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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,
1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Releases - Bills Signed and Vetoed 1968
[08/14/1968-10/02/1968]
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
8.14.68
#513
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 133 - MacDonald
Authorizes a juvenile court to impose upon certain
(Chapter 1225)
relatives and other persons liable for support of
a minor, liability for the cost of probation
supervision, pursuant to order of the juvenile
court, of a minor by the probation officer.
AB 170 - MacDonald
Authorizes boards of supervisors to provide work-
(Chapter 1226)
men's compensation benefits, with specified
exceptions, to juvenile court wards performing
rehabilitative work without pay in county depart-
ments pursuant to a juvenile court order.
AB 179 - Negri
Provides that the suspension of registration and
(Chapter 1227)
required storage of a motor vehicle under the
Financial Responsibility Law may be ended if the
owner or driver of the motor vehicle files with
the department proof of ability to respond in dam-
ages for a period of three years.
LAB 180 - Brathwaite
Provides for reassessment of property that was
(Chapter 1228)
destroyed or damaged during the flood of November,
URGENCY
1967, in Los Angeles County and in the disorders in
Contra Costa County during July, 1968.
AB 267 - MacDonald
Makes it a misdemeanor for a person who is without
(Chapter 1229)
lawful business on a junior college campus to
disrupt school activities and refuse to leave after
being requested to do SO.
AB 364 - Bagley
Provides for the establishment of up to 20 three-
(Chapter 1230)
year pilot programs for the identification and
improvement of achievement levels of mentally
gifted disadvantaged minors among the educationally
handicapped and culturally deprived school age pop-
ulation. The financing of such projects shall be
with funds appropriated for that purpose or with
unspecified federal funds.
AB 428 - Veneman
Requires county superintendent of schools to submit
(Chapter 1231)
a statement of statistical facts concerning a
school measure which is to be printed and dis-
tributed to the voters, if he finds that any ballot
argument which is to be printed contains an
erroneous statistical fact. The bill requires
that all ballot arguments and superintendent's
statement on school measures to be verified.
AB 545 - Biddle
Permits California Highway Patrol officers and
(Chapter 1232)
employees of Youth and Adult Corrections Agency
to purchase, transport and possess tear gas for
use in the discharge of their duties.
AB 822 - Fenton
Increases the number of judges in the East Los
(Chapter 1233)
Angeles Municipal Court District from 3 to 4.
AB 885 - Bagley
Increases the number of superior court judges in
(Chapter 1234)
Marin County from 4 to 5.
AB 962 - Bear
Authorizes school districts, on and after July 1,
(Chapter 1235)
1971, to expend district funds to pay all or any
portion of insurance or health benefits coverage,
including but not limited to, medical, dental,
life, and income protection insurance or benefits,
for district employees and their dependents.
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AB 967 - Cory
Authorizes savings and loan associations to make
(Chapter 1236)
loans, advance credit, and purchase obligations
representing loans and advances of credit for the
purpose of financing the acquisition of mobile
dwellings, subject to rules and regulations of the
savings and loan commissioner.
AB 971 - Crown
Provides that the Medi-Cal program shall not pay
(Chapter 1237)
for a drug where, because of differing prices
charged by the manufacturer on a discriminatory
basis or discriminatory refusal to sell by the
manufacturer, the drug is not available on the same
terms and conditions to all providers of prescrip-
tion services. The bill also provides that the
Medi-Cal program shall not pay for a drug which is
found to be overpriced in comparison to another
drug which has an equivalent therapeutic effect.
LAB 1030 - Johnson, H. Eliminates the need for a magistrate or court
(Chapter 1238)
commissioner to have jurisdiction of the offense
in order to fix and take bail for the appearance
of a person who has been arrested without warrant
for a bailable offense and has not been taken before
a magistrate and no warrant fixing his bail has
been issued.
LAB 1043 - Green, L.
Requires that the computation of the "Collier
(Chapter 1239)
factor" for equalizing school district property
assessments be computed to three, instead of two
decimal places.
LAB 1062 - Townsend
Enables the Public Utilities Commission to require
(Chapter 1240)
cable television corporations to comply with
certain safety rules and regulations.
AB 1084 - Duffy
Establishes new standards by which the administrator
(Chapter 1241)
of Health and Welfare Agency extends and reduces
medical assistance within fiscal limits.
AB 1085 - Duffy
Adds a new section to the Medi-Cal law defining
(Chapter 1242)
"elective services" as any treatment service which
can be postponed without seriously affecting the
health of the person. Provides that the director,
with the advice of the Health Review and Program
Council and representatives of providers, shall
determine which services are elective. Excludes
"elective services" from minimum coverage as
specified in the law.
AB 1132 - Z'berg
Allows a court, in any civil action or in the
(Chapter 1243)
taking of any deposition therein, to fix the
compensation of a person, not a party to the action,
who testifies as an expert witness under subpoena.
The bill provides that the party requiring such
attendance is to pay such compensation and prohibits
making such payment an allowable cost.
AB 1355 - Greene, B.
Provides that a teacher, vice principal, or
(Chapter 1244)
principal shall not be subject to criminal prosecu-
tion or criminal penalties, if during the performance
of his duties, he exercises the same degree of
physical control over a pupil that a parent would
be legally privileged to exercise except that such
control may not exceed the amount of physical con-
trol over a pupil reasonably necessary to maintain
proper and appropriate conditions conducive to
learning.
AB 1358 - Greene, B.
Specifically makes it unlawful for a labor organi-
(Chapter 1245)
zation to discriminate against any person because
of his race, religious creed, color, national
origin, or ancestry in the election of officers of
the labor organization or in the selection of the
labor organization's staff.
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AB 1372 - Johnson, H.
Increases the number of judges in the Citrus
(Chapter 1246)
Judicial District from 4 to 5.
AB 1420 - Barnes
Abolishes the Poultry Improvement Commission and
(Chapter 1247)
the Poultry Testing Project Fund and transfers the
balance of the fund to the general fund. The
bill directs the Department of General Services to
sell specified property of the commission and to
deposit the proceeds in the general fund.
AB 1449 - Brown
Requires the licensing agencies in the Department
(Chapter 1248)
of Professional and Vocational Standards, in coop-
eration with the director, to establish license
periods and license renewal dates which will best
distribute renewal work of all agencies throughout
year.
AB 1455 - Deddeh
Requires the Department of Youth Authority to
(Chapter 1249)
provide assistance up to $100,000 out of money
made available for the purpose to defray in whole
or in part the cost of construction of a border
check station facility on the Mexican border.
CAB 1459 - Pattee
Deletes provisions relating to use, standards,
(Chapter 1250)
licenses and labels for imitation milk, imitation
cream, and imitation milk products generally.
AB 1572 - Veysey
Provides that any certificated employee of a
(Chapter 1251)
district who accepts a certificated position with
a county superintendent of schools, any certificated
employee of a county superintendent who accepts a
certificated position with a school district of a
different county superintendent, or any certifi-
cated employee of the State Department of Education
who accepts a certificated position with a school
district of a county superintendent shall have his
accumulated sick leave transferred in the same
manner as provided for when transfers are made
between school districts.
AB 1598 - Chappie
Permits the California Industries for the Blind to
(Chapter 1252)
contribute $6 per month for each non-civil service
URGENCY
production worker for health insurance.
AB 1612 - Mobley
Deletes from the Subsequent Injuries Fund law the
(Chapter 1253)
requirement that a compromise and release agreement
be submitted to the Department of Finance prior to
filing with the Workmen's Compensation Appeals
Board.
LAB 1622 - Cory
Requires that certain persons meeting prescribed
(Chapter 1254)
qualifications be granted permission to take an
examination to determine their fitness to receive
a certificate for registration to practice barbering
upon payment of the required fee.
AB 1641 - Shoemaker
Authorizes the holder of the standard teaching
(Chapter 1255)
credential with specialization in elementary
teaching to teach elementary level reading in high
schools, as well as in continuation education
classes or continuation high schools.
AB 1654 - Zenovich
Revises the Motor Vehicle Fuel License Tax Law
(Chapter 1256)
with respect to refunds of tax paid on fuel used
for purposes other than motor vehicles operated on
the public highways of the state.
AB 1660 - Stull
Authorizes the Department of Fish and Game to
(Chapter 1257)
obtain land and water for the purpose of establish-
ing ecological reserves for purpose of protecting
rare or endangered wildlife or aquatic organisms
or specialized habitat.
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AB 1795 - Z'Berg
Requires the Capitol Building and Planning Com-
(Chapter 1258)
mission to develop and carry out a master plan for
the Capitol Mall and requires the State Office of
Planning and the Department of General Services to
provide administrative assistance to commission.
The bill also creates the Capitol Mall Advisory
Committee.
AB 1867 - Hayes
Provides that except where permitted by specified
(Chapter 1259)
provisions of law every person who intentionally
or negligently causes or permits any oil to be
deposited in the waters of this state shall be
liable civilly in an amount not exceeding $6,000,
and shall, in addition, be liable to any govern-
mental agency responsible for cleaning up or abating
such oil for all actual damages in addition to
reasonable abatement costs.
AB 1875 - Dunlap
Raises the jurisdictional monetary maximum of
(Chapter 1260)
justice courts from $500 to $1,000. Provides that
such courts, in cases at law, shall have jurisdic-
tion in actions to enforce payment of delinquent
unsecured personal property taxes if the legality
of the tax is not contested by the defendant.
AB 1913 - Knox
Provides that the "county officer" members of a
(Chapter 1261)
local agency formation commission shall be county
supervisors only, rather than auditor, controller,
assessor, surveyor or engineer. The bill includes
city disincorporations under definition of
"proceedings" over which commission must review.
The bill further provides that local agency forma
tion commission may contract for health and
retirement benefits for its employees.
AB 1969 - Porter
Specifies that the Education Code provision making
(Chapter 1262)
it unlawful for any public school employer to
appoint or designate any classified employee for
the purpose of representing classified employees
in matters relating to employer-employee relations
shall not be construed to limit the right of an
employee organization to designate such persons to
represent it in employer-employee relationships.
AB 1998 - Quimby
Increases the number of superior court judges in
(Chapter 1263)
San Bernardino from 10 to 11 on and after January 1,
1969.
SB 76 - Marler
Allows a new car dealer to disconnect an odometer
(Chapter 1216)
while the car is being transferred from one new
car dealer to another. The dealer must advise the
purchaser in writing of the approximate number of
miles the car was driven with the odometer dis-
connected.
-SB 478 - Collier
Revises the refund provisions of the Motor Vehicle
(Chapter 1217)
Fuel Tax icense Law with respect to persons operating motor
vehicles off the highways. The bill also revises
provisions of the Use Fuel Tax Law relating to the
use of certain farm vehicles and certain construc-
tion equipment and to the use of fuel in such
vehicles.
SB 841 - Short
Appropriates $291, 627 from the general fund to the
(Chapter 1218)
Department of Public Health for assistance to
counties, including a city and county, in the
construction of development centers for mentally
retarded children pursuant to act of Congress
entitled the "Mental Retardation Facilities
Construction Act." Prohibits allocation unless
federal assistance is available, and shall be
received by a county for such construction.
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SB 849 1 Dills
Permits the use of trawl nets between Point Sur
(Chapter 1219)
and Cape San Martin in waters not less than one
nautical mile from shore. The bill is effective
until the 61st day following final adjournment of
the 1970 regular session of the legislature.
ISB 964 - Coombs
Reduces the license fees for agricultural and
(Chapter 1220)
wildlife fireworks signal flares and model rocket
engines from $1,100 to $25. Requires a $25
registration fee for signal flares rather than
$1,100 license fee. The bill prohibits the sale
of do-it-yourself fireworks kits.
SB 966 - Mills
Changes the number of signatures on nomination
(Chapter 1221)
papers for Assemblyman and State Senators from a
minimum of 20 (maximum of 30) to a minimum of 40
(maximum of 60).
SB 1178 - Stevens
Revises the law defining who are peace officers
(Chapter 1222)
and delineating the powers, functions, and duties
of such officers.
LSB 1207 - Sherman
Provides that when a minor in a juvenile court
(Chapter 1223)
detention hearing or hearing on a petition is
alleged to be a person described in Section 601
or 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, he
shall be represented by counsel and court shall
appoint counsel for the minor. The bill provides
that where parent or guardian can afford counsel
but do not provide counsel, the court shall appoint
counsel at the expense of the parent or guardian.
SB 1245 - Marks
Authorizes any minor who has reached 18 years of
(Chapter 1224)
age to consent to the donation of his blood.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
8.14.68
#517
Governor Ronald Reagan has vetoed AB 1456 (Deddeh) :
Provides that when a school district or office of county superin-
tendent of schools desires to provide health and welfare benefits it
may do SO by contracting for plans approved by employee representatives
or employee organizations.
REASON FOR VETO:
The selection of health and welfare benefit plans should be the
subject of negotiation between the school district and its employees.
However, the final authority to select such plans properly rests with
the school district because it must pay all or a part of the cost of
such benefits.
Accordingly, the governor returned the bill unsigned.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.14.68
#521
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill which could set
the stage for additional legislation to end the proliferation of licens-
ing practices and boards in the healing arts.
The bill--SB 1006--authored by Senator Alfred E. Alquist (D-San JOSE
consolidates two categories of physical therapists ("licensed" and
"registered") under the heading of "physical therapists."
The bill was sponsored by the Licensed Physical Therapists Associa-
tion for the purpose of simplifying and improving administration and
eliminating confusion among users of physical therapist services.
In signing SB 1006, Governor Reagan noted that the legislation
represents a compromise between the two groups affected--the licensed
and registered therapists. He praised both groups for the spirit of
cooperation which they have demonstrated during the several years in
which this legislative concept has been developing.
"The demand for health care services by the public is growing
faster than the ability of the health professions to provide them. This
situation is further complicated by proliferation of licensing prac-
tices and boards in the healing arts.
"I believe this bill demonstrates what can be done to coordinate
better certain segments within the healing arts profession, to improve
regulatory jurisdiction and to better serve the health needs of the
people of California," Governor Reagan said.
Among those participating in the bill-signing ceremonies in
Governor Reagan's office today were Alquist, William Fawx, executive
secretary, Physical Therapy Examining Committee; Flora Souza, president,
Physical Therapists Association, and Frank Reynolds, deputy director,
Department of Professional and Vocational Standards.
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul B_ck
445-4571
8.14.68
#522
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill creating the
first organizational structure of its kind in the nation. It will
permit the State of California to realize the maximum potential of
computers and other highly developed technological equipment and
procedures.
The bill--SB 959--authored by Senator George Miller (D-Martinez)
also reduces duplication in certain critical areas and permits greater
cooperation between the state and local governments.
