California Daily Ledger-June 2, 2005

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





NEW BILLS INTRODUCED AND AMENDED






AGRICULTURE



AGRICULTURE

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SB 295, Chesbro, Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would provide that a court may issue more than one order
and would remove provisions specifying that such an order would
terminate upon conclusion of the action.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0251-0300/sb_295_bill_20050601_enrolled.html



EDUCATION

PUPIL ASSESSMENT
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SB 517, Romero, Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
by January 31, 2006, and subject to approval by the State Board of
Education, to develop a request for a proposal for an independent
consultant to perform specified duties, including, but not limited
to, recommending alternatives to the high school exit examination
that specified pupils can use to demonstrate eligibility for
graduation from high school.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_517_bill_20050601_amended_sen.html

CURRICULUM

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AB 15, Jerome Horton, D Amended on June 1, 2005

This bill would extend that authority to instruction on World War
II, and the role of Filipinos in that war.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ab_15_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

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AB 751, Judy Chu, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would delete the condition that these employees be
employed by the county superintendent in a teaching position
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0751-0800/ab_751_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



SURPLUS SCHOOL PROPERTY

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AB 952, Joe Coto, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would authorize the East Side Union High School
District to use the proceeds from the sale of certain surplus
and real property that occurred before January 1, 2006, for
any one-time general fund purpose
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0951-1000/ab_952_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



SCHOOL BUILDINGS

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AB 1297, Noreen Evans, D Amended on June 1, 2005

This bill would allow school districts to use the funds in the
account for repairs or renovations to prevent poor indoor air quality
conditions in school facilities.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1251-1300/ab_1297_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>


EMPLOYMENT



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER

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AB 373, Rudy Bermudez, D Amended on May 26, 2005
The program would require the Department of Justice to develop
criteria and methods to test the safety and efficiency of 2-officer
patrol car deployment as compared to one-officer patrol car
deployment.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0351-0400/ab_373_bill_20050526_amended_asm.html>



FINANCE LENDERS

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AB 502, David Cogdill, R Amended on June 1, 2005

This bill would require a licensure applicant who is neither
currently licensed under the California Finance Lenders Law nor a
subsidiary, as defined, of a current licensee to submit a full set of
fingerprints to the commissioner for a criminal history background check
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0501-0550/ab_502_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



STATE FIRE MARSHAL

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AB 566, Rudy Bermudez, D Amended on June 1, 2005

This bill would require the State Fire Marshal to adopt revised
regulations to require the statistical information furnished
on and after January 1, 2007, to include response time and staffing
level information that is compatible with the National Fire Incident
Reporting System established by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency and to include other specified information

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0551-0600/ab_566_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



FIREFIGHTER TRAINING

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AB 669, Jay La Suer, R Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would create the California Firefighter Training
Standards Task Force, composed of specified state agency heads and
representatives from other associations and entities, to coordinate
with participating agencies and stakeholders to conduct a statewide needs
assessment
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_669_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



WORKERS' COMPENSATION

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AB 1368, Tom Umberg, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would require the commission to prepare a report to the

Legislature, by January 1, 2007, identifying public safety workers'
compensation claims for presumptive injuries that have been rated for
permanent disability pursuant to the SB 899 (Chapter 34 of the
Statutes of 2004) apportionment requirements, and identifying the
extent to which these changes reduced permanent disability ratings.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1351-1400/ab_1368_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



STATE EMPLOYEES

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AB 1771, Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and
Social Security, Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would approve provisions that require the expenditure of
funds of a memorandum of understanding entered into between the
state employer and State Bargaining Unit 1
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1751-1800/ab_1771_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



STATE EMPLOYEES

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AB 1773, Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and
Social Security, Amended on June 1, 2005

This bill would approve provisions that require the expenditure of
funds of a memorandum of understanding entered into between the
state employer and an unspecified employee organization
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1751-1800/ab_1773_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



