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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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1966-74: Press Unit
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[08/01/1968-08/13/1968]
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
8.1.68
Governor Ronald Reagan will sign the following bills at
ceremonies in his office this afternoon:
3:00 p.m.
AB 101 - Lanterman - Rapid Transit Financing
3:35 p.m.
AB 1072 - Ralph, Priolo, Dills, et al -
Freeway Replacement Housing
3:40 p.m.
SB 393 - Dills - Motion Picture Film Bill
4:15 p.m.
SB 615 - Collier, Marler, Teale, Chappie -
Snow Clearance
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
8.1.68
#498
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill permitting
the Department of Public Works to use state highway funds in replacing
owner-occupied housing of low income families whose homes are situated
in the right-of-way of a future freeway.
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He said the legislation (AB 1072,/Ralph) "will have far reaching
effects and provide beneficial results for residents of economically
depressed areas whose homes lie in the paths of planned freeways.
"This pace-setting legislation and the replacement-housing concept
it contains will be followed closely by other states and the federal
government. Its success in California could mean that the program
outlines might well be picked up elsewhere in the country," he said.
The new law--part of the governor's legislative program--will have
an almost immediate effect in the Watts-Willowbrook area of Los Angeles
where right-of-way acquisition for the Century Freeway (Interstate 105)
will begin shortly.
"The program will not only be effective in protecting community
interests, but will alleviate the effects of family disruptions and
the social pressures which can accompany large construction projects,"
the governor said.
He noted that the program in the Watts-Willowbrook area will be
especially significant since it will serve as the prototype to be
followed in other urban areas of California where freeway construction
is planned.
The bill was endorsed by the California Highway Commission and the
state Business and Transportation Agency. It also received strong
bipartisan support in both houses of the state legislature.
The legislation will permit the state Department of Public Works
to provide for replacement housing where "fair market value" is not
sufficient to provide adequate replacement housing.
Immediate implementation of this concept will result in the purchase
of a four-acre tract in the Watts-Willowbrook area. Houses earmarked
for condemnation by other Los Angeles freeway construction will be
moved and renovated on this tract. Together with two and four family
units to be built on the site by private industry, the houses will serve
as an example of what can be done to ease the strain on the housing
situation brought about by freeway construction in any economically
depressed area throughout the state.
#498
Once having served this purpose, the residences will be available
to local families displaced by the Century Freeway.
The program embodied in the legislation is the first of its type
in the United States and was conceived by the state Division of
Highways.
Secretary for Business and Transportation Gordon C. Luce joined
the governor in lauding the legislation and those responsible for it.
Luce emphasized the importance of the state's highway and freeway
system and called attention to the important role which California's
highways play in building and maintaining the economy of the state.
Governor Reagan said, "Our highway system has enabled the people
of California to become the most mobile people on earth."
"However, certain social problems can develop from the very
location and construction of highways and freeways. Great numbers of
families often are displaced when their homes are purchased and then
demolished. It is often very difficult for them to find suitable
replacement housing at comparable prices.
"As a result of large freeway land purchases, a tremendous
demand is created for low-cost housing with almost no market or supply
to meet that demand.
"The inevitable result is often an increase in pressures forcing
prices even higher on the limited housing that is available on the
perimeter of the areas affected. With replacement housing not
available, at least through conventional means, serious disruptions
can occur. They, in turn, create added social problems and increased
frustrations.
"This bill, then, provides a logical means of resolving such
problems. This is true, not only in California but throughout the
country. The concept could benefit millions of displaced families
throughout the nation during the federal highway construction program.
"If government is responsible for the displacement of families,
then responsible government should see to it that adequate replacement
housing is made available," the governor said.
# # #
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EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.1.68
# 499
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation enabling
California's mountain counties to keep more roads open to traffic
through the snow country during the winter months.
The new law (SB-615) was authored by Senators Randolph Collier,
Stephen Teale and Fred Marler and co-authored by Assemblyman Gene
Chappie. It received strong support from the state's Business and
Transportation Agency.
The legislation permits counties in heavy snow areas greater
latitude in determining what percentage of county road maintenance
funds received from the state should be used for snow removal opera-
tions
The overall snow removal program of the Reagan administration
emphasizes the annual California Division of Highways' campaign to
keep 2,740 selected miles of snow-swept state highways open to
traffic. It is also intended to inform drivers, in advance, of unfa-
vorable road conditions through mountain areas by furnishing weather
then
and road conditions to local radio stations. Radio broadcasts/keep
motorists informed, including giving advice on use of chains.
Governor Reagan noted that the legislation will assure that more
county roads remain open to traffic throughout the year.
The bill increases to approximately $1 million the amount that
can be spent statewide each year by the counties for this purpose.
This represents a $300,000 increase over the previous maximum amount.
The bill received bi-partisan support.
Assistant Secretary for Business and Transportation James C.
Schmidt said, "Placer, Nevada and El Dorado Counties will probably be
the first to take advantage of the bill. All three are in the Lake
Tahoe area, where more and more motorists come each year for winter
sport activities. This bill will give these counties badly needed
monies to serve motorists better.
"Other counties will also benefit since approximately 35,000
square miles are included in California's snow country, Schmidt
said.
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.1.68
#500
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill which
provides a guideline for financing future rapid transit systems in
California.
The governor praised the legislature for passage of the bill
(AB-101), authored by Assemblyman Frank Lanterman (R-La Canada).
It was a major item in the governor's legislative program.
The governor first proposed the basic guidelines of the
legislation in his "State-of-the-State" message.
Los Angeles will be the first county to take advantage of the
bill's main provision which permits local voters to decide whether
to levy a one-half cent sales tax increase for use in building rapid
transit facilities. Present plans call for Los Angeles County voters
to make this decision at the polls in November.
If approved, the sales tax returns will be used to guarantee
bonds for an 89-mile rail transit system and an expanded bus network.
Approval will require a 60 percent vote by the electorate.
"This bill is particularly significant," Governor Reagan said,
"because it offers a method of funding rail transit and encourages
a broader state role in balanced transportation planning. By its
enactment, state government has accepted the fact that we need many
forms of transportation in order to best serve the needs of the
public.
"At the same time, the legislation protects the property tax-
payer and provides that the final decision in each community can be
made by the local residents at the polls."
Both Governor Reagan and Secretary of Business and Transportatio
Gordon C. Luce encouraged passage of the bill as a means of financ-
ing a balanced transportation network without increasing property
taxes.
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Intediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
8.1.68
#501
author ills
The following statement was issued today by Governor Ronald Reagan
in connection with the signing of SB 393 (the motion picture film bill) :
"I had hoped to be able to handle tax reforms of this kind in a
single program of overhaul and reform next year instead of in what
might be called a piecemeal fashion. However, this bill is before me
and I am happy to sign what I consider to be a constructive measure
that will improve our business climate and add to employment.
"There have been criticisms that this is special legislation
favoring. one industry over others. The very reverse is true. We are
hereby cancelling out a discriminatory tax that penalized only one
business and literally made the production of motion pictures a seasonal
industry
The tax should never have been imposed in the first place
and in truth is a holdover from an era when 'movies' were considered
fair game, rich enough to bear almost any injustice.
"Every year studio employment reaches its peak in January and then
drops off sharply as production is curtailed until after the March tax
date. The tax applies only to California production so forfive months
each year producers make films in other countries while Californians
go on layoff and unemployment insurance payments approach half a
million dollars a week.
On March 1 of this year only 14 of Hollywood's 206 sound stages
were in use and 42 percent of our film technicians were unemployed. And
as is true of any discriminatory tax, it soon begins to dry up its own
revenue simply because it drives the industry away. This year's tax
collection was down 30 percent from last year. This is less of a tax
bill than it is a bill to restore Hollywood as once again the world's
film capital with a $5 million weekly payroll."
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVEF
R
RELEASE: Ir diate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.3.68
# 502
announced today he has
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Governor Ronald Reagan
/
signed Assembly Bill 1023 which
permits Congress to ratify a compact between California and Nevada
for the management of the Lake Tahoe Basin.
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In a statement released by his office, the governor said:
"Early in the current session I urged the legislature to
expedite passage of these compact provisions.
"However, Assemblyman Z'berg chose to kill a bill authored by
Assemblyman Eugene Chappie which carried the compact provisions.
Mr. Z 'berg incorporated these same provisions in the bill which I
am signing today.
"I only hope that Mr. Z'berg's tardy realization of the
necessity for this action has not eliminated the possibility of
Congressional ratification of the compact during this session of
Congress."
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
8.5.68
#503
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the texts of two
telegrams, one he received from Assembly Speaker Jesse M. Unruh,
August 3, and another sent by Governor Reagan to the Speaker, in
reply, August 4.)
Here is the text of Unruh's telegram to the governor:
"Dear Governor Reagan:
"As you know, the Senate of the State of California has
adjourned sine die today. This action has been authorized by a
proclamation issued by acting Governor Hugh M. Burns. Both you and
I have promised the people of California they would have property tax
relief this year, but the state Senate has failed to pass the legisla-
tion that would bring this about.
"I think it is essential you meet with me and other legislators
in an attempt to resolve this situation.
"If it is impossible for you to return, and I understand fully
such may well be the case, may I meet with you in Miami at a time and
place of your choosing?
"Sincerely,
"Jesse M. Unruh
Speaker of Assembly"
Below is Governor Reagan's reply, by wire, to Speaker Unruh:
"With reference to your request to come to Miami, the
legislature has had seven months to adopt my recommendations for
property tax and income tax relief. In the Assembly you yourself put
in crippling amendments to my proposals. The Senate had its own
position in the matter.
"Under the circumstances I do not see how meeting in Miami
can accomplish anything that you could not have accomplished in the
last seven months.
"When you are able to assure me of the united support of the
Democratic assemblymen for my property and income tax relief program,
I will be glad to discuss with you, in Sacramento, methods of securing
Senate support for that program, and methods of carrying it out.
"Ronald Reagan
Governor"
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVER
R
MEMO TO !
PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.5.68
#504
Lieutenant Governor Robert H. Finch has signed the following bills:
AB 32 - Milias
Provides that, any time the legislature appropriates
(Chapter 837)
additional funds to augment the salaries of state
officers whose salaries are set by statute, each of-
ficer, except judges and members of the legislature,
shall receive an equal percentage increase, and makes
such provision applicable to secretaries of the
governor. The bill also provides for a salary of
$22,500 for the directors of Commerce and Health
Care Services and $21,500 for the director of Human
Resources Development.
AB 106 - Lanterman Validates organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings,
(Chapter 838)
and bonds of counties, cities, and specified dis-
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tricts, agencies and entities. The Second Validating
Act of 1968.
AB 107 - Lanterman Validates the organization, boundaries, acts,pro-
(Chapter 839)
ceedings, and bonds of counties, cities, and speci-
fied districts, agencies, and entities. The Third
Validating Act of 1968.
AB 218 - Wakefield Authorizes state agencies, with Board of Control
(Chapter 840)
approval, to refrain from collecting any money owing
to the state if the amount is $5 or less, rather than
$3 or less. It also provides that overpayments of
$5 or less, rather than $3 or less, may be disposed
of either by applying such overpayments to other
amounts due the state from the same person or by
depositing such overpayments in the state treasury.
AB 243 - Townsend
Authorizes the Department of Public Works to cooperate
(Chapter 841)
with local agencies or others or to place and main-
tain emergency telephones or other communication
facilities on or adjacent to state freeway
rights-of-way.
AB 433 - Stacey
Authorizes the Department of Water Resources to enter
(Chapter 842)
into loan commitment contracts with eleven local
water agencies which have contracted for a water
supply from the State Water Project. The loan com-
mitments will help guarantee bond service payments
on the agencies' general obligation bonds issued for
construction of distribution systems taking water
from the State Water Project.
AB 495 - Powers
Authorizes the State Personnel Board to adopt rules
(Chapter 843)
relating to the involuntary transfer of state
employees.
AB 592 - Powers
Revises the causes for which a guardian may be re-
(Chapter 844)
moved by the court.
AB 708 - Mobley
Authorizes the Commission of Housing and Community
(Chapter 845)
Development to establish a schedule of fess for the
construction of buildings in labor camps wherever
the Department of Housing and Community Development
is the enforcing agency. Requires buildings acces-
sory to permanent buildings used for human habitation
to comply with minimum standards established pursuant
to the Employee Housing Act.
AB 737 - Mobley
Establishes a state roster of labor camps to be
(Chapter 846)
maintained by the Department of Housing and Community
Development which will consist of all labor camps
registered with the department. The bill establishes
a $10 registration fee after December 31, 1968.
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AB 745 - Dent
Releases approximately $900,000 in gasoline funds for
(Chapter 847)
city streets. This money was inadvertently "frozen"
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in the state highway fund when the Collier-Unruh
Local Transportation Development Act was amended in
1967.
AB 802 - Gonsalves
Provides that cities may expend up to five percent
(Chapter 848)
of their general fundsfor promotion of sister city
programs.
AB 815 - Dent
Provides that the Education Code provisions relating
(Chapter 849)
to the application for, and procedure for issuance
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of, work permits for minors shall apply only to those
minors between ages of 14 and 16 years who hold
diploma of graduation from prescribed elementary
school course.
AB 843 - Bee
Changes from May 15th to July 1st the date by which
(Chapter 850)
a recreation and park district board must adopt a
preliminary budget and publish notice of such adoption
and of a hearing for adoption of final budget. The
bill also changes the date by which the district
board must report the final budget.
AB 883 - Brathwaite
(Chapter 851)
Requires that the affidavit required for issuance
of a writ of attachment must contain a statement that
the affiant has no information or belief that the
defendant has been adjudicated a bankrupt.
AB 905 - Mulford
Increases the number of judges in Berkeley-Albany
(Chapter 852)
Judicial District from two to three.
AB 911 - Knox
Provides that the Bay Area Transportation Study
(Chapter 853)
Commission, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and
Development Commission, and the State Water Resources
Control Board shall make preliminary recommendations
regarding governmental structure and organization to
the Joint Committee on Bay Area Regional Organiza-
tion by November 1, 1968.
AB 921 - Priolo
Requires that audit reports to the savings and loan
(Chapter 854)
commissioner shall be submitted promptly, rather
than 120 days after the end of the period covered
by the audit.
AB 946 - Milias
Prohibits the taking and possession of fully-protected
(Chapter 855)
birds and mammals. Existing law applies only to the
taking of such birds and animals.
AB 1025 - Wilson
Increases the number of superior court judges in
(Chapter 856)
San Diego County from 21 to 22.
AB 1098 - Knox
Requires the clerk of a general law city to publish
(Chapter 857)
the city financial report in a local newspaper of
general circulation in the city or, if none, to post
such report in three public places in the city
designated by ordinance.
AB 1173 - Milias
Allows the resolution by contracting agency electing
(Chapter 858)
to be subject to Meyers-Geddes Act to become effec-
tive at a time provided by the Public Employees Re-
tirement System instead of requiring the resolution
to be filed by July 1 to be effective at the begin-
ning date of the next contract term.
AB 1198 - Quimby
Provides for cancellation or refund of tax, penalty,
(Chapter 859)
or interest for any fiscal year commencing during
the calendar year 1965 and thereafter, rather than
only the calendar year 1966, on property up to the
amount of $1,000 owned by a veteran qualified for the
veterans' exemption who failed to file the required
affidavit by April 15 because of military service
outside of the continental limits of the United
States.