The bill represents a significant achievement in interagency and
intergovernmental cooperation. It is a joint effort of the Executive
Branch Control Agencies (General Services, Management Services, and
Finance); the Office of the Degislative Analyst, the Intergovernmental
Board on Electronic Data Processing and the State Electronic Data
Processing Policy Committee.
SB 959 has the support of the County Supervisors Association, the
League of California Cities, the California Association of School
Administrators and the California School Boards Association.
In signing the bill, Governor Reagan stated that = the use of
computers in state government has been growing at a rapidly increasing
pace. Ten years ago there were about three computers in state
government; today there are over seventy.
"The annual cost of using this equipment has climbed to over
$35 million.
"Although individual governmental agencies and departments have
derived significant benefits from the use of computers, the problems
connected with these important new tools have grown too complex to
permit each entity to operate independently.
"To assure maximum benefit from the use of these modern techniques
and to help improve the functions and overall efficiency of government,
there must be top level involvement from state and local jurisdictions.
"SB 959 will assure this involvement and overall coordination."
The bill establishes the intent of the legislature regarding the
use of electronic data processing technology under definitive policies.
SB 959 gives statutory authority to the Intergovernmental Board on
Electronic Data Processing, the State E.D.P. Policy Committee, and the
Office of Management Services which were created by Governor Reagan
through Executive Order in 1967.
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#522
Under the terms of the bill:
1--The Intergovernmental Board on Electronic Data Processing will
establish goals and generate policies governing coordination,
cooperation, joint efforts and cost-sharing involving the use of
data processing. It will also establish priorities, coordinate and
implement standards, review applications for grants-in-aid, establish
and maintain a liaison with similar activities being formed at the
federal level and within other states.
2--The State Electronic Data Processing Policy Committee will
provide policy direction and approve and authorize the E.D.P. master
plans. This committee consists of the lieutenant governor, elected
constitutional officers, agency secretaries, directors of finance and
general services, the chairman of the Intergovernmental Board of E.D.P.,
as well as representatives of the legislature and private industry.
This policy committee will cease to exist on January 1, 1971.
3--The Office of Management Services will develop policy recommenda-
tions as well as short and long range master plans for the approval
of the policy committee. Further, they will be responsible for the
and
evaluation / effectiveness of data processing utilization. Organiza-
tional placement is at the discretion of the governor until January 1,
1971 at which time this function will fall under the jurisdiction of
the Department of Finance.
The director of the Office of Management Services also serves as
the executive secretary of the State E.D.P. Policy Committee.
The provisions of SB 959 are compatible with the recommendations
of the Governor's Task Force on Efficiency and Economy in Government.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
#525
445-4571
8.15.68
Governor Ronald Reagan announced that he has signed the following
bills:
AB 58 - Monagan
Allows a local school board to grant to certificated
(Chapter 1295)
employees up to three days bereavement leave without
a loss in pay. Additionally, the board may enlarge
the class of relatives who may be considered as
members of the immediate family.
AB 194 - Duffy
Establishes a research advisory panel to coordinate
(Chapter 1334)
the study of narcotics and dangerous drugs and to
approve those projects soliciting marijuana from
the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement for research.
AB 195 - Duffy
Appropriates $40,000 to the University of California
(Chapter 1296)
for a research project on the effects of marijuana
usage.
AB 202 - Hayes
Applies the provisions of the Brown Act requiring
(Chapter 1297)
public meetings to advisory bodies of a local
agency created by formal action of local agency.
AB 263 - Murphy
Requires that public agencies give certain stop-
(Chapter 1298)
notice claimants under a public works contract a
notice of filing a notice of completion or a notice
of cessation of labor.
AB 392 - Hayes
Provides that all claims on an estate by any public
(Chapter 1299)
entity must be filed within four months of notice
of death or they are barred, unless such claims
come within the prescribed exceptions.
AB 423 - Knox
Authorizes school districts which are required to
(Chapter 1335)
enter into contracts for services for physically
URGENCY
handicapped minors to contract with school districts
in other counties for such services. The bill
authorizes such contracts with districts in other
counties even if there is a district in the same
county offering such services.
AB 460 - Quimby
Exempts from sales and use tax the gross receipts
(Chapter 1336)
from the sale, storage, use or other consumption
of meals served to patients in hospitals, children's
nurseries, homes for the aged and mental institutions.
AB 530 - Chappie
Extends from July 1, 1968 to July 1, 1971 the in-
(Chapter 1337)
crease in maximum school district tax rate provided
union high school districts to pay judgment debts,
and makes districts with a regular school average
daily attendance up to 4,000 rather than 1, 250.
VAB 556 - Brathwaite Allows the representative of a surety company or a
(Chapter 1300)
bail bondsman to appear in cases where a bond has
been forfeited to request that the court discharge
the forfeiture.
A3 572 - Miller
Authorizes the use of earthquake safety override
(Chapter 1301)
tax funds for engineering surveys of the structural
safety of school buildings.
AB 576 - Negri
Amends the Rees-Levering Motor Vehicle Sales and
(Chapter 1338)
Finance Act to require that the seller refund the
property or thing of value traded as a downpayment,
rather than permitting the seller to refund such pro-
perty or thing of value or, if it cannot be returned,
the cash value thereof, in the event a conditional
sales contract is not executed. The bill also makes
a willful violation of the Rees-Levering Act a
misdemeanor.
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#525
AB 685 - Chappie
Defines public entities to which funds in the Airport
(Chapter 1302)
Assistance Revolving Fund may be made available.
The bill prohibits use of such funds for airports
not open to use by the general public. The bill
also authorizes Division of Aeronautics to fix
reasonable fees for licenses or permits required
by it.
AB 307 - Bagley
Redefines "mentally gifted minor" and specifies that
(Chapter 1339)
such minors who are determined to be culturally
deprived must be measured by criteria other than
solely by standardized test scores.
VAB 840 - Cory
Exempts a golf cart from registration if it is
(Chapter 1303)
operated on local streets which are designated by
local authorities and further operated in accor-
dance with rules prescribed by that local authority.
The speed zones for such operation must be 25 miles
or less.
AB 369 - Sieroty
Provides that certificated and classified school
(Chapter 1340)
employees may use sick leave for reasons of personal
necessity, rather than personal emergency.
AB 896 - Bee
Appropriates $1,750,000 from the State Highway Fund
(Chapter 1341)
to the Department of Public Works for studying and
performing all preliminary work necessary for the
construction of a new Dumbarton Bridge.
LAB 1010 - Powers
Extends the ten-hour day and 58-hour work week to
(Chapter 1342)
women employees of railroads.
AB 1012 - Powers
Requires that specified wages which cannot be de-
(Chapter 1343)
livered to a woman or minor for whom such wages
were collected by the Division of Industrial Welfare
within six months from date of collection to be
deposited in special deposit fund in the state
treasury.
VAB 1203 - Knox
Provides that expenses of administration of the
(Chapter 1305)
Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training
are a proper charge to the Peace Officers' Training
Fund rather than the general fund. The bill also
augments the Peace Officers' Training Fund in the
amount of 20 percent of each penalty assessment
levied on designated traffic offenses.
\AB 1204 - Milias
Authorizes the Department of General Services to
(Chapter 1318)
dispose of specified parcels of land upon giving
public notice, and to quitclaim certain property
back to the County of Imperial.
AB 1257 - Veneman
Provides for the formula for allocation of the pro-
(Chapter 1306)
perty factor for aircraft of an air carrier or an
air taxi for use in determining local property tax
and Bank and Corporation Tax.
VIB 1302 - Schabarum Provides that the Department of Motor Vehicles shall
(Chapter 1307)
require upon registration of 1955 through 1965 year
model vehicles previously registered out of state
that they be equipped with certified crankcase
pollution control devices. Exception is made in the
case of registration to an owner whose residence is
in a county, district or area not subject to air
pollution control.
LAB 1304 - Z'berg
Provides that the arresting officer shall bring a
(Chapter 1308)
child declared habitual truant before the probation
officer, rather than juvenile court. The bill per-
mits, rather than requires, a county superintendent
of schools to request a petition in juvenile court
on behalf of a child who is a habitual truant, ir-
regular in attendance, or habitually insubordinate
or disorderly in school.
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AB 1320 - Hayes
Revises the licensing procedures performed by the
(Chapter 1309)
Highway Patrol with respect to armored cars, pri-
vate ambulances, lamp and brake stations, motor
vehicle pollution control stations and the trans-
portation of explosives. It provides that all li-
censing will be for a one-year period and that a
fee will be applicable in each case.
AB 1329 - Briggs
Authorizes branches of the California Rehabilitation
(Chapter 1310)
Center to be established in any facility made avail-
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able on the grounds of a state institution, as well
as in existing institutions of the Department of
Corrections and the Department of Youth Authority
and in halfway houses.
AB 1347 - Shoemaker Authorizes the board of governors of the State
(Chapter 1311)
Nautical School, the governing boards of school
URGENCY
districts and county superintendents of schools to
take all necessary action to participate in programs
authorized under prescribed federal acts.
AB 1419 - Lanterman
Transfers the power to license psychiatric clinics
(Chapter 1344)
from the Department of Public Health to the Depart-
ment of Mental Hygiene. The purpose of the transfer
is to allow psychiatric clinics to participate in
the Short-Doyle local mental health programs.
AB 1450 - Brown
Requires the boards within Department of Professional
(Chapter 1345)
and Vocational Standards to cooperate with the direc-
tor of the department in determining the form, time,
and price of directories of certificate holders or
licensees.
AB 1464 - Ralph
Amends several sections of the Labor Code pertaining
(Chapter 1346)
to apprenticeship standards. The bill requires that
specific selection procedures for apprenticeship
training programs be established and be made avail-
able to all applicants. The bill also provides
for a new procedure for handling of complaints
alleging discrimination in the selection of
apprentices.
AB 1483 - Cory
(Chapter 1347)
States that the insurance tax shall be one percent
on gross premiums derived from policies or contracts
issued in connection with a pension plan or profit-
sharing plan of certain charitable organizations
and public schools.
AB 1494 - McGee
Abolishes the Board of Social Work Examiners and
(Chapter 1348)
creates a Social Worker and Marriage Counselor
Oualifications Board of the State of California
consisting of nine members appointed by the governor.
VAB 1553 - Knox
Prohibits the collection of a license fee for the
(Chapter 1312)
privilege of auctioning real estate from any real
estate auctioneer whose business is limited exclu-
sively to auctioning real estate, except by the
city in which he has a permanent place of business.
AB 1588 - Chappie
Prohibits a policy of disability insurance or a
(Chapter 1349)
health care service plan contract from providing an
exception for other coverage where such other cover-
age is entitlement to specified Medi-Cal benefits.
The bill requires each such policy or contract to
be interpreted not to provide an exception for such
Medi-Cal benefits.
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AB 1595 - Chappie
Requires work or training-related expenses of a
(Chapter 1313)
recipient of Aid to Families with Dependent Chil-
dren to be paid by the state and county and requires
each county welfare department to establish day
care services programs so that such recipients may
participate in work incentive program. The bill
appropriates $500,000 for the state's share of pro-
gram costs.
AB 1618 - Briggs
Permits agreements to exclude persons from automo-
(Chapter 1314)
bile liability insurance policies either within the
policy itself or on a separate writing which may
not be incorporated in the policy.
\AB 1664 - Assembly Education Committee
(Chapter 1350)
Authorizes the state to enter into the Interstate
Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel.
AB 1680 - Quimby
Provides for the cancellation or refund of 90
(Chapter 1351)
percent of property taxes paid by certain persons
and organizations which were otherwise eligible
for the cemetery, college, exhibition, church,
orphanage or welfare exemption but which did not
make a timely application therefor. The relief so
provided must be claimed before January 15 of the
year following the year in which the late filing
occurred.
AB 1690 - Knox
Prohibits contingent fee contracts for reports to
(Chapter 1315)
public bodies on feasibility of public projects or
sale of public securities.
AB 1741 - Crown
Substitutes the California World Trade Authority for
(Chapter 1352)
the San Francisco and Southern California World
Trade Authorities and the California World Trade
Authorities Coordinating Council.
AB 1759 - Ketchum
Authorizes the Department of Social Welfare or any
(Chapter 1353)
county welfare department to contract with the
Department of Education to provide child care ser-
vices for AFDC recipients including former or po-
tential families, wherein welfare will pay either
total cost or so much of the cost as will permit
maximum federal participation. Provides that the
Department of Social Welfare will make funds avail-
able to the county department for non-federal sharing
of the child care services by utilizing moneys avail-
able in Item 282 of the Budget Act of 1968. Further
stipulates that the funds allocated will be used
for child care services required because of parti-
cipation in a work incentive program or approved
vocational development programs.
AB 1779 - Monagan
Authorizes the State Lands Commission to exchange
(Chapter 1354)
lands of equal value whenever it appears to the com-
URGENCY
mission to be in the best interests of the state in
order to enhance the configuration of the shoreline
or navigable waterways.
VAB 1889 - Crandall
Requires the state librarian to make available on
(Chapter 1355)
loan for legally blind persons or those visually
or physically handicapped and unable to read con-
ventional printed materials, tape recordings of
books and other materials selected by the state
library similar to its general program for providing
library materials to legally blind readers. The
bill appropriates $15,000 to initiate such a program.
AB 1919 - Milias
Appropriates $93,000 from the general fund for sup-
(Chapter 1356)
port of the Center for Technological Education ad-
ministered at San Francisco State College.
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AB 1966 - Veneman
Provides for a new tax incentive program for employ-
(Chapter 1357)
ers to encourage the hiring of unemployed or under-
employed persons who may be receiving public assis-
tance. The Health and Welfare Agency would certify
employers and trainees. Allows certified employers
to deduct additional 50 percent of the cost of salar-
ies and training from gross income in computing
taxes. The number of trainees would be limited to
2,500 and a maximum fiscal year tax loss of $300,000.
An appropriation of $50,000 is provided for admin-
istration. Requires that 50 percent or more of the
trainees are to reside in the economically disad-
vantaged area defined in Section 9111 of Unemploy-
ment Insurance Code as set forth in AB 1463. These
areas include but are not limited to the following:
Alameda County, West Berkeley, Hayward, Oakland,
and Northwest Alameda in Contra Costa County, North
Pittsburgh, Richmond, Fresno, Bakersfield, Los
Angeles, portions of Orange County, Sacramento, por-
tions of Riverside County, portions of San Bernardinc
County, San Francisco, Stockton, San Diego, Central
San Jose, and Vallejo.
AB 2015 - Mobley
Appropriates $140,000 from the State Water Quality
(Chapter 1358)
Control Fund to the State Water Resources Control
URGENCY
Board for a loan to the City of Madera to permit
necessary planning and development of adequate
sewage treatment facilities.
AB 2024 - Crown
Revises the funding and administration of the
(Chapter 1316)
Crippled Children Services Program. The bill will
fund all parts of the treatment program, including
diagnosis and therapy, on a uniform 75 percent
state-25 percent county basis, similar to the Short-
Doyle program in the mental health field. The
bill becomes operative on July 1, 1969.
