California Daily Ledger

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EDUCATION


SCHOOL DISTRICTS

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ACA 21, Lynn Daucher, R Introduced on May 5, 2005
This measure would authorize the governing body of a school district or the home rule compact commission of a school district to propose a home rule compact.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/aca_21_bill_20050505_introduced.html>



STUDENT FINANCIAL AID

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SB 160, Gilbert Cedillo, D Amended on May 4, 2005
This bill would enact the California Dream Act, which would require the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and would request the Regents of the University of California, to establish procedures and forms that enable persons who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition under the provision described

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0151-0200/sb_160_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



SCHOOL CURRICULA

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SB 338, Abel Maldonado, R Amended on May 4, 2005
This bill would require the State Department of Education to identify existing Internet safety programs and make that information available on its Web site for use in public schools
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0301-0350/sb_338_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



TEACHERS

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SB 404, Carole Migden, D Amended on May 4, 2005

This bill would require the commission to issue a 2-year subject matter certificate to any person whose knowledge and expertise in a subject area are demonstrated and verified by possession of a baccalaureate degree, basic skills proficiency, subject matter competence, and experience.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0401-0450/sb_404_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS

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SB 414, Elaine Alquist, D Amended on May 4, 2005
This bill would establish the Science, Mathematics, and Reading Teacher Development Program (SMART) by recasting and revising numerous provisions relating to the Mathematics and Reading Professional Development Program
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0401-0450/sb_414_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



EDUCATION FINANCE

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SB 428, Jack Scott, D Amended on May 4, 2005

This bill would delete the requirement that a school district track those transfers using the Standardized Account Code Structure.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0401-0450/sb_428_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



CHARTER SCHOOLS

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SB 430, George Runner, R Amended on May 4, 2005
This bill would permit a county superintendent of schools to request the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team to review the fiscal or administrative condition of a school district or charter school under his or her jurisdiction
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0401-0450/sb_430_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



EDUCATION OMNIBUS

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SB 512, Committee on Education, Amended on May 4, 2005

This bill would delete the repeal provision in existing law.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_512_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

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SB 569, Tom Torlakson, D Amended on May 4, 2005

This bill would prescribe criteria for the disclosure of the names and addresses of alumni of the California State University, the University of California, and the Hastings College of the Law
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0551-0600/sb_569_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



SPECIAL EDUCATION

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SB 626, Soto, Amended on May 4, 2005

This bill would authorize each special education local plan area to develop a paraprofessional
staff development program, and would require a paraprofessional development program to be funded through moneys made available to the special education local plan area pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_626_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



AVID PROGRAM

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SB 635, Richard Alarcon, D Amended on May 4, 2005
The bill would make legislative findings and declarations regarding that program.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_635_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

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SB 657, Martha Escutia, D Amended on May 4, 2005

This bill would extend the operation of these provisions to January 1, 2008, and would require the state board to annually solicit recommendations from school districts regarding the adoption
of instructional materials

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0651-0700/sb_657_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

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SB 661, Carole Migden, D Amended on May 4, 2005

This bill would establish a pilot program to monitor student athlete academic progress that involves 6 campuses selected by the trustees and that commences in the 2006-07 academic year.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0651-0700/sb_661_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



SKIN CANCER PREVENTION FOR CA SCHOOLS

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SB 688, Jackie Speier, D Amended on May 4, 2005
This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to inform county offices of education and school districts as to the availability of instructional materials relating to skin cancer
prevention

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0651-0700/sb_688_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



SCHOOLBUS RELACEMENT

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SB 698, Charles Poochigian, R Amended on May 4, 2005

This bill would change the name of that program to the Clean Air and Schoolbus Safety Program. This bill would delete the existing provisions relating to the demonstration program and schoolbus
replacement.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0651-0700/sb_698_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



PUPIL ASSESSEMENT

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SB 755, Charles Poochigian, R Amended on May 4, 2005

This bill would require a pupil identified as limited English proficient pursuant to a specified test who is enrolled in any of grades 2 to 11, inclusive, and who either receives instruction in his primary language or has been enrolled in a school in the United States for less than 12 months, to take a test in his or her primary language if a test is available
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0751-0800/sb_755_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



ENGLISH LANGUAGE TUTORING

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SB 782, Martha Escutia, D Amended on May 4, 2005
This bill would appropriate a sum of $50,000,000 per year from the General Fund for five
additional fiscal years beyond those provided for in the initiative
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0751-0800/sb_782_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>

SCHOOL FACILITIES
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SB 813, Jeff Denham, R Amended on May 4, 2005
This bill would require the State Allocation Board to review the adequacy of hardship funding available to school districts and to provide findings and recommendations to the Legislature by March 15, 2006,
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0801-0850/sb_813_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