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AB 1234 - Wilson
Creates a new definition of "bona fide public eating
(Chapter 360)
place" for purposes of provisions relating to alco-
holic beverages, applicable only to a convention cen-
ter, hall, or auditorium owned by or leased to the
state or any political subdivision, in which meals
must be served, although not at all regular meal-
time hours, so long as they are served on at least
25 percent of the total days each year the premises
are used by groups of guests.
AB 1290 - Wilson
Removes the authorization of the director of general
(Chapter 861)
services to sell certain surplus state property in
San Diego County.
AB 1365 - 'Berg
Provides that county recorders shall compile statis-
(Chapter 862)
tical form for documents filed and recorded each
month. Requires such report to be sent to insurance
commissioner and to be available to the public.
AB 1378 - Russell
Provides that an employee insured under a group life
(Chapter 863)
insurance policy who was not given notice of his
right of conversion to an individual policy at least
15 days before expiration of conversion period, shall
have an additional period of 25 days after notice to
exercise conversion privilege. The bill also per-
mits a group life insurance policy to contain pro-
visions defining the extent to which the employer
may act as an agent of the employee or the insurer.
AB 1403 - Beverly
Amends the Personal Property Brokers Law to eliminate
(Chapter 864)
annual examinations and simplify the license renewal
procedures. Under the bill, examinations will be at
the discretion of the corporations commissioner.
AB 1488 - Beverly
Amends the Escrow Law to simplify the license renewal
(Chapter 865)
procedure, to improve the provisions relating to
financial reports by licensees and to increase the
annual license fees.
AB 1489 - Beverly
Amends the Retirement Systems Law to improve the pro-
(Chapter 866)
visions relating to financial reports by licensees,
to make more specific the power of the corporations
commissioner to conduct examinations and to collect
the costs thereof, and to require that licensees be
examined or submit a financial report at least every
two years.
AB 1547 - Brathwaite
(Chapter 867)
Authorizes the corporations commissioner to prepare
URGENCY
and file in the office of the secretary of state a
certificate of commencement of liquidation proceedings
of a credit union upon taking possession of the busi-
ness and assets. The bill also authorizes the com-
mission, if specified conditions are present, to
approve a reduction in the liability on shares of
a credit union apportioning its losses among its
shareholders.
AB 1560 - Beverly
Amends the California Small Loan Law to eliminate
(Chapter 868)
annual examinations and to simplify license renewal
procedures. The bill provides that examinations will
be at the discretion of the corporations commissioner.
AB 1564 - Beverly
Amends the Check Sellers and Cashers Law to simplify
(Chapter 869)
the license renewal procedure and to improve the
provisions relating to financial reports by licensees
to the commissioner.
AB 1566 - Beverly
Amends the Industrial Loan Law to eliminate the re-
(Chapter 870)
quirement for annual examination of licensees by the
corporations commissioner. The bill also provides
that the sale of thrift certificates issued by indus-
trial loan companies shall be regulated under the
Industrial Loan Law.
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AB 1601 - Townsend Provides for the issuance of temporary permit on cal-
(Chapter 871)
endar-month basis to the lessor of a motor vehicle
leased to a school district for use as a schoolbus,
when such vehicle temporarily reverts to the posses-
sion of such lessor and becomes subject to
registration.
AB 1681 - Quimby
Provides that the State Board of Barber Examiners,
(Chapter 872)
upon written request and for good cause, may excuse
an instructor from attendance at a required barbering
seminar until the next seminar.
AB 1706 - Bill Greene
(Chapter 873)
Provides that governing boards of school districts
may allow classified employees with five or more years
of service to interrupt or terminate vacation leave
in order to begin another type of paid leave without
a return to active service.
AB 1791 - Chappie
Includes a county board of education within the
(Chapter 874)
definition of public agency for the purposes of joint
powers agreements.
AB 1807 - Foran
Provides that a "house car, " as defined in the Ve-
(Chapter 875)
hicle Code, is not to be deemed a motor truck.
AB 1816 - Priolo
Makes a licensed optometrist subject to disciplinary
(Chapter 876)
action by the Board of Optometry if he uses alcoholic
beverages in a manner dangerous or injurious to him-
self, any other person, or the public, or to extent
he impairs his ability to practice with safety, or
if he is convicted of more than one misdemeanor or
any felony involving the use of alcoholic beverages.
SB 84 - Lagomarsino
(Chapter 770)
Provides for the cancellation or refund of property
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taxes imposed for any fiscal year commencing in 1967
or any year thereafter on property as to which the
cemetery, church, college, orphanage or welfare exemp-
tion would have been available had the organization
been in existence on the lien date and if other
conditions are met.
SB 118 - Collier
Prohibits the State Board of Equalization from pre-
(Chapter 771)
scribing rules and regulations with respect to the
assessment and equalization possessory interests until
the lien date of 1970. The board is directed to de-
velop comprehensive rules with respect to possessory
interests during the interim period.
SB 136 - Lagomarsino
(Chapter 772)
Increases the number of superior court judges in
Ventura County from six to seven.
SB 197 - Rodda
Spells out the respective powers and responsibilities
(Chapter 773)
of the board of governors of the California Com-
munity Colleges and the superintendent of public
instruction in administering the State School Fund
support program for junior colleges.
SB 321 - Alquist
Modifies the law relating to the appointment of
(Chapter 774)
school district employees from eligible lists when
the ability to speak, read, and write a language in
addition to English is a requirement of the position
to be filled.
SB 354 - Richardson
(Chapter 775)
Authorizes the director of agriculture to make regula-
tions governing brand inspection of cattle and hides
at slaughterhouses, to provide an inspection schedule
at each slaughterhouse, to provide additional inspec-
tion services on a reimbursement basis, and to estab-
lish fees for such additional services. The bill also
authorizes the director to make regulations governing
brand inspection at private cattle auction sales as
well as at public salesyards and stockyards and to
provide for a schedule of fees for costs of performing
such services.
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SB 434 - Alquist
Adds two public members to the Real Estate Commission
(Chapter 776)
and broadens the responsibilities and qualifications
for membership on the commission. The bill also de-
clares the principal responsibility of the Real Estate
Commission is to enforce all provisions of the Real
Estate Law relating to subdivided lands in a manner
to achieve maximum protection for the purchasers of
real property.
SB 457 - Dolwig
Provides that a certificated architect who has fur-
(Chapter 777)
nished services for design of a work of improvement
and who gives written preliminary notice not later
than 20 days after work of improvement has commenced
shall be deemed to have complied with specified pre-
liminary notice provisions with respect to archi-
tectural services furnished or to be furnished.
SB
459 - Danielson Adds two semester hours of upper division or graduate
(Chapter 778)
course work in methods of reading instruction to
minimum requirements for the standard credential with
a specialization in elementary teaching.
SB 492 - Dymally
Permits a person who has a valid license to operate
(Chapter 779)
a child-care facility to move to a new location if
such move is required by destruction of the present
premises or some similar emergency. Such change
would be limited to a reasonable time set by the
Department of Social Welfare and contingent upon
the new location conforming to required standards of
sanitation, health and hygiene.
SB 503 - Burns
Authorizes an irrigation district to refund assess-
(Chapter 780)
ments, penalties or costs erroneously paid to it
with respect to property which is not and never has
been in the district. The bill also modifies author-
ity of an irrigation district with respect to the sale
and redemption of property which the district may
acquire because of delinquency in payment of assess-
ments by the property owner.
SB 513 - McCarthy
Provides that the body awarding a contract for pub-
(Chapter 699)
lic works may, in lieu of specifying the prevailing
rate of per diem wages in the locality in its call
for bids, refer instead to copies thereof located
at such awarding body's principal office, and, in
such case, requires the contractor to post a copy
thereof at each jobsite. The bill requires awarding
body, if it chooses to refer to such file copy, to
publish its determination of prevailing rate of per
diem wages in newspaper of general circulation at
least once each year. The bill will result in savings
of up to $1 million annually in advertising cost to
state and local agencies.
SB 532 - Lagomarsino
(Chapter 781)
Makes provisions concerning the transfer of title of
certain vessels generally consistent with the pro-
visions of the Uniform Commercial Code.
SB 542 - Burgener
Provides that the state shall reimburse local Short-
(Chapter 782)
Doyle mental health agencies for 75 percent of all
costs rather than on 50 percent basis for costs
below level of expenditure on June 30, 1963. The bill
appropriates $1,165,000 for purposes of the act. The
bill is a key part of the governor's legislative
program.
SB 550 - Harmer
Requires any person who fails to pay state rent or
(Chapter 783)
royalty on property under the jurisdiction, as agreed,
to pay a six percent penalty on the amount due until
paid. The bill specifies that such penalty is in
addition to other remedies available to the state.
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SB 557 - Petris
Coordinates the delinquent property tax installment
(Chapter 784)
procedure with the new four-part installment pro-
cedure for current taxes. The bill provides that
payment of delinquent property taxes by yearly in-
stallments is to be accomplished in no more than four
fiscal years following the year in which the election
was made to pay delinquent taxes in installments.
SB 560 - McCarthy
Provides that a freeway, as defined, may be designa-
(Chapter 785)
ted a controlled access highway if, in the judgment
of the California Highway Commission or the state
highway engineer, the public interest would be ad-
vanced thereby.
SB 594 - Collier
Permits a county superintendent of schools to employ
(Chapter 786)
an administrative adviser to act as a coordinator be-
tween the superintendent's office and various local
agencies with which the county superintendent has
official connections.
SB 618 - Collier
Authorizes the Crescent City Harbor District to bor-
(Chapter 787)
row money and incur indebtedness and to accept state
and federal assistance for the acquisition, construc-
tion, development, ownership and leasing of fish-
processing plants and facilities.
SB 622 - Moscone
Corrects a cross-reference in a Code of Civil Pro-
(Chapter 788)
cedure section relating to attachments. The bill
also prohibits the pendency or granting of a motion
for vacation of judgment, judgment notwithstanding
the verdict, or for a new trial to continue in force
an attachment, unless an undertaking is executed and
filed on the part of the moving party by at least
two sureties.
SB 646 - Dolwig
Amends provisions of the Corporations Code relating
(Chapter 789)
to the filing of documents in connection with mer-
gers and consolidations.
SB 648 - Collier
Makes a technical amendment to a Public Utilities
(Chapter 790)
Code section relating to the Airport Assistance
Revolving Fund.
SB 649 - Collier
Provides that any airport which does not have an air-
(Chapter 791)
port permit issued by the Division of Aeronautics and
which is not open to the general public shall have all
of its runways marked with an "X" in accordance with
Federal Aviation Administration standards for such
marking.
SB 650 - Collier
Provides that in cases of forced landings of aircraft
(Chapter 792)
on highways, the burden of proof shall be upon the
prosecution to show that the landing was not the re-
sult of an emergency.
SB 659 - Grunsky
Permits fire protection districts to incur indebted-
(Chapter 793)
ness for the acquisition of lands or facilities which
is not to exceed an amount equal to the actual tax
income for the preceding fiscal year, and requires
such indebtedness to be repayable in no more than a
ten-year period and at a rate not exceeding six per-
cent per annum.
SB 662 - Short
Authorizes county sanitation districts to establish
(Chapter 794)
within the districts special zones and to annex terri-
tory to and withdraw territory from such zones.
SB 669 - Schmitz
Provides that before any public school may give a test,
(Chapter 795)
questionnaire, survey or examination including ques-
tions about a pupil's or his parents' personal be-
liefs or practices in sex, family life, morality or
religion, the parents of the pupil must give their
approval in writing.
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SB 703 - Alquist
Permits the governing board of any school district
(Chapter 796)
to pay members of a merit system personnel commission
up to $15 per meeting with a maximum of $75 per month.
It allows the Los Angeles Unified School District to
pay such persons $50 per meeting with a maximum of
$250 per month. The bill also permits the Los Angeles
Junior College District to authorize such payments
which are not to exceed $30 per meeting and $150
a month.
SB 713 - Richardson
(Chapter 797)
Requires any member of the Veterans' Home of Cali-
fornia, who is receiving an aid and assistance allow-
ance from the United States Veterans Administration
and who has no dependents within a prescribed class,
to pay to the home an amount equal to such allowance,
100 percent of such payment to be credited to the home
SB 731 - Teale
Permits "gravely disabled" persons to be committed
(Chapter 798)
to a state hospital.
SB 735 - Schmitz
Extends the authorization to exchange school district
(Chapter 799)
real property for real property of another person to
any school district, if the total acreage involved
in the exchange is three acres or less.
SB 737 - Schmitz
Requires written notice to the superintendent of the
(Chapter 800)
school district by the sheriff or chief of police
upon the arrest of any juvenile in attendance in a
public school for using, selling or possessing nar-
cotics or other hallucinogenic drugs and designated
poisons.
SB 764 - Marler
Increases the annual compensation of the Butte County
(Chapter 801)
district attorney and members of the board of super-
visors. The bill increases the salary of the Shasta
County district attorney, auditor, and each super-
visor. The bill also increases the compensation of
the Yolo County and Sutter County supervisors.
SB 766 - Marks
Revises the laws regulating the sale, servicing and
(Chapter 802)
testing of portable fire extinguishers.
SB 785 - Miller
Permits members of sanitary district boards to re-
(Chapter 803)
ceive actual traveling expenses when traveling by
any public conveyance rather than only by rail.
SB 793 - Sherman
Makes the willful or deliberate disregard and viola-
(Chapter 804)
tion of prescribed provisions relating to structural
pest control operators a cause for disciplinary actior
against licensed contractor.
SB 795 - Beilenson Changes the divisor used in determining the average
(Chapter 805)
daily attendance in classes maintained by county
superintendents of schools and in classes for adults
of a school district for the first reporting period.
The bill also adds regional occupational centers and
opportunity schools to the provision relating to com-
putation of attendance for classes for adults.
SB 807 - Dolwig
Provides that the San Mateo County supervisors may,
(Chapter 806)
by resolution, provide for parking allowance for trial
jurors which shall be deemed a cost of suit for all
purposes.
SB 813 - Dolwig
Requires that fines, penalties or forfeitures imposed
(Chapter 807)
for failure to provide for wife or child receiving
aid to families with dependent children be deposited
in the general fund of the county treasury and not
taken into account in determining the amount of aid
to be paid.
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SB 833 - Stevens
Establishes discovery procedure for administrative
(Chapter 808)
adjudicative proceedings conducted under Administra-
tive Procedure Act.
SB 836 - Teale
Provides for reimbursement of a $1.8 million state
(Chapter 309)
loan made to the South Tahoe Public Utility District
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by providing that an aggregate amount of $1 million
of the state's share of City of Long Beach tidelands
oil and gas revenue for 1967-68 and 1968-69 shall be
deposited in the Water Quality Control fund to repay
the loan. The bill also provides that, in 1968-69
only, the first $2 million of oil and dry gas revenue
payable to the state shall be deposited in the
Water Quality Control fund for the purposes of loans
to districts and municipalities for sewage and drain-
age facilities.
SB 843 - Marks
Specifically provides that the state highway engineer
(Chapter 810)
shall be directly responsible to the director of pub-
lic works for all Division of Highways activities.
The bill requires that recommendations of the divi-
sions of the Department of Public Works affecting
the activities of the California Highway Commission
be submitted to the director, rather than to the
commission. The director is to make final recommenda-
tions to the commission, but he must also transmit
the recommendations of the divisions. The bill also
requires the director to notify the State Office of
Planning and other affected state agencies of the
proposed routing recommendations of the state high-
way engineer, and to consider such recommendations
in making his freeway location recommendation to
the commission.