AB 2039 - Crown
Amends Education Code to authorize Trustees of
(Chapter 1317)
the California State Collegesto deposit and maintain
in local trust accounts, funds received from speci-
fied sources for specified purposes.
SB 23 - Carrell
Requires the Department of Public Works to remove
(Chapter 1319)
the center strip and pave a portion of State High-
way Route 118 in San Fernando Valley from curb to
curb, with the further provision that the depart-
ment should include appropriate provision for left-
turn lanes. It further requires the department to
commence such work prior to January 1, 1969, and
continue with due diligence until it is completed.
SB 29 - Grunsky
Excludes the military population of each county
(Chapter 1264)
from the population figure used to determine the
annual county share of costs of the Medi-Cal pro-
gram.
S3 50 - Dymally
Authorizes the Fair Employment Practices Commission,
(Chapter 1320)
upon request of specified parties, to provide assis-
tance, by way of conference, conciliation and per-
suasion, to communities and persons in resolving
disputes, disagreements or difficulties relating to
discriminatory practices. The bill requires that
activities of commissioners and employees of com-
mission in providing conciliation assistance shall
be conducted in confidence and without publicity.
SB 53 - Carrell
Provides that the state will not administer the
(Chapter 1265)
sales and use tax ordinance of a city or county
URGENCY
which imposes such taxes in addition to those per-
mitted under the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales
and Use Tax Law. Exempts from this prohibition un-
til March 1, 1969, cities with a population of
1,000,000 or more which impose such additional
taxes at the rate of one percent.
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SB 86 - Rodda
Provides for the cancellation or refund of any pro-
(Chapter 1266)
perty tax for any fiscal year beginning during cal-
endar year 1968 and any calendar year thereafter, on
property owned by any organization qualified for
the college, cemetery, orphanage, welfare or church
exemption, if such property presently qualifies for
the exemption and was acquired after the lien date
but prior to the commencement of the fiscal year.
SB 93 - Grunsky
Provides an allowance of $910 per unit of average
(Chapter 1321)
daily attendance for blind pupils who are provided
URGENCY
individual instruction in mobility.
SB 113 - Collier
Exempts a school district from holding an election
(Chapter 1267)
to fill a vacancy on the governing board where no
nomination or only one nomination is made by the
54th day prior to the election date unless the elec-
tion has been consolidated with another school board
election in which more than one candidate has been
nominated for the board. It vests power in the
board to appoint the person nominated, or if no
person is nominated, any qualified person may be
appointed by the board.
SB 128 - Dymally
Establishes a pilot program to assist families in
(Chapter 1322)
the adoption of "hard-to-place" children. Provides
for waiver of adoption fees for adoptive parents who
participate in program. Requires State Department
of Social Welfare to report annually to the legisla-
ture, making its final report in 1971. Authorizes
director of finance to transfer funds for in lieu
foster care payments up to the amount of estimated
reduction in foster care payments resulting from
placement of hard-to-place children; to become oper-
ative January 1, 1969; no placements of children
to be made under program after December 31, 1971;
in lieu foster payments to continue after December 31,
1971; in lieu foster payments to continue after
December 31, 1971, for as long as needed, not to ex-
ceed three years from placement date.
LSB 200 - Rodda
Provides that the Trustees of the California State
(Chapter 1268)
Colleges may, upon recommendation of the chancellor,
allow a major in education if such major meets the
requirement of the diversified major and such cours-
es are taken in the several academic schools or de-
partments other than education or educational meth-
odology. The bill requires in addition to such
major in education, a major in a subject matter area
commonly taught in the public elementary schools to
be completed within 5th academic year.
USB 244 - Cologne
Authorizes municipal water districts to issue general
(Chapter 1269)
obligation bonds of the district or any improvement
district thereof without an election if: the prin-
cipal amount of such bonds does not exceed unissued
balance of bonds authorized at election prior to
May 9, 1967; the bonds are issued for same purpose
as the unissued bonds were authorized; the bonds
are otherwise duly issued, except for the election.
SB 298 - Teale
Changes the name of the Board of Vocational Nurse
(Chapter 1323)
Examiners to the Board of Vocational Nurse and Psy-
chiatric Technician Examiners. The bill provides
for the licensing, rather than the certification of
psychiatric technicians, The bill prohibits perfor-
mance of psychiatric technician services by any per-
son after January 1, 1970, without a psychiatric
technician license.
SB 335 - Wedworth
Appropriates $25,000 from general fund to Department
(Chapter 1324)
of General Services for support of the California
Advisory Commission on Marine and Coastal Resources.
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SB 397 - Sherman
Prohibits an employer from discharging
(Chapter 1270)
an employee for taking time off to serve
as required by law on an inquest jury or
trial jury, if the employee, prior to
taking such time off, gives reasonable
notice to employer that he is required
to serve.
SB 443 - Mills
Authorizes the board of directors of any
(Chapter 1325)
transit district or rapid transit dis-
trict to establish special benefit dis-
tricts within a part of the territory of
the district, when the board determines
that land adjacent to the district's
transit stations will be specially
benefited by the operation of a transit
system.
SB 535 - Dills
Requires emergency ambulances to be
(Chapter 1271)
equipped with a resuscitator.
VSB 592 - Burgener
Permits the governing body of a state or
(Chapter 1272)
local agency to meet in executive session
with its representatives to consult and
discuss employer-employee relations such
as salaries, salary schedules, or com-
pensation paid in the form of fringe
benefits.
SB 595 - Collier
Authorizes intercounty transfers of on-
(Chapter 1273)
sale general licenses, subject to the
same limitations as to eligible counties
and numbers of such transfers as presently
governs intercounty transfer of off-sale
general licenses. No license transferred
intercounty can be retransferred for two
years, and the consideration for retransfer
cannot exceed $10,000 or $6,000 if the
license was originally obtained from the
state for $6,000.
SB 596 - Grunsky
Imposes a duty on the owner of a dog which
(Chapter 1274)
has bitten a human being to take such
reasonable steps as are necessary to
remove any danger to other persons pre-
sented by such animal.
SB 723 - Grunsky
Requires reimbursement of the cost
(Chapter 1275)
incurred by a school district employing
a member of Teachers Professional Standards
Commission for replacement of such member
attending meetings of commission, or
any committee or subcommittee thereof, to
be included in apportionments from state
school fund.
VSB 745 - Burgener
Includes integrated programs for physically
(Chapter 1326)
handicapped minors within the definition
of "special day classes" for state school
fund apportionment purposes.
SB 769 - Bradley
Provides there is no prohibited conflict-
(Chapter 1276)
ing interest if the only interest of a
public officer is that of a landlord or
tenant of the party contracting with the
public agency and the contracting party
is the federal government or another
public agency. The bill also provides that
there is no conflict of interest in a
contract made pursuant to competitive
bidding under a procedure established by
law if the public officer's or employee's
sole interest is that of an officer,
director or employee of a financial
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institution with which a party to the
contract has the relationship of borrower
or depositer, debtor or creditor.
SB 784 - Miller
Permits a public agency to prohibit, by
(Chapter 1277)
resolution, the management and confiden-
tial employees of the agency from repre-
senting any employee organization on
matters within the scope of representation.
SB 830 - Lagomarsino
Declares that it is state policy to pro-
(Chapter 1278)
vide for the conservation of state water-
ways possessing extraordinary scenic,
fishery, wildlife, or outdoor recreation
values. In addition, the bill directs the
administrator of the Resources Agency to
develop a California-protected waterways
plan.
SB 856 - Way
Revises the standards under which State
(Chapter 1279)
Board of Education may approve unifica-
tion proposals dividing existing high
school districts, to eliminate present
financial ability standard prohibiting
approval where a 10 percent or greater
variation will ensue among the proposed
new districts, and substitute new stand-
ards by which assessed valuation levels
per pupil in the proposed districts are
compared with the overall level in the
whole territory involved, with variations
of up to 10 percent permitted, or up to
15 percent where the level in each pro-
posed district is more than the statewide
average assessed valuation per pupil.
SB 895 - Short
Amends the dry cleaners licensing law to
(Chapter 1280)
require licensing of coin-operated dry
cleaning establishments. It changes the
compositions of the board to provide two
public members and five licentiates with-
out regard to category of license.
SB 912 - Collier
Makes it unlawful for any person licensed
(Chapter 1281)
under the provisons relating to healing
arts to represent expressly or impliedly
in any advertisement that he will furnish
in connection with his professional
practice or business any commodity or
service free or without cost.
SB 938 - Miller
Provides, on request of a lessee or
(Chapter 1282)
lessor, for the separate assessment of
leased land and improvements if certain
conditions are satisfied. The assessor
is given discretion to assess the leased
premises to either the lessee or lessor.
In the latter event, all notices of
assessment and tax bills shall be mailed
to the lessor in care of the lessee or
copies of such notices or bills shall be
mailed to the lessee.
SB 942 - Rodda
Increases maximum teacher's credential
(Chapter 1283)
fee from $15 to $20 and appropriates all
URGENCY
fees for issuance of credentials without
regard to fiscal year. Deletes priority
schedule for use of a special purpose
appropriation for branch offices, con-
version to data processing and completion
of a microfilming project. Provides for
special purpose fee of $5 rather than the
amount in excess of $10.
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SB 1014 - McCarthy
Extends period from June 6, 1967 to
(Chapter 1285)
July 6, 1971 in which the Bolinas Harbor
District must substantially improve granted
tidelands or have them subject to reversion
to the state. The bill also requires the
district to develop a harbor development
plan and to jointly meet and hold public
hearings with the Marin County Board of
Supervisors.
SB 1017 - Collier
Authorizes the provison for payment on a
(Chapter 1286)
reimbursement basis of, or exclusion of,
chiropractic expenses in disability
insurance policies.
SB 1033 - McCarthy
Increases the number of superior court
(Chapter 1287)
judges in Marin County from four to five.
SB 1039 - Petris
Prohibits the inclusion of specified
(Chapter 1288)
provisions in motor vehicle conditional
sale contract.
SB 1045 - Rodda
Provides that no election is required with
(Chapter 1289)
respect to leases or agreements regarding
real property and school buildings which
do not effect an increase in the existing
applicable maximum tax rate of a junior
college district.
SB 1070 - Danielson
Makes special provisions for Meyers-Geddes
(Chapter 1290)
Act coverage for state officers and
employees permanently assigned to duties
outside of the state on the same basis as
such coverage is afforded state employees
working within the state.
SB 1081 - Bradley
Declares that Stanford University medical
(Chapter 1291)
facilities are deemed to be held and used
exclusively for educational purposes. The
bill also provides for cancellation or
refund of taxes on property reasonably
necessary for the educational purposes of
Stanford University for fiscal years
commencing in 1966, 1967 or 1968.
VSB 1109 - Marks
Establishes a rebuttable presumption that
(Chapter 1328)
the most necessary public use for property
appropriated for public use as a state,
regional, county, or city park is such
use and declares such presumption to be
one affecting the burden of proof.
\SB 1118 - Petris
Allows a one-time adjustment in the basis
(Chapter 1292)
used for apportionment of taxes in a
URGENCY
redevelopment project to offset the
reduced tax revenues resulting from changes
in assessment practices. The bill effects
only Alameda County.
SB 1214 - Moscone
Revises the law relating to the collection
(Chapter 1293)
of taxes on part of a parcel of real
property and the law relating to the
redemption of a part of tax-sold and tax-
deeded property to bring these two areas
of law into closer conformity. The bill
also prohibits payment of taxes on
redemption of an undivided interest in a
parcel and prohibits separate valuations
of property divided into more than four,
rather than 10, parcels.
SB 1224 - Moscone
Makes it unlawful, on and after July 1,
(Chapter 1329)
1969, to engage in the practice of clinical
social work without a license, rather than
permitting persons to engage in such
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practice, but prohibiting the use of the
title "certified clinical social workers"
without being certified as such.
SB 1233 - Moscone
Requires that emergency service and care
(Chapter 1330)
be provided to any person requesting it
or for whom it is requested, for any
condition in which the person is in
danger of loss of life at any licensed
hospital that maintains and operates an
emergency department and has qualified
personnel available to provide such
services and care. The measure also
requires the person requesting care or
the person responsible for accompanying
such person, to execute an agreement to
pay the charges for such service and care.
The bill also provides immunity from lia-
bility arising out of refusal to render
emergency services or care to the hospital,
its employees, and any physicians under
certain circumstances.
SB 1263 - Dymally
Specifies that experience as a clinical
(Chapter 1263)
technician in the armed forces may be
equivalent to the experience required
for registration as a clinical laboratory
technologist trainee, if such experience
as a technician is approved by the State
Board of Public Health.
SB 1270 - Bradley
Permits employees who are eligible for
(Chapter 1331)
certain survivor benefits under the
Public Employees' Retirement Law to con-
tinue to be so eligible for five years
if, as a result of the lawful merger of
contracting agencies, they become employees
of an agency included in the federal social
security system.
SB 1274 - McCarthy
Provides state school financing for
(Chapter 1332)
experimental programs for deaf and hard
of hearing children between the ages
of 18 months and three years.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan has vetoed the following bills:
AB 1744 - Meyers
Provides that juvenile hall group
counselors and supervisors engaged in
the custody of youths detained under
physical security, may be deemed to be
safety members in communities under the
County Employees Retirement Law of 1937.
REASON FOR VETO:
Safety membership provides more liberal
retirement benefits for those public
employees whose occupation is sufficiently
dangerous as to require an unusually high
degree of physical fitness. AB 1744
extends safety membership to a class of
employees who are not frequently exposed
to danger.
Accordingly, the governor returned the
bill unsigned.
AB 1180 - Meyers
Provides a procedure for review of the
dismissal of employees with probationary
status under county civil service.
REASON FOR VETO
The present law with respect to the dis-
missal of county employees with probation-
ary status has promoted the effectiveness
of county government in California.
AB 1180 could impair the efficiency of
county government.
Accordingly, the governor returned the
bill unsigned.
SB 778 - Miller
Requires the secretary of state to
publish a "special district roster"
every two years.
REASON FOR VETO:
There does not appear to be any compelling
need to publish a special district roster
at this time. If at a later date there
is a showing of such need, provision should
be made for the special districts to
reimburse the secretary of state for the
cost of publishing the roster. There is
no provision in SB 778 for such reim-
bursement.
Accordingly, the governor returned the
bill unsigned.
SB 559 - McCarthy
Provides that right-of-way costs for
recreational features of flood control
and water conservation projects shall be
eligible for financial assistance from
the state. It requires local agencies to
enter into a contract with the Department
of Water Resources stating that the local
district will develop and operate the
recreational features of these projects
before state funds may be allocated for
right-of-way costs.