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SB 845, Jack Scott, D Amended on May 5, 2005

This bill would revise those minimum requirements

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0801-0850/sb_845_bill_20050505_amended_sen.html>



HIGH SCHOOLS

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SB 925, Richard Alarcon, D Amended on May 4, 2005
This bill would require each public high school to accommodate each pupil who commences grade 9 in the 2007-08 academic year or any academic year thereafter, and who requests admission to a college preparatory course for which he qualifies by successfully completing prerequisite coursework or by demonstrating appropriate skill mastery.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0901-0950/sb_925_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



PUPIL NUTRITION

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SB 965, Martha Escutia, D Amended on May 4, 2005

This bill would modify the list of beverages that may be sold to pupils at an elementary or a middle or junior high school, and restrict the sale of beverages to pupils at a high school
at specified times to certain specified beverages

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0951-1000/sb_965_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



SCHOOLS

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SB 1006, Nell Soto, D Amended on May 4, 2005

This bill would require the State Department of Education to establish common data elements to
determine the extent of educational technology access and instructional integration in the public schools
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1001-1050/sb_1006_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



ADULT EDUCATION

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SB 1008, Dean Florez, D Amended on May 4, 2005

This bill would authorize school districts offering adult education to claim those hours spent with students in providing counseling, guidance, testing, and assessment services towards their
average daily attendance apportionments

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1001-1050/sb_1008_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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SB 1072, Joseph Simitian, D Amended on May 4, 2005
This bill would consolidate the funding for many of those programs
within the professional development block grant

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1072_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



EMPLOYMENT


IN HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES

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AB 652, Lloyd Levine, D Amended on May 5, 2005
This bill would require the department to establish a pilot project that would authorize certain
qualified individuals who are not financially eligible to receive in-home supportive services, to purchase those services
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_652_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



OFFICERS OF WILD ANIMALS

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AB 820, Audra Strickland, R Amended on May 5, 2005
This bill would modify the definition of "enforcing officers" and specify that enforcing officers are authorized and empowered to enforce provisions and regulations relating to the importation,
transportation, and sheltering of restricted live animals.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0801-0850/ab_820_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



ENVIRONMENT


ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT LAW

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AB 528, Dario Frommer, D Amended on May 5, 2005
This bill would authorize any person with a beneficial interest in the outcome to commence a civil action to enforce specified laws that provide for the protection or enhancement of public health
or the environment

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0501-0550/ab_528_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



CALIFORNIA WETLANDS MONTH

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ACR 66, Lori Saldana, D Introduced on May 5, 2005
This measure would declare May of 2005 as California Wetlands Month.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/acr_66_bill_20050505_introduced.html>



CEQA INFILL DEVELOPMENT

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SB 832, Don Perata, D Amended on May 4, 2005

This bill would provide an alternative to those criteria if the site is located in a city with a population of more than 200,000 persons the site is not more than 10 acres and the project does not have less than 200 or more than 300 residential units adopted by a resolution of the city council.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0801-0850/sb_832_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



AIR QUALITY

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SB 870, Martha Escutia, D Amended on May 4, 2005
This bill would redefine "person" to exclude specified entities from the
current maximum criminal and civil penalty provisions.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0851-0900/sb_870_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

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SB 989, Committee on Environmental Quality, Amended on May 4, 2005

The act requires a person who enters into an agreement with an agency for oversight of a site assessment to submit a site assessment plan to the agency and requires the agency, based upon a review of the site assessment, to determine whether a response action is necessary to address any unreasonable risk from hazardous materials at the site.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0951-1000/sb_989_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



HEALTH CARE


TELEMEDICINE

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AB 354, David Cogdill, D Amended on May 5, 2005

This bill would add asynchronous store and forward teledermatology and teleophthalmology
to the definition of telemedicine, and would limit the practice of those services to board certified dermatologists and ophthalmologists, respectively.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0351-0400/ab_354_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



MEDICAL DEVICES

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AB 1187, Lois Wolk, D Amended on May 5, 2005

This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to subsequently amend this bill to include provisions to address medical device marketing practices.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1151-1200/ab_1187_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



AMERCIAN STROKE MONTH 2005

ACR 18, Mike Gordon, D Amended on May 4, 2005
This measure would recognize May 2005 as American Stroke Month in California and urge all California citizens to familiarize themselves with the warning signs, symptoms, and risk factors
associated with stroke, so that we might begin to reduce the devastating effects strokes have on our population.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/acr_18_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



LAWYERS & COURTS


HATE CRIMES

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AB 308, Jerome Horton, D Amended on May 5, 2005