SB 852 - Marler
Raises the fee for an antelope hunting license from
(Chapter 811)
$7 to $15.
SB 853 - Collier
Provides that the legislature intends for the Cali-
(Chapter 812)
fornia Highway Patrol to continue approval of lamps,
devices and equipment as required by the Vehicle
Code, including those on new vehicles first sold in
California. The bill further provides that testing
requirements shall be complied with by the manufac-
turer submitting a report from a laboratory approved
by the department.
SB 858 - Petris
Requires there be mailed to the voters and included
(Chapter 813)
in all official materials concerning a bond issue by
any government body, other than the state, the securi-
ty for which constitutes a lien on the property within
the jurisdiction and a statement of the estimated
tax rate per one hundred dollars of assessed valua-
tion of property to be taxed to fund the issue,
SB 877 - Marler
Provides that members of the District Forest Practice
(Chapter S14)
Committees shall be reimbursed for their actual
necessary expenses, rather than at a fixed per diem
rate. The bill also changes the requirement for pub-
lishing amendments to the Forest Practice Rules prior
to approval by the State Board of Forestry.
SB 891 - Lagomarsino
(Chapter 815)
Allows court to expunge notice of pendency of an
action which has been recorded if it is shown to the
satisfaction of the court, by clear and convincing
proof, that the action does not affect title or right
of possession of real property described in notice
or if party recording such a lis pendens has commenced
or prosecuted the action for an improper purpose and
not in good faith.
SB 902 - Marler
Authorizes the Department of Water Resources to sell
(Chapter 816)
plots in any cemetery which is owned by the depart-
ment on a nonendowment-care basis to a relative of the
third degree or less of any person buried in such
cemetery.
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SB 930 - Whetmore
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay
(Chapter 817)
specified premiums for veterans in the Veterans'
URGENCY
Home, which are required to provide coverage under
certain medical assistance provisions contained in
the "Social Security Amendments of 1965."
SB 957 - Grunsky
Grants described tidelands in Santa Cruz County to
(Chapter 818)
the Santa Cruz Port District in trust for purposes
of commerce, navigation and fisheries.
SB 995 - Cologne
Revises the proof required for a court to admit a will
(Chapter 819)
to probate when no subscribing witness can be obtained
and there is no will contest.
SB 999 - Cologne
Requires appointment of alternate members to local
(Chapter 820)
agency formation commission for city and county mem-
ber. The bill also permits appointment of an al-
ternate public member and authorizes all alternate
members to vote in place of appropriate absent
representative.
SB 1021 - Schrade
Increases the number of judges in the San Diego
(Chapter 821)
Judicial District from 20 to 22. The bill also pro-
vides for one additional judge in Inglewood Municipal
Court District.
SB 1035 - McCarthy Authorizes the board of trustees of a school district
(Chapter 822)
public library to appoint a five-member library com-
mission to manage and operate the library or libraries
of the district.
SB 1040 - Marler
Increases maximum fee which may be set for elk tags
(Chapter 823)
from $25 to $50.
SB 1063 - Way
Amends the Milk Stabilization by adding an additional
(Chapter 824)
class for fluid milk. The new class (Class 3) in-
cludes condensed milk, condensed skim milk, evapora-
ted cream and evaporated skim milk.
SB 1072 - Danielson
(Chapter 825)
Revises the number of and salary schedule of attaches
of the municipal courts of Los Angeles County.
SB 1073 - Danielson
(Chapter 826)
Increases the number of judges in the Los Angeles
Municipal Court from 55 to 58.
SB 1099 - Short
Allows maximum loans of up to $12,000 for credit
(Chapter 827)
unions with capital and surplus from $1 million to
$2 million and $15,000 for credit unions with capital
and surplus exceeding $2 million.
SB 1100 - Short
Allows classes in all schools to be taught in a
(Chapter 828)
language other than English to students who are pro-
ficient in English and who have, through advanced
courses or other means, become fluent in such other
language.
SB 1104 - Marks
Provides that property leased by a county may be
(Chapter 829)
used for purposes not consistent with the use con-
templated at the time of its original acquisition
if the property has belonged to the county for ten
years and such use or purposes have been abandoned.
SB 1121 - Carrell
Provides that that portion of a possessory lien in
(Chapter 830)
excess of $300 for any work, services, or care,
rather than in excess of $200 rendered or performed
at the request of one other than the legal owner is
invalid, unless prior to commencing such service the
person claiming such lien gives actual notice in
writing to the holder of legal title.
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SB 1127 - Grunsky Amends the Vehicle Code to authorize, rather than
(Chapter 831)
require, a judge to issue a warrant for the arrest of
a resident of another state if such person has signed
a prescribed written promise to appear before a
magistrate or other officer authorized to accept bail
and such person fails to appear within specified time.
SB 1150 - Danielson
(Chapter 832)
Provides that the system of accounts and the forms
of accounts, and records, prescribed by the Public
Utilities Commission for corporations subject to the
regulatory authority of the United States shall be
consistent with the systems and forms established
for such corporation by or under the authority of
the United States,
SB 1153 - Danielson
(Chapter 833)
Provides that no operating permit for a for-hire
vessel shall be sold, leased, assigned, transferred
or otherwise encumbered by the holder without an
authorization from the Public Utilities Commission.
SB 1161 - Burgener Authorizes school districts to contract with state
(Chapter 834)
colleges situated in the county within which such
district is located for the education of the handi-
capped children in laboratory classes established
by or in conjunction with such state college.
SB 1225 - Moscone
Changes from 12 feet to nine feet the standard depth
(Chapter 835)
of foundations on land adjoining excavations, below
which depth adjacent excavators are required to pro-
tect adjoining land and the buildings and structures
thereon, without cost to the owner thereof, from any
damage caused by such excavation.
SB 1252 - Lagomarsino
(Chapter 836)
Authorizes a public guardian to apply to the court
for appointment as guardian or conservator of any
person in the county who requires a guardian or
conservator and for whom there is no person or cor-
poration qualified and willing to act in such
capacity.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, Califo ia
Contact:
Paul back
MEMO TO THE PRESS
445-4571
8.6.63
In response to many requests from members of the Capitol Press
Corps, Governor Hugh Burns will be available in the Governor's Office
today at 2:30 p.m. to answer questions relating to the adjournment
of the regular session of the 1968 legislature.
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Bec,
445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan's office has announced today that the
following bills have been signed:
AB 508 - Barnes
Provides for cost-of-living adjustments based
(Chapter 941)
upon Bureau of Labor Statistics' consumer price
index for retired and survivor members of the
Public Employees' Retirement System.
AB 600 - Ketchum
Creates a State Board of Registration for
(Chapter 942)
Geologists. Provides for the registration and
regulation of geologists as defined.
AB 651 - Monagan
Extends the Commission of Housing and Community
(Chapter 943)
Development and Department of Housing and
Community Development until the 61st day after
adjournment of the 1972 session of the legis-
lature.
AB 652 - Monagan
Amends the Rumford Fair Housing Act to give
(Chapter 944)
specific authorization to the Fair Employment
Practices Commission to engage in affirmative
action in the field of housing discrimination.
Such action is defined as any educational or
promotional activity to secure greater housing
opportunities for members of racial, religious,
or nationality minority groups. The bill also
provides that its intent shall not be construed
to promote accommodations on a quota basis.
AB 690 - Hayes
Requires the State Air Resources Board to
(Chapter 945)
establish one -year statewide exhaust control
device program whereby various types of exhaust
emission control devices will be tested on a
certain number of state-owned motor vehicles
operated by the California Highway Patrol,
Department of General Services, and the
Division of Highways.
AB 790 - Britschgi
Increases the number of superior court judges
(Chapter 946)
in San Mateo County from 11 to 12. The bill
also increases the number of municipal court
judges in the San Mateo Central Judicial
District from two to three.
AB 799 - Dent
Provides that the minimum schoolday in grades
(Chapter 947)
1, 2 and 3, except in opportunity schools or
classes, is 230 minutes, rather than 200 minutes
AB 818 - Wakefield
Allows a minor enrolled in approved work
(Chapter 948)
experience education programs to work in such
programs outside of school hours for a period
not to exceed four hours per day, regardless
of hours spent per day in school. The bill
exempts approved work experience programs from
the prohibition against employing minors for
period longer than eight hours per day, when
added to number of hours minor is compelled to
attend school.
AB 882 - Dent
Declares legislative intent to encourage insti-
(Chapter 949)
tutions of higher education to enter into
cooperative agreements with local school dis-
tricts to provide training programs to improve
elementary teachers' instructional skills. The
bill permits school districts to establish staff
development projects, subject to approval of
State Board of Education, and to contract with
specified entities for purposes of such pro-
jects.
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AB 889 - Russell
Appropriates $60,898 from the Motor Vehicle
(Chapter 950)
Fund for the establishment of a branch office
in the Newhall-Saugus area.
AB 897 - Campbell
Ratifies the Western Interstate Nuclear Compact.
(Chapter 913)
The Pact is designed to enable the 13 western
states to combine their resources in the devel-
opment of nuclear power.
AB 932 - Johnson, H.
Provides that the definition of "public
(Chapter 951)
premises" does not include on-sale beer
licensed stadia, auditoria, fairgrounds or
racetracks, rather than the exclusion being
applicable to any licensed stadia, auditoria,
fairgrounds or racetracks.
AB 960 - Stull
Specifies that if a school district governing
(Chapter 952)
board employs staff assistants or field repre-
sentatives, such personnel shall be members of
the classified service except with respect to
obtaining a permanent status in a position,
and procedures pertaining to the recruitment,
appointment, classification, and salary of
members of the classified service.
AB 1128 - Zenovich
Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to
(Chapter 955)
publish copies of the Vehicle Code synopsis or
summary in Spanish as the director determines
are needed to meet the demand for such copies.
AB 1138 - Ryan
Permits the secretary of state to appoint
(Chapter 956)
county employees as notaries public to act
for and on behalf of the county.
AB 1213 - Lanterman
Amends the Welfare and Institutions Code to
(Chapter 957)
reflect that the State Department of Social
Welfare rather than the Department of Mental
Hygiene is responsible for the payments of
out-of-home care for patients who are on leave
of absence or discharged from a state hospital.
The bill directs that these payments be based
on a reasonable cost schedule consistent with
standards and rates established by the adminis-
trator of the Health and Welfare Agency and
limited by budget appropriations for this pur-
pose.
AB 1243 - Burke
Provides that professional employees shall not
(Chapter 958)
be denied the right to be represented sepa-
rately from nonprofessional employees by a pro-
fessional employee organization consisting of
such professional employees.
AB 1265 - Biddle
Repeals the Civil Code provision permitting
(Chapter 984)
retail installment contracts to be on more than
one document where retail installment sale of
goods or services is for cash price of $50 or
less.
AB 1331 - Gonsalves
Permits any agency, commission or board pro-
(Chapter 959)
vided for by a joint powers agreement in Los
Angeles County to issue revenue bonds to pay
the cost of acquiring or constructing regional
public park or regional public recreation area.
AB 1338 - Schabarum
Authorizes the governing boards of school dis-
(Chapter 961)
tricts to impose a fee upon the individuals who
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are receiving instruction in postgraduate and
upgrading courses for on-the-job training. The
amount of this fee shall be limited to an
amount necessary to cover the total cost of
such classroom instruction.
AB 1441 - Ketchum
Exempts licensed structural pest control
(Chapter 962)
operators from the requirement of obtaining a
license from the Department of Agriculture for
use of registered economic poisons in their
businesses. The containers for such poisons
must identify poisons and contain any required
warning or cautionary statements or symbols.
AB 1454 - Lanterman
Revises the Short-Doyle Act to provide for a
(Chapter 989)
new method of financing mental health services
on a county basis and with a 90 percent state
and 10 percent county cost-sharing formula.
Authorizes the Department of Rehabilitation to
provide vocational rehabilitation services
under Short-Doyle Act for mentally disordered,
mentally retarded, and alcoholic persons to be
funded directly by the state. The bill further
provides that the state provide and pay for
cost of voluntary care of mentally disordered an
gravely disabled persons in counties with popu-
lation of 100, 000 or under which do not elect
to make Lanterman-Petris-Short Act and Short-
Doyle applicable in the county. The bill
becomes operative on July 1, 1969.
AB 1478 - Moorhead
Provides that knowledge that a person has had
(Chapter 963)
his privilege to drive suspended or revoked
shall be presumed, if notice has been given by
the Department of Motor Vehicles. Declares that
such presumption affects the burden of proof.
AB 1544 - Schabarum
Amends the State Outdoor Advertising Act to
(Chapter 964)
provide for a $20 fee for the original appli-
cation for a permit to place an outdoor adver-
tising display.
AB 1682 - Quimby
Provides that the expenses incurred for fees
(Chapter 965)
of independent financial consultants, the
URGENCY
publication of the official notice of sale,
the preparation, and the printing and dis-
tribution of official statement of school bond
issues may be paid from the proceeds of sale
of the bonds.
AB 1767 - Johnson, H.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure provision
(Chapter 966)
relating to information required to be
furnished by mortgagees or beneficiaries of
deeds of trust prior to foreclosure.
AB 1775 - Roberti
Requires the Board of Control to adopt rules
(Chapter 967)
and regulations providing for reimbursement of
state employees for nonculpable damages to
private car when used on authorized state
business.
AB 1843 - Fenton
Amends the Education Code to conform to the
(Chapter 963)
Elections Code provisions regarding notice of
absentee voting.
AB 1857 - Veysey
Establishes a new standard container #45W for
(Chapter 969)
carrots.
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AB 1876 - Dunlap
Extends to May 15, 1968 the time in which the
(Chapter 970)
statement, map or plat regarding annexation to
URGENCY
a city may be filed with the State Board of
Equalization for the annexation to be effective
for assessment and tax purposes for the 1968-69
fiscal year.
AB 1894 - Pattee
Revises and updates quality standards for
(Chapter 990)
canning tomatoes.
AB 1914 - Knox
Provides a procedure for the exclusion of
(Chapter 971)
uninhabited territory annexed to a city as
uninhabited territory initiated on motion of
the city council.
AB 1918 - Knox
Requires agencies and entities created by joint
(Chapter 972)
exercise of powers to use the treasurer of a
contracting party or the county treasurer as
depositary for its funds and requires that
disbursements of such funds be on county
warrants. The bill requires annual audits of
agency or entity funds and bonding of employees
AB 1965 - Veneman
Increases the maximum interest rate permitted
(Chapter 986)
on assessment bonds under the Street Opening
URGENCY
Bond Act of 1911, Improvement Act of 1911,
Municipal Improvement Act of 1913, Improvement
Bond Act of 1915, Vehicle Parking District
Law of 1943, and the Parking District Law of
1951 from six percent to seven percent.
AB 1970 - Wilson
Specifies a procedure to permit disposition
(Chapter 973)
of Vehicle Code misdemeanor violations in cases
where the defendant has been convicted of a
misdemeanor and is serving sentence and there
has been filed and pending in another county
a complaint charging him with a misdemeanor
Vehicle Code violation.
AB 2054 - Bagley
Increases the tax redemption fee to $2 on
(Chapter 974)
June 13, 1969. The bill reduces the state's
share of such fees from 100 percent to 50
percent going to the county where the tax-
sold land is located.
AB 2058 - Bagley
Authorizes county water districts to adopt
(Chapter 975)
ordinances relating to provision of sanitation
services and the regulation of such services.