REASON FOR VETO:
The current policy on federal flood con-
trol projects is for the state to pay the
cost of lands, easements and rights of way related to flood control
only. This liberal acquisition policy has been criticized. on the ground
that such costs should be borne in part by the direct beneficiaries.
SB 559 would require the state to assume further additional costs for
benefits that would accrue primarily to local agencies. Accordingly,
the governor returned the bill unsigned.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.15.68
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation removing the
present conclusive presumption that highways have a higher public
priority than parks.
The bill--SB 109--stipulates that there will be no such presump-
tion and provides that disputed highway routes will be resolved through
a judicial determination as to the most necessary public use of the
property.
SB 1109 was drafted by the Governor's Joint Resources Highway
Committee established by Governor Reagan specifically to enable the
Division of Highways and the Department of Parks and Recreation to
work together to solve mutual problems. It was carried by Senator
Milton Marks, (R-San Francisco).
In signing the bill at special ceremonies in his office, the
governor said SB 1109 "is a milestone in its field and a victory for
all of the people of California."
Governor Reagan had special praise for what he described as the
imaginative thinking and cooperative spirit of John A. Legarra, State
Highway Engineer, William Penn Mott, Jr., Director of Parks and
Recreation and the members of the Joint Resources-Highway Committee
in cooperation with Senator Marks.
"This bill isaproof that both highway and park development can
proceed in the best interest of the people of this state and with full
recognition of its transportation and environmental needs and problems,"
the governor said.
SB 1109 specifically provides that:
a. When considering a route affecting a park, the California
Highway Commission will give written notice to parks of its intent to
set the route through park property. The owner of the park shall have
120 days to bring action which, in effect, could stop the highway
route. This will allow independent determination by a judge if there
is a dispute.
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b. The Highway Commission shall attempt to avoid parks and take
extra precautions if a route does in fact go through a park.
C. If no action is filed by the owner of a park within the 120
day period, there will then be a conclusive presumption that the
adopted highway route, then, IS of greater public importance and it
would not be stopped.
Present at the bill signing ceremonies in Governor Reagan's office
were Marks, Gordon Luce, Secretary of the Business and Transportation
Agency; Norman B. Livermore, Administrator of the State Resources
Agency: Vernon J. Cristina, Chairman of the California Highway
Commission.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.16.68
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The following bills have been vetoed by Governor Ronald Reagan:
AB 113 - Hayes
Permits judges eligible to retire under incentive
retirement provisions of Judges' Retirement Law
to obtain certificates of extension so that they
can serve for additional periods of time without
losing rights to such benefits, such extensions
being subject to the approval of the Commission
on Judicial Qualifications.
REASON FOR VETO: The incentive retirement pro-
visions of the Judges' Retire-
ment Law have proven to be an effective method
of encouraging judges to retire at age 70. AB 113
would defeat the purpose of the incentive retire-
ment provisions by permitting judges to serve past
70 without losing the advantages that goes with
earlier retirement.
Accordingly, the governor returned the bill
unsigned.
AB 343 - Z 'Berg
Makes mendatory rather than discretionary the
advance payment of taxes and assessments by the
Department of Veteran's Affairs for veterans
holding farm or home loans.
REASON FOR VETO: AB 343 removes needed adminis-
trative flexibility with respect
to the payment of taxes and assessments to holders
of Cal-Vet loans. The bill would require the
Department of Veterans Affairs to set aside
approximately $25 million a year for tax loans.
This would result in 1600 fewer home loans to
California veterans.
Accordingly, the governor returned the bill
unsigned.
AB 564 - Brown
Requires the Department of Social Welfare to
establish adoption services in the counties which
do not have a county adoption agency. The bill
also appropriates $100,000 to initiate these
services,
REASON FOR VETO: The governor has already approved
SB 409 (Chapter 879) which per-
mits the Department of Social Welfare to establish
public adoption services in the 33 counties which
do not provide them. The approval of SB 409 makes
AB 564 unnecessary.
Accordingly, the governor returned the bill
unsigned.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.16.68
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 210 - Chappie
Provides the means for implementation of the
(Chapter 1369)
Work Incentive Program provisions of Public Law
9.0-248 whereby the administration of the work
and training activities in connection with
public assistance recipients are transferred
from the public welfare system to the public
employment system. The bill abolishes the
existing revisions of law relative to the
community, work and training as administered by
the 58 county welfare departments under the
supervision of the State Department of Social
Welfare. The bill provides necessary appropria-
tion to the State Department of Employment and
the means for transferring funds from the public
assistance appropriation to the Department of
Employment in accordance with the requirements
of federal law. The bill further provides pro-
cedures whereby the State Department of Employ-
ment can disburse the assistance payments for all
persons accepted under the Work Incentive Program.
AB 801 - Priolo
Establishes a Graduate Community Teaching Fellow-
(Chapter 1370)
ship Program at the University of California
effective July 1, 1969. This measure provides
$15,000 to the university for planning purposes
this year in order that a new mathematics pro-
gram might be implemented starting in 1969.
AB 867 - Veysey
Appropriates $50,000 in 1968-69 and $300,000
(Chapter 1371)
each of the fiscal years 1969-70 and 1970-71
to assist local school districts in providing
new or expanded programs in work experience
education.
AB 1046 - Unruh
Enacts Small Business Assistance Program Law.
(Chapter 1372)
Under this pilot program technical assistance
will be provided by qualified nonprofit associa-
tions, under contract with the state, to eligible
persons in connection with the establishment of
new, and operation of, existing small businesses
in low income areas in the state. This bill is
operative only if AB 109 is signed. This is one
of the six job training bills.
SB 279 - Danielson
Increases the maximum limit of a Cal-Vet home
(Chapter 1359)
loan from $15,000 to $20,000. Redefines the
term "veteran" to include therein a person who
served in the active military, naval, or air
service of the United States for a period of not
less than 90 consecutive days or was discharged
from the service due to a service-connected
disability within such period, any portion of
which was on or after August 5, 1964, and prior
to a future date to be established by the legis-
lature and rendered service in a campaign or
expedition for which a medal has been authorized
by the government of the United States. Provides
that on and after two years from the effective
date of this legislation all applications for sucl
benefits are to be filed within 15 years from the
date of the applicant's discharge from the servic
SB 424 - Carrell
Allows the transportation of poles, timbers,
(Chapter 1360)
pipes, or integral structural materials not
exceeding 80 feet in length upon a semitrailer
and a pole or pipe dolly used in connection with
a truck tractor.
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SB 483 - Dymally
Requires the Department of Corrections to inform,
(Chapter 1361)
in writing, any person eligible to petition for
a certificate of rehabilitation and pardon prior
to his discharge or release on parole, of his
right to petition for and of the procedure for
obtaining such certificate.
SB 580 - Moscone
Prohibits in criminal actions, after the filing
(Chapter 1362)
of any complaint or other accusatory pleading
and before a plea, finding or verdict of guilty,
judges and their clerks from, respectively, read-
ing and accepting written reports of law enforce-
ment officers or witnesses to any offense or any
information reflecting the arrest or conviction
record of a defendant or any other representation,
with specified exceptions of affidavits required
or authorized by statute, or as provided in the
rules of evidence, or with the consent of the
accused given in open court.
SB 628 - Short
Authorizes a loan of not more than $2,000,000 of th
(Chapter 1363)
the proceeds of bonds to be issued under the
State School Building Aid Bond Law of 1966 for
allocation to Stockton Unified School District
for construction of a permanent campus for a
newly created regional occupational center
school to be located in San Joaquin County.
SB 670 - Schmitz
Limits access to written records of pupils of
(Chapter 1364)
any public, private, or parochial school.
SB 689 - Bradley
Repeals the partial sales tax exemption relating
(Chapter 1365)
to material and fixtures to be used pursuant to
certain construction contracts entered into for
a fixed price before August 1, 1967. The bill
becomes operative only if the state sales and use
tax rate becomes less than 4 percent.
SB 1013 - Collier
Provides that the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway
(Chapter 1366)
District and the state may, by agreement, provide
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for the prepayment of $5, 000, 000 plus interest
owed to the state by the district. The amount
received by state is to be credited to state
highway fund and to general fund in amounts
mutually agreed upon by the Departments of Public
Works and Finance.
SB 1015 - Rodda
Authorizes the computation of tuition charges
(Chapter 1367)
based on revised formulas for elementary school
pupils attending junior high schools operated by
a high school district. It permits tuition owing
for the 1967-68 school year to be computed under
the revised formula at the election of the high
school district affected, and extends to September
15, 1968, the date for making the final payment
or adjusting payments previously made.
SB 1028 - Petris
Provides that in cases requiring an automatic
(Chapter 1368)
appeal when a judgment of death is rendered, if
the defendant is unable to afford services of
counsel, the Supreme Court shall appoint counsel
to represent him in any appeal to the Supreme
Court, or any appeal or other review in the
United States Supreme Court.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.23.68
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced that he has signed the following
bills:
AB 115 - Monagan
Authorizes the formation of a public agency, to be
(Chapter 1392)
known as a renewal area agency, for a renewal area
for the purpose of providing low-income, middle-
income, and normal market housing and sufficient
commercial establishments to serve persons living
within a reasonable distance of the renewal area,
and for the purpose of rebuilding or rehabilitating
the renewal area.
VAB 287 - Dunlap
Specifically includes tracer and incendiary ammu-
(Chapter 1393)
nition, except tracer ammunition manufactured for
use in shotguns, within the definition of "destruc-
tive devices." Such ammunition will be within the
scope of the Penal Code provisions generally pro-
hibiting possession or sale of such devices without
a permit issued by chief of the Bureau of Criminal
Identification and Investigation. Specifies that
the provisions regulating destructive devices does
not prohibit the use or possession of such devices
by various military and peace officer personnel
and full-time firemen while on duty and acting
within scope of employment.
AB 306 - Veysey
Increases death benefit to be paid to beneficiary
(Chapter 1394)
of retired member of teachers' retirement system
from $400 to $500.
AB 353 - Mulford
Creates a State Environmental Quality Study Council
(Chapter 1395)
to conduct various studies and develop recommenda-
tions including management of waste discharge.
The bill appropriates $25,000 for support of the
council.
AB 361 - Chappie
Directs the Department of Social Welfare to develop
(Chapter 1396)
methods and plans to provide for a uniform and
simplified method of determining the grant of
assistance for the aged, blind and disabled re-
cipients of aid. Also directs the department to
make an annual report to the legislature dealing
with the progress made in simplifying the standard
of assistance.
AB 362 - Chappie
Requires the State Lands Commission to conduct or
(Chapter 1397)
contract to conduct real property title searches
of Lake Tahoe beaches dedicated for public use and
make the report of its findings. The bill requires
the county to dedicate Lake Tahoe beach property
to the state where title thereto has been subject
to title search by the commission and county and it
has by final court decree been determined to be in
county. The bill also appropriates $30,000 to the
commission for such purpose.
AB 365 - Bagley
Appropriates $300,000 to the Department of Educa-
(Chapter 1398)
tion for the purposes of AB 908, and is contingent
upon its enactment. AB 908 is intended to allow
local school districts to contract and cooperate
with local business, industry or any other units
to enrich the local educational system, with
special emphasis on programs oriented toward agri-
culture, science, business, commerce and vocational
training.
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AB 389 - Chappie
Provides in-home and out-of-home non-medical care
(Chapter 1399)
services for public assistance recipients.
AB 561 - Stacey
Appropriates $440,000 from the general fund for the
(Chapter 1401)
acquisition of Red Rock Canyon in Kern County
for inclusion in the state park system.
AB 581 - Sieroty
Repeals the Penal Code provision declaring a
(Chapter 1402)
person sentenced to life imprisonment to be, sub-
ject to Adult Authority action, civilly dead.
Prescribes certain rights which a person retains
who is sentenced in a state prison for life or for
a term less than life.
AB 589 - Knox
Authorizes a member of the State Teachers' Retire-
(Chapter 1403)
ment System to elect not to receive credit for
time served outside this state in a status which
in this state is a requisite for membership. The
bill authorizes such a member to apply for retire-
ment if he rendered additional service in a status
requisite for membership in the system for at
least one year, rather than two years, after
June 30, 1950.
AB 630 - Dunlap
Excludes Medicare benefits from the definition of
(Chapter 1404)
income contained in the Senior Citizens Property
Tax Assistance Law.
AB 634 - Brathwaite
Provides that money placed in trust or life or
(Chapter 1405)
burial insurance purchased for funeral, cremation
or interment expense shall be considered to have
no value in computing the amount of property owned
by a recipient of public assistance if the amount
involved does not exceed $1,000.
AB 645 - Bill Greene Eliminates various Welfare and Institutions Code
(Chapter 1406)
provisions exempting certain income of public
assistance recipients and substitutes a provision
exempting any earned income of a recipient to
the maximum extent permitted by federal law.
VAB 686 - Dunlap
Provides that if a portion of an estate which was
(Chapter 1407)
community property of a husband and wife would
otherwise escheat to a state because there is no
relative, including next of kin of one of the
spouses to succeed to such portion of the estate,
such portion shall be distributed to the heirs
of the other spouse.
VAB 716 - Brathwaite
Requires county welfare departments to provide
(Chapter 1408)
home care for needy children under the Aid to
Families With Dependent Children program while the
mother is away from home because she is participa-
ting in a rehabilitation, work or training program
or is actively seeking employment.
AB 761 - Pattee
Authorizes an elementary school to maintain special
(Chapter 1409)
programs or classes for non-English speaking pupils
if 15 or more pupils, rather than one in every
four pupils, are unable to speak, understand, read
or write the English language well enough to carry
on normal class activities. The bill excludes
pupils participating in compensation education pro-
gram of school district or other program funded
through federal or state moneys for low-income or
disadvantaged pupils.
AB 765 - Bear
Creates the College Opportunity Grants Program
(Chapter 1410)
authorizing up to 1,000 subsistence grants per
year for 1969-70, 1970-71 and 1971-72 to be award-
ed to economically disadvantaged students who dis-
play potential for academic success. The bill re-
stricts the maximum amount of the grant to $1,100
per academic year.
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AB 805 - Bill Greene Requires that contractors on public works contracts
(Chapter 1411)
apply to the Joint Apprenticeship Committee for the
trade and area for a certificate of approval to
train apprentices. This certificate shall provide
for employment of a ratio of apprentices to
journeymen, which shall not exceed that already
established, but in no case less than one appren-
tice to each five journeymen employed, with cer-
tain exceptions.
AB 810 - Roberti
Increases lump sum death benefits from $400 to
(Chapter 1412)
$500 for retired state employees and retired em-
ployees of contracting agencies which elected to
become eligible for death benefits.
AB 908 - Schabarum
Authorizes local school districts to enter into
(Chapter 1413)
contracts or cooperative arrangements with busi-
ness, industry or elements of the community to
improve local education.
