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AB 163
Fairfield-Suisun School Fix
Authored with Assemblyman Joe Nation, this bill allows Fairfield Suisun School District to use year-round single-track calendar year without suffering significant penalties. ($14 million)
AB 164
Principal Training Program
Provides intensive professional development in management and standards-based instructional leadership to high school principals.
AB 1400
Universal Design for New Home Construction
Requires all builders of new, single family homes, duplexes, triplexes, townhouses, and condominiums, to provide buyers with information on universal design features for disabled access and the opportunity to add these features to their homes.
AB 1402
CalWORKS Quarterly Reporting
Fixes a conflict with federal law to allow the state to implement a simpler and less wasteful system of reporting information by families who need Food Stamps or CalWORKs. Benefits will be based on current rather than past circumstances and will be submitted quarterly rather than monthly.
AB 1405
Statewide Watershed Policy
Recognizes local partnerships in watershed restoration efforts, and sets forth policies that will allow the state to fully collaborate with local watershed partnerships.
AB 1407
Solar Rights Act I
Requires cities that receive state grant-funding for solar energy systems to comply with the Solar Rights Act that ensures there are no unreasonable restrictions placed on homeowners who wish to install solar energy systems.
AB 1408
Pipeline Oil Spill
Requires the immediate reporting of a threat or an actual discharge of oil in marine waters to the Office of Emergency Services. Also requires the State Fire Marshal, in its report to the Legislature every five years, to assess the condition of all pipelines in the state.
AB 1409
Bicycle Racks on Buses
Amends the Vehicle Code to permit commuter buses to be equipped with folding, front-mounting bicycle racks.
AB 1410
Transit Oriented Development
Gives the right of first refusal to local agencies to purchase state surplus land in order to develop a transit village or infill opportunity zone.
AB 1411
Anti-Hazing Enforcement in Schools
Gives school administrators the authority to suspend or expel students for hazing. The bill also expands the definition of hazing in the Education Code.
AB 1413
Adoption Birth Certificate Processing
Accelerates the processing of birth certificates for adoption of foster children.
AB 1716
County Welfare Caseload Realignment
Allows restoration of $27 million from increased sales tax revenues to replace earlier declines in realignment funding for county social services. Resulted in $287,000 increase in Solano County and $153,000 in Yolo County.
AB 1956
Diversion For Autistic Defendants
Includes autism and other cognitive developmental disabilities among mental illnesses eligible for criminal diversion programs in misdemeanor cases.
AB 1982
Mosquito Reduction on State Managed Wetlands
Requires all state managed lands to implement healthy and habitat friendly mosquito abatement in order to stop the spread of West Nile Virus. SB 1545, co-authored by Wolk, appropriates $750,000 to implement AB 1982.
AB 1984
CCRMP/ Surface Mining
Reinstates Public Resources Code (PRC) section 2715.5 which allows Yolo County to use Cache Creek Resources Management Plan (CRMP) in place of a reclamation plan.
AB 1985
Auto Insurance Claim Records
Expressly permits insurers to retain electronic copies of claim forms in auto theft-related claims.
AB 1986
CDSS Evaluation/ Background Checks
Extended authority for counties to grant exemptions from disqualification of prospective foster parents for certain crimes when county finds substantial and convincing evidence of good character.
AB 2054
BIFS
Extends the sunset date for new University of California Biologically Integrated Farming Systems (BIFS) projects from December 31, 2005 to December 31, 2010.
AB 2292
Visitation/Legal Guardians
Allows a guardian to be granted visitation rights if the court believes it is in the best interest of the child to continue that contact after adoption or reunification.
AB 2473
Solar Rights Act II
A follow-up to AB 1407, the bill prohibits local governments from restricting the installation of a solar energy system based on aesthetics.
AB 2795
CWS PIP
Implements state's Program Improvement Plan (PIP) for services to abused and neglected children by allowing counties an additional 30 days to develop case plans and allowing 6-month extensions of Family Maintenance Services if needed.
ACR 251
Assisted Living Week
Proclaims the week of September 12-18 2004 as Assisted Living Week in California.
AJR 71
Veterans’ Health Care
Urges the President and Congress of the United States to provide a guaranteed level of funding for veterans’ health care and restore the medical benefits package for veterans in Priority Group 8.
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