organization elects to
13deduct fees paid for the use and processing of credit card sales
14from the amount of gross revenues for that game awarded for
15prizes, the maximum amount of gross revenues that may be
16awarded for prizes shall not exceed 37 percent of the gross receipts
17for
that game, less the amount of redirected fees paid for the use
18and processing of credit card sales. Every remote caller bingo game
19shall be played until a winner is declared. Progressive prizes are
20prohibited. The declared winner of a remote caller bingo game
21shall provide his or her identifying information and a mailing
22address to the onsite manager of the remote caller bingo game.
23Prizes shall be paid only by check; no cash prizes shall be paid.
24The organization conducting the remote caller bingo game may
25issue a check to the winner at the time of the game, or may send
26a check to the declared winner by United States Postal Service
27certified mail, return receipt requested. All prize money exceeding
28state and federal exemption limits on prize money shall be subject
29to income tax reporting and withholding requirements under
30applicable state and federal laws and regulations and those reports
31and withholding shall be forwarded, within 10 business days, to
32the appropriate state or federal agency on behalf of the
winner. A
33report shall accompany the amount withheld identifying the person
34on whose behalf the money is being sent. Any game interrupted
35by a transmission failure, electrical outage, or act of God shall be
36considered void in the location that was affected. A refund for a
37canceled game or games shall be provided to the purchasers.
38(p) (1) The California Gambling Control Commission shall
39regulate remote caller bingo, including, but not limited to, licensure
P109 1and operation. The commission shall establish reasonable criteria
2regulating, and shall require the licensure of, the following:
3(A) Any person who conducts a remote caller bingo game
4pursuant to this section, including, but not limited to, an employee,
5a person having fiduciary responsibility for a remote caller bingo
6game, a site manager, and a bingo caller.
7(B) Any person who directly or indirectly manufactures,
8distributes, supplies, vends, leases, or otherwise provides supplies,
9devices, services, or other equipment designed for use in the
10playing of a remote caller bingo game by any nonprofit
11organization.
12(C) Beginning January 31, 2009, or a later date as may be
13established by the commission, all persons described in
14subparagraph (A) or (B) may submit to the commission a letter of
15intent to submit an application for licensure. The letter shall clearly
16identify the principal applicant, all categories under which the
17application will be filed, and the names of all those particular
18individuals who are applying. Each charitable organization shall
19provide an estimate of the frequency with which it plans to conduct
20remote caller bingo operations, including the number of locations.
21The letter of intent may be withdrawn or updated at any
time.
22(2) (A) The Department of Justice shall conduct background
23investigations and conduct field enforcement as it relates to remote
24caller bingo consistent with the Gambling Control Act (Chapter 5
25(commencing with Section 19800) of Division 8 of the Business
26and Professions Code) and as specified in regulations promulgated
27by the commission.
28(B) Fees to cover background investigation costs shall be paid
29and accounted for in accordance with Section 19867 of the
30Business and Professions Code.
31(3) (A) Every application for a license or approval shall be
32begin insert submitted to the department and end insert accompanied by a nonrefundable
33fee, the amount of which shall be adopted by the
commission by
34regulation.
35(B) Fees and revenue collected pursuant to this paragraph shall
36be deposited in the California Bingo Fund, which is hereby created
37in the State Treasury. The funds deposited in the California Bingo
38Fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for
39expenditure by the commission and the department exclusively
40for the support of the commission and department in carrying out
P110 1their duties and responsibilities under this section and Section
2326.5.
3(C) A loan is hereby authorized from the Gambling Control
4Fund to the California Bingo Fund on or after January 1, 2009, in
5an amount of up to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to
6fund operating, personnel, and other startup costs incurred by the
7commission relating to this act. Funds from the California Bingo
8Fund shall be available to the commission upon appropriation by
9the Legislature in
the annual Budget Act. The loan shall be subject
10to all of the following conditions:
11(i) The loan shall be repaid to the Gambling Control Fund as
12soon as there is sufficient money in the California Bingo Fund to
13repay the amount loaned, but no later than five years after the date
14of the loan.
15(ii) Interest on the loan shall be paid from the California Bingo
16Fund at the rate accruing to moneys in the Pooled Money
17Investment Account.
18(iii) The terms and conditions of the loan are approved, prior
19to the transfer of funds, by the Department of Finance pursuant to
20appropriate fiscal standards.
21The commission maybegin delete assess and collectend deletebegin insert
assess, and the
22department may collect,end insert reasonable fees and deposits as necessary
23to defray the costs of regulation and oversight.
24(q) The administrative, managerial, technical, financial, and
25security personnel employed by an organization that conducts
26remote caller bingo games shall apply for, obtain, and thereafter
27maintain valid work permits, as defined in Section 19805 of the
28Business and Professions Code.