VAB 920 - Russell
Provides for the operation of programs offering
(Chapter 1414)
pre-service and in-service training for teachers
who will work in poverty area schools. Enacts
Professional Development and Program Improvement
Act of 1968 for the purpose of providing and im-
proving pre-service and in-service training for
teachers. Requires establishment of schools as
training centers to serve a number of satellite
schools. Requires State Board of Education to
adopt rules and regulations to implement the
program.
VAB 926 - Biddle
Permits certain credentialed teachers who were
(Chapter 1415)
formerly members of the State Teachers' Retire-
ment System and are employed in the public schools
as instructors under the Economic Opportunity Act
of 1964 to again become credentialed teachers.
AB 933 - Murphy
Adds speech handicapped children to the list of
(Chapter 1416)
exceptional children for which apportionments
of housing and equipment may be made under the
State School Building Aid Law of 1952.
VAB 968 - Cory
Conforms the Personal Income Tax Law to federal
(Chapter 1417)
rules, including the life expectancy rule rela-
ting to annuities.
AB 1077 - Fong
Revises the method and requirements in reporting
(Chapter 1418)
computation of average daily attendance of junior
college pupils and adults attending college in
the academic year and summer session for all
school districts maintaining a junior college.
AB 1153 - Murphy
Authorizes county superintendents of schools to
(Chapter 1419)
provide programs and transportation therefor, for
mentally gifted minors who reside in any school
district which has an average daily attendance
of less than 901.
AB 1264 - Biddle
Specifies that priority shall be given to credi-
(Chapter 1420)
tors who have levied an execution unless court
finds circumstances warrant another disposition.
AB 1281 - Milias
Provides that enlisted personnel involuntarily or-
(Chapter 1421)
dered to active duty for a stated duration shall
not lose any rights or benefits conferred public
employees under the provisions of the Military
and Veterans Code if they voluntarily elect to
complete the period of such duty.
AB 1287 - Meyers
Requires the State Personnel Board and the Depart-
(Chapter 1422)
ment of Rehabilitation to jointly formulate pro-
cedures for the selection and orderly referral of
disabled state employees who can be benefited by
rehabilitation services and might be retrained for
other appropriate positions within the state servic
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AB 1291 - Meyers
Increases the market value of homes that the
(Chapter 1423)
Department of Veterans Affairs can lend funds on
from $25,000 to $35,000.
AB 1307 - Veysey
Authorizes the issuance of a probationary creden-
(Chapter 1424)
tial for a two-year period to 100 specially selec-
ted persons with baccalaureate degrees from ap-
proved institutions and who have composite scores
at or above the 50th percentile. It authorizes
employment of such persons by a school district
for service as teachers, subject to certain
conditions.
AB 1400 - Fong
Authorizes school districts to employ classified
(Chapter 1425)
personnel as "instructional aides" to assist
teachers and other certificated employees in su-
pervision and instruction of pupils.
AB 1413 - Vasconcellos
(Chapter 1426)
Establishes a three-year pilot program for diagno-
sis and treatment of children suffering from
hyaline membrane disease; provides that pilot
program shall be maintained from any funds made
available for such purpose; appropriates $200,000
from the general fund to the Department of Public
Health for expenditure during the 1968-69 fiscal
year for services to children suffering from hyalin
membrane and for collection of date regarding the
cost of providing such care.
AB 1447 - Vasconcellos
(Chapter 1427)
Authorizes school district governing boards or
county superintendents of schools, with approval
of county boards of education, to enter into
agreements to render any services which may be
provided children enrolled in nonpublic schools
under the federal Elementary and Secondary Act
of 1965. The bill requires that payment for such
services be not less than the cost of rendering
such services.
AB 1474 - Campbell
Includes specified types of property within the
(Chapter 1428)
welfare exemption from property taxation, if such
property is owned or leased by a nonprofit organ-
ization established for the purpose of leasing
property to the state, city or county. Establishes
procedures for claiming the exemption and provides
for a cancellation or refund of taxes imposed on
such property in 1967 or 1968. Provides that
special consideration is to be given where leases
are entered into on or before December 31, 1968.
AB 1521 - Elliott
Authorizes the Department of Social Welfare to
(Chapter 1429)
make determination as to permanent impairment and
total disability for eligibility for Aid to the
Disabled in the county involved. Requires that
determination be made in time to prevent loss of
federal sharing money.
AB 1524 - Vasconcellos
(Chapter 1430)
Declares that the fact that a person is, or is sus-
pected of being, a user of marijuana is not alone
sufficient grounds upon which to order or request
that the person submit to a "Nalline" test as a
condition of probation or parole or to determine
whether such person is a narcotic addict. A judge
may still invoke the "Nalline" test provisions
if he has reason to believe a person is or has
been a user of narcotics other than marijuana.
AB 1541 - Stacey
Eliminates the deductions from accrued salary to
(Chapter 1431)
be paid to an employee when a punitive action
against him is reversed by the State Personnel
Board, except such amount as was compensation
earned or could reasonably have been earned by the
employee in the period commencing six months from
the day of suspension.
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AB 1602 Townsend
Provides for the automatic granting of a three-year
(Chapter 1432)
franchise terminable upon mutually satisfactory
terms, to holders operating for more than three
years under county refuse collection franchises in
unincorporated areas by cities annexing or incor-
porating such areas, provided such service meets
certain standards.
AB 1610 - Campbell
Establishes the California Education Information
Chapter 1433)
System within the Department of Education for the
purpose of collecting and making available infor-
mation relating to education. Provides for organ-
ization, operation, function and conduct of the
system to be financed from federal funds.
AB 1638 - Milias
Requires that enlisted men in the pay grade of
(Chapter 1434)
El through E5 while on active duty ordered by
the governor under certain circumstances receive
not less than $12.80 per day if they certify that
the total pay from their civilian employment re-
ceived during such periods of active duty and their
normal military pay and allowances do not exceed
$12.80 per day.
AB 1677 - Pattee
Conforms definitions relating to corporate reor-
(Chapter 1435)
ganizations for purposes of the Personal Income
Tax Law to definitions used in the Bank and Cor-
poration Tax Law.
AB 1729 - Roberti
Adds the Trustees of the state colleges and the
(Chapter 1436)
Regents of the University of California to those
state agencies already authorized to pay reasonable
and necessary moving expenses caused by the state's
acquiring their property and such expenses to be
paid from sums appropriated for the acquisition
of said property.
AB 1730 - Wilson
Extends the current study of harmful drugs and
(Chapter 1437)
hallucinogenic substances two years. The bill
appropriates $35,000 to the Department of Educa-
tion for the continuation of such study during the
1968-69 fiscal year if the superintendent of pub-
lic instruction certifies that a request for
specified federal funds has been denied.
VAB 1792 - Chappie
Sets the amount considered as required for main-
(Chapter 1438)
tenance for a medically indigent person and author-
URGENCY
izes the administrator of the Health and Welfare
Agency to decrease or increase such amounts to
the most liberal allowed under any public assis-
tance program to insure the greatest federal
participation.
AB 1808 - Thomas
Makes the Department of Motor Vehicles an author-
(Chapter 1439)
ized agent of the Department of Harbors and Water-
craft until March 10,1970, for the issuance of
certificates of number and temporary certificates
of number for undocumented vessels. The Depart-
ment of Motor Vehicles is to be reimbursed for
actual expenses incurred. Both departments are
to report to the legislature on or before March 10,
1970, on their experiences under this arrangement
and make recommendations.
AB 1826 - Priolo
Permits member of the Public Employees' Retirement
(Chapter 1440)
System who was an academic employee of the Uni-
versity of California prior to 1963, and who is
not entitled to receive benefits under another re-
tirement system, to receive current service credit
for such service upon making specified
contributions.
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AB 1828 - Burton
Amends and repeals various Welfare and Institutions
(Chapter 1441)
Code sections regarding current commitment pro-
cedures for mentally ill persons. The amendments
to the sections are to remain operative until the
Lanterman-Petris-Short Act becomes operative on
July 1, 1969.
AB 1865 - Russell
Creates Educational Innovation Advisory Commission
(Chapter 1442)
consisting of superintendent of education, one mem-
ber appointed by the speaker, one by Senate rule
and 11 by the State Board of Education, and pre-
scribes responsibilities thereof re projects quali-
fying for federal funds received by state pursuant
to Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965, as amended by P.L. 90-247.
Designates commission as state advisory council
prescribed in Title III.
AB 1907 - Deddeh
Requires the Department of Public Works or the
(Chapter 1443)
appropriate local agencies with respect to high-
ways under their jurisdiction, to establish and
promulgate criteria to be used as guidelines for
the placement of traffic control devices near
schools. The bill further provides that the cost
of furnishing traffic control personnel whose func-
tion is to assist students in crossing streets and
highways is a proper charge against money appor-
tioned to cities and counties from the Highway
User's Tax Fund.
AB 1950 - Lanterman
Makes various technical, clarifying and other
(Chapter 1374)
changes in the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act.
AB 1951 - Cory
Requires the attorney general in preparing titles
(Chapter 1444)
for statewide initiative measures which would
require substantial state expense and which do
not include a method of financing in the initiative
measure to state approximate costs of the pro-
posal. The bill provides that the estimate costs
will be made by Department of Finance and Joint
Budget Committee.
VAB 2049 - Bagley
Authorizes county boards of supervisors by a
(Chapter 1445)
four-fifths vote to contribute not to exceed
50 percent of certain funds accumulated for pro-
viding facilities for veterans' associations.
\AB 2061 - Sieroty
Permits the state, cities, and counties to employ
(Chapter 1446)
residents of California who are noncitizens who
have declared their intent to become citizens.
AB 2063 - Sieroty
Authorizes the board of any school district to
(Chapter 1447)
negotiate with the authorities of any foreign
country, state, territory or possession of the
United States for the hiring of bilingual teachers
to provide foreign language instruction.
AB 2071 - Chappie
Authorizes the Folsom Lake Bridge Authority to
(Chapter 1448)
employ an executive secretary. The authority is
authorized to contract with a person, firm or cor-
poration for the construction, maintenance and
operation of the toll bridge on behalf of the
authority. The bill also appropriates $6, 300 for
payment to the authority for its support in the
1968-69 fiscal year, and requires such appropria-
tion to be repaid from the proceeds of the first
sale of bonds.
AB 2098 - Bill Greene
(Chapter 1449)
Provides for payment of disability benefits to dis-
URGENCY
abled California veterans from the time of eligi-
bility determination by the federal government un-
til such time as federal disability benefit pay-
ments begin. The veteran is required to assign to
the state the disability compensation to repay
these state benefits.
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SB 39 - Dymally
Enacts the Children's Center Construction Law of
(Chapter 1373)
1968 to provide assistance to school districts and
to county superintendents of schools for the con-
struction of children's center facilities. The
bill appropriates $2.8 million for allocation pur-
suant to a specified schedule for the purposes of
children's centers.
SB 53 - Moscone
Allows the establishment of professional corpora-
(Chapter 1375)
tions for persons licensed under the Business and
Professions Code. The bill provides for dental,
medical and law corporations.
SB 166 - Dymally
Appropriates $100,000 to Department of Rehabilita-
(Chapter 1376)
tion to finance vocational evaluation and work
adjustment services for disadvantaged persons.
SB 398 - Sherman
Permits a judge whose commission was issued on or
(Chapter 1377)
before September 18, 1959, to receive an incentive
retirement allowance provided under Judges' Re-
tirement Law.
SB 602 - Alquist
Provides that when a public agency lets a contract
(Chapter 1378)
and specifies products by a brand name or trade
name, the specifying agency, if aware of an equal
product manufactured in California, name such pro-
duct in the specification.
SB 606 - Dolwig
Provides for a deduction from the cross income of
(Chapter 1379)
a holding company commercially domiciled in Cali-
fornia of dividends paid by an insurance company
which is at least 80 percent owned by the holding
company. The deduction applies only to dividends
attributable to the California operations of the
insurer.
environmental
SB 710 - Carrell
Creates a State
Quality Study Council
(Chapter 1380)
to conduct various studies and develop recommenda-
tions relative to environmental quality, including
management of waste discharge. The bill appropri-
ates $25,000 for support of the council.
VSB 719 - Sherman
Requires the Department of Social Welfare to develop
(Chapter 1400)
in cooperation with county welfare departments, a
program of Homemaker Services. These services
would be provided by homemakers employed by the
county welfare department with priority given to
the retraining of recipients of public assistance.
SB 809 - Burgener
Specifically authorizes aid to needy disabled per-
(Chapter 1381)
sons who are mentally retarded and in private in-
stitutions providing care for more than six persons.
SB 846 - Dolwig
Provides that if an off-sale general or on-sale
(Chapter 1382)
general license was obtained originally from the
state after June 1, 1961, for a fee of $6,000 and
such license is later transferred intercounty, it
cannot be transferred thereafter for consideration
in excess of $5,000.
LSB 1047 - Petris
Authorizes any health facility or institution li-
(Chapter 1383)
censed by the Department of Public Health or the
Department of Mental Hygiene to be licensed by the
state Department of Social Welfare if such facility
or institution complies with relevant provisions,
rules and regulations as they apply to facilities
for the care of the aged.
SB 1051 - Collier
Expressly authorizes legislative bodies of muni-
(Chapter 1384)
cipal or public corporations or districts to con-
tract for payroll check preparation in addition
to other designated services.
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SB 1087 - McCarthy
Requires a sheriff to furnish a licensed private
(Chapter 1385)
investigator or adjustor with report as to criminal
record of employee or proposed employee of such
license, but prohibits information contained in
record of such employee or proposed employee from
being divulged to the applicant.
SB 1143 - Marks
Adds to the types of firearms which make the com-
Chapter 1386)
mission of a felony with a weapon subject to the
increased penalties of a prescribed section of the
Penal Code.
VSB 1154 - Danielson
Requires the deposit of specified fees, collected
(Chapter 1387)
by the Public Utilities Commission, into the Trans-
portation Rate Fund rather than the general fund.
SB 1179 - Burgener
Provides that no admission fee or tuition fee shall
(Chapter 1388)
be required of any nonresident student who is a
full-time employee of California State Colleges,
or who is the child or spouse of an employee,
rather than an academic or administrative employee
of California State Colleges.
SB 1227 - Moscone
Specifies that prohibition of release of personal
(Chapter 1389)
information concerning pupils, except under ju-
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dicial process, is not intended to interfere with
preparation and distribution of junior college,
college and university student directories or with
furnishing of lists of names, addresses and tele-
phone numbers of junior college, college and uni-
versity students to proprietors of off-campus
housing.
VSB 1228 - Moscone
Requires public employers to negotiate in good
(Chapter 1390)
faith with representatives of employee organiza-
tions "in an attempt to reach agreement. It re-
quires the parties to prepare written "memorandum
of understanding" for presentation to the local
governing body. Local governing bodies are author-
ized to establish formal recognition processes
and procedures for resolving disputes. The bill
does not apply to state government.
