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CA AB 48

AUTHOR:

Lieber (D)

 

TITLE:

Minimum Wage

 

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

 

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

 

INTRODUCED:

12/06/2004

 

LAST AMEND:

04/12/2005

 

DISPOSITION:

To Governor

 

LOCATION:

To Governor

 

SUMMARY:

 

 

Increases the minimum wage to $7.25 per hours, effective on and after July 1, 2006, and to $7.75 per hour, effective on and after July 1, 2007. Provides for the automatic adjustment of the minimum wage on January 1 of each year thereafter, calculated by multiplying the minimum wage by the previous year's rate of inflation.

 

STATUS:

 

 

09/14/2005

Vetoed by the Governor

 

Position:

Oppose

 

CA AB 1178

AUTHOR:

Yee (D)

 

TITLE:

Dealers and Pawnbrokers

 

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

 

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

 

INTRODUCED:

02/22/2005

 

LAST AMEND:

05/05/2005

 

DISPOSITION:

Pending - Carryover

 

LOCATION:

Assembly Inactive File

 

SUMMARY:

 

 

Deletes the requirement of provisions of existing law that requires pawnbrokers, secondhand dealers, or coin dealers to report specified transactions to local law enforcement for coin dealers. Revises the definition of secondhand dealers and tangible personal property. Makes it a misdemeanor to advertise as a secondhand dealer without being licensed and a civil penalty. Requires the payment of a licensure and renewal fee by dealers and pawnbrokers. Requires reports regarding gun show transactions.

 

STATUS:

 

 

06/02/2005

In ASSEMBLY. To Inactive File.

 

NOTES:

This bill could have affected CTBA’s sales and we monitored. It died in committee.

 

CA AB 1644

AUTHOR:

De La Torre (D)

 

TITLE:

Income and Corporation Tax Credits: Sales Tax

 

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

Yes

 

URGENCY CLAUSE:

No

 

INTRODUCED:

02/22/2005

 

LAST AMEND:

06/13/2005

 

DISPOSITION:

Pending – Carryover

 

LOCATION:

Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee

 

SUMMARY:

 

 

Suspends the sales tax exemption for farm equipment, and machinery used primarily in producing and harvesting agricultural products. Suspends a tax credit under the Personal Income Tax and Corporate Income Tax laws for certain research and development expenses. Deletes obsolete provisions relating to manufacturing equipment credits. Restricts the tax treatment of Subchapter S corporations to those corporations with fewer than 100 shareholders that have an annual gross income of less than a specified amount.

 

STATUS:

 

 

06/13/2005

From ASSEMBLY Committee on REVENUE AND TAXATION with author's amendments.

 

06/13/2005

In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Committee on REVENUE AND TAXATION. Possible two year bill.

 

NOTES:

Would eliminate tax exemption on farm equipment

 

CA SB 49

AUTHOR:

Machado (D)

 

TITLE:

Land Conservation Contracts

 

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

no

 

URGENCY CLAUSE:

yes

 

INTRODUCED:

01/10/2005

 

ENACTED:

09/22/2005

 

DISPOSITION:

Enacted

 

LOCATION:

Chaptered

 

CHAPTER:

245

 

SUMMARY:

 

 

Amends existing laws that makes the current fair market valuations required to determine the cancellation fee for removing land from a Williamson Act conservation contract subject to the county board of equalization. Requires the county assessor to formally review the valuation upon receiving a request for formal review if he or she determines that additional information submitted by the requesting party may have a material effect on the valuation of the property.

 

STATUS:

 

 

09/22/2005

Signed by GOVERNOR.

 

09/22/2005

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 245

 

COMMENTARY:

 

 

Williamson Act

 

CA SB 453

AUTHOR:

Poochigian (R)

 

TITLE:

Local Law Enforcement

 

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

no

 

URGENCY CLAUSE:

yes

 

INTRODUCED:

02/17/2005

 

LAST AMEND:

08/31/2005

 

DISPOSITION:

To Governor

 

LOCATION:

To Governor

 

SUMMARY:

 

 

Eliminates a requirement that the Legislative Analyst's office report to the Legislature on the type of expenditures made by local law enforcement agencies in the previous fiscal year from the Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund. Extends the provisions of the Central Valley Rural Crime Prevention Program. Repeals the provision requiring a cost-benefit analysis to be prepared by each county participating in the program.

 

STATUS:

Signed by the Governor 

 

09/15/2005

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CA SB 820

AUTHOR:

Kuehl (D)

 

TITLE:

Water

 

FISCAL COMMITTEE:

yes

 

URGENCY CLAUSE:

no

 

INTRODUCED:

02/22/2005

 

LAST AMEND:

09/02/2005

 

DISPOSITION:

To Governor

 

LOCATION:

To Governor

 

SUMMARY:

 

 

Requires the Department of Water Resources to prepare and deliver to all state water project contractors, city and county planning departments, and regional and metropolitan planning departments within the project service area a report that accurately sets forth, under a range of hydrologic conditions, the then-existing overall delivery capability of the facilities and the allocation of that capacity to each contractor. Relates to diversions for small domestic or livestock stockponds. Provides exceptions.

 

STATUS:

Vetoed by the Governor 

 

09/14/2005

 

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