This bill would provide that every person convicted of a hate crime shall be
ineligible to earn any credit on his or her term of imprisonment.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0301-0350/ab_308_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



RAILROADS

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AB 1067, Dario Frommer, D Amended on May 4, 2005

This bill would provide that a person who unlawfully and with gross negligence places or causes to be placed any obstruction on a railroad track or who commits another act that proximately results in the damaging or derailing of a train, or injury to passengers or employees is guilty of a crime
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1051-1100/ab_1067_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



INVESTIGATIVE SUBPOENAS

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AB 1294, Tom Umberg, D Amended on May 5, 2005
This bill would authorize the Attorney General district attorney, sheriff, police chief, or their designee, to issue in writing, under penalty of perjury, subpoenas for the production of certain records from a public utility, bank, credit union, savings association, telephone company or other
provider of electronic communication services when investigating a violent felony
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1251-1300/ab_1294_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



FOSTER CARE SERVICES

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AJR 10, Judy Chu, D Amended on May 5, 2005
This measure would declare legislative support for, and urge federal approval of, the California Title IV-E Waiver Demonstration Project Application (the Title IV-E Waiver), submitted to the United States Department of Health and Human Services
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ajr_10_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

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SB 622, Jackie Speier, D Amended on May 5, 2005

This bill would require the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency to create an educational program within each of its correctional facilities that would provide appropriate educational services for every inmate or ward
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_622_bill_20050505_amended_sen.html>



POLICE PURSUITS

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SB 719, Gloria Romero, D Amended on May 5, 2005
This bill would include as qualifying as a crime victim for those purposes, injury or death caused by any party where a peace officer is operating a motor vehicle in an effort to apprehend a suspect, and the suspect is evading, fleeing, or otherwise attempting to elude the peace officer.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0701-0750/sb_719_bill_20050505_amended_sen.html>



SEX OFFENDERS

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SB 1044, Dennis Hollingsworth, R Amended on May 5, 2005
This bill would add to list of crimes, certain sex offenses committed in concert, lewd and lascivious acts and acts of sexual penetration
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1001-1050/sb_1044_bill_20050505_amended_sen.html>



POLITICS & GOVERNMENT


DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

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AB 648, Dave Jones, D Amended on May 5, 2005
This bill would require that the list or lists additionally include the identity of the persons or entities that will own, lease, or occupy the project, if different from the person or entity applying for the development permit if that identity is known to the applicant .
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0601-0650/ab_648_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



VOTING RIGHTS

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AB 821, Mark Ridley-Thomas, D Amended on May 5, 2005
This bill would require the county elections officials to provide affidavits of registration and copies of the "Guide to Inmate Voting" to state and local detention facilities so that those detention
facilities may notify the following persons of their right to vote: inmates not yet convicted who are in a custodial facility awaiting a court hearing or sentencing for a minor offense
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0801-0850/ab_821_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



INITIATIVE & REFERNDUM PETITIONS

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AB 1129, Dennis Mountjoy, R Amended on May 5, 2005
This bill would exempt a circulator of a section of a petition signed by only one voter and that voter is the circulator, from the requirements that a declaration be completed.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1101-1150/ab_1129_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



CANDIDATES

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AB 1758, Committee on Elections and Redistricting, Amended on May 5, 2005
This bill would prohibit any person from filing nomination papers for more than one district office or term of office for the same district at the same election.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1751-1800/ab_1758_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



STATE OFFICE BUILDING

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ACR 67, George Plescia, R Introduced on May 5, 2005
This measure would designate the Department of Transportation District 11 office building in San Diego as the Wadie P. Deddeh State Office Building.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/acr_67_bill_20050505_introduced.html>



POLITICAL REFORM ACT OF 1974

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SB 36, Dean Florez, D Amended on May 4, 2005
This bill would require a similar filing by a person who pays or promises to pay $50,000 for a communication within the jurisdiction that the candidate is seeking
office.