AB 2094 - Dunlap
Extends to February 20, 1968, the time in which
(Chapter 976)
the statement, map or plat and certificate of
URGENCY
completion regarding annexation of a fire pro-
tection district may be filed for the annexati
to be effective for assessment and tax purposes
in 1968.
AB 2095 - Chappie
Provides that annexations by cemetery district
(Chapter 977)
are effective for 1968-1969 assessment and
URGENCY
taxation purposes if required statements and
maps or plats are filed by specified dates.
SB 87 - Rodda
Requires the administrator of the Resources
(Chapter 914)
Agency to continue to review and coordinate
the implementation of the Delta Master Plan
by reviewing with affected governmental
agencies programs and policies related to
recreation in the Sacramento-Gan Joaquin Delta
and to report biennially to the governor and
the legislature until 1973.
SB 90 - Deukmejian
Prohibits the possession and use of a motor
(Chapter 915)
vehicle master key with the intent to use it
to commit an unlawful act. The bill further
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prohibits knowingly manufacturing for sale,
advertising for sale and offering for sale
master keys to persons not using the keys in a
lawful occupation.
SB 91 - Deukmejian
Extends the period for amending articles of
(Chapter 916)
incorporation for purposes of the welfare
property tax exemption for the 1967-68 fiscal
year from first Monday in March 1967 to March
22, 1967. The bill also provides relief for
organizations otherwise qualified therefore
which made late applications for the welfare,
cemetery or church exemption for fiscal years
commencing in 1967 or 1968.
SB 96 - Rodda
Revises the law pertaining to selection and
(Chapter 917)
adoption of textbooks by the State Board of
Education for elementary grades to permit
school districts to have a choice of two basic
adoptions in various subject matter areas.
SB 155 - Grunsky
Provides that a deposition of any person other
(Chapter 918)
than a party may be taken only in the county
where the deponent resides or at a place not
more than 75 miles from the deponent's residenc
In the case of a party, the deposition may be
in the county of residence, or the county of th
trial, provided the place of deposition is less
than 150 miles from the party's residence. The
judge may still order the deposition to be
taken under different terms.
SB 198 - Rodda
Simplifies the requirements of the diversi-
(Chapter 919)
fied major for the standard elementary
credential and liberalizes the service which
may be rendered by the holder of that creden-
tial.
SB 206 - Moscone
Establishes a Conservation Education Service
(Chapter 978)
in the Department of Education. The bill
authorizes the superintendent of Public
Instruction, upon the recommendation of the
Conservation Education Service, to make
planning grants to school districts.
SB 210 - Richardson
Appropriates $19,955 from the Fish and Game
(Chapter 920)
Preservation Fund to the Department of Fish
and Game for an investigation relating to
bighorn sheep herds and development of a
species plan.
SB 212 - Alquist
Provides that the number of schooldays to be
(Chapter 921)
used in computing the average daily attendance
for junior colleges may be five or six con-
secutive schooldays, rather than five con-
secutive schooldays.
SB 219 - Collier
Adds toll tunnels through mountains to the
(Chapter 922)
list of projects authorized to be financed
and constructed pursuant to the California
Toll Bridge Authority Act.
SB 221 - Collier
Creates the El Dorado County Toll Tunnel
(Chapter 923)
Authority Act and authorizes the authority to
study the feasibility of and construct and
maintain a toll tunnel from Highway 50 in the
vicinity of Twin Bridges to Highway 50 in the
vicinity of Meyers, by issuing revenue bonds
secured by tolls. It further authorizes the
authority to receive contributions from other
sources and authorizes other governmental
organizations to issue general obligation bonds
for such contributions. The tunnel is to be
transferred to the state after the bonds have
been paid.
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SB 231 - Miller
Permits the San Francisco Bay Conservation
(Chapter 924)
and Development Commission to permit or pro-
hibit the placement or removal of fill in
San Francisco Bay during the commission's life
rather than only during period necessary to the
study of the matter and preparation of master
plan.
SB 281 - Short
Permits trust agreements for preneed funeral
(Chapter 928)
arrangements to be irrevocable in cases where
welfare recipients are beneficiaries. The
bill authorizes trustee in preneed funeral
arrangements to deposit the trust corpus in
any federally insured savings and loan associa-
tion.
SB 290 - Beilenson
Establishes the "Anatomical Gift Act" to
(Chapter 926)
govern the donation of human bodies and organs
for scientific or medical purposes, including
the transplantation of organs from one
individual to another. The bill establishes
the procedures to be used by those desiring
to make an anatomical gift.
SB 332 - Moscone
Establishes the California Design Awards to
(Chapter 877)
make awards for excellence in the area of
environmental design. The bill establishes
the California Design Awards Committee to
administer such awards.
SB 393 - Dills
Defines cash value of motion pictures,
(Chapter 927)
including negatives and prints thereof, for
purposes of property taxation. The bill
appropriates state revenues from the Property
Tax Relief Fund for subvention to local
government to make up for revenues lost by
reason of this enactment.
SB 400 - Kennick
Permits the governor, in appropriate cases,
(Chapter 878)
in granting a pardon to a person, to provide
that such person is entitled to possess
firearms that would otherwise be lawfully
owned and possessed by other citizens. It
further provides that such rights shall not
be restored to persons convicted of a felony
involving the use of a dangerous weapon.
SB 409 - Burgener
Permits the Department of Social Welfare to
(Chapter 879)
establish relinquishment adoption services in
counties which have no public adoption
services and allows the department to collect
fees from prospective adoptive parents. The
bill appropriates $200,000 for purposes of
the act.
SB 430 - Marler
Directs the body awarding public works con-
(Chapter 880)
tracts to include in the contract specifica-
tions a requirement for the payment of travel
and subsistence allowances to workers, as suc
allowances are defined in applicable collec-
tive bargaining agreements.
SB 431 - Rodda
Makes technical changes in various Education
(Chapter 928)
Code provisions relating to the financial
support of the public schools to provide con-
sistency between sections, to correct section
cross-references, and to eliminate unecessar
language.
SB 437 - Teale
Increases salaries of county school superin-
(Chapter 881)
tendents for counties with an average daily
attendance under 15,000.
SB 448 - Cologne
Provides that nothing in the Automobile Sale
(Chapter 979)
Finance Act (Rees-Levering Act) shall be
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deemed to affect a loan, or the security
therefor, between a purchaser of a motor
vehicle and a supervised financial organiza-
tion, other than the seller of the motor
vehicle, all or portion of which loan is used
in connection with the purchase of a motor
vehicle. It allows a seller to assist a
buyer in obtaining a loan upon any security
from a third party to be used as part or all
of the downpayment or any other payment on
a conditional sale contract or purchase order
provided the conditional sale contract sets
forth on the face thereof the amount of the
side loan, the financing charge, the total
thereof, the schedule of payments and a
statement that the buyer may be required to
pledge security for the loan, which security
must be mutually agreed to by the buyer and
the lender.
SB 462 - Stiern
Revises the qualifications for the state
(Chapter 882)
geologist so that he may be a trained
geologist in lieu of being a trained engineer
and have general knowledge of mineral
resources, structural geology and related
science and engineering disciplines. The
bill also deletes the requirement that the
state geologist maintain offices, museum,
library, and laboratory in San Francisco.
SB 476 - Danielson
Provides that members of the Los Angeles
(Chapter 883)
Junior College District Board will be com-
pensated at the rate of $50 per meeting for
not to exceed one board meeting per week.
SB 481 - Collier
Revises various requirements and sets for
(Chapter 980)
new requirements relating to lights,
reflectors, reflectorizing material, identi-
fication signs, seat belt assemblies, glaz-
ing material and other devices.
SB 495 - Alquist
Provides that any school building built or
(Chapter 884)
bought with local, state or federal funds
allocated for preschool education, pursuant
to statute, shall not be counted in computing
the area of adequate space as it relates to
apportionments for funds under the State
School Building Aid Law.
SB 497 - Dolwig
Increases the minimum salaries of credentialed
(Chapter 885)
teachers from $5,000 to $6,000 per year.
SB 516 - Marks
Requires meetings of the Colorado River Board
(Chapter 886)
of California to be open to the public and
requires that all information and records of
the board be open to inspection by the public,
and authorizes the board to hold executive
sessions in conjunction with regular or
special meeting and maintain confidential
information and records limited to matters
concerning interstate claims to use of
Colorado River system waters.
SB 545- Burgener
Authorizes school districts to include
(Chapter 887)
capital outlay expenses for educationally
handicapped pupils in their annual budgets
for purposes of determining maximum district
property tax rates.
SB 546 - Burgener
Authorizes school districts to include
(Chapter 888)
capital outlay expenses for mentally retarded
pupils in their annual budgets for the pur-
pose of determining maximum district property
tax rates.
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SB 554 - Rodda
Makes the Governor's Mansion a state monu-
(Chapter 889)
ment when it is no longer needed as a
residence.
SB 555 - Dills
Creates the Los Angeles County Toll Tunnel
(Chapter 929)
Authority governed by a board consisting of
the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles
County. The authority is to conduct a study
of the feasibility of constructing a toll
tunnel through the San Gabriel Mountains
between Antelope Valley and the metropolitan
Southern California area. The authority is
to submit a report of the study to the
legislature when completed.
SB 564 - Sherman
Declares that the Insurance Commissioner shal
(Chapter 890)
hold office for a term of four years,
coextensive with the term of office of the
governor, rather than for a term of four
years.
SB 584 - Short
Permits a licensed vocational nurse, when
(Chapter 891)
directed by a physician to administer
medication by hypodermic injection and to
withdraw blood from a patient for the pur-
pose of testing, if prior thereto she has
been instructed by the physician in the
proper procedure to be employed when with-
drawing blood.
SB 623 - Rodda
Provides for the computation of the junior
(Chapter 931)
college district share in the Junior College
Construction Act of 1965 by reducing federal
funds from the total cost of the project
rather than from the state share. It brings
the Junior College Construction Act of 1965
into conformity with the Junior College
Construction Act of 1967. The bill appro-
priates $1,625,000 in augmentation of the
Budget Act of 1968 to reflect adjustments in
the application of federal funds as provided
in the bill.
SB 635 - Lagomarsino
Recodifies various statutes relating to the
(Chapter 981)
distribution of revenues developed by the
State Lands Commission.
SB 671 - Kennick
Authorizes the Department of Housing and
(Chapter 892)
Community Development to establish regula-
tions for the construction of mobilehomes.
Alteration of mobilehomes is to be in
accordance with regulations of the depart-
ment.
SB 675 - Short
Prohibits the practice of landscape archi-
(Chapter 932)
tecture without a certificate issued by the
California State Board of Landscape Architec
Present law prohibits the use of the title
"landscape architect" without such a certifi
cate.
SB 686 - Sherman
Provides that service of subpoena on a party
(Chapter 933)
to record of a civil action and other pre-
scribed persons is not required if written
notice requesting such witness to attend is
served on the attorney of such party or
person, provided such notice cannot require
attendance more than 150 miles from residenc
of such witness.
SB 721 - Rodda
Requires the State Personnel Board to
(Chapter 893)
allocate up to 25 percent of the salary of
a minister of the gospel employed by the
state for a housing allowance or rental
value of a home furnished to him, rather
than $1,800 as is presently allowed.
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SB 798 - Stevens
Increases the number of judges of each
(Chapter 894)
division of the Court of Appeal for the
Second Appellate District from three to
four. The bill also increases from the
number of judges in the Court of Appeal for
the Third Appellate District from three to
four.
SB 820 - Short
Extends the coverage of the Professional
(Chapter 895)
Engineers Act to certain engineering dis-
ciplines approved by the Board of Registra-
tion for Civil and Professional Engineers.
SB 832 - Stiern
Provides for an increase in the maximum
(Chapter 896)
award for competitive state scholarships
from $1,500 to $2,000 a year effective in
the 1969-70 fiscal year.
SB 867 - Cologne
Provides legislative approval of the allo-
(Chapter 897)
cation by the Department of Water Resources
of $10, 568, 454 to recreation and fish and
wildlife enhancement as nonreimbursable
joint costs of the State Water Project and
of $2,942,840 for separate specific recrea-
tion land costs of the State Water Project.
SB 874 - Dolwig
Authorizes every domestic incorporated life
(Chapter 898)
insurer and any other domestic incorporated
insurer who meets prescribed requirements,
after investing an amount equal to its
required minimum paid-in capital in securi-
ties as required, to make specified invest-
ments.
SB 878 - Lagomarsino
Authorizes the State Board of Forestry to
(Chapter 899)
adopt administrative regulations providing
for the preservation, protection and use of
state forests. Makes violation of the
board's regulations a misdemeanor punishable
by a fine not exceeding $500.
SB 881 - Marler
Requires that anyone using certain designated
(Chapter 900)
equipment or devices from which a spark or
flame may originate, in described fire
hazard areas, must maintain certain designate
firefighting equipment ready for use.
SB 892 - Deukmejian
Authorizes county delinquency prevention
(Chapter 934)
commissions to assist in establishment of
youth service bureaus for the coordination
of activities for the prevention of
juvenile delinquency.
SB 922 - Rodda
Authorizes the treatment of employees of
(Chapter 935)
a special district as county employee for
various insurance and benefit purposes,
subject to approval of district's governing
board and the county board of supervisors.
The bill authorizes the board of supervisors
to impose a charge to cover the resulting
added costs.
SB 941 - Rodda
Specifies that a state organization which
(Chapter 901)
is a member of any national, state or local
organization of governing boards of school
districts organized for the primary purpose
of advancing public education through
research, and investigation is within the
meaning of "public agency, for the purposes
of the Public Employees' Retirement Law.
SB 958 - Grunsky
Quitclaims to the County of Santa Cruz and
(Chapter 902)
the City of Santa Cruz all right, title,
and interest, other than mineral rights,
which the state might have in described
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parcels of land which are to be used for
highway purposes.
SB 986 - Lagomarsino
Will permit the transfer of prisoners from
(Chapter 936)
county jail to state correctional institu-
tions if they require extended medical
treatment and pose a serious custodial
problem. Such transfer must be initiated
by the sheriff, be accomplished with the
approval of the superior court judge and
be acceptable to the Department of Correc-
tions. The bill provides for reimbursement
to the state by the counties for the cost
of such care.
SB 997 - Cologne
Includes prescribed drugs for public
(Chapter 982)
assistance recipients within the minimum
coverage under Medi-Cal.
SB 1002 - Schmitz
Requires purchasers of homes or farms under
(Chapter 903)
the Veterans' Farm and Home Purchase Act
of 1943 to pay the first $100 in order to be
reimbursed by the Department of Veterans'
Affairs for the cost of repairing uninsurable
damage to such property caused by earth-
quake or floods.
SB 1071 - Danielson
Permits a guardian or conservator to pay
(Chapter 904)
reasonable sums for the funeral expenses
and last illness of his deceased ward or
conservatee, so long as he does not sell
any interest in the real property of the
decedent in order to do so.
SB 1095 - Stevens
Increases the number of members of the
(Chapter 983)
State Mining and Geology Board from five
to seven. The bill specifies that among
the seven members, at least one should be
a mining geologist, mining engineer or
mineral economist, and at least one should
be a structural engineer or engineering
seismologist.
SB 1103 - Grunsky
Increases salaries of the San Benito
(Chapter 905)
County supervisors and district attorney.