SB 1268 - Lagomarsino
(Chapter 1391)
Provides that the chief of the Division of Nar-
cotic Enforcement may add new narcotics to the
statutory list of those which have a potential
for abuse. The bill also gives the Department of
Public Health authority to add to the list of re-
stricted dangerous drugs having a potential for
abuse. The bill further establishes a Research
Advisory Panel which will approve research projects
and make reports to the legislature relative to
the conclusions of research on the abuse of drugs.
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Saeramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
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The following bills have been vetoed by Governor Ronald Reagan:
AB 45 - Burton
Provides for a new tax incentive program for employer:
to encourage the hiring of unemployed or under-
employed persons who may be receiving public
assistance. The Department of Employment would
certify persons to be employed and trained. The
bill allows employers to deduct an additional 25
percent of the cost of salaries and training from
gross income in computing taxes. The number of
trainees would be limited to 1,500 in any fiscal
year and a maximum tax revenue loss limited to
$300,000 in any fiscal year. This program would
terminate on January 1, 1972.
REASON FOR VETO: Governor Reagan said, "I have
already signed AB 1966 (Chapter
1357) which provides for a new tax incentive program
for employers to encourage the hiring of unemployed
or underemployed persons who may be receiving public
assistance. The approval of AB 1966 makes AB 45
unnecessary."
Accordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.
AB 687 - Vasconcellos
Authorizes Regents of the University of Cali-
fornia and Trustees of the California State
Colleges to establish and maintain children's
centers on the campuses of the University of
California and the California State Colleges,
respectively. This would authorize the University
and the State Colleges to establish at all campuses
a nursery for the children of working mothers.
REASON FOR VETO: There does not appear to be any
real need for campus childrens'
centers. The enactment of SB 39 (Chapter 1373)
which appropriates $2.8 million for the construction
of 40-60 additional childrens' centers makes AB 687
unnecessary.
Accordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.
AB 870 - Unruh
Enacts the Law Enforcement Leadership Training Act
of 1968 and creates a seven-member Law Enforcement
Leadership Training Committee. The bill provides
for state payment of up to 50 percent of salaries,
and $60 per month per diem, and travel expenses of
participating law enforcement officers. The bill
appropriates $150,000 from the general fund for the
program. The program is to terminate the 61st day
after adjournment of the 1970 Regular Session.
REASON FOR VETO: Governor Reagan said, "The Com-
missimon Peace Officer Standards and
Training can accomplish the objectives of this bill
without further statutory authority. The commission
is best equipped to set priorities for law enforce-
ment training programs. For this reason I question
the mandating of specific training programs such as
proposed by AB 870. The passage of AB 1203 (Chapter
1305) will make it possible for the commission to
consider additional training programs, and its
enactment eliminates any need for general fund
appropriations to finance such programs."
Accordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.
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AB
1280
Monagan
Creates an Educational Research Commission to
administer experimental schools in grades 1 through
3 to experiment and explore problems in education.
The bill also requires the State Board of Education,
in approving any state plan for the use of specified
federal funds, to assure that specified amounts of
federal funds are reserved and allocated to the
commission.
REASON FOR VETO: Governor Reagan said, "I agree that
an urgent need exists to update
instructional methods to take advantage of modern
technology and to research and test new educational
techniques. Creation of a new board or commission
to implement a program or control the expenditure
of funds, when an experienced agency is already
performing this task, detracts from efficient
administration and incurs unnecessary expenditures
of public funds. Further, I have been assured by
the Department of Education that the intent of this
bill will be accomplished under existing authority."
Accordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.
AB 1353 - Greene, B. Provides that when a person who has been arrested
and booked and is then released because of police
determination of mistaken identity or lack of guilt,
the records of such arrest and booking may, upon
petition, be immediately sealed. Upon receipt of the
notice of sealing, every agency having such records
in its possession shall seal them and shall there-
after not disclose the fact of arrest or booking to
any person. The arrest and booking shall be deemed
to have not occurred.
REASON FOR VETO: The Senate Judiciary Committee is
continuing its study of sealing of
records. Further legislation in this area should be
deferred until the committee has had an opportunity
to complete its inquiry.
Accordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.
AB
1447 - Cory
Provides that when the release or demotion of a
certificated employee holding a position requiring
an administrative or supervisory credential, except
the position of superintendent, is contemplated, such
employee shall be advised in written form not later
than March 15 of the current year.
REASON FOR VETO: This bill unduly restricts school
district governing boards with
respect to the assignment and reassignment of
administrative personnel. It will require school
districts to make administrative assignments for an
entire year at least four months before the end of
the school year. The bill provides no method of
determining when a "demotion" or "release" has
occurred. The words "release" and "demotion" are
not defined in the bill nor are they to be found in
other provisions of the Education Code.
Accordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.
AB 1683 - Quimby
Provides for a pilot home reception educational
television program for adults in Los Angeles County.
The bill allocates $200,000 from federal funds to
finance the costs of the two-year pilot program.
REASON FOR VETO: The state now supports at-school
education for regular enrollment.
There should be a more complete understanding of the
cost of providing state-supported home television
before even a pilot program is instituted.
Accordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.
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SB 41
Dymally
Provides that where a minor has been taken before
or appears before a probation officer, the probation
officer shall deliver to such minor a written
statement informing him of the right to petition
the court to seal records. The bill also requires
law enforcement officers who release minors taken
into temporary custody, where a written record of
arrest or detention has been made, to deliver such
a written statement to the minor.
REASON FOR VETO: The Senate Judiciary Committee is
continuing its study of sealing
of records. Further legislation in this area should
be deferred until the committee has had an opportun-
ity to complete its inquiry.
Accordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.
SB 125 - Dymally
Appropriates $250,000 to the University of
California and $250,000 to the California State
Colleges to initiate and develop educational oppor-
tunity programs for disadvantaged youths.
Specifically authorizes the University and the
California State Colleges to accept funds from
private or governmental sources for the operation
of the programs.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said, "I have
already signed AB 765 (Chapter 141C
which creates the College Opportunity Grants Pro-
gram authorizing up to 1,000 subsistence grants
per year for 1969-70, 1970-71, and 1971-72 to be
awarded to economically disadvantaged students who
display potential for academic success. Approval
of AB 765 makes SB 125 unnecessary."
Accordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.
SB 575 - Dymally
Provides $20 per average daily attendance in
foundation aid to schools operated by the county
superintendent in juvenile halls, homes, and camps.
The estimated general fund cost of $140,000 to
$160,000 added by the bill is declared to be an
appropriation for property tax relief within the
meaning of Chapter 1209, Statutes of 1967.
REASON FOR VETO: The state allowance for efficient
school district organization has no relevance to
educational programs operated by the counties.
Furthermore, the fact that the foundation increase
made by SB 575 must be used for reduction of pupil-
teacher ratios makes it a form of program enrichment
rather than property tax relief.
Accordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.
SB 593 - Alquist
Permits a special need allowance to be paid to
recipients of Old Age Security (OAS) whose physical
and mental condition require boarding home care up
to a maximum grant limit of $225 per month. Directs
that the Department of Social Welfare fix the appli-
cable boarding home rates which will be consistent
with the out-of-home care rates set by the Health
and Welfare administrator.
REASON FOR VETO: The problem of providing proper
care and attention to a growing number of aged and
disabled persons in a manner that is consistent with
their well being at a cost that can be controlled
within the limits of the fiscal capacity of the state
requires an overall plan involving all types of out-
of-home care. SB 593 is a stop-gap measure which
does not adequately deal with the entire problem of
out-of-home care benefits compared with in-home
care rates. The bill purports to be a property tax
reduction measure, which it is for a few counties.
However, it would be a property tax increase bill
for most counties. Accordingly, he returned the bill
unsigned.
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SB 819 - Short
Provides for Nursing Home Administrator's State
License Board, its powers and duties, and the
standards and procedures by which nursing home
administrators are to be licensed. Specifies fees.
Creates Nursing Home Administrator's State License
Board Fund and continuously appropriates the money
in such fund to the board.
REASON FOR VETO: Consideration of SB 819 should be
deferred so that it may be con-
sidered in relation to the study of healing arts
licensing now being conducted by the Department of
Professional and Vocational Standards with a view
to determining whether the creation of a new board
is necessary or whether some other organization
such as a bureau with an advisory board, an examin-
ing committee within the jurisdiction of the Board
of Medical Examiners would be preferable.
Accordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.
SB 935 - Beilenson
Establishes within the Department of Public Health
a nine-member Radiation Safety Board to advise the
department with respect to the adoption of regulation
affecting the use of diagnostic X-ray and the
certification of persons engaged in the use of
diagnostic X-ray; establishes standards of education,
training and experience for all persons who use
X-rays on human beings and prescribes the means for
assuring that these standards are met.
REASON FOR VETO: The Department of Professional and
Vocational Standards together
with the Board of Medical Examiners has instituted
a comprehensive study to explore the proper role of
licensing in meeting California's health manpower
needs, to determine improved patterns of organiza-
tion and distribution of function among licensing
agencies, and to make better use of the skills of
returning veterans. Consideration of SB 935 should
be deferred so that the subject matter of the bill
may be considered and coordinated with this study.
Accordingly, the governor returned the bill
unsigned.
SB 1160 - Richardson Provides that tuition fees charged foreign non-
resident students at California State Colleges shall
be fixed by Trustees of California State Colleges
at not less than $360 per year. The Trustees
may, under specified circumstances, waive or reduce
the tuition fee for not more than 7 1/2 percent of
the foreign nonresident undergraduate students.
The bill also provides that no admission or tuition
fee shall be required of any minor student who is
the child of, and who maintains his place of abode
with, a resident of this state.
REASON FOR VETO: Governor Reagan said, "I must
reluctantly veto SB 1160 because
it contains a substantive drafting error. Inad-
vertently, the last amended form of Section 23754
of the Education Code was not used to amend that
section in this bill. Consequently, the provision
that no admission or tuition fee shall be required
of any minor student who is the child of, and who
maintains his place of abode with, a resident of
this state which was deleted by the legislature
in 1966, would be reenacted into law if this bill
were approved. This inadvertence would produce a
loss of $200,000 in nonresident student fees in
1968-69.
Accordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed legislation
which will provide for "more effective enforcement" of those laws
relating to the possession of marijuana, LSD and other specified
dangerous drugs.
The bill (AB-172, Biddle) amends current state law regulating
penalties for such crimes.
Under terms of the bill, a judge will be able to exercise greater
discretion in determining the severity of penalties for such sentences,
in the case of first offenders.
The legislation raises to a felony the possible penalty for
possession or use of dangerous drugs. It also permits a judge to set
the sentence for first offense possession of marijuana as a misde-
meanor, in deserving cases.
Judges and other experts testified before committees of the
Senate and Assembly that the new penalty structure provides a more
realistic approach to the narcotics problem, and gives a judge the
necessary sentencing flexibility in appropriate cases.
The law previously required the judge to impose a felony
sentence in every marijuana case.
Governor Reagan said, "The new law marks a step forward in
recognizing the tremendous danger posed by the illicit traffic in
dangerous drugs.
"It also improves a judge's capability to deal with different
types of marijuana offenders," he added.
The legislation was supported by the California District
Attorneys' Association, the California Peace Officers' Association,
the California Medical Association, the State Bar of California and
the State Attorney General.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has vetoed the
so-called "presidential primary bill" (SB-145, Alquist) because
the measure would add "nothing to the democratic process" and would
"tend to divide and splinter our major political parties."
The legislation provides that candidates on the presidential
primary ballot in the state would be those found by California's
secretary of state to be nationally-recognized candidates for the
office of president, or those persons whose names were placed on
the ballot by means of petition. The bill would enable any such
person to withdraw by filing an affidavit that he or she is not
a candidate.
In his veto letter to the Senate, Governor Reagan said:
"SB-145 adds nothing to the democratic process. It is, in
fact, an infringement on the rights of certain individuals.
"It limits the people's responsibility by placing the responsi-
bility for putting names on the California presidential ballot
on the shoulders of one man. This is considerably less desirable
than California's present open primary method which requires a
significant number of persons to show an interest in a man's
candidacy before his name can be placed on the ballot.
"The proposed bill, if it were to become law, would place
prominent political figures in awkward positions by forcing them
to make decisions they might not wish to make, decisions that
no one man has the moral right to force them to make.
"Further, the proposed new method forces a man to accept the
alternatives of either raising money and campaigning against his
will or accepting political defeat.
"The proposed legislation will tend to divide and splinter
our major political parties. The strong, stable two-party system
we have developed in our country is one of the cornerstones of
American democracy. Legislation that weakens this system should
be avoided."
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed
legislation--the first of its type in the nation-which provides
tax incentives to private lending institutions in California for
making real estate loans to low income families in inner city neigh-
borhoods.
The bill (AB-1832, Campbell) "could establish a national trend
toward encouraging the use of more private funds from savings and
loan associations, banks, life insurance companies and other lenders
to develop moderate and low income housing, especially in minority
communities," the governor said.
The measure, part of the governor's legislative program, has
been hailed as a unique approach in solving some of the more press-
ing problems of California's urban core communities.
The idea was conceived and developed by State Savings and Loan
Commissioner Dr. Preston Martin.
"The opportunity for more families to become homeowners is a
vital element in building good citizenship and helping to insure
dignity for more California families," Governor Reagan said.
"I believe there are many areas where the private sector and
state government can and must work together to solve social problems.
"This legislation is an excellent example of such cooperation."
Through tax incentives, the bill stimulates the flow of private
funds for moderate and low income families who have the desire and
motivation to improve their overall environment.
These tax incentives--or credits--are also designed to partially
cover loan processing costs normally paid by the borrower.
In addition, the lenders are given a special bad debt allowance
to protect the public's savings.
Governor Reagan emphasized that while the bad debt allowance and
tax credits would serve as incentives for the individual lenders, their
overall impact on state revenue would be minimized because they would
be stimulating additional lending above and beyond the present busi-
ness conducted by private lending sector.
The governor also noted that the bill will stimulate home con-
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He expressed appreciation for the prompt and decisive action
taken by both houses of the legislature on the bill.
It required--and received--a 2/3rd majority vote in each house,
The governor had special praise for Savings and Loan Commissioner
Martin, and Business and Transportation Agency Secretary Gordon Luce
for the months they and their respective offices spent with Assemblyman
Campbell (R-Hacienda Heights) in drafting and guiding the bill through
the legislature.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed into
law a bill (AB-34, Milias) increasing the State of California's
contribution for employee medical insurance premiums from $6.00
per month to a maximum of $8.00 per month.
In signing the legislation, the governor said the action
will bring state government's contribution for its own employees
more into line with prevailing practices by other private and
public employers.