29(r) An organization that conducts remote caller bingo games
30shall retain records in connection with the remote caller bingo
31game for five years.
32(s) (1) All equipment used for remote caller bingo shall be
33approved in advance by the Department of Justice pursuant to
34regulations adopted begin deletepursuant to subdivision (r) of Section 19841 begin insert
by the department.end insert
35of the Business and Professions Code.end delete
36(2) The department shall monitor operation of the transmission
37and other equipment used for remote caller bingo, and monitor the
38game.
39(t) (1) As used in this section, “remote caller bingo game”
40means a game of bingo, as defined in subdivision (o) of Section
P111 1326.5, in which the numbers or symbols on randomly drawn plastic
2balls are announced by a natural person present at the site at which
3the live game is conducted, and the organization conducting the
4bingo game uses audio and video technology to link any of its
5in-state facilities for the purpose of transmitting the remote calling
6of a live bingo game from a single location to multiple locations
7owned, leased, or rented by that organization, or as described in
8subdivision (o) of this section. The audio or video technology used
9to link the facilities may include
cable, Internet, satellite,
10broadband, or telephone technology, or any other means of
11electronic transmission that ensures the secure, accurate, and
12simultaneous transmission of the announcement of numbers or
13symbols in the game from the location at which the game is called
14by a natural person to the remote location or locations at which
15players may participate in the game. The drawing of each ball
16bearing a number or symbol by the natural person calling the game
17shall be visible to all players as the ball is drawn, including through
18a simultaneous live video feed at remote locations at which players
19may participate in the game.
20(2) The caller in the live game must be licensed by the California
21Gambling Control Commission. A game may be called by a
22nonlicensed caller if the drawing of balls and calling of numbers
23or symbols by that person is observed and personally supervised
24by a licensed caller.
25(3) Remote caller bingo games shall be played using traditional
26paper or other tangible bingo cards and daubers, and shall not be
27played by using electronic devices, except card-minding devices,
28as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (p) of Section 326.5.
29(4) Prior to conducting a remote caller bingo game, the
30organization that conducts remote caller bingo shall submit to the
31Department of Justice the controls, methodology, and standards
32of game play, which shall include, but not be limited to, the
33equipment used to select bingo numbers and create or originate
34cards, control or maintenance, distribution to participating
35locations, and distribution to players. Those controls,
36methodologies, and standards shall be subject to prior approval by
37the department, provided that the controls shall be deemed
38approved by the department after 90 days from the date of
39submission unless
disapproved.
P112 1(u) A location shall not be eligible to participate in a remote
2caller bingo game if bingo games are conducted at that location
3in violation of Section 326.5 or any regulation adopted by the
4commission pursuant to Section 19841 of the Business and
5Professions Code, including, but not limited to, a location at which
6unlawful electronic devices are used.
7(v) (1) The vendor of the equipment used in a remote caller
8bingo game shall have its books and records audited at least
9annually by an independent California certified public accountant
10and shall submit the results of that audit to the department within
11120 days after the close of the vendor’s fiscal year. In addition,
12the department may audit the books and records of the vendor at
13any time.
14(2) An authorized organization that
conducts remote caller bingo
15games shall provide copies of the records pertaining to those games
16to the department within 30 days after the end of each calendar
17quarter. In addition, those records shall be audited by an
18independent California certified public accountant at least annually
19and copies of the audit reports shall be provided to the department
20within 120 days after the close of the organization’s fiscal year.
21The audit report shall account for the annual amount of fees paid
22to financial institutions for the use and processing of credit card
23sales by the authorized organization and the amount of fees for
24the use and processing of credit card sales redirected from
25“overhead costs” and deducted from the amount of gross revenues
26awarded for prizes.
27(3) The costs of the licensing and audits required by this section
28shall be borne by the person or entity required to be licensed or
29audited. The audit shall enumerate the receipts for remote
caller
30bingo, the prizes disbursed, the overhead costs, and the amount
31retained by the nonprofit organization. The department may audit
32the books and records of an organization that conducts remote
33caller bingo games at any time.
34(4) If, during an audit, the department identifies practices in
35violation of this section, the license for the audited entity may be
36suspended pending review and hearing before the commission for
37a final determination.
38(5) Any audit required to be conducted by the department shall
39not commence before January 1, 2010.
P113 1(w) (1) The provisions of this section are severable. If any
2provision of this section or its application is held invalid, that
3invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can
4be given effect without the invalid provision or
application.
5(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if paragraph (1) or (3) of
6subdivision (u), or the application of either of those provisions, is
7held invalid, this entire section shall be invalid.