ENVIRONMENT


HOUSEHOLD BATTERY RECYCLING ACT

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AB 1125, Fran Pavley, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would enact the Household Battery Recycling Act of 2006
and would define terms for purposes of the act, including "household
battery."
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1101-1150/ab_1125_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



WASTE TIRE FACILITIES

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AB 1249, Sam Blakeslee, R Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would require the board, in consultation with
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment , to adopt
the regulations

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1201-1250/ab_1249_bill_20050601_amended_sen.html>



CACHE CREEK

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AB 1328, Lois Wolk, D Amended on June 1, 2005

This bill would include within the system Cache Creek from 1/4
mile below Cache Creek Dam to Camp as well and North Fork Cache
Creek from the Highway 20 bridge to the confluence with the mainstem
and designate various segments as wild, scenic, or recreational.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1301-1350/ab_1328_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



LEAD CONTAINING JEWELRY

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AB 1681, Fran Pavley, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would prohibit a person from advertising, selling,
offering to sell, or distributing for promotional purposes
in this state, or importing into the state, metal jewelry
or any metal component of jewelry that contains more
than 600 parts per million total lead
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1681_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



HEALTH CARE


MENTAL HEALTH

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SB 258, Chesbro, Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would require the department to establish a working
group to develop recommendations for improvements to the quality of
residential care facilities providing board, care, and supervision
for adults with mental illness and report to the Governor and the
Legislature by February 15, 2007.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0251-0300/sb_258_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html



HEALTH FACILITIES

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SB 739, Jackie Speier, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would require a general acute care hospital to have a

written infection control program for the surveillance, prevention,

and control of infections.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0701-0750/sb_739_bill_20050601_amended_sen.html



MEDI-CAL

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SB 770, Jackie Speier, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would provide that a physician enrolled and in good
standing in the Medi-Cal program who is changing locations within the
same county is eligible to continue enrollment at the new location
by filing a change of location form, which would be developed by the
department, in lieu of submitting a complete application package.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0751-0800/sb_770_bill_20050601_amended_sen.html



MEDI-CAL

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AB 65, Lynn Daucher, R Enrolled on June 1, 2005

This bill would authorize a county to authorize the special
commission to provide delivery systems for persons eligible
to receive health care services under the Medicare program
and under both the Medi-Cal program and Medicare program.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/ab_65_bill_20050601_enrolled.html>



CHILDREN & FAMILIES PROGRAM

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AB 109, Wilma Chan, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would require each county commission to submit its audit
report in a format prescribed by the state commission if the state
commission prescribes that format prior to the fiscal year to which
the report relates.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/ab_109_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



EMERGENCY CARE

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AB 717, Mike Gordon, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would provide that reimbursement rates Centinela Airport Clinic shall
receive private and government reimbursement rates equivalent to that
of a contiguous emergency department of a general acute care
hospital if the clinic meets 7 conditions.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0701-0750/ab_717_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



AUTO EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS

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ACR 57, Simon Salinas, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This measure would urge all California schools to set as a top
priority the implementation of an automated external defibrillator
program.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/acr_57_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>


LAWYERS & COURTS


SEX OFFENDERS

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SB 34, Florez, Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would remove provisions that allow these offenders to
apply for exclusion from the Internet Web site.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_34_bill_20050601_amended_sen.html



PROBATE ASSIGNMENTS

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SB 390, Florez, Amended on June 1, 2005
The bill would require the agreement to

be filed with the court, would require specified disclosures with

regard to costs and fees, and would prohibit an assignment agreement

from containing certain provisions, including, but not limited to, a

binding arbitration clause.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0351-0400/sb_390_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html



REMOTE STUN GUNS

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AB 101, Rebecca Cohn, D Amended on June 1, 2005

This bill would revise the crimes of assault with a taser upon a
person or a peace officer or firefighter by changing the penalty
therefor to authorize imposition of a fine in the case of assault
upon a peace officer or firefighter, or in either case by both the fine
and imprisonment.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/ab_101_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