Assuming a continuation of past levels of enrollment in
employee medical insurance plans by state employees, the annual
cost increase to the state will amount to some $2.4 million.
The legislation was sponsored by the California State
Employees' Association and was supported by the State Department
of Finance, the State Public Employees' Retirement System and
State Personnel Board.
The bill received unanimous approval in the Senate and
won 66 affirmative votes in the Assembly.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed the final
three bills of an administration-backed bi-partisan legislative pro-
gram designed to enable the state to deal more effectively with the
problems of job training and development in economically disadvantaged
areas.
The three measures include:
--Establishment of regional California Job Development Corpora-
tions (AB-109, Campbell).
Formation of a Pooled Money Investment Fund (AB-1777, Monagan).
--Creation of a Department of Human Resources Development
(AB-1463, Unruh).
Three other bills in the bi-partisan package, signed earlier
by the governor, included:
--Creation of a Small Business Assistance Program (AB-1406,
Unruh).
--A Tax Incentive for Job Training (AB-1966, Veneman).
--Elimination of Discrimination in Apprenticeship Programs
(AB-1464, Ralph).
Governor Reagan noted that the administration has strongly
supported the program package from its very inception. He expressed
"deep satisfaction that the legislation achieved such strong
bi-partisan support" and pointed to this cooperation as "an example
of the kind of constructive leadership which can help solve many of
our state's pressing problems.
"One of the major tasks which confronts us, " he said, "is the
need to provide meaningful jobs for our thousands of unemployed
citizens.
"The legislation contained in this package clearly reflects a
growing awareness that government- while taking the lead--cannot
singlehandedly correct all the ills that beset our society.
"Indeed, the legislation closely involves the private sector
in seeking to assist the disadvantaged and unemployed by first train-
ing them and then helping them to find jobs," the governor said.
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--Creation of a Small Business Assistance
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 863 - Leroy Greene
Appropriates $119,157 for support of the Advisory
(Chapter 1456)
Commission on School District Budgeting and
Accounting. The appropriation is contingent upon
a finding by the superintendent of public instruc-
tion that federal funds are not available for
the purpose.
AB 936 - Cullen
Permits interest-free loans from special funds
(Chapter 1457)
to the general fund in an amount equal to ten
percent of "additions to surplus" shown in the
annual report of the controller for the prior
fiscal year.
AB 1311 - Bear
Provides that every owner of aircraft is liable
(Chapter 1458)
for the death or injury to person or property
resulting from the permissive use or operation
of his aircraft. The bill limits the liability
of a owner, bailee of an owner or personal repre-
sentative of a decedent for negligent or wrong-
ful act of person operating an aircraft with
permission to $15,000 per person, $30,000 per
accident and $5,000 property damage per accident.
Punitive damages are prohibited except where the
owner's own misconduct is a cause.
AB 1396 - Fenton
Abolishes the Yacht and Ship Brokers' Commission.
(Chapter 1459)
The jurisdiction, functions, powers and duties
of the commission are transferred to the Depart-
ment of Harbors and Watercraft.
AB 1785 - Murphy
Appropriates $146,100 from the general fund to
(Chapter 1461)
the Department of Parks and Recreation to con-
struct a breakwater at Capitola State Park.
AB 2025 - Crown
Vests in the Department of Public Health rather
(Chapter 1463)
than in the California State Board of Pharmacy
the authority to license and regulate manufac-
turers of drugs and devices in this state. The
bill creates, under jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment of Public Health, an advisory committee to
advise the department on matters concerning the
drug manufacturing industry. The bill requires
California-located sales or distribution outlet
of non-licensed out-of-state manufacturer to
obtain wholesaler's permit from the board if it
sells or distributes only that manufacturer's
drugs in California. Non-licensed out-of-state
manufacturers, wholesalers and pharmacies are
to obtain out-of-state distributor's license if
they sell or distribute drugs in California
other than through licensed wholesaler. The bill
also requires persons who act as principals or
agents for non-licensed out-of-state manufac-
turers, wholesalers or pharmacies to register
with the board if they sell or distribute drugs
in California which have not been obtained
through licensed wholesaler or through sales or
distribution outlet which is licensed as a
wholesaler.
SB 40 - Dymally
Establishes a four-year experimental program in
(Chapter 1450)
two elementary schools to provide complete educa.
tion services in a compensatory education program
Such services are to include medical, dental,
psychological, counseling, meals and ancillary
services when deemed necessary to improve the
education program. The bill provides that feder.
al funds not to exceed $500,000 annually may be
used to provide facilities for such programs.
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SB 653 - Collier
Provides generally for a system of aircraft
(Chapter 1452)
financial responsibility under the administration
of the Division of Aeronautics.
SB 655 - Collier
Requires county assessors to provide the Cali-
(Chapter 1453)
fornia Division of Aeronautics with an annual
statement containing a list of the names and
addresses of owners, model, aircraft registra-
tion number and assessed value of all aircraft
using the airports in their counties as a base.
LSB 1075 - Dolwig
Establishes a state college in San Mateo County
(Chapter 1464)
only. Deletes authorization for state college
in San Mateo-Santa Clara Counties. Appropriates
$100,000 to trustees from Capital Outlay Fund
for Public Higher Education for planning of the
next state college to be built.
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Governor Ronald Reagan has vetoed the following bills:
AB 159 - Miller
Provides a special allowance beginning in
1968-69 to school districts which have more than
three percent of their average daily attendance
residing on property of the University of
California.
Reason for veto:
This bill would establish pressures for similar
special allowances for school districts with
public facilities within their boundaries. The
state already compensates such school districts
through the foundation program. Whenever as-
sessed valuation per total district average
daily attendance goes down due to attendance of
students on tax-exempt land, state equalization
aid is increased.
Accordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.
AB 1344 - Chappie
Proposes that a demonstration project be estab-
lished in two counties to test the concept of
guaranteed income as a means of reducing welfare
rolls (similar to the Mr. X case in Sacramento
County). Appropriates $100,000 from the general
fund for the state share of cost.
Reason for veto:
Governor Reagan said: "I have already approved
AB 210 (Chapter 1369) which establishes the
Work Incentive Program which is designed to move
welfare recipients off the welfare rolls and
into productive employment. The enactment of
the Work Incentive Program removes any need for
the demonstration project proposed by AB 1344."
Accordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.
SB 479 - Collier
Provides that vessels under five net tons shall
be assessed at one percent of full cash value
if registered in the state and used exclusively
in taking and possession of fish or other living
sea resource for commercial purposes.
Reason for veto:
Governor Reagan said: "Last year I approved
AB 889 (Chapter 1257) which provided that a
documented vessel (a vessel of five net tons or
more) shall be assessed at one percent of its
full cash value if the vessel is engaged exclu-
sively in commercial fishing or oceanographic
research, AB 889 applied only to documented ves-
sels because high seas fishing vessels were
leaving California for other coastal states and
foreign countries. The same reason cannot be
used to support a one percent assessment for
small fishing boats."
Accordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed legislation
which he said helps assure "that the public's business is conducted in
public."
He referred to AB 1381 (Bagley) which enacts the California
Public Records Act, defines public records and requires public records
to be open to inspection during office hours.
The legislation was drafted following a six-month study made by
numerous individuals and groups, including the county supervisors, League
of California Cities, the attorney general, publishers, broadcasters,
the bar, the legislature, and others.
The governor noted that many departments already permit access to
public files as a matter of policy but that the new legislation clarifies
existing laws and other rulings and gives the state a comprehensive
statute covering most areas of state and local government.
"When I sought the office of governor I told the people of Cali-
fornia that it was time to insist that the public's business be conduc-
ted in public. This administration has vigorously followed that prin-
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ciple and AB 1381 not only assists the state in helping/keep the public
informed but also requires local governmental agencies to make sure
citizens have access to public information," the governor said.
He also pointed out that there are some technical matters in the
language of the legislation which the author has promised to correct at
the next session of the legislature.
"At the same time," the governor added, "I am hopeful that the
intent of this legislation can be expanded to include the legislative
and judicial branches of state government so that the right of freedom
of information can be truly meaningful in California."
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 567 - Brown
Requires the judge of the juvenile court and the
(Chapter 1470)
Youth Authority to inspect annually juvenile halls
as well as jails and lockups that confine minors
under the age of 18 years in excess of 24 hours.
AB 748 - Davis
Provides under Judges' Retirement Law an allowance
(Chapter 1471)
to the surviving spouse of a judge who retired
between January 1, 1951 and September 9, 1953,
equal to 25 percent of the salary payable to the
judge at the time he retired. The allowance would
be retroactive to the judge's death, subject to
a $5,000 maximum; and continue until the widow's
death.
AB 855 - Bagley
Revises the composition of the board of directors
(Chapter 1472)
of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District.
The bill specifies that the directors serve at
the pleasure of the appointing authority rather
than for a fixed term. The bill also requires
advertising of all bridge and highway district
contracts for construction, repair, maintenance,
and alteration exceeding $5, 000, and public bidd-
ing on contracts in excess of $5,000 for hiring or
purchase of equipment, supplies, or materials, and
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WAB 1777 Monagan
Allows the Pooled Money Investment Board to 2*
(Chapter 1474)
increase the amount of surplus money available
for time deposits and to place deposits in banks
who are members of California Job Development
Corporation and who have made loans to such
corporations.
AB 289 - Foran
Establishes a separate driving and licensing
(Chapter 1469)
examination for motorcyclists to be given by the
Department of Motor Vehicles. It provides for
the issuance of a special license to persons
passing the motorcycle examination. This can
either be a separate license or a special endorse-
ment on an existing license. The bill also
requires that windshield on motorcycles, after
January 1, 1969, be of safety glazing material
and clarifies the maximum height of handlebars.
SB 367 - Collier
Provides, under Judges' Retirement Law, for an
(Chapter 1466)
allowance commencing at the date of the judge's
death, to surviving spouse of a judge who died
in office after January 1, 1966, which would
equal 25 percent of salary payable to judge hold-
ing office to which the deceased judge was last
elected or appointed. It provides that the amoun
of workmen's compensation benefit be deducted frc
allowance payable.
SB 1198 - Way
Provides for increasing the maximum amount of aid
(Chapter 1467)
from $85 and $80, respectively, to $100 per month
in assistance for a child in an institution main-
taining a needy child and a child receiving foste
care in those cases and during such times as the
federal government contributes. The bill also
provides that funds distributed to public assist:
recipients of California Indian descent by reaso
of the enactment of certain federal legislation
shall not be considered as income or resources C
recipient to the extent permitted by federal law
SB 1230 - Moscone
Makes it a misdemeanor to contrive, prepare, set
(Chapter 1468)
up, propose, or operate any endless chain scheme
as defined.
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Governor Reagan announced today that he has vetoed the following
bills:
SB 69 - Alquist
Increases the maximum average monthly payment of
state aid for the care of children in foster
homes from 3 $80 per child to $115 per child.
REASON FOR VETO: Governor Reagan said: "I have
approved SB 1198 (Chapter 1467) which provides
for increasing the maximum amount of aid to $100
per month for a child in an institution for needy
children or receiving foster care who is partially
supported by federal funds. However, this bill
which would add approximately $6 million a year to
state welfare costs, constitutes a piecemeal
approach to the equalization of the county share
of welfare payments and services. This proposal
should be considered in conjunction with general
property tax legislation."
SB 303 - Moscone
Requires local governing bodies to call upon
residents and community organizations in redevelop-
ment areas to form representative neighborhood
councils. Community redevelopment agencies are
required to consult with these councils on pro-
jects in the affected area. The bill also requires
new housing in a redevelopment area to be made
readily available to low and moderate income
families, with persons displaced by redevelopment
given a priority.
REASON FOR VETO: This bill would unduly limit
the functioning of local redevelopment agencies.
This legislation intrudes on the "home rule"
responsiveness of local government by requiring
the creation of neighborhood councils. This
requirement together with the restrictive pro-
visions relating to both the type of housing and
the market for the housing in redeveloped areas
would result in eliminating much of the flexi-
bility that has enabled these local agencies to
successfully serve the entire community.
SB 811 - Dolwig
Declares state policy regarding the development
of tide and submerged lands and requires that such
lands be developed and used or preserved in
accordance with specified principles. It provides
that the State Lands Commission and local agencies
conduct surveys and describe the location and
boundaries of existing grants. The bill requires
the Commission to publish a master boundary map
and a boundary description for each parcel by
December 31, 1980.
REASON FOR VETO: It is estimated that the cost of
implementing the provisions of this bill will
range from $1.5 to $2.0 million during the next
ten year period. Although some provisions of
SB 811 are perhaps desirable, it is not possible
at this time to justify the anticipated costs by
comparison with the projected benefits to the
state.
SB 754- Dolwig
Requires and provides the procedure for the State
Lands Commission to make an inventory to ascertain
and describe location and extent of all ungranted
tidelands and to evaluate existing boundary des-
criptions. The bill appropriates $150, for
this purpose.
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SB 754 - Dolwig (Continued)
REASON FOR VETO: There are approximately 10, 000
miles of submerged and tidelands boundaries which
are unsurveyed and unmapped. To prepare the
inventory envisioned by this bill would at best
result in a sketchy document of very little value.
Presently the efforts of the State Lands Commiss-
ion are directed at gathering surveys and data on
a need-to-know basis that relates to the current
business conducted by the state in this field.
Even though the bill was amended to eliminate the
blanket survey requirement which would have cost
over $15 million, the benefits anticipated under
this legislation appear to fall substantially
short of justifying the accompanying appropria-
tion.
SB 826 - Marks
Provides that a recipient of aid to families with
dependent children in a program of rehabilitation
or job training or placement shall be considered
as unemployed and training not completed until
his income equals the amount of aid to which he
and his family would be entitled if he was not
employed. The bill limits the program to a
demonstration project in one urban county and
makes initiation of the project dependent upon
federal approval.
REASON FOR VETO: Governor Reagan said: "I have
already approved AB 210 (Chapter 1369) which
establishes the Work Incentive Program which is
designed to move welfare recipients off the
welfare rolls and into productive employment.
The approval of AB 210 removes any real need
for the pilot project proposed by SB 826.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan, announcing he has vetoed a bill (AB-1465,
Unruh) which would have created another state employment program for
youth, said today California already has "a highly successful" summer
jobs-for-youth program underway and that the Unruh proposal would
only add "to the frustrations of minority unemployment."
The measure allocated $1.5 million to local agencies and $250,000
to the Department of Employment to maintain youth employment service
activities at the 1966 level of service. The funds would have been
used in a continuing program of youth employment during the months
of June through September of each year.
In his veto letter, the governor said:
"The state already has a highly successful summer employment
program underway. This program, together with the recently enacted
series of job training and development measures, will have a more lasting
effect on unemployment than the costly make-work projects proposed by
AB 1465.