8(x) The commission shall submit a report to the Legislature, on
9or before January 1, 2012, on the fundraising effectiveness and
10regulation of remote caller bingo, and other matters that are relevant
11to the public interest regarding remote caller bingo.
12(y) The following definitions apply for purposes of this section:
13(1) “Commission” means the California Gambling Control
14Commission.
15(2) “Department” means the Department of Justice.
16 (3) “Person” includes a natural person, corporation, limited
17liability company, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or
18any other business organization.
begin insertSection 326.4 of the end insertbegin insertPenal Codeend insertbegin insert is amended to read:end insert
(a) Consistent with the Legislature’s finding that
21card-minding devices, as described in subdivision (p) of Section
22326.5, are the only permissible electronic devices to be used by
23charity bingo players, and in an effort to ease the transition to
24remote caller bingo on the part of those nonprofit organizations
25that, as of July 1, 2008, used electronic devices other than
26card-minding devices to conduct games in reliance on an ordinance
27of a city, county, or city and county that, as of July 1, 2008,
28expressly recognized the operation of electronic devices other than
29card-minding devices by organizations purportedly authorized to
30conduct bingo in the city, county, or city and county, there is
31hereby created the Charity Bingo Mitigation Fund.
32(b) The Charity Bingo
Mitigation Fund shall be administered
33by thebegin delete California Gambling Control Commission.end deletebegin insert
Department of
34Justice.end insert
35(c) Mitigation payments to be made by the Charity Bingo
36Mitigation Fund shall not exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000)
37in the aggregate.
38(d) (1) To allow the Charity Bingo Mitigation Fund to become
39immediately operable, five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be
40loaned from the accrued interest in the Indian Gaming Special
P114 1Distribution Fund to the Charity Bingo Mitigation Fund on or after
2January 1, 2009, to make mitigation payments to eligible nonprofit
3organizations. Five million dollars ($5,000,000) of this loan amount
4is hereby appropriated to the California Gambling Control
5Commission for the purposes of providing mitigation payments
6to certain charitable organizations, as described in subdivision (e).
7Pursuant to Section 16304 of the Government Code, after three
8years the unexpended
balance shall revert back to the Charity
9Bingo Mitigation Fund.
10(2) To reimburse the Special Distribution Fund, those nonprofit
11organizations that conduct a remote caller bingo game pursuant
12to Section 326.3 shall pay to thebegin delete California Gambling Control begin insert Department of Justiceend insert an amount equal to 5 percent
13Commissionend delete
14of the gross revenues of each remote caller bingo game played
15until that time as the full advanced amount plus interest on the
16loan at the rate accruing to moneys in the Pooled Money
17Investment Account is reimbursed.
18(e) (1) An organization meeting the requirements in subdivision
19(a) shall be eligible to receive mitigation payments from the Charity
20Bingo
Mitigation Fund only if the city, county, or city and county
21in which the organization is located maintained official records of
22the net revenues generated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008,
23by the organization from the use of electronic devices or the
24organization maintained audited financial records for the fiscal
25year ending June 30, 2008, which show the net revenues generated
26from the use of electronic devices.
27(2) In addition, an organization applying for mitigation payments
28shall provide proof that its board of directors has adopted a
29resolution and its chief executive officer has signed a statement
30executed under penalty of perjury stating that, as of January 1,
312009, the organization has ceased using electronic devices other
32than card-minding devices, as described in subdivision (p) of
33Section 326.5, as a fundraising tool.
34(3) Each eligible organization may apply to
the California
35Gambling Control Commission no later than January 31, 2009,
36for the mitigation payments in the amount equal to net revenues
37from the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, by filing an application,
38including therewith documents and other proof of eligibility,
39including any and all financial records documenting the
40organization’s net revenues for the fiscal year ending June 30,
P115 12008, as the California Gambling Control Commission may require.
2The California Gambling Control Commission is authorized to
3access and examine the financial records of charities requesting
4funding in order to confirm the legitimacy of the request for
5funding. In the event that the total of those requests exceeds five
6million dollars ($5,000,000), payments to all eligible applicants
7shall be reduced in proportion to each requesting organization’s
8 reported or audited net revenues from the operation of electronic
9devices.
Section 326.5 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
(a) Neither the prohibition on gambling in this chapter
13nor in Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 330) applies to any
14bingo game that is conducted in a city, county, or city and county
15pursuant to an ordinance enacted under Section 19 of Article IV
16of the State Constitution, if the ordinance allows games to be
17conducted only in accordance with this section and only by
18organizations exempted from the payment of the bank and
19corporation tax by Sections 23701a, 23701b, 23701d, 23701e,
2023701f, 23701g, 23701k, 23701w, and 23701l of the Revenue and
21Taxation Code and by mobilehome park associations, senior
22citizens organizations, and charitable organizations affiliated with
23a school district; and if the receipts of those games are used only
24for charitable purposes.