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AB 336, Bob Huff, R Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would revise this provision to broaden the scope of its
application by providing in addition that it is a crime for any
person to possess, use, or control a false compartment with the
intent to store, conceal, smuggle, or transport any unlawfully
possessed firearm or destructive device

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0301-0350/ab_336_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT

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AB 667, Dave Jones, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would require the Legislative Analyst's Office to
contract with an appropriate and qualified entity to conduct
an evaluation of the child support program

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_667_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



DISQUALIFICATION OF JUDGES

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AB 1322, Noreen Evans, D Amended on June 1, 2005

This bill would add to those grounds for disqualification when the
judge has been engaged in employment or service as a dispute
resolution neutral, and would modify the conditions under which these
grounds for disqualification apply.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1301-1350/ab_1322_bill_20050601_amended_sen.html>



VICTIM RESTITUTION

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AB 1505, Jay La Suer, R Amended on June 1, 2005

This bill would not require a victim to file an application with
the Victim Compensation Program in order to receive money from the
program.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1501-1550/ab_1505_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



ELDER & DEPENDENT ADULT ABUSE

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AB 1605, Lois Wolk, D Amended on May 31, 2005
This bill would include within these reporting requirements
mandated reporters of suspected financial abuse and make
failure to comply with these requirements subject to a
civil penalty .
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1601-1650/ab_1605_bill_20050531_amended_asm.html>



SECRECY AGREEMENTS

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AB 1700, Fran Pavley, D Amended on June 1, 2005

This bill would provide that in an action based upon the existence
of a public danger evidence of or information concerning a public
danger that was discovered during the course of litigation may not
be kept secret pursuant to agreement of the parties or by court order
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1700_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



CHILD SUPPORT PENALITIES

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AJR 17, Dave Jones, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This measure would request the Congress of the United States to
enact the Child Support Reinvestment Act of 2005 which would
revise the method used to assess federal penalties imposed for
the failure of a state to fully implement a certified statewide child
support automation system,

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ajr_17_bill_20050601_amended_sen.html>



POLITICS & GOVERNMENT


STATE PROPERTY

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SB 472, Alquist, Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would authorize the director to sell, lease, or exchange
the remaining approximate 6 acres in the City of Santa Clara known
as the Bay Area Research Extension Center, subject to the specified
conditions.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0451-0500/sb_472_bill_20050601_amended_sen.html

DISASTER RESPONSE
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SB 1075, Hollingsworth, Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would repeal those provisions and instead ratify,
approve, and set forth the provisions of the Emergency Management
Assistance Compact.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1075_bill_20050601_amended_sen.html

CALIFORNIA LAW REVISION COMMISSION
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SCR 15, Morrow, Amended on June 1, 2005
This measure would authorize the commission to study whether specified laws should be revised, including, as a new topic for study, a comprehensive review of the Code of Civil Procedure and applicable case law in order to clarify the circumstances in which parties are
entitled to oral argument.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/scr_15_bill_20050601_amended_sen.html

STATE PROPERTY

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AB 593, Dario Frommer, D Amended on June 1, 2005

This bill would establish the California Hope Public Trust in state government
to be governed and administered by a 9-member board
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0551-0600/ab_593_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE DISCLOSURES

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AB 938, Tom Umberg, D Amended on June 1, 2005
The bill would specify that reports required by this provision
are not required to be filed by a committee primarily formed
to support or oppose the qualification or passage of a state
ballot measure for expenditures made on behalf of the ballot
measure or measures for which it is formed

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0901-0950/ab_938_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE

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AB 983, John Laird, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would extend the repeal date of these provisions for
redevelopment agencies within Santa Cruz County to January 1, 2008,
and would make related changes in the reporting requirements.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0951-1000/ab_983_bill_20050601_amended_sen.html>