"I share the feeling of those people who have studied this problem,
that temporary make-work of the kind proposed in this bill only adds
to the frustrations of minority unemployment.
"This year the Department of Employment has placed approximately
136,000 persons under the age of 23 years in both the public and
private sectors. Many of these youths are from disadvantaged areas.
"New programs enacted this year will result in action being taken
to solve the problems of the disadvantaged areas and to prepare
individuals for employment. For example, the Work Incentive Program
created by AB 210 (Chapter 1369) is aimed at making individuals
employable and giving them an incentive to leave the welfare rolls.
"It is anticipated that this program in the first year will train
and ultimately result in permanent employment for approximately
1,745 youths under 24 years of age who are currently receiving welfare
grants. This legislation authorizes an expenditure level of $17 mil-
lion, of which $3.8 million is new state money."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has vetoed legislation
AB-730, Veneman) which would have established a separate retirement
system for approximately 600 state employees who work for the
legislature.
He said the action was in keeping with his policy of consistently
supporting salary and retirement benefits "that are equitable both
to public employees and to the taxpayers alike."
In his veto letter, the governor said:
"The cost to the state's taxpayers would amount to an estimated
equivalent of $1,800,000 a year as a result of providing a very rich
retirement plan to a very few state employees.
"The program would not be funded on an actuarially sound basis,
therefore the costs in the early years of operation would be small
and would increase dramatically as the state's share of liability
under the program grew from year to year.
"Although the employee's contribution rate would average slightly
less than for the existing Public Employees Retirement System, the
benefits, and consequently the taxpayer's share, would be substantially
higher.
"The proposed benefits under this bill would be from two to three
times greater than under the existing system, and since the employee's
contribution would be limited to seven percent, the taxpayer's cost
would run an estimated five times higher than the present contribu-
tion rate.
"I can find no justification for asking the citizens of this state
to pay these added costs in light of the fact that legislative
employees are eligible for membership in our Public Employees
Retirement System which serves approximately 400,000 state and local
government workers.
"I have consistently supported salary and retirement benefits
that are equitable both to public employees and to taxpayers alike.
My veto of this bill is in keeping with this policy."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has vetoed a bill
(SB-517, Collier) which would have granted a driver, convicted of
driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor, the choice of
either serving a jail sentence or having his driver's license sus-
pended.
The governor said he took the action because the choice of
penalties for such offenses should remain within the discretion of
the judge and not the offender.
The bill would have required the court, if it decided to suspend
the license of a person convicted for the first time of driving under
the influence of intoxicating liquor, to grant the driver the choice
of serving a 10-day jail term or having his driver's license suspended.
It would have allowed a person, upon certain second convictions
for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor the choice of
serving a 20-day jail term or having his driver's license suspended.
In his veto letter, the governor said:
"I recognize that many persons must have a driver's license to
continue their present employment. However, the reason for the sus-
pension of the driving privilege is not to punish the violator by
driver
depriving him of employment but to remove a dangerous/from the highway
and thereby protect other motorists. The professional driver should be
more fully aware of this fact than the average motorist.
"There may be a need to give judges greater flexibility in
determining penalties in cases involving driving under the influence
of intoxicating liquor; however, SB-517 does not achieve this objective.
It places the discretion, with respect to the choice of penalties, with
the offender rather than the judge.
"A person convicted of driving under the influence of intoxicating
liquor has an absolute right under this bill to select a jail sentence
instead of a license suspension, no matter how flagrant his conduct
may have been.
"Discretion in these matters should rest with the judge and not
with the offender."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has vetoed legislation
(SB 1223, Moscone) deleting boards of police commissioners, city and
town marshals from the list of persons authorized to issue a license
to carry a concealed firearm.
He said that the bill "should receive further legislative study.
"The entire question of the issuance by local law enforcement
officials of licenses to carry concealed firearms is a difficult one, "
the governor said. "There is a difference of opinion among issuing
authorities concerning the principles governing the issuance of such
permits. This difference is illustrated by the opposition expressed
by many law enforcement officials to this bill."
The measure would have required an applicant for such a license
to reside within the city or county served by the licensing officer.
The bill also provided that, in court proceedings to compel issuance
of a license to carry a concealed firearm, the person whose application
had been denied would have had to prove he was eligible for the license.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Cortact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan has vetoed the following bills:
AB 866 - Fong
Provides a two-year experimental program of year-
round operation at one high school. It estimates
the expenditure of $1.2 million and estimates the involvement of
2,000 full-time equivalent students.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "The program outlined
in this bill, though called experimental, is not
truly experimental in that it neither establishes ways for clear
evaluation of the effects of the total program or of its component
parts. It is not an innovation of a continuous school year; year-
round schools have been tried in many U.S. school districts.
"There is little doubt, of course, that any school district might
well benefit in its general educational program by having the kinds of
courses available during the summer for those students who would
voluntarily avail themselves of the opportunity.
"There is need for the opportunity during summer for students to
improve themselves in subjects in which they are weak and to have the
opportunity to explore new areas. Summer session programs currently
meet these needs in many school districts.
"We have a great need for true experiments to test new ideas and
new approaches to the teaching of our young. The practical proposal
outlined in this bill does not go far enough in providing ways to
assess the nature or meaning of whatever results may accrue. There
is insufficient evidence that it significantly adds to what a quality
summer session could achieve. It also raises certain questions which
should be considered in advance: what would be the effects on those
who take advantage of the speeded-up graduation suggested who do not
intend a college experience but who may be too young for normal employ-
ment? and, can the families of students who most need special help
afford year-round attendance by their children?"
AB 1208 - Brathwaite Makes a comprehensive revision, reorganization
and recodification of the California statutes
relating to the exemption of debtors,' property from attachment, execu-
tion, and similar judicial process.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "While I am in accord with
the general objectives of AB 1208, I believe that
the provisions relating to the absolute exemption of wages from attach-
ment prior to judgement are too broad. The objective in this area is
to enable a debtor to support himself and his family and to prevent
impairment of that ability by garnishment. On the other hand, the
creditor should have reasonable legal recourse to collect indebtedness
due him, particularly in instances where the debtor may leave the area
of jurisdiction of the creditor. I believe that the provisions of the
Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act achieve a better balance
between the two objectives by exempting essentially 75 percent of
wages from garnishment prior to judgement. I would welcome
re-introduction of this bill next session amended in this respect to
conform to the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act."
AB 1711 - Bear
Prohibits the use of wiretap or eavesdropping
evidence obtained in any other state, country or
jurisdiction which, if obtained in this state would have been illegal.
The bill also generally prohibits the copying or reproducing of any
photograph, negative, or print, of a body or a portion thereof taken
in the course of a post mortem examination or autopsy made or caused to
be made by the coroner.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "I have no quarrel with
the principal objective of AB 1711. However, the
bill is so broadly worded that it would have the unintended effect of
impeding the legitimate use of autopsy photographs in medical education
and research. Leaders of the medical profession and experts in the
fields of forensic pathology and medical research have indicated the
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detrimental effect that this legislation would have on scientific
advancement. "
AB 1964 - Veneman
Would exempt from sales and use tax, gross receipts
from the sale or lease of equipment and all other
personal property bought for use in connection with exploration for,
or production of, oil, gas or minerals on the outer Continental Shelf.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This proposal constitutes
a change in the basic tax policy of this state
in that it would provide preferential sales tax treatment and a tax
shelter for part of an important domestic industry which is in com-
petition with other parts not receiving the same treatment. Explora-
tion for petroleum and gas on the Continental Shelf competes with
exploration on the mainland in California. Production there will
compete with production here. A tax advantage for companies drilling
and producing there would disadvantage other companies drilling and
producing here. The latter, in turn, would seek similar tax treatment,
with a consequent further serious erosion of the important sales tax
base.
"Moreover, granting this exemption would afford an opportunity for tax
evasion, since costly equipment which had been purchased tax-free under
provisions of this bill--barges, derricks, drilling equipment and the
like--could be returned to the mainland and used in direct competition
with similar equipment on which sales tax had been paid.
"However, in the interests of doing everything possible to encourage
California industry, it would appear that a narrow exemption could be
supported if the tangible personal property of the kind contemplated
by this bill were purchased exclusively for use on the outer. Continental
Shelf, and if no use is made in California by the purchaser other than
the actual shipment to the Continental Shelf.
"I believe strongly that California industry should be encouraged and
supported, and a narrow tax exemption of the kind described above would
accomplish that purpose. But, this measure offers at least the oppor-
tunity for tax evasion, which should not be encouraged.
"It is only in rare cases that tax exemptions are warranted, and when
warranted, they should be kept as narrow as possible."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today ho has signed legislation
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(AB-9, /Greene) which will insure that California's educationally
handicapped children continue to "receive the kind of specialized
training they need and deserve."
He said the measure will allocate funds already on hand to the
statewide program on an accelerated basis. The funds can now be
pumped into the program four months earlier than was originally planned
to meet deficiencies which might otherwise have occurred, he said.
The governor said his action "will provide local school boards
the full amount of funds necessary to hire teachers to continue
classes for these unfortunate children so that they will receive the
best education possible."
He noted that he gave assurances several weeks ago that he would
take whatever action was necessary to fully finance the requirements
of the educationally handicapped children's program.
However, he pointed out that AB-9 was not, in itself, needed to
meet this commitment since it could have been, and was being done
through administrative action. Nonetheless, he said he signed the
bill "to dramatize the concern I share with parents of our educationally
handicapped children that these youngsters receive the kind of special-
ized training they need and deserve.'
Governor Reagan contrasted the forthright manner in which AB-9
was written with the "hastily contrived" authorship of an omnibus
education bill (AB-8, L. Greene) sent to him by the legislature during
the recent Special Session.
He said he will not sign AB-8 which was "passed under the guise
of property tax relief" because the multi-million dollar spending
measure "would, in fact, add to the already top-heavy tax burden borne
by the people of California,"
He called AB-8 "very poor legislation, not only because it pur-
ports--falsely--to ease taxes, but also because it artificially triple-
joints three separate education programs into a single, massive spending
measure." The bill would boost state spending during fiscal 1968-69
alone by a total of $22 million, and would multiply this expenditure
many times over during the years to come.
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The governor said the three individual programs which were tied
together in the omnibus measure-the Millor-Unruh reading program, kin-
dergarten classes, and the state's mentally gifted program "bear no
meaningful, direct relationship to each other and were triple-jointed
in this manner to preclude consideration of each program on its own,
individual merits.
"Certainly, there is no question in my mind that the mentally
gifted program deserves continued support. Nor is there any doubt that
we should pursue additional improvements in our kindergarten and
remedial reading programs.
"It is tragic, therefore, for the people of California that this
measure was thrown together in such 'all-or-nothing' fashion at the
very last minute when, in fact, the legislature had a full eight months
to work out legislation within a responsible fiscal framework which
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The governor pointed out that "reform of the state's overall
school financing structure is essential if we are to look forward to
the long-range, orderly development and improvement of our public
school system in California.
"This bill runs directly counter to the achievement of such aims
by merely adding another awkward layer to the already confusing patterns
of educational financing and fails completely to meet the problems it
purports to solve, " he said,
Governor Reagan said the administration "intends to take the
initiative during the next regular session of the legislature to
recommend specific ways of meeting the challenge of school financing
in order that the taxpayers of California will get the greatest benefit
from their tax dollars."
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With respect to AB 8, the governor said he placed the subject of
property tax relief on special call to "reduce taxes-not to increase
government spending.
"Under no circumstances can this bill be construed as providing
property tax relief.
"On the contrary, the many millions of dollars this bill would
spend would come directly out of the taxpayer's pocket," he said.
"At a time when many Californians have been asked to pay the
first installment of their 1968 state income tax bill, this is hardly
an occasion to request that they assume the added cost of expensive new
spending measures," he added.
The governor also pointed out that "because the measure was passed
under the guise of property tax relief, it clearly constituted a breach
of the agreement he had with the legislative leadership for enactment
of such legislation.
"The bill, therefore, violates the spirit of the special call,"
he said.
Governor Reagan noted that the property tax relief legislation
he did place on the call was subsequently passed by the legislature.
It was signed by the governor September 23. If it is approved by the
voters in November, the measure will reduce property taxes this year by
some $261 million for homeowners, renters, senior citizens and
businessmen.
AB 8 would raise to some $30 million the overall state appropria-
tion for the Miller-Unruh reading program in 1938-69--$14 million more
than the amount appropriated in the current state budget which was
passed by the legislature and signed by the governor June 29.
Governor Reagan said the additional $14 million appropriation is
"another undesirable example of open-ended financing. If approved,
it would not only set an undesirable precedent for the future, but
would also be inconsistent with legislation (SB 609-Miller, Chapter 995)
which established a priority system for funding Miller-Unruh applica-
tions from school districts should program deficits occur."
He noted that last year's state expenditure for the Miller-Unruh
reading program was $7.6 million and that this figure was more than
doubled--to $16 million-- in the current state budget. Governor Reagan
also pointed out that the State Department of Education advised school
districts in advance that this year's $16 million would be allocated
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Legislative Analyst A. Alan Post reported September 19 that the
full $14 million Miller-Unruh appropriation probably could not be used
in the current year "since school classes have already begun and it
would be most difficult to secure competent teachers to establish all
programs for which applications have been submitted."
In reference to the section of AB 8 dealing with kindergarten
programs, the governor said the measure would provide additional
financial inducements to school districts for creating single day-long
kindergarten classes, rather than double sessions. He warned that this
could create enormous pressures to build many additional classrooms,
since a day-long class would occupy the same classroom previously used
by two half-day classes.
"Construction costs for the additional classrooms would be pro-
hibitive in many cases," he said.
"Certainly, the brunt of the burden for paying the cost of such
construction would have to fall directly on the taxpayer," he added.
The governor also pointed out that the additional allowance which
the state would be required to provide for the AB 8 kindergarten could
cost the taxpayers an estimated $25 million in the third year of
operation.
"I have consistently supported improvement of our kindergarten
programs and I will continue to do so," he added. "However, I believe
there are many improvements yet to be made within the existing frame-
work of such programs. Finishing this task should be our first
priority, after which new improvements can be instituted on a sound,
orderly basis."
For example, he noted that a number of school districts in
California are still operating minimum length (2k-hour) kindergarten
classes, rather than the 3-hour classes for which the state already
provides additional allowances. "We should first concentrate on
bringing the program up to the 3-hour standard, before taking the step
toward full-day sessions," he said.
The governor said that the legislation was so loosely written
that a school district could merely add another 20 minutes to each
three-hour, half-day session and thereby obtain $2600 por class extra
even though the same district would not actually incur any additional
cost for the 20-minute extension, and, even assuming such a short period
would have some small educational benefit.
"In such a case, the additional funds would not amount to an
incentive for program improvement, but would merely represent an
additional source of state funds totally unrelated to the bill's
purported objectives," he said.
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