25(b) It is a misdemeanor for any person to receive or pay a profit,
26wage, or salary from any bingo game authorized by Section 19 of
27Article IV of the State Constitution. Security personnel employed
28by the organization conducting the bingo game may be paid from
29the revenues of bingo games, as provided in subdivisions (j) and
30(k).
31(c) A violation of subdivision (b) shall be punishable by a fine
32not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), which fine is
33deposited in the general fund of the city, county, or city and county
34that enacted the ordinance authorizing the bingo game. A violation
35of any provision of this section, other than subdivision (b), is a
36misdemeanor.
37(d) The city, county, or city and county that enacted the
38ordinance authorizing the bingo game may bring an action to enjoin
39a violation of this section.
40(e) Minors shall not be allowed to participate in any bingo game.
P116 1(f) An organization authorized to conduct bingo games pursuant
2to subdivision (a) shall conduct a bingo game only on property
3owned or leased by it, or property whose use is donated to the
4organization, and which property is used by that organization for
5an office or for performance of the purposes for which the
6organization is organized. Nothing in this subdivision shall be
7construed to require that the property owned or leased by, or whose
8use is donated to, the organization be used or leased exclusively
9by, or donated exclusively to, that organization.
10(g) All bingo games shall be open to the public, not just to the
11members of the authorized organization.
12(h) A bingo game shall be operated and staffed only by members
13of the authorized
organization that organized it. Those members
14shall not receive a profit, wage, or salary from any bingo game.
15Only the organization authorized to conduct a bingo game shall
16operate such a game, or participate in the promotion, supervision,
17or any other phase of a bingo game. This subdivision does not
18preclude the employment of security personnel who are not
19members of the authorized organization at a bingo game by the
20organization conducting the game.
21(i) Any individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity,
22except the organization authorized to conduct a bingo game, shall
23not hold a financial interest in the conduct of a bingo game.
24(j) With respect to organizations exempt from payment of the
25bank and corporation tax by Section 23701d of the Revenue and
26Taxation Code, all profits derived from a bingo game shall be kept
27in a special fund or account and shall not be
commingled with any
28other fund or account. Those profits shall be used only for
29charitable purposes.
30(k) With respect to other organizations authorized to conduct
31bingo games pursuant to this section, all proceeds derived from a
32bingo game shall be kept in a special fund or account and shall not
33be commingled with any other fund or account. Proceeds are the
34receipts of bingo games conducted by organizations not within
35subdivision (j). Those proceeds shall be used only for charitable
36purposes, except as follows:
37(1) The proceeds may be used for prizes.
38(2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a portion of
39the proceeds, not to exceed 20 percent of the proceeds before the
40deduction for prizes, or two thousand dollars ($2,000) per month,
P117 1whichever is less, may be used for the rental of
property and for
2overhead, including the purchase of bingo equipment,
3administrative expenses, security equipment, and security
4personnel.
5(B) For the purposes of bingo games conducted by the Lake
6Elsinore Elks Lodge, a portion of the proceeds, not to exceed 20
7percent of the proceeds before the deduction for prizes, or three
8thousand dollars ($3,000) per month, whichever is less, may be
9used for the rental of property and for overhead, including the
10purchase of bingo equipment, administrative expenses, security
11equipment, and security personnel. Any amount of the proceeds
12that is additional to that permitted under subparagraph (A), up to
13one thousand dollars ($1,000), shall be used for the purpose of
14financing the rebuilding of the facility and the replacement of
15equipment that was destroyed by fire in 2007. The exception to
16subparagraph (A) that is provided by this subparagraph shall remain
17in effect only until the cost of rebuilding the
facility is repaid, or
18January 1, 2019, whichever occurs first.
19(3) The proceeds may be used to pay license fees.
20(4) A city, county, or city and county that enacts an ordinance
21permitting bingo games may specify in the ordinance that if the
22monthly gross receipts from bingo games of an organization within
23this subdivision exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), a minimum
24percentage of the proceeds shall be used only for charitable
25purposes not relating to the conducting of bingo games and that
26the balance shall be used for prizes, rental of property, overhead,
27administrative expenses, and payment of license fees. The amount
28of proceeds used for rental of property, overhead, and
29administrative expenses is subject to the limitations specified in
30paragraph (2).
31(l) (1) A city, county, or
city and county may impose a license
32fee on each organization that it authorizes to conduct bingo games.
33The fee, whether for the initial license or renewal, shall not exceed
34fifty dollars ($50) annually, except as provided in paragraph (2).
35If an application for a license is denied, one-half of any license
36fee paid shall be refunded to the organization.