SB 1105 - Marks
Amends the Vehicle Code to permit the
(Chapter 906)
defendant to plead "nolo contendere" or
"guilty," rather than only "guilty, " in
response to a duplicate copy of a written
notice to appear that has been prepared and
delivered, and filed with the court in lieu
of verified complaint, pursuant to pro-
visions of the law regarding misdemeanor
offenses.
SB 1125 - Stiern
Increases the application fee and biennial
(Chapter 907)
renewal fee for persons licensed by the
Board of Examiners in Veterinary Medicine.
SB 1135 - Deukmejian
Permits employment agencies which operate
(Chapter 908)
solely through computer system in prescribed
manner to charge prospective employee or
prospective employer non-refundable fee not
in excess of $15.
SB 1158 - Teale
Allows a judge or person who is entitled to
(Chapter 909)
benefits under Judges' Retirement Law who
remains a member of the Legislators'
Retirement System to transfer from that
system to the Judges' Retirement System a
part or all of the service for which he is
credited, or may elect to be credited, under
the Legislators' Retirement System.
SB 1182 - Burgener
Provides that public buildings which have
(Chapter 937)
special toilet and entrance facilities for
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handicapped persons post signs indicating
the location of these facilities.
SB 1189 - Way
Requires a complaint in an action for
(Chapter 938)
divorce to include the social security num-
bers of husband and wife, if available.
The bill further declares that no person
who is in contempt of a court order or
judgment in a divorce or separate mainten-
ance action may enforce such order cr
judgment, by way of execution or otherwise
against the other party. Such enforcement
restrictions shall not affect nor apply to
enforcement of child support orders.
SB 1193 - Way
Authorizes a public assistance recipient
(Chapter 910)
and any person authorized in writing by
him to inspect application and records
containing factual information relating
to eligibility provided solely by the
recipient made or kept by any public officer
or agency in connection with the adminis-
tration of any public assistance program,
and specifies attorney or authorized
representative of applicant or recipient
is entitled to inspect his case record prior
to and during his hearing.
SB 1200 - Schrade
Expands the membership of the California
(Chapter 939)
State Communications Advisory Board.
SB 1236 - Way
Establishes a summary judgment procedure
(Chapter 911)
with respect to the collection of unpaid
taxes, interest or penalties on unsecured
property.
SB 1251 - Lagomarsino
Increases the annual salaries of the
(Chapter 912)
Ventura County Supervisors and auditor and
district attorney.
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Governor Ronald Reagan's office announced today that he has
vetoed the following bills:
AB 523 - 2 'berg
Provides for emergency detention and
treatment of dangerous or gravely disabled
inebriates in same manner as provided under
existing law for dangerous or gravely
disabled mentally ill persons, with excep-
tion of a 24-hour, rather than a 72-hour
maximum detention.
SB 220 - Collier
Requires boards of trustees of state
hospitals to meet at least once a month,
and at call of chairman or majority of the
board rather than only once every three
months or at call of head of Department of
Mental Hygiene. Requires them to report
annually to the legislature. The bill
also requires the Director of Mental Hygiene
to call meeting of trustees of all state
hospitals, to be held each January in
Sacramento.
SB 500 - Cusanovich
Would grant an automobile dealer 10 days
after the Department of Motor Vehicles has
notified him of the suspension to restore
the bond or its equivalent to the full
amount before the suspension becomes final.
The department would be permitted to refund
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all moneys held as a cash deposit or to
cancel an assignment of a cash deposit
investment certificate or share account
one year from the date the licensed dealer
ceases to hold a license and certificate.
The bill also broadens the form of deposit
to include share accounts of an authorized
bank as well as those of savings and loan
associations.
SB 676 - Cologne
Permits vehicles upon which a copy of the
dealer's report of sale is displayed to be
operated without a registration card or
license plates for a period not to exceed
20 days if a new vehicle, or 30 days if a
used vehicle.
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul BE
445-4571
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Here are the reasons for Governor Reagan's vetoes of AB 523-
2 'berg; SB 220-Collier; SB 500-Cusanovich; and SB 76-Cologne; as
indicated in the Memo to the Press #505 issued by the governor's
office August 6, 1968:
REASON FOR VETO
AB 523-Z'berg
The effect of this legislation is to allow
the Short-Doyle Program to provide for the
detention of acute inebriates, If counties
elect to detain inebriates under their Short-
Doyle Programs it will create substantial
financial demands on available Short-Doyle
funds. The counties would also be required
to spend several million dollars for capital
outlay if this bill were enacted. The
fiscal consequences of AB 523 were not dis-
cussed when the bill was heard before the
policy committees. The bill was not heard
before either of the fiscal committees.
Accordingly, the governor returned the bill
unsigned.
SB 220-Collier
The governor questioned the need for an
annual meeting of all state hospital trustees.
The present system of annual meetings of all
board chairmen has proven to be an efficient
and productive link between the trustees and
the Department of Mental Hygiene. Annual
meetings with all trustees would be less
efficient and more costly.
Accordingly, the governor returned the bill
unsigned.
SB 500-Cusanovich
The one year security retention period does
not adequately protect the car buyer who
does not immediately discover that he has
been defrauded by a dealer. The legislature
should consider a longer retention period,
the governor said.
Accordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.
SB 676-Cologne
The Department of Motor Vehicles has
installed computer equipment designed to pro-
vide faster service to the motoring public
and the automobile business in processing
registration transactions. Extending the
time for submitting these transactions negates
the efforts made by the department to
expedite such work.
Extending the time interval will mean that
vehicles will be operated for a longer period
of time without "hard" license plates, thus
adding to the identification problems of the
Highway Patrol and local law enforcement
agencies.
Accordingly, the governor returned the bill
unsigned.
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Sacramento, Californ.
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571 8.7.68
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In press release #507, dated today, Assembly Bill No. 436 should be
numbered Assembly Bill No. 435.
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
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ACTING GOVERNOR HUGH M. BURNS ANNOUNCED TODAY HE HAS SIGNED THE
FOLLOWING BILLS:
AB 28 - Duffy
Permits the state, to the extent permitted by federal
(Chapter 1010)
law, to contract with the Department of Health, Educa-
tion and Welfare either to obtain or provide fiscal
intermediary service for claims which are to be paid
partly by Medicare and partly by Medi-Cal.
AB 29 - Duffy
Requires the health and welfare administrator on and
(Chapter 1011)
after July 1, 1969, to employ sufficient Medi-Cal
consultants and prohibits counties from employing
such consultants except when authorized by the
administrator.
AB 354 - Knox
Requires the Board of Equalization to mail the asses-
(Chapter 1012)
see notices of appraised value of property sampled
in an inter-county equalization survey. The bill
allows the assessee to inspect appraisal records
relating to his property at the department's office.
AB 436 - Veysey
Provides a manner in which school district governing
(Chapter 1013)
boards can get added coverage for protection for
medical and hospital expenses resulting from acciden-
tal bodily injuries and specifies which carriers
may write this kind of coverage.
AB 509 - Townsend
Allows regional occupational centers established
(Chapter 1014)
pursuant to joint powers agreement to issue bonds
for capital expenditure. Limits bonding for this
purpose to one-half of one percent of taxable pro-
perty served by the center.
AB 536 - Chappie
Provides that any bonds issued by county waterworks
(Chapter 1015)
district may be subject to sale and redemption prior
to maturity at such times and prices and other terms
as governing board of district may specify.
AB
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- Britschgi Provides that a licensee whose premises are destroyed
(Chapter 1016)
by fire or act of God, or are taken under power of
eminent domain, may transfer his license to another
premises within the same county without payment of
the $100 statutory transfer fee: and further, that
if the destroyed premises are rebuilt within six
months, the license may be transferred back without
payment of such fee.
AB 681 - Pattee
Creates the Canning Tomato Advisory Committee in
(Chapter 1017)
the Department of Agriculture to advise the director
of agriculture on all matters pertaining to standards
for tomatoes for canning purposes.
AB 707 - Mobley
Deletes the Health and Safety Code provisions which
(Chapter 1018)
establish the State Housing Appeals Board and trans-
fers its duties to the Commission of Housing and
Community Development.
AB 783 - Belotti
Deletes various requirements for farm labor buses
(Chapter 1019)
and buses used to transport minors on any organized
group outing. Directs the Department of the Cali-
fornia Highway Patrol to adopt reasonable rules and
regulations relating to the safe operation of farm
labor vehicles, including, but not limited to, vehi-
cular design, equipment, passenger safety and seating
AB 789 - Bee
Makes it a misdemeanor for any minor to purchase,
(Chapter 1020)
lease or otherwise obtain, a vehicle subject to
registration unless the minor possesses a valid
California driver's license.
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AB 823 - Hayes
Amends several Vehicle Code provisions relating to
(Chapter 1021)
the renewal of licenses of vehicle dealers, trans-
porters, manufacturers or vehicle salesmen,
AB 329 - Veysey
Authorizes the governing board of a school district
(Chapter 1022)
maintaining a high school to pay the costs of
accreditation of the school by any accrediting
association.
AB 841 - Chappie
Authorizes Department of Parks and Recreation to
(Chapter 1023)
transfer and convey to a local public, corporation
or district, the water and sewage system operated
by the state at Columbia Historic Park.
AB 872 - Stacey
Requires the class-size reduction projects to place
(Chapter 1024)
emphasis on class-size reduction in kindergarten and
the primary grades. Permits use of funds for in-
service training of teachers and training of teacher's
aides. Limits the expenditure of funds for in-
service training to five percent of the total appor-
tionments for class-size reduction.
AB 910 - Knox
Authorizes cities and counties, on and after
(Chapter 991)
January 1, 1969, to enter into contracts to share
sales and use tax revenues collected pursuant to
the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax
Law. The bill is operative only if the voters ap-
prove Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 36 in
November.
AB 934 - Moretti
Makes the state treasurer the sole agent for selling
(Chapter 1025)
all state bonds, including those issued by any de-
partment of state government or specified agencies
of the state.
AB 937 - Veysey
Authorizes the formation of cotton pest abatement
(Chapter 1026)
districts upon petition of growers. and the approval
of the board of supervisors of the county or counties
affected.
AB 966 - Briggs
Provides that a public administrator or his deputy
(Chapter 1027)
or employee who purchases, directly or indirectly,
any property or claim under his administration, or
acts upon any expenditure or transaction in which he
has a financial interest or when, with knowledge of
such interest, he is associated in business with any-
one having such interest, is chargeable with a mis-
demeanor, except where such action is made pursuant
to court order.
AB 1036 - Brathwaite
(Chapter 1028)
Sets maximum dog license fee in general law cities
at an amount not to exceed cities' costs for services
related to dogs. Provides that license fee for
spayed female dogs shall be half of usual amount.
AB 1041 - Britschgi
(Chapter 1029)
Provides that any bidder for the purchase of improve-
ment bonds under the Municipal Improvement Act of
1913 may be required to post as a deposit to guaranted
the purchase of such bonds in the event that the
bidder is awarded the purchase contract.
AB 1109 - Monagan
Provides that a wine grower, brandy manufacturer,
(Chapter 1030)
distilled spirits manufacturer or distilled spirits
manufacturer's agent may serve and provide, without
charge, food and beverages, including alcoholic bevera
ges, to retail licensees and their guests at parties
or hospitality rooms in conjunction with meetings
or conventions of bona fide trade associations of
retail licensees.
AB 1119 - Veneman
Authorizes domestic life insurance companies to
(Chapter 1031)
issue individual variable annuity contracts,
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AB 1171 - Mobley
Authorizes state school building aid apportionment
(Chapter 1032)
to be made to districts which were bonded to within
$50,000 of minimum requirements as of January 10,
1968, when specified factors involving county assess-
ments existed following the required district
election.
AB 1207 - Brathwaite
(Chapter 1033)
Extends to a prisoner committed to a county jail,
industrial farm or road camp or any city jail, a
provision whereby a prisoner confined in such insti-
tutions may, with the approval of the county board
of parole commissioners, have five days deducted
from his period of confinement for good behavior for
each month of confinement.
AB 1250 - Fong
Provides that if a person purchases property for
(Chapter 1034)
resale and gives a resale certificate, and loans
such property to customers as an accommodation while
they are awaiting repair of their own property or if
such person uses the property partly for purposes
other than retention, demonstration or display, the
use tax liability of such person shall be measured
by the fair rental value rather than the sales
price of such property.
AB 1252 - Fong
Deletes an overlapping Revenue and Taxation Code
(Chapter 1035)
provision relating to the circumstances under which
property is assessed as escaped property and deletes
an alternate provision for the assessment of pro-
perty as escaped property when the veterans' exemp-
tion has been improperly allowed.
AB 1258 - Roberti
Permits the judgment creditor of any party, rather
(Chapter 1036)
than of a plaintiff, to receive a lien on a cause of
action and subsequent judgment.
AB 1267 - Cory
Authorizes the personnel commission or governing
(Chapter 1037)
board of a school district, as the case may be, to
specify certain positions or classes of positions
as supervisory, administrative or executive and to
exclude employees serving in such positions from
overtime provisions.
AB 1272 - Deddeh
Authorizes the Sweetwater River Flood Control Pro-
(Chapter 1033)
ject in San Diego County in accordance with recom-
mendations of the U.S. Army Corps of engineers. Pro-
vides that the state may reimburse the local district
for rights-of-way costs after Congress has appropria-
ted funds for the construction of the project.
AB 1278 - Porter
Authorizes the director of finance to transfer up to
(Chapter 1039)
$750,000 of general fund money in the Water Resources
Revolving Fund. The bill provides that $250,000 of
the $750,000 shall be retransferred to the State
Water Quality Control Fund for fiscal year 1968-69
only.
AB 1340 - Chappie
Includes historic units of the state park system
(Chapter 1040)
among those places excluded from the definition of
"public premises" for purposes of the Alcoholic
Beverages Act.
AB 1338 - Stull
Redesignates the "executive secretary" of the Cali-
(Chapter 1041)
fornia Water Commission as "executive officer.' The
bill authorizes the commission, when requested, to
represent any local agencies before Congressional
appropriations committees when hearing requests
for appropriations for federal flood control or
reclamation projects.
AB 1391 - Foran
Grants the Port of San Francisco certain extensions
(Chapter 1042)
of operating power in regard to property leases,
port sales travel, pier storage and cargo
warehousing.
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AB 1442 - Dent
Provides that a city or a county may by ordinance
(Chapter 1043)
or resolution declare that the public interest will
be served by making the provisions of the Vehicle
Code generally, rather than only the rules of the
road and basic speed laws, apply to privately-owned
and maintained roads.
AB 1818 - Shoemaker
(Chapter 1044)
Confirms the title of the City of Carpinteria as
successor in interest to County of Santa Barbara
to certain tide and submerged lands within its
boundaries,
AB 1821 - Shoemaker
(Chapter 1045)
Corrects erroneous cross-references in the Education
Code.
AB 1833 - Barnes
Changes obsolete references to the "State Employees'
(Chapter 1046)
Retirement System" in various sections of the
County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937.
AB 1835 - Barnes
Changes the date on which retired members of a retire-
(Chapter 1047)
ment system established under the County Employees'
Retirement Law of 1937 must have retired or died
in order for the member or his beneficiary to be-
come eligible for certain cost-of-living increases
from July 1 to April 1 of each year.
AB 1837 - Roberti
Revises, makes technical changes in, and recodifies
(Chapter 1048)
certain provisions relating to health supervision
and services performed by school districts in con-
nection with employment of personnel and for benefit
of pupils.