LOCAL AGENCIES

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AB 1234, Simon Salinas, D Amended on June 1, 2005

This bill would require a local agency that provides reimbursement
for expenses to members of its legislative body to adopt a written
policy on the duties for which legislative body members may receive
compensation, other than meetings of the legislative body or an
advisory body or attendance at a conference or organized
educational activity

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1201-1250/ab_1234_bill_20050601_amended_sen.html>



CALIFORNIA/MEXICO RELATIONS

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AB 1395, Fabian Nunez, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would require the Secretary of Environmental
Protection and the Secretary of Business, Transportation
and Housing to develop a comprehensive, multidisciplinary
strategic plan; to coordinate an interagency California-Mexico
Relations Ten Year Plan
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1351-1400/ab_1395_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>


TAX



PROPERTY TAX

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AB 964, Jerome Horton, D Amended on June 1, 2005

This bill would require this lead county assessor to calculate
the value of the air carrier's personal property and to transmit
these calculations to other county assessors, but would specify
that each county assessor is responsible for assessing and
enrolling the taxable value of the property in his or her county
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0951-1000/ab_964_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

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AB 1029, Jerome Horton, D Amended on June 1, 2005

This bill would provide that the appointment of the secretary is
subject to Senate confirmation.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1001-1050/ab_1029_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



FRANCHISE TAX BOARD

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AB 1717, Sally Lieber, D Amended on June 1, 2005

This bill would require the board to impose that fee on all

Nonfilers.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1701-1750/ab_1717_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



RETIREMENT


COUNTY RETIREMENT BOARDS

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AB 719, Ronald Canciamilla, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would permit the board of supervisors in Contra Costa County
to appoint an alternate member for the 4th, 5th, 6th, or 9th member of
the board of retirement.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0701-0750/ab_719_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



TRANSPORTATION



TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS

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AB 267, Lynn Daucher, R Amended on June 1, 2005

This bill would limit the provisions to projects advanced for
expenditure by an eligible local or regional entity that
are programmed in the current fiscal year of the state
transportation improvement program, and would make other related
changes to authorize future reimbursement allocations

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_267_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



TOLL BRIDGES & ROADS

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AB 748, Lois Wolk, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would prohibit a toll from being imposed on the passage
of a pedestrian or bicycle over these toll facilities.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0701-0750/ab_748_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



OTHER


FLAG OF THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

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SCR 17, Ducheny, Amended on June 1, 2005
This measure would urge that the state formally recognize the flag
of the former Republic of Vietnam as a symbol of the
Vietnamese-American community in this state, and permit this flag to
be displayed on any state-owned property, in conjunction with any
state-controlled or sponsored Vietnamese-American event or any public
function organized by the Vietnamese-American community in the
state, subject to the permit requirements of the event's locality.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/scr_17_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html



POCKET BIKES

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AB 1051, John Benoit, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would require a manufacturer who sells, furnishes
or gives a pocket bike to provide the buyer or recipient of that
pocket bike a specified printed disclosure indicating that the
operation of a pocket bike on a highway is prohibited.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1051-1100/ab_1051_bill_20050601_amended_sen.html>



MOBILEHOME PARKS

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AB 1064, David Cogdill, R Amended on June 1, 2005

This bill would allow a manufactured home that does not have the
capacity to resist the minimum snow load established for residential
buildings by local ordinance to be installed above 5,000 feet in
elevation

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1051-1100/ab_1064_bill_20050601_amended_sen.html>



INSURANCE POLICY TERMS

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AB 1084, Juan Vargas, D Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would change the 30-day period to 30 business days.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1051-1100/ab_1084_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>



VESSELS

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AB 1728, Guy Houston, R Amended on June 1, 2005
This bill would impose an additional fee of $2 for issuance of a
certificate of number or renewal of the certificate.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1701-1750/ab_1728_bill_20050601_amended_asm.html>