37(2) In lieu of the license fee permitted under paragraph (1), a
38city, county, or city and county may impose a license fee of fifty
39dollars ($50) paid upon application. If an application for a license
40is denied, one-half of the application fee shall be refunded to the
P118 1organization. An additional fee for law enforcement and public
2safety costs incurred by the city, county, or city and county that
3are directly related to bingo activities may be imposed and shall
4be collected monthly by the city, county, or city and county issuing
5the license; however, the fee shall not exceed the actual costs
6
incurred in providing the service.
7(m) A person shall not be allowed to participate in a bingo game,
8unless the person is physically present at the time and place where
9the bingo game is being conducted.
10(n) The total value of prizes available to be awarded during the
11conduct of any bingo games shall not exceed five hundred dollars
12($500) in cash or kind, or both, for each separate game which is
13held.
14(o) As used in this section, “bingo” means a game of chance in
15which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or
16symbols that are marked or covered by the player on a tangible
17card in the player’s possession and that conform to numbers or
18symbols, selected at random and announced by a live caller.
19Notwithstanding Section 330c, as used in this section, the game
20of bingo includes tangible cards having numbers
or symbols that
21are concealed and preprinted in a manner providing for distribution
22of prizes. Electronics or video displays shall not be used in
23connection with the game of bingo, except in connection with the
24caller’s drawing of numbers or symbols and the public display of
25that drawing, and except as provided in subdivision (p). The
26winning cards shall not be known prior to the game by any person
27participating in the playing or operation of the bingo game. All
28preprinted cards shall bear the legend, “for sale or use only in a
29bingo game authorized under California law and pursuant to local
30ordinance.” Only a covered or marked tangible card possessed by
31a player and presented to an attendant may be used to claim a prize.
32It is the intention of the Legislature that bingo as defined in this
33subdivision applies exclusively to this section and shall not be
34applied in the construction or enforcement of any other provision
35of law.
36(p) (1) Players who are physically present at a bingo game may
37use hand-held, portable card-minding devices, as described in this
38subdivision, to assist in monitoring the numbers or symbols
39announced by a live caller as those numbers or symbols are called
40in a live game. Card-minding devices may not be used in
P119 1connection with any game where a bingo card may be sold or
2distributed after the start of the ball draw for that game. A
3card-minding device shall do all of the following:
4(A) Be capable of storing in the memory of the device bingo
5faces of tangible cards purchased by a player.
6(B) Provide a means for bingo players to input manually each
7individual number or symbol announced by a live caller.
8(C) Compare the numbers or symbols entered by the player to
9the bingo faces
previously stored in the memory of the device.
10(D) Identify winning bingo patterns that exist on the stored
11bingo faces.
12(2) A card-minding device shall perform no functions involving
13the play of the game other than those described in paragraph (1).
14Card-minding devices shall not do any of the following:
15(A) Be capable of accepting or dispensing any coins, currency,
16or other representative of value or on which value has been
17encoded.
18(B) Be capable of monitoring any bingo card face other than
19the faces of the tangible bingo card or cards purchased by the
20player for that game.
21(C) Display or represent the game result through any means,
22including, but not limited to, video or mechanical
reels or other
23slot machine or casino game themes, other than highlighting the
24winning numbers or symbols marked or covered on the tangible
25bingo cards or giving an audio alert that the player’s card has a
26prize-winning pattern.
27(D) Determine the outcome of any game or be physically or
28electronically connected to any component that determines the
29outcome of a game or to any other bingo equipment, including,
30but not limited to, the ball call station, or to any other card-minding
31device. No other player-operated or player-activated electronic or
32electromechanical device or equipment is permitted to be used in
33connection with a bingo game.
34(3) (A) A card-minding device shall be approved in advance
35by the department as meeting the requirements of this section and
36any additional requirements stated in regulations adopted by the
37begin delete commission.end deletebegin insert
department.end insert Any proposed material change to the
38device, including any change to the software used by the device,
39shall be submitted to the department and approved by the
40department prior to implementation.
P120 1(B) In accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section
219800) of Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, the
3commission shall establish reasonable criteria for, and require the
4licensure of, any person that directly or indirectly manufactures,
5distributes, supplies, vends, leases, or otherwise provides
6card-minding devices or other supplies, equipment, or services
7related to card-minding devices designed for use in the playing of
8bingo games by any nonprofit organization.
9(C) A person or entity that supplies or services any card-minding
10device shall meet all licensing requirements established by the
11commission in regulations.
12(4) The costs of any testing, certification, license, or
13determination required by this subdivision shall be borne by the
14person or entity seeking it.