AB 1871 - Wilson
Amends the Civil and Professional Engineers Act by
(Chapter 1049)
extending opportunities to qualify for use of the
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title "consulting engineer" and to obtain registra-
tion as a mechanical or electrical engineer without
examination.
AB 1971 - Bee
Provides for the establishment, subject to approval
(Chapter 1050)
of the superintendent of public instruction, of a
year-around elementary school program in kindergarten
and grades one to six, inclusive, at a school main-
tained by the Hayward Unified School District to be
conducted for a two-year period.
AB 2051 - Bagley
Authorizes the governing board of any school dis-
(Chapter 1051)
trict to contract with county superintendent of
schools to provide school transportation services.
SB 236 - Mills
Permits the maximum rate of school district tax to
(Chapter 992)
be increased for the purpose of providing funds for
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repairs of school buildings, underground gas lines,
underground water lines and underground utility
lines constructed or installed at least 15 years
prior to date of the adoption of annual school dis-
trict budget. The bill further permits the maximum
tax rate to be increased by an amount required to
recover losses in the prior fiscal year for failure
to levy specified statutory override tax rates; and
requires such losses to be taken into consideration
in fixing any maximum district tax rate on the basis
of district revenues. These provisions are limited
to the 1968-69 school year.
SB 548 - Miller
Authorizes the State Board of Education to exempt
(Chapter 993)
school districts, upon request, from one or more re-
quired courses if such exemption is deemed essential
for the conduct of a planned experimental curriculum
project. The bill requires 200 minutes each ten
schooldays of instruction in physical education in
grades one to eight inclusive. The bill also pro-
hibits foreign language as a requirement in any
course of instruction after July 1, 1968.
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SB 553 - Rodda
Transfers authority to grant time extensions for
(Chapter 994)
district organization for junior colleges from the
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State Board of Education to the Board of Governors
of the California Community Colleges.
SB 609 - Miller
Revises the dates of application for allowances for
(Chapter 995)
the Special Elementary School Reading Program start-
URGENCY
ing with fiscal year 1969-70. The bill requires the
State Board of Education to determine the form in
which the results of uniform reading tests shall be
reported. The bill also revises the system of
priorities under which appropriated Basic Reading
Act funds will be allocated to participating districts
SB 611 - Marler
Changes the time period allowed for renewal of
(Chapter 996)
vehicle salesman's license from the month of May
until the month of June. The bill also increases
original salesman's application fee from $10 to $15.
SB 617 -- Collier
Eliminates Military and Veterans Code provisions
(Chapter 997)
relating to the Woman's Relief Corps Home of Cali-
fornia. The home was shut down in 1962.
SB 725 - Collier
Changes the name of the Central Sonoma County Judi-
(Chapter 998)
cial District to Central Judicial District. The
bill also increases the salary of the clerk of that
court and increases number of deputy clerks which
he may appoint.
SB 727 - Collier
Exempts from registration any vehicle, implement or
(Chapter 999)
equipment specifically designed for or altered for
and used exclusively in the maintenance or operation
of cemetery grounds, rather than specifically designed
for and used exclusively in the maintenance of ceme-
tery grounds and which is only incidentally operated
or moved on a highway.
SB 792 - Marler
Authorizes county superintendent of schools, with
(Chapter 1000)
approval of county board of education, to allocate
15 percent of the funds from money in forest reserve
account in county school service fund for use for
improvement of educational programs for students in
the county, as well as to school districts in county
lying within or adjacent to the United States forest
reserve.
SB 799 - McCarthy
Requires the state fire marshal to adopt such regu-
(Chapter 1001)
lations as he deems necessary to exempt signaling
devices used or intended for use by trucks, auto-
mobiles, boats, railroads, airplanes or other means
of transportation from the provisions on fireworks,
when such devices are certified in writing as meet-
ing the standards of federal or state agencies for
such purposes.
SB 873 - Deukmejian
(Chapter 1002)
Requires the Board of Medical Examiners to permit a
person who meets specified requirements to take an
oral examination and if the examination is passed,
to issue the applicant a physician's and surgeon's
certificate.
SB 898 - McCarthy
Permits the remaining partner or partners of a
(Chapter 1003)
licensed contractor copartnership to continue to do
business under the license for a reasonable time
after the disassociation of any member of the part-
nership for any reason, rather than only the death
of a partner, if application is made to the registrar
of contractors within 30 days and approval is granted
by the registrar.
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SB 913 - Collier
Excludes from the definition of a vehicle salesman
(Chapter 1004)
persons who are shareholders and directors of a
corporation licensed under the Vehicle Code as a
vehicle dealer, provided such persons engage in the
activities of a salesman exclusively on behalf of
the corporation in which they own stock and are
directors.
SB 936 - Mills
Provides that the lease of a chemical toilet unit
(Chapter 1005)
is a "sale" and "purchase" measured by the lease or
rental price under the Sales and Use Tax Law regard-
less of whether the unit is leased in same form as
acquired or whether sales tax reimbursement or use
tax was paid.
SB 943 - Rodda
Requires school officials to ask the parent or
(Chapter 1006)
guardian of a suspended pupil on or before the third
consecutive school day of such suspension to attend
a meeting in order to discuss matters relating to
the suspension.
SB 1147 - Danielson
(Chapter 1007)
Repeals the City Carriers' Act. Makes carriers
operating exclusively within cities subject to the
general laws on highway carriers.
SB 1188 - Burgener Provides that if no action is taken on a public
(Chapter 1008)
assistance appeal by the director of social welfare
within the time allowed, the appeal is deemed denied.
SB 1203 - Lagomarsino
(Chapter 1009)
Changes certain of the limitations which currently
apply to the issuance of general obligation bonds
by the Ventura County Flood Control District. It
also establishes a procedure by which the district
board may annex or detach territory from a "special
improvement zone" or may dissolve a zone altogether.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
MEMO TO T PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.7.68
#508
Acting Governor Hugh M. Burns has vetoed AB 25-Burton. His
veto letter said:
"I am returning without my signature Assembly Bill No. 25, entitled,
'An act to add Section 11008.3 to the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to public assistance, declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.'
"This measure requires the exclusion of income in computing public
assistance grants to the extent permitted by federal law. The bill
would exempt from consideration as income $7.50 per month of any income
received by a recipient of Old Age Security of Aid to the Disabled. It
would also exempt $5.00 of any income received by each individual in-
cluded in a family receiving aid under Aid to Families with Dependent
Children.
"AB 25 is a discriminatory grant increase. California's public
assistance laws provide for automatic cost of living increases and no
valid justification exists for providing additional increases for those
with outside incomes.
"This bill also discriminates against the taxpayer of this state.
It will increase state welfare costs by over $13 million annually.
County costs will be increased $3 million. The substantial original
cost of AB 25 can rise even higher since no limitation is placed on
the amount of income which Congress can declare to be exempt.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.9.68
Governor Ronald Reagan is scheduled to arrive in Sacramento
(Municipal Airport) from Miami, Sunday, August 11, at approximately
6:30 P.M.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Califorr'a
Contact:
Paul Be
445-4571
8.8.68
509
Acting Governor Hugh M. Burns announced today that he has signed
the following bills:
AB 850 - Mobley
Prohibits the holder of any wine blender's license,
(Chapter 1056)
application for which was made after February 2,
1968, from holding directly or indirectly any retail
alcoholic beverage license and also prohibits such
licensed wine blender from engaging in wine tasting
activities or the sponsoring of wine tastings either
on or off his licensed premises.
AB 1004 - McGee
Authorizes the judicial council to approve legal
(Chapter 1057)
forms for use in the courts of this state and, when
so.approvedroprecludes any ecourt from a form
different from that approved by the council.
AB 1048 - Dent
Revises procedures by which territory of one
(Chapter 1053)
elementary, unified, or junior college district may
be transferred to another such district. The bill
makes different provisions for inhabited and
uninhabited territory.
AB 1375 - Foran
Allows variable annuities to be written by any
(Chapter 1059)
admitted insurance carrier having capital and
surplus of at least $2 million.
AB 1406 - Unruh
Amends the Streets and Highways Code provisions
(Chapter 1060)
relating to the supervision by the state over the
URGENCY
expenditures of gas tax funds by cities and counties.
AB 1479 - Veneman
Provides that certain printing processes and the
(Chapter 1061)
transfer of certain printing materials do not
constitute a "sale" or "purchase" for purposes of
the Sales and Use Tax Law.
AB 1527 - Hayes
Enables the Department of Motor Vehicles, after
(Chapter 1062)
transcribing electronically all data available from
accident reports and abstracts of conviction, to
destroy the original documents except in cases where
the Vehicle Code requires mandatory action against
a person's driving privilege. The electronically
recorded data shall constitute evidence of such facts
in any administrative action instituted by the
department.
AB 1540 Stacey
(Chapter 1063)
Authorizes the Department of Public Works to tem-
porarily erect suitable signs specifying maximum
sustainable weight at all entrances to any state
highway bridge in a dangerous or weak condition.
AB 1558 - Vasconcellos
(Chapter 1064)
Amends the Penal Code, to establish a procedure
whereby defendants in felony prosecutions may be
absent from certain proceedings.
AB 1563 - Beverly
Permits payment of amounts necessary to eliminate
(Chapter 1065)
special assessment liens previously imposed on
property included in a new assessment district to
be improved under the Improvement Act of 1911 or
Municipal Improvement Act of 1913.
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AB 1586 - Chappie
Extends regulatory control of mobilehomes to include
(Chapter 1066)
water, electricity and sewage connections and install-
ations. The bill also deletes existing provisions
which require the Department of Housing and Community
Development to regulate and enforce housing and
health standards for rented and leased mobilehomes
and mobilehomes accessories. It provides that every
city or county shall assume regulatory and enforce-
ment responsibility on mobilehome accessories,
structures, connections and health standards when
such mobilehomes are located outside of mobilehome
parks.
AB 1593 - Chappie
Declares a moratorium on interest payments on state
(Chapter 1067)
loans to South Tahoe Public Utility District, North
Tahoe PUD, Tahoe City PUD, or Truckee Sanitary Dis-
trict for construction of sewage and drainage
facilities if requested and until such time as
requested, but not to extend beyond 1971-72,
AB 1611 - Veysey
Requires the director of agriculture to enforce the
(Chapter 1068)
provisions of the Agricultural Code equally to all
agricultural commodities and products sold in
California SO that the purchasers are assured of
uniform protection under the law. The bill will
remain in effect until the 61st day after the final
adjournment of the 1970 regular session of the
legislature.
AB 1630 - Veneman
Permits the legislative body of a local agency to
(Chapter 1069)
invest assets of a pension trust established for
the employees of the agency in specified types of
securities and mutual funds and requires the
legislative body to obtain the services of invest-
ment counsel regarding such investments.
AB 1635 - Russell
Permits any regularly employed and salaried employee
(Chapter 1070)
who is engaged in the direction of traffic or
enforcement of parking regulations when designated
by the sheriff or chief of police to remove a
vehicle from the highway, except a freeway, under
specified conditions.
AB 1650 - Karabian Authorizes local authorities to adopt rules and
(Chapter 1071)
regulations by ordinance or resolution on the
licensing and regulation of the operation of tow
car service.
AB
1697 - McMillan Amends the petroleum provisions of the Agricultural
(Chapter 1072)
Code to add diesel fuel, white gasoline and trans-
mission lubricating oils totche definition of
petroleum products. This will require these products
to be labeled to show their brand or trade name,
and in the case of gear lubricants, the S.A.E.
viscosity grade classification.
AB 1703 - Bill Greene
(Chapter 1073)
Specifies that no classified employee of a school
district shall attain permanent status in civil
service until he has completed a probationary
period in a class.
AB 1704 - Bill Greene
(Chapter 1074)
Provides that classified school employees employed
in positions established exclusively to work on
weekends and holidays and for whom a special salary
rate is established may be exempted from entitle-
ment to specified benefits for holiday or weekend
work.
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AB 1710 - Sieroty
vides for parole from stat hospitals of any
(Chapter 1075)
m. .tally disordered criminals. rather than just
those for whom probation is available, on approval
of superior court. The bill requires notification
of the prosecuting attorney prior to approval or
disapproval of such parole by the court.
AB 1715 - Dunlap
Requires the rear of every schoolbus to have a six-
(Chapter 1076)
inch minimum proportionate sign, below the rear
windows, containing the words, "Stop When Red Lights
Flash.
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AB 1720 - Dunlap
Increases the salary of the Solano County district
(Chapter 1077)
attorney.
AB 1723 - Dunlap
Provides that teachers employed in junior colleges
(Chapter 1078)
may be exempted from attendance at or participation
in an annual teachers institute by action of the
junior college district.
AB 1736 - Wilson
Provides that Education Code provisions regarding
(Chapter 1079)
part-time teachers shall not apply to certificated
temporary employees, or to anyone employed as a
part-time employee above and beyond his employment
as a full-time employee in the same school district.
AB 1787 - Belotti
Provides for the optional addition of harmless,
(Chapter 1080)
edible stabilizer-emulsifiers to market cream and
half-and-half.
AB 1909 - Powers
Authorizes the apportionment of 1967-68 supplemental
(Chapter 1081)
support allowance to a school district which has
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failed to qualify therefor because of a county
administrative error in failing to set the tax
rates at the qualifying level.
AB 1923 - Brathwaite
(Chapter 1082)
Provides for the transfer of a juvenile court
proceeding to the new county of residence where
the parents of the minor have moved from the original
county of jurisdiction.
AB 1931 - Leroy F. Greene
(Chapter 1083)
Allows the University of California to get state
textbooks free of cost.
AB 1936 - Brown
Requires the Board of Dental Examiners to waive the
(Chapter 1084)
written portion of its own licensing examination if
an applicant for a dentist's license has passed
National Board of Dental Examiner's examination and
has received a certificate from that board or if an
applicant for dental hygienist's license has passed
the National Board of Dental Hygienist examination
and has received certificate from that board.
AB 1938 - Brown
Provides that the district attorney or the grand
(Chapter 1085)
jury may, in a prosecution for buying, receiving,
concealing, or withholding stolen property, where
the value of the property does not exceed $200 and
such action would be in the interests of justice,
specify in the accusatory pleading that the offense
shall be a misdemeanor, punishable only by imprison-
ment in the county jail for not more than one year.
AB 1948 - Stull
Authorizes the county board of supervisors, upon
(Chapter 1086)
petition by a majority of the trustees of a public
cemetery district, to decrease the number of
trustees of such district from five to three.
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AB 1949 - Stull
Extends state regulation of water wells to cathodic
(Chapter 1087)
wells. The bill defines a "cathodic protection
well" as any artificial excavation in excess of 50
feet constructed by any method for the purpose of
installing equipment or facilities for the protection
electrically of metallic equipment in contact with
the ground.
AB 2036 - Priolo
Amends provisions of the Optometry Act relating to
(Chapter 1088)
the issuance of renewal of a certificate to
practice in California.
AB
2059 - Benovich Increases the salaries of the Fresno County district
(Chapter 1089)
attorney and supervisors.
SB 652 - Collier
Makes any person who willfully and maliciously
(Chapter 1052)
discharges a firearm at an aircraft guilty of a
felony.
SB 760 - Marler
Provides that the governing board of any school
(Chapter 1053)
district may elect, subject to approval of State
Board of Education, not to establish and maintain
a kindergarten at any elementary school in which
there are nine or less kindergarten applicants in the
attendance area of that elementary school.
SB 790 - Cologne
Increases filing fees on prescribed types of
(Chapter 1054)
applications before the Public Utilities Commission.