<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_36_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



BUDGET ACT OF 2004

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SB 91, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, Amended on May 4, 2005

This bill would appropriate $267,517,000 as scheduled, in augmentation of these Budget Act
appropriations.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_91_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



LAND USE PLANNING

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SB 968, Tom Torlakson, D Amended on May 5, 2005

The bill would rename the "circulation" element the "transportation" element.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0951-1000/sb_968_bill_20050505_amended_sen.html>



LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE

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SB 1060, John Campbell, R Amended on May 5, 2005

This bill would authorize local agencies within a county to contract to exchange allocations of local sales and use tax revenues for allocations of ad valorem property tax revenues.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1060_bill_20050505_amended_sen.html>



TAX


TAXPAYER INFORMATION

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SB 234, George Runner, R Amended on May 5, 2005
This bill would prohibit the disclosure of the taxpayer's personal information to the general
public unless the disclosure is specifically authorized or required by law
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0201-0250/sb_234_bill_20050505_amended_sen.html>



TRANSPORTATION


AMTRAK

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AJR 18, Dave Jones, D Amended on May 5, 2005
This measure would memorialize the Congress of the United States to provide adequate operating and capital funding for Amtrak at specified levels, to preserve and improve the 4 national network Amtrak trains currently serving California
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ajr_18_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



RAILROADS

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SB 578, Martha Escutia, D Amended on May 4, 2005

This bill would replace references to the safety division with references to the consumer protection and safety division.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0551-0600/sb_578_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



SAN DIEGO METROPOLITAN TRANSIT

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SB 959, Christine Kehoe, D Amended on May 5, 2005
This bill would extend various types of benefits to the board that are accorded under existing law to other public agencies.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0951-1000/sb_959_bill_20050505_amended_sen.html>



VETERANS


VETERANS OF THE US ARMED FORCES

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AJR 2, Noreen Evans, D Amended on May 5, 2005
This measure would memorialize the President and the Congress of the United States to honor the contributions of Filipino-American war veterans and direct the federal government to immediately pay promised veterans' benefits as the first order of business of the 109th Congress.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ajr_2_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



OTHER


CAR BUYERS BILL OF RIGHTS

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AB 68, Cindy Montanez, D Amended on May 4, 2005
This bill would inform a buyer of a used vehicle with a purchase price of less than $40,000 about the right to obtain a contract cancellation option and would include the amount charged for a theft
deterrent system and the amount charged for a surface protection systemwithin the listing of "itemization of the amount financed."
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/ab_68_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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AB 610, Ronald Calderon, D Amended on May 5, 2005
This bill would require that a provider of mobile telephony services provide subscribers with a means by which a subscriber can obtain reasonably current and available information on the
subscriber's text messaging and Internet usage and charges.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0601-0650/ab_610_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



EVALUATION SYSTEM

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AB 816, Sally J. Lieber, D Amended on May 5, 2005
This bill would require chemical manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, importers, and
their agents to provide to the repository the names and addresses of their customers who have purchased specified chemicals or commercial products containing those chemicals
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0801-0850/ab_816_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



RETAIL FOOD

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AB 1058, Paul Koretz, D Amended on May 5, 2005
This bill would require any person, firm, or corporation operating a retail facility, food store, or other food establishment or food facility that sells unprocessed imported or blended beef to indicate in clear and conspicuous letters on the meat, the immediate wrapping or container,
or a sign included with the display if the beef is displayed for sale or sold unwrapped, the beef's country or countries of origin.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1051-1100/ab_1058_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

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ACR 60, Dennis Mountjoy, R Amended on May 4, 2005
This measure would recognize May 5, 2005, as a National Day of Prayer, and would encourage all the people of California to gather together in homes and places of worship to pray for their God's blessings upon our state and our nation.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/acr_60_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE 2005

ACR 68, Lori Saldana, D Introduced on May 5, 2005
This measure would commend the California host ports and related nonprofit organizations for their efforts relative to hosting the Tall Ships Challenge 2005 and would invite the nations of the world to send their tall ships to participate in this event.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/acr_68_bill_20050505_introduced.html>



PORT CUSTOMERS REVENUES

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AJR 21, Betty Karnette, D Amended on May 5, 2005
This measure would increase funding for California's ports and to enact legislation that in recognition of the unique role served by ports in California, would ensure a return of an
equitable share of the customs revenue generated by, and collected from, this state .
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ajr_21_bill_20050505_amended_asm.html>



THUMB & FINGER PRINTS

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SB 451, Charles Poochigian, R Amended on May 4, 2005
This bill would require an application for those documents to contain a legible print or prints of the thumb or finger, or both, or thumbs or fingers, or both, of the applicant, as determined by the department.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0451-0500/sb_451_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>



PORTS

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SB 760, Alan Lowenthal, D Amended on May 5, 2005

This bill would impose on each shipping container processed in the Port of Los Angeles or the Port of Long Beach a fee of $30 per twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU), payable by the marine terminal operator processing the container to the port where the marine terminal is located.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0751-0800/sb_760_bill_20050505_amended_sen.html>



OCEANGOING SHIPS

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SB 771, Joseph Simitian, D Amended on May 4, 2005
This bill would prohibit an oceangoing ship from conducting onboard incineration while operating within 3 miles of the California coast.
<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0751-0800/sb_771_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html>