15(5) On and after January 1, 2010,begin delete the commission andend delete the
16Department of Justice may inspect all card-minding devices at any
17time without notice, and may immediately prohibit the use of any
18device that does not comply with the requirements begin deletemade pursuant begin insert
established by the department in regulations.end insert The
19to subdivision (r) of Section 19841 of the Business and Professions
20Code.end delete
21Department of Justice may at any time, without notice, impound
22any device the use of which has been prohibited by the commission.
23(6) The Department of Justice shall issue regulations to
24implement the requirements of this subdivision, and the California
25Gambling Control Commission may issue regulations regarding
26the means by which the operator of a bingo game, as required by
27applicable law, may offer assistance to a player with disabilities
28in order to enable that player to participate in a bingo game,
29provided that the means of providing that assistance shall not be
30through any electronic, electromechanical, or other device or
31equipment that accepts the insertion of any coin, currency, token,
32credit card, or other means of transmitting value, and does not
33constitute or is not a part of a system that constitutes a video lottery
34terminal, slot machine, or
device prohibited by Chapter 10
35(commencing with Section 330).
36(7) The following definitions apply for purposes of this
37subdivision:
38(A) “Commission” means the California Gambling Control
39Commission.
40(B) “Department” means the Department of Justice.
P121 1 (C) “Person” includes a natural person, corporation, limited
2liability company, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or
3any other business organization.
Section 25464 of the Public Resources Code is
6amended to read:
(a) For purposes of this section, the following
8definitions apply:
9(1) “Fund” means the Clean and Renewable Energy Business
10Financing Revolving Loan Fund.
11(2) “Program” means the Clean and Renewable Energy Business
12Financing Revolving Loan Program.
13(b) (1) The commission may use federal funds available
14pursuant to this chapter to implement the Clean and Renewable
15Energy Business Financing Revolving Loan Program to provide
16low interest loans to California clean and renewable energy
17manufacturing businesses.
18(2) The commission may use other funding
sources to leverage
19loans awarded under the program.
20(c) The commission may work directly with the Governor’s
21Office of Business and Economic Development, the Treasurer, or
22any other state agency, board, commission, or authority to
23implement and administer the program, and may contract for
24private services as needed to implement the program.
25(d) The commission may collect an application fee from
26applicants applying for funding under the program to help offset
27the costs of administering the program.
28(e) (1) The Clean and Renewable Energy Business Financing
29Revolving Loan Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury
30to implement the program. The commission is authorized to
31administer the fund for this purpose. Notwithstanding Section
3213340 of the Government Code, the money in the fund is
33
continuously appropriated to the commission, without regard to
34fiscal years, to implement the program.
35(2) Upon direction by the commission, the Controller shall create
36any accounts or subaccounts within the fund that the commission
37determines are necessary to facilitate management of the fund.
38(3) The Controller shall disburse and receive moneys in the fund
39for purposes of the program and as authorized by the commission.
P122 1(4) All loans and repayments of loans made pursuant to this
2section, including interest payments, penalty payments, and all
3interest earning on or accruing to any moneys in the fund, shall be
4deposited in the fund and shall be available for the purposes of
5this section.
6(5) The commission may expend up to 5 percent of moneys in
7the
fund for its administrative costs to implement the program.
8(f) Federal funds available to the commission pursuant to this
9chapter shall be transferred to the fund in the loan amounts when
10loans are awarded under the program by the commission.
Section 41136 of the Revenue and Taxation Code
13 is amended to read:
From the funds in the State Emergency Telephone
15Number Account, a minimum of one-half of 1 percent of the
16charges for intrastate telephone communications and VoIP service
17to which the surcharge applies shall, when appropriated by the
18Legislature, be spent solely for the following purposes:
19 (a) To pay refunds authorized by this part.
20 (b) To pay the State Board of Equalization for the cost of the
21administration of this part.
22 (c) To pay the Department of Technology for its costs in
23administration of the “911” emergency telephone number system.
24 (d) To pay bills submitted to the Department of
Technology by
25service suppliers or communications equipment companies for the
26installation of, and ongoing expenses for, the following
27communications services supplied to local agencies in connection
28with the “911” emergency phone number system:
29 (1) A basic system.
30 (2) A basic system with telephone central office identification.
31 (3) A system employing automatic call routing.
32 (4) Approved incremental costs.
33 (e) To pay claims of local agencies for approved incremental
34costs, not previously compensated for by another governmental
35agency.
36 (f) To pay claims of local agencies for incremental costs and
37amounts, not previously
compensated for by another governmental
38agency, incurred prior to the effective date of this part, for the
39installation and ongoing expenses for the following communication
P123 1services supplied in connection with the “911” emergency
2telephone number system:
3 (1) A basic system.
4 (2) A basic system with telephone central office identification.
5 (3) A system employing automatic call routing.
6 (4) Approved incremental costs. Incremental costs shall not be
7allowed unless the costs are concurred in by the Department of
8Technology.