SB 1120 - Teale
Authorizes the formation of certain improvement dis-
(Chapter 1055)
tricts within sanitary districts to undertake
project of special benefit to the area.
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OFFICE OF THEGOVERHON
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.12.68
510
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following proclamation
naming Senate Pro Tem Hugh M. Burns governor emeritus of the state
of California. Text of the proclamation follows:
WHEREAS
President Pro Tem of the Senate Hugh Burns did provide
brilliant leadership to the State of California during
his tenure a.s Governor from Saturday, August 3 through
Saturday, August 10, 1968; and
WHEREAS
Governor Burns demonstrated his courage and executive
ability in adjourning the longest regular session of
the California Legislature; and
WHEREAS
Thousands of dollars of taxpayers' money were saved by
this action; and
WHEREAS
Governor Burns signed into law 225 bills and exercised
his veto power with discretion;
NOV THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, do hereby name Hugh N. Burns GOVERNOR EMERITUS OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA in recognition of his outstanding and decisive service
to the people and urge all Californians to pay Governor Burns the honor
and respect befitting this high office.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.12.68
Governor Reagan will hold his regular weekly press conference
tomorrow, Tuesday, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 1190, State Capitol.
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R
MEMO TO
PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.13.68
#511
The governor's office announced today the following bills were
signed by Acting Governor Hugh M. Burns:
AB 96 - Negri
Prescribes a procedure whereby a person who has
(Chapter 1181)
received a written notice to appear for a traffic
infraction in a court other than in the county of
his residence may plead not guilty in writing in
lieu of appearing in person.
AB 301 - Hayes
Provides the right of peaceable entry without lia-
(Chapter 1182)
bility for forcible entry, conversion or trespass
to enforce a lien for the benefit of specified
types of keepers of places of lodging.
AB 307 - Veysey
Deletes the requirement that a policeman be under
(Chapter 1100)
civil service in order to qualify for the presump-
tion for workmen's compensation purposes that
heart trouble or pneumonia manifesting itself during
his service arises in the course of his employment.
AB 313 - Veneman
Increases the number of judges in Stanislaus County
(Chapter 1183)
Superior Court from four to five.
AB 388 - Ketchum
Authorizes the director of corrections to furnish
(Chapter 1101)
state-owned property to prisoners for manufacture
of handiwork to be sold. The proceeds from the
sale of such articles shall be placed in the Inmate
Welfare Fund for the benefit of all inmates.
AB 469 - Milias
Appropriates $1,000 for the expenses and support
(Chapter 1102)
of the California Heritage Preservation Commission.
AB 500 - Cullen
States that the Southern California Rapid Transit
(Chapter 1184)
District may consider the needs and problems of
the whole southern California area in its plans
and projections for a rapid transit system.
AB 522 - Z'berg
Raises the salary of the state architect from
(Chapter 1103)
$21,000 to $23,000.
AB 562 - Bagley
Provides that the reserve account of a base period
(Chapter 1185)
employer maintained under the unemployment insurance
law shall not be charged for unemployment benefits
paid a claimant who during his base period was a
student employed on a temporary basis and whose
employment began within, and ended with his leaving
to return to, school, at the close of his vacation
period.
AB 574 - Deddeh
Requires that the court, upon the motion of either
(Chapter 1104)
party, proceed to the separate trial of the defense
of statute of limitations in an action against a
doctor, dentist, registered nurse, dispensing op-
tician, optometrist, registered physical therapist,
podiatrist, licensed psychologist, osteopath, chiro-
practor, clinical laboratory bioanalyst, clinical
laboratory technologist, veterinarian, or a license
hospital as the employer of any such person, the
answer pleads that the action is barred by the sta-
tute of limitations.
AB 601 - Russell
Provides that an individual terminated from employ-
(Chapter 1105)
ment due to absence from work for more than 24 hours
because of incarceration, who is subsequently con-
victed, be deemed to have left his work voluntarily
without good cause, resulting in his disqualification
for unemployment benefits.
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AB 635 - Fenton
Prohibits a judge of the superior court from author-
(Chapter 1106)
izing anyone to inspect prescribed adoption records
except in exceptional circumstances and for good
cause approaching the necessitous.
AB 677 - Pattee
Provides for changes in the law relating to com-
(Chapter 1186)
mercial fertilizing materials. The bill permits a
registrant to purchase one certificate of regis-
tration to sell commercial fertilizers, agricultural
minerals and auxiliary soil chemicals. The bill
also provides that the director of agriculture
may lower the tonnage fees on commercial fertilizers
and agricultural minerals and adjust them as the
fiscal conditions of the fund may seem to warrant.
AB 680 - Pattee
Provides that fees paid by candidates for offices
(Chapter 1107)
wholly within one county are to go to county, and
fees paid by candidates for all other offices and
for the state legislature and Congress are to go
to the state general fund. Presently, all fees go
to the secretary of state for apportionment among
the counties.
AB 709 - Veneman
Makes possession of cigarettes for sale in violation
(Chapter 1187)
of the Cigarette Tax Law a misdemeanor. Adds to
the present misdemeanor penalty a penalty of $25
for each carton of cigarettes, or portion thereof,
as determined by the court, sold in violation of
the Cigarette Tax Law, and makes it a misdemeanor
for any retailer under the Sales and Use Tax Law
to knowingly purchase cigarettes for resale from
any person, except a licensed cigarette distributor.
AB 710 - Veneman
Provides that a person who transports 200 or more
(Chapter 1108)
cartons of cigarettes in an attempt to evade the
tax may be punished either by imprisonment in the
county jail for up to one year or in the state
prison for one to five years or by a fine of up
to $5,000. The bill also increases the amount of
cigarettes which may be brought into the state un-
taxed by an individual from one to two cartons.
AB 768 - Sieroty
Permits the court to forfeit bail and order no
(Chapter 1109)
further proceedings if, at the time when a traffic
matter is called for trial, the defendant does not
appear either in person or by counsel and has not
requested in writing that the trial proceed in his
absence.
AB 769 - Sieroty
Revises provisions which permit trial of a defen-
(Chapter 1188)
dant on a misdemeanor charge to proceed in his
absence so that trial may proceed if the defendant
has full knowledge trial is to be held or is being
held. The bill permits court, in any case where
defendant fails to appear at time set for trial, to
continue the matter, order bail forfeiture or revo-
cation of release on recognizance, or issue bench
warrant or combination of foregoing.
AB 828 - Miller
Permits governing boards of school districts to
(Chapter 1189)
authorize use of school buildings and facilities
for child care or day-care program established in
cooperation with a city to provide supervision and
activities for children of preschool age.
AB 832 - Stull
Permits the use of four percent interest as part of
(Chapter 1110)
the minimum standard for valuation of certain pre-
scribed annuity and pure endowment contracts.
AB 839 - Cory
Authorizes the unification bonus for school districts
(Chapter 1111)
in which the reorganization proposal is approved by
the voters at an election held on the date of the
presidential primary.
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AB 856 - Bagley
Provides that property interests dedicated to a
(Chapter 1112)
public use by a public utility, or dedicated to or
owned by the state of any public entity, rather
than property interests of specified entities, are
not subject to adverse possession.
AB 888 - Zenovich
Establishes the Amusement Rides Safety Law and
(Chapter 1113)
authorizes the Division of Industrial Safety to
formulate rules and regulations for the safe instal-
lation, repair, operation and inspection of all
non-permanent amusement rides.
AB 890 - Chappie
Raises the salaries of the Placer County supervisors
(Chapter 1114)
and district attorney.
AB 922 - Priolo
Increases various licensing and filing fees of the
(Chapter 1115)
Division of Savings and Loan.
AB 953 - Campbell
Makes a clarifying change and a technical correc-
(Chapter 1116)
tive change in the Penal Code provisions defining
and prescribing penalties for escape of prisoners.
AB 969 - Cory
Provides that an agreement to the annexation of a
(Chapter 1190)
high school or unified district to a contiguous
URGENCY
junior college may include as a condition for such
annexation the collection of money from the annexed
district for capital outlay purposes; the bill in-
creases the maximum tax rate within annexed dis-
trict for such purpose, not to exceed 15 cents for
each $100 of assessed valuation. The bill also re-
quires the ballot used in such annexation election
to contain a statement that the maximum tax rate
within the annexed district will be increased by a
specified amount.
AB 974 - Zenovich
Includes, for purposes of determining remuneration
(Chapter 1191)
to be excluded from "wages" for ascertaining em-
ployer unemployment insurance contributions, remu-
neration
paid to an employee for services
constituting employment under the unemployment insur
ance laws of another state which the employer has
reported to such other state as wages for contri-
bution purposes.
AB 980 - Collier
Permits a high school district to buy supplementary
(Chapter 1117)
books for use of the pupils. Presently a high
school district may buy textbooks. This bill would
extend the authority to reference books and other
types of books not generally considered textbooks.
AB 1028 - Bear
Requires the Board of Medical Examiners to deny any
(Chapter 1118)
application for a dispensing optician certificate
if such applicant proposes to fill any prescription
issued by a licensed physician and surgeon who has
any direct or indirect proprietary interest in the
dispensing establishment. The bill authorizes the
board to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the
certificate of any dispensing optician who fills or
has filled any prescription issued by a licensed
physician and surgeon who has any direct or indirect
proprietary interest in the dispensing establishment
AB 1029 - Bear
Permits a savings and loan association to make loans
(Chapter 1119)
on real property in a foreign country if such loans
are guaranteed by an agency of the federal or state
government, and to invest in the stock or securities
of a thrift institution of a foreign country sub-
ject to regulations of the savings and loan
commissioner.
AB 1034 - Foran
Authorizes the California Highway Patrol to regulate
(Chapter 1120)
the safe operation of combinations of a two-axle
truck and trailer or semi-trailer, with or without
an auxiliary dolly, coupled together exceeding a
length of 40 feet.
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AB 1067 - Wilson
Requires the check or other mode of payment of
(Chapter 1121)
unemployment insurance benefits to have prominently
imprinted upon it: "State unemployment insurance
benefits under the California Unemployment Insurance
Code are paid for by employers."
AB 1069 - Veysey
Provides that neither the proceedings nor records
(Chapter 1122)
of organized committees of medical staffs in hos-
pitals having responsibility for evaluation and
improvement of the quality of care rendered in the
hospital nor medical review committees of local
medical societies are to be subject to discovery.
AB 1080 - Bill Greene
(Chapter 1123)
Prohibits organizations of employees, rather than
organizations of employers, from providing a maxi-
mum age for apprentices of less than 31 years at
time of entry into apprenticeship training program.
AB 1082 - Bill Greene
(Chapter 1124)
Prohibits charging a fee for acceptance of an ap-
plication for entrance into apprenticeship training
programs. Declares that a reasonable cost may be
charged after the applicant has been accepted into
the program.
AB 1101 - Biddle
Prohibits trespass on railroad property within 20
(Chapter 1125)
feet of the rails where it would interfere with
the safe and efficient operation of a train. The
bill does not prohibit lawful labor picketing.
AB 1118 - Bagley
Makes various violations of the Vehicle Code, and
(Chapter 1192)
of various local ordinances adopted pursuant to
the code, infractions rather than misdemeanors.
The bill defines an infraction as a public offense
rather than a felony or a misdemeanor, and prohibits
prison punishment for infractions. It eliminates
jury trial for such infractions. The bill becomes
operative on January 1, 1969.
AB 1139 - Ryan
Allows school governing boards to recommend minimum
(Chapter 1193)
educational and work experience requirements for
classified positions, and requires the personnel
commission, in approving such requirements, to in-
sure that these requirements reasonably relate to
the duties of each position. The bill is not ap-
plicable to the Los Angeles Unified and Junior
College Districts.
AB 1184 - Chappie
Makes the out-of-state purchase of fuel which is
(Chapter 1126)
subject to Use Fuel Tax Law a violation of that law
when used within the state unless person using fuel
is a vendor and collects the tax or holds a user's
permit or is a nonresident exempt from holding a
user's permit.
AB 1185 - Fenton
Amends the Furniture and Bedding Inspection Act
(Chapter 1194)
by clarifying provisions regarding the renovation
and repair of bedding and upholstered furniture,
substituting new "custom upholsterer's" license for
present "furniture repairer's" license.
AB 1197 - Vasconcellos
(Chapter 1195)
Deletes the provision requiring the Department of
Motor Vehicles to suspend or revoke the driving
privilege for an additional period of time for a
conviction of driving when the license has been sus-
pended or revoked. The bill establishes two clas-
ses of crimes for driving a motor vehicle when a
person's driver's license has been suspended or
revoked.
AB 1202 - Lanterman
Increases the amount of money which the Department
(Chapter 1127)
of Mental Hygiene may provide a patient who is
going on leave of absence or is to be discharged.
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AB 1209 - Bagley
Increases the additional filing fees for court
(Chapter 1128)
reporting expenses in the Marin County Superior
Court from $9.50 to $10.50. The bill increases such
fees in the Central Judicial District of Marin
County.
AB 1226 - Dunlap
Reduces the minimum number of lanes a bowling cen-
(Chapter 1196)
ter must have from 32 to 12 so as to be permitted
to sublet the sale and service of the meals it
must serve to qualify for an on-sale liquor license.
AB 1227 - Dunlap
Raises the salaries of the Napa County supervisors,
(Chapter 1197)
county auditor and district attorney.
AB 1266 - Cory
Provides that the three-year average factor used
(Chapter 1198)
in modifying assessed valuations in connection with
URGENCY
state school aid programs be carried to three deci-
mal places. The bill also clarifies the method
of modification of the assessed valuation for the
purpose of computing the amount of bonded indebted-
ness a school district can incur.
AB 1270 - Wilson
Declares that any advance payment or partial pay-
(Chapter 1129)
ment for damages, under a liability insurance poli-
cy, as an accommodation to the injured party or
others, shall not be construed as an admission of
liability.
AB 1363 - Britschgi
Provides that where criminal defendant impaired by
(Chapter 1199)
chronic alcoholism undergoes court-ordered evalua-
tion or detention, the criminal proceedings shall
be resumed or dismissed after the completion of
evaluation or detention.
AB 1373 - Veneman
Provides that the tax rate for unsecured property
(Chapter 1130)
that escapes taxation is the one that should have
applied had the property been assessed at the
proper time. The bill also provides that a certi-
ficate of redemption is an authorization for record-
ing a release of equity or quitclaim as to redeemed
property that has been deeded to the state.
AB 1390 - Dent
Increases in grades nine to twelve, the maximum
(Chapter 1200)
number of square feet of building area per atten-
dance unit in excess of 1800 units for each atten-
dance center under the State School Building Aid
Program.
AB 1405 - Brathwaite
(Chapter 1201)
Includes compensation received as a school district
employee under a school district retirement plan
in computing final compensation as basis for re-
tirement allowance of a local member of the Public
Employees' Retirement System.
AB 1428 - Fong
Provides that where assessor appoints a time for
(Chapter 1131)
filing property statement other than last Monday
in May, the specified penalty shall not apply un-
less a property statement is filed after the ap-
pointed time, the assessor has given the prescribed
notice by mail and property statement has not been
filed within 15 days of such notice.
AB 1471 - Monagan
Authorizes savings and loan associations to invest
(Chapter 1202)
up to one percent of their assets in the service
corporations and "business development credit cor-
porations" for the purpose of engaging in housing
activities for low and moderate income families.