Section 335 of the Unemployment Insurance Code
11 is amended to read:
The department, in consultation and coordination with
13the film and movie industry, the Governor’s Office of Business
14and Economic Development, and the California Film Commission
15shall do all of the following, contingent upon the appropriation of
16funds in the annual Budget Act for these specified purposes:
17(a) Research and maintain data on the employment and output
18of the film industry, including full-time, part-time, contract, and
19short duration or single event employees.
20(b) Examine the ethnic diversity and representation of minorities
21in the entertainment industry.
22(c) Determine the overall direct and indirect economic
impact
23of the film industry.
24(d) Monitor film industry employment and activity in other
25states and countries that compete with California for film
26production.
27(e) Review the effect that federal and state laws and local
28ordinances have on the filmed entertainment industry.
29(f) Prepare and release biannually a report to the chairpersons
30of the appropriate Senate and Assembly policy committees that
31details the information required by this section.
Section 10200 of the Unemployment Insurance Code
34 is amended to read:
The Legislature finds and declares the following:
36(a) California’s economy is being challenged by competition
37from other states and overseas. In order to meet this challenge,
38California’s employers, workers, labor organizations, and
39government need to invest in a skilled and productive workforce,
40and in developing the skills of frontline workers. For purposes of
P124 1this section, “frontline worker” means a worker who directly
2produces or delivers goods or services.
3The purpose of this chapter is to establish a strategically designed
4employment training program to promote a healthy labor market
5in a growing, competitive economy that shall fund only projects
6that meet the following criteria:
7(1) Foster creation of high-wage, high-skilled jobs, or foster
8retention of high-wage, high-skilled jobs in manufacturing and
9other industries that are threatened by out-of-state and global
10competition, including, but not limited to, those industries in which
11targeted training resources for California’s small and medium-sized
12business suppliers will increase the state’s competitiveness to
13secure federal, private sector, and other nonstate funds. In addition,
14provide for retraining contracts in companies that make a monetary
15or in-kind contribution to the funded training enhancements.
16(2) Encourage industry-based investment in human resources
17development that promotes the competitiveness of California
18industry through productivity and product quality enhancements.
19(3) Result in secure jobs for those who successfully
complete
20training. All training shall be customized to the specific
21requirements of one or more employers or a discrete industry and
22shall include general skills that trainees can use in the future.
23(4) Supplement, rather than displace, funds available through
24existing programs conducted by employers and government-funded
25training programs, such as the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
26(29 U.S.C. Sec. 2801 et seq.), the Carl D. Perkins Vocational
27Education Act (Public Law 98-524), CalWORKs (Chapter 2
28(commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the
29Welfare and Institutions Code), the Enterprise Zone Act (Chapter
3012.8 (commencing with Section 7070) of Division 7 of Title 1 of
31the Government Code), and the McKinney-Vento Homeless
32Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.), the California
33Community Colleges Economic Development Program, or
34apportionment funds allocated to the community colleges, regional
35occupational centers and
programs, or other local educational
36agencies. In addition, it is further the intention of the Legislature
37that programs developed pursuant to this chapter shall not replace,
38parallel, supplant, compete with, or duplicate in any way already
39existing approved apprenticeship programs.
P125 1(b) The Employment Training Panel, in funding projects that
2meet the requirements of subdivision (a), shall give funding priority
3to those projects that best meet the following goals:
4(1) Result in the growth of the California economy by
5stimulating exports from the state and the production of goods and
6services that would otherwise be imported from outside the state.
7(2) Train new employees of firms locating or expanding in the
8state that provide high-skilled, high-wage jobs and are committed
9to an ongoing investment in the training of
frontline workers.
10(3) Develop workers with skills that prepare them for the
11challenges of a high performance workplace of the future.
12(4) Train workers who have been displaced, have received
13notification of impending layoff, or are subject to displacement,
14because of a plant closure, workforce reduction, changes in
15technology, or significantly increasing levels of international and
16out-of-state competition.
17(5) Are jointly developed by business management and worker
18representatives.
19(6) Develop career ladders for workers.
20(7) Promote the retention and expansion of the state’s
21manufacturing workforce.
22(c) The program
established through this chapter is to be
23coordinated with all existing employment training programs and
24economic development programs, including, but not limited to,
25programs such as the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
26Sec. 2801 et seq.), the California Community Colleges, the regional
27occupational programs, vocational education programs, joint
28labor-management training programs, and related programs under
29the Employment Development Department and the Governor’s
30Office of Business and Economic Development, and the Business,
31Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.
Section 10202.5 of the Unemployment Insurance
34Code is amended to read:
(a) The panel shall consist of eight persons, seven
36of whom shall be appointed as provided in subdivision (b), and
37shall have experience and a demonstrated interest in business
38management and employment relations. The Director of the
39Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, or
P126 1his or her designee, shall also serve on the panel as an ex officio,
2voting member.
3(b) (1) Two members of the panel shall be appointed by the
4Speaker of the Assembly. One of those members shall be a private
5sector labor representative and the other member shall be a business
6representative.
7(2) Two members of the panel shall be appointed by the
8
President pro Tempore of the Senate. One of those members shall
9be a private sector labor representative and the other member shall
10be a business representative.
11(3) Three members of the panel shall be appointed by the
12Governor. One of those members shall be a private sector labor
13representative, one member shall be a business representative, and
14one member shall be a public member.
15(4) Labor appointments shall be made from nominations from
16state labor federations. Business appointments shall be made from
17nominations from state business organizations and business trade
18associations.
19(5) The Governor shall designate a member to chair the panel,
20and the person so designated shall serve as the chair of the panel
21at the pleasure of the Governor.
22(c) The
appointive members of the panel shall serve for two-year
23terms.
24(d) Appointive members of the panel shall receive the necessary
25traveling and other expenses incurred by them in the performance
26of their official duties out of appropriations made for the support
27of the panel. In addition, each appointive member of the panel
28shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day attending
29meetings of the panel, and may receive one hundred dollars ($100)
30for each day spent conducting other official business of the panel,
31but not exceeding a maximum of three hundred dollars ($300) per
32month.
Section 15002 of the Unemployment Insurance Code
35 is amended to read:
(a) The California Workforce Investment Board
37(CWIB) shall establish a special committee known as the Green
38Collar Jobs Council (GCJC), comprised of the appropriate
39representatives from the CWIB existing membership, including
40the K-12 representative, the California Community Colleges
P127 1representative, the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic
2Development representative, the Employment Development
3Department representative, and other appropriate members. The
4GCJC may consult with other state agencies, other higher education
5representatives, local workforce investment boards, and industry
6representatives as well as philanthropic, nongovernmental, and
7environmental groups, as appropriate, in the development of a
8strategic initiative. To the extent private funds are available, is the
9intent of the Legislature that the GCJC will
develop an annual
10award for outstanding achievement for workforce training programs
11operated by local or state agencies, businesses, or nongovernment
12organizations to be named after Parrish R. Collins.
13(b) As part of the strategic initiative, the GCJC shall focus on
14developing the framework, funding, strategies, programs, policies,
15partnerships, and opportunities necessary to address the growing
16need for a highly skilled and well-trained workforce to meet the
17needs of California’s emerging green economy. The GCJC shall
18do all of the following:
19(1) Assist in identifying and linking green collar job
20opportunities with workforce development training opportunities
21in local workforce investment areas (LWIAs), encouraging regional
22collaboration among LWIAs to meet regional economic demands.
23(2) Align workforce development
activities with regional
24economic recovery and growth strategies.
25(3) Develop public, private, philanthropic, and nongovernmental
26partnerships to build and expand the state’s workforce development
27programs, network, and infrastructure.
28(4) Provide policy guidance for job training programs for the
29clean and green technology sectors to help them prepare specific
30populations, such as at-risk youth, displaced workers, veterans,
31formerly incarcerated individuals, and others facing barriers to
32employment.
33(5) Develop, collect, analyze, and distribute statewide and
34regional labor market data on California’s new and emerging green
35industries workforce needs, trends, and job growth.
36(6) Collaborate with community colleges and other educational
37institutions,
registered apprenticeship programs, business and labor
38organizations, and community-based and philanthropic
39organizations to align workforce development services with
40strategies for regional economic growth.
P128 1(7) Identify funding resources and make recommendations on
2how to expand and leverage these funds.
3(8) Foster regional collaboratives in the green economic sector.
4(c) The CWIB may accept any revenues, moneys, grants, goods,
5or services from federal and state entities, philanthropic
6organizations, and other sources, to be used for purposes relating
7to the administration and implementation of the strategic initiative,
8as described in subdivision (b). The CWIB shall also ensure the
9highest level of transparency and accountability and make
10information available on the CWIB Internet Web site.
11(d) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department may
12expend the moneys and revenues received pursuant to subdivision
13(c) for purposes related to the administration and implementation
14of the strategic initiative, and for the award of workforce training
15grants implementing the strategic initiative.
This act shall become operative on July 1, 2013,
18except that Sectionbegin delete 7end deletebegin insert 12end insert of this act, amending Section 5405 of the
19Civil Code, shall become operative on January 1, 2014.
This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
22immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
23the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
24immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
25To allow programmatic changes in statute to be operative at the
26same time the Governor’s Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 2012
27becomes operative, it is necessary that this act take effect
28immediately.
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