AB 1515 - Foran
Permits the Department of Public Works to construct
(Chapter 1132)
and maintain safety roadside rests in urban areas.
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AB 1516 - Foran
Provides that the Department of Public Works may
(Chapter 1133)
permit motorists to use safety roadside rests during
nighttime hours. It also provides that safety
roadside rests may contain telephones, facilities
for the distribution of current news, and traveler
service information facilities in addition to those
facilities already authorized.
AB 1526 - MacDonald
Revises the number and compensation of various
(Chapter 1134)
attaches of the Ventura County Municipal Court.
AB 1559 - Beverly
Amends the Credit Union Law to improve the provi-
(Chapter 1203)
sions relating to financial reports by licensees
to simplify the procedure for annual assessments
and to make certain debt instruments issued by
credit unions subject to existing limits on
borrowings.
AB 1578 - Moretti
Would permit savings and loan associations with
(Chapter 1135)
the approval of the commissioner and subject to his
regulations to make loans of 75 percent of the
appraised value for a period of 25 years.
AB 1580 - Moretti
Makes any industrial loan company other than a
(Chapter 1136)
premium finance agency which conducts any insurance
premium financing business subject to the limita-
tions on finance charges generally applicable to
premium finance agencies.
AB 1591 - Chappie
Provides that areas wherein water service is pri-
(Chapter 1137)
marily agricultural and any domestic service is only
incidental thereto are exempt from the provisions
relating to water systems except in the specific
areas in which the Department of Public Health
determines that application of such provisions is
necessary to protect public health and gives writ-
ten notice thereof.
AB 1607 - Knox
Makes a legislative finding that it is necessary
(Chapter 1138)
to conserve agricultural land generally, rather
than to conserve only prime agricultural land,
under the California Land Conservation Act of 1965.
AB 1615 - Briggs
Excludes from the workmen's compensation law domes-
(Chapter 1204)
tics engaged in the part-time care and supervision
of children in a private residence for less than
54 hours per week.
AB 1621 - Barnes
Revises the descriptions of portions of State
(Chapter 1139)
Highway Routes 75 and 282.
AB 1636 - Russell
Permits a workmen's compensation insurer to deposit
(Chapter 1140)
with the insurance commissioner approved preferred
stocks, as well as cash or interest-bearing stocks,
in lieu of a bond. The bill permits deposits made
by such insurer in lieu of certain bonds to be
placed in a bank or trust company pursuant to the
approval of the insurance commissioner and under
such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary
as well as being placed in a separate deposit with
the state treasurer.
AB 1678 - Pattee
Authorizes the director of agriculture to establish
(Chapter 1205)
regions for notification of apiary owners relative
to pesticide application. If such a region is es-
tablished, a county agricultural commissioner will
be designated by the director of agriculture as the
coordinator for the region.
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AB 1685 - Dunlap
Authorizes certain junior college districts to
(Chapter 1141)
award bids for construction of buildings and facili-
ties contained in proposed projects approved by
the Departments of Education and Finance, prior to
appropriation of the state's share of funding there-
of from the Junior College Construction Program
Bond Act of 1968 if specified conditions are met.
AB 1718 - Dunlap
Increases the salary ranges of court attaches of
(Chapter 1142)
the Fairfield-Suisun Judicial District and the
Vallejo Municipal Court.
AB 1721 - Dunlap
Provides that, in proceedings to commit persons
(Chapter 1206)
alleged to be mentally disordered sex offenders,
narcotic drug addicts, habit-forming drug addicts,
and mentally abnormal sex offenders to Department
of Mental Hygiene, court-appointed psychiatrists
or medical examiners, as the case may be, are re-
quired to be at hearing to testify and hear all
testimony, among other things, unless the person
upon the advice of counsel waives the presence of
such person and it is stipulated that their respec-
tive affidavits or reports may be received in
evidence.
AB 1731 - Wilson
Reenacts and revises the Financial Code provisions
(Chapter 1143)
relating to merger, consolidation or transfer of a
savings and loan association.
AB 1749 - Lanterman
Permits female employees to dispense beer or wine
(Chapter 1144)
from behind any bar or permanently affixed fixture
of any licensee who operates a bona fide public
eating place, licensed only with an on-sale beer
and wine license.
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AB 1763 - Duffy
Authorizes formation of improvement
(Chapter 1145)
districts within drainage districts formed
pursuant to Drainage District Act of 1903.
Authorizes the board of a drainage dis-
trict to appoint a treasurer to serve at
the board's pleasure and to combine the
offices of secretary and treasurer in one
person.
AB 1770 - Hayes
Imposes a mandatory fine of $50 for first
(Chapter 1207)
conviction and $100 for any subsequent
conviction for persons whose motor vehicles
are not equipped with the required emis-
sions control devices, correctly installed
and in operating order. The same penal-
ties are imposed for persons who discon-
nect, modify or alter the required devices
in any way which makes them less effective.
AB 1806 - Foran
Amends the Check Sellers and Cashers Law
(Chapter 1208)
to create an exemption from licensing on
behalf of nonprofit community service
organizations engaged primarily in edu-
cating and counseling consumers on credit
problems, permitting such companies to
charge a fee to offset expenses when they
act as a prorater for consumer debtors.
AB 1830 - Briggs
Authorizes a county superintendent of
(Chapter 1146)
schools to provide insurance coverage, in-
cluding workmen's compensation, for per-
sons authorized by him to perform volun-
teer services for schools under his super-
vision.
AB 1840 - Vasconcellos
Allows continuing contracts to cover a
(Chapter 1147)
period longer than one year but not to
exceed four years to be offered certified
employees of any school district in posi-
tions requiring a supervision or adminis-
tration credential.
AB 1847 - Fenton
Expands definition of "state" for purposes
(Chapter 1148)
of the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
Support Act, to include any foreign juris-
diction that has enacted such act or a
substantially similar reciprocal law. The
bill permits the attorney general to
declare that a foreign jurisdiction is a
reciprocating state for the purposes of
such act.
AB 1860 - Russell
Permits the Narcotic Addict Evaluation
(Chapter 1149)
Authority to use members of other similar
boards for the purpose of hearing cases
when workload requires.
AB 1877 - Dunlap
Authorizes a school principal to suspend,
(Chapter 1209)
for not to exceed 10 days, any pupil for
good cause.
AB 1884 - Wilson
Specifies that the provisions that pro-
(Chapter 1210)
hibit parking on a freeway shall not in-
clude a vehicle owned by the donor of free
emergency assistance when summoned by dis-
play of a sign given by the donor for that
purpose. Prohibits the towing of vehicles
by the operator providing such free
assistance.
AB 1910 - Deddeh
Permits a retired member of the Public
(Chapter 1150)
Employees' Retirement System to be appointed
by an employer during an emergency to pre-
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vent stoppage of public business or
because of special skills of the person
without reinstatement from retirement or
loss of benefits. Such appointments may
not exceed 60 days in any one calendar
year.
AB 1911 - Dent
Revises salary ranges and positions in the
(Chapter 1151)
Contra Costa County municipal courts. The
bill also increases the salary of the
Contra Costa auditor, district attorney,
and that of supervisors.
AB 1915 - Knox
Expands the definition of open-space land
(Chapter 1152)
for property tax purposes by including
lands in which interests therein are
acquired for open-space purposes by cities
and counties by various methods in addi-
tion to scenic easement deeds.
AB 1916 - Knox
Makes a nonsubstantive change in the pro-
(Chapter 1153)
vision relating to capitalization of
income of land being valued by State Board
of Equalization in its triennial survey
when representative sales information is
not available.
AB 1924 - Brathwaite
Permits county board of supervisors to
(Chapter 1154)
delegate to the county welfare department
all or part of probation officer's duties
concerning certain dependent children.
AB 1930 - L. B. Greene
Specifies that notice and hearing is not
(Chapter 1155)
required for changes under Municipal
Improvement Act of 1913 adopted at the
hearing on the report which do not change
the total amount of the assessment, and
which make no increase or decrease in the
amount of money on each parcel of property
included in the assessment.
AB 1954 - Veneman
Requires written findings of fact to be
(Chapter 1211)
given if requested up to or at the
commencement of the assessment hearing and
requires substantial evidence to support
final determinations by the board. The
bill also permits the assessor to intro-
duce new evidence in support of a higher
assessment only if the applicant for the
hearing is notified 10 days prior to the
hearing of the new assessment and informed
of the evidence to be used in support
thereof.
AB 1955 - Veneman
Authorizes the assessor to send notice of
(Chapter 1212)
the full cash value and assessed value of
certain business personal property on the
secured roll to assessees who file no
property statement. The bill authorizes
the assessee, if he receives such notice,
to pay taxes based on such assessment
under protest and obtain equalization in
a specified manner.
AB 1957 - Veneman
Establishes a rebuttable presumption for
(Chapter 1156)
succeeding two years that appraised value
substituted by county board of equalization
or assessment appeals board in equalization
proceedings is appraised value for such
years.
AB 1960 - Veneman
Permits all relevant evidence to be intro-
(Chapter 1213)
duced in a hearing on application for an
assessment reduction without regard to
judicial rules of evidence.
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AB 1963 - Veneman
Authorizes submission of two propositions,
(Chapter 1157)
one to authorize the issuance of bonds and
one to authorize an increase in the maximum
tax rate of the district, if school dis-
trict elects or is required to submit
proposition on inssuance of bonds for school
construction, purchase, alterations,
repairing, or ground improvement.
AB 1973 - Zenovich
Amends the Check Sellers and Cashers Law
(Chapter 1158)
to increase the minimum fee for selling
and cashing checks from 35 cents to 50
cents.
AB 1975 - Zenovich
Requires the State Department of Public
(Chapter 1159)
Health to maintain a program of occupational
health and occupational disease prevention.
AB 1981 - Zenovich
Increases the maximum rate of interest
(Chapter 1214)
payable on bonds issued by a housing au-
thority from 4½ percent to 6 percent.
AB 1989 - Fong
Declares that a certificate of compliance
(Chapter 1160)
with the air pollution law issued for any
motor vehicle is valid upon any subsequent
transfer of ownership and registration at
any time between the husband and wife.
AB 2000 - Quimby
Provides that San Bernardino County
(Chapter 1161)
Supervisors may receive expenses for
local agency formation commission service
and for service on special district boards
as provided by law.
AB 2001 - Quimby
Increases the number of judges in the
(Chapter 1162)
San Bernardino County Municipal Court
from 9 to 10.
AB 2040 - Stacey
Amends the Kern County Water Agency Act
(Chapter 1163)
to provide that if by the 75th day prior
to the agency election only one person
has been nominated for any office of
director, the board shall appoint that
person. If no person has been nominated,
the board shall appoint any qualified per-
son.
AB 2047 - Bagley
Makes several technical amendments relat-
(Chapter 1164)
ing to the organization of the Department
of Housing and Community Development.
AB 2091 - Chappie
Loans $10,000 to the 20th District
(Chapter 1215)
Agricultural Association.
URGENCY
SB 73 - Richardson
Specifies that unemployment disability
(Chapter 1090)
benefits paid to individuals receiving
wages from an employer while disabled
shall not exceed, together with such wages,
the individual's weekly wage, exclusive of
overtime pay, prior to the disability, rather
than weekly wage immediately prior to the
disability.
SB 126 - Dymally
Provides for grants to school districts
(Chapter 1091)
for payment of a part of the salaries of
teachers' aides employed by school dis-
tricts as an integral part of their com-
pensatory education programs.
SB 330 - Coombs
Treats any unreported gift to a Class A
(Chapter 1092)
transferee as an incomplete gift for gift
tax purposes upon the donor's death and
includes it in the estate of the deceased
for inheritance tax purposes.
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SB 378 - Teale
Amends the Financial Code provisions
(Chapter 1165)
relating to loan charges by pawnbrokers.
The bill corrects an inadvertent omission
in legislation enacted earlier this year.
SB 432 - Rodda
Excludes from supplemental support compu-
(Chapter 1166)
tations pupils enrolled in designated
special education programs and classes.
The bill also prescribes the formula for
repayment of apportionments to school dis-
tricts for purposes of Urban School Con-
struction Aid Law of 1968.
SB 433 - Grunsky
Adds a representative of the Board of
(Chapter 1167
Corrections to the advisory board of the
Joint Legislative Committee for the
Revision of the Penal Code and requires
the committee to request the Judicial
Council to designate two superior court
judges and two municipal court judges,
rather than two judges, to serve on the
advisory board.
SB 572 - Dymally
Provides that instruction in the social
(Chapter 1168)
sciences in grades 1 to 12, inclusive,
shall include the early history of
California and a study of the role and
contributions of American Negroes, American
Indians, Mexicans, and other ethnic groups
to the economic, political, and social
development of California and the United
States.
SB 637 - Cusanovich
Requires local health departments to put
(Chapter 1093)
mobile food preparation under permit and
requires these units to work out of an
approved establishment. It also requires
an operator to keep records of food
sources and requires the State Board of
Public Health to adopt regulations.
SB 672 - Teale
Authorizes the Department of Education to
(Chapter 1094)
refund to school districts the amount of
excess payments made to the Department for
education of district pupils at the California
School for Deaf and the California School
for Blind.
SB 729 - Lagomarsino
Accelerates the repayment of a loan made
(Chapter 1169)
to the Motor Vehicle Fund from the General
Fund. The bill also permits funds trans-
ferred from the Motor Vehicle Fund to the
State Highway Fund to be returned to the
Motor Vehicle Fund.
SB 756 - Marler
Provides under the Lanterman-Petris-Short
(Chapter 1170)
Act, for additional intensive treatment,
not to exceed 14 days, for suicidal per-
sons, defined as those who, during the
14-day period of intensive treatment, or
during 72-hour evaluation period,
threatened or attempted to take their own
lives or who were detained for evaluation
and treatment because they threatened or
attempted to take their own lives. The
bill becomes operative on July 1, 1969.
SB 777 - G. Miller
Provides that sanitation district board
(Chapter 1095)
members shall receive specified expenses
of traveling necessarily done by automo-
bile, or by public conveyance, to attend
board meetings and serve as representative
of district in matters relating to legis-
lation.
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SB 780 - Miller
Expressly authorizes a county sanitation
(Chapter 1096)
district to acquire, construct, control,
as well as to operate and maintain, works
for the production, treatment, storage,
and distribution of a water supply for
domestic and other uses.
SB 840 - Dymally
Requires the Department of Education to
(Chapter 1171)
develop and implement an experimental
pilot program involving a work-study
vocational training program during the
summer of 1968.
SB 919 - Collier
Accelerates the payment of a $2.7 million
(Chapter 1172)
loan made from the General Fund to the
Motor Vehicle Fund. The bill permits
money transferred from the Motor Vehicle
Fund to the State Highway Fund to be
returned to the Motor Vehicle Fund. The
bill also amends a section of the Streets
and Highways Code to bring that section
into conformity with other provisions of
the code.
SB 960 - Miller
Excludes from the definition of "wages"
(Chapter 1173)
for purposes of the unemployment insurance
law, payments made to employee or his
dependents upon or after termination of
employment because of death, retirement
for disability, or retirement.
SB 968 - Mills
Permits governing boards of school dis-
(Chapter 1174)
tricts to establish priorities for the
repair, reconstruction, and replacement
of unsafe school buildings based on the
report of an authorized examination of
such buildings. Propositions submitted to
the voters for securing necessary funds
when buildings are found unsafe may be
either for issuance of bonds or for an
increase of the tax rate or both.
SB 1068 - Song
Requires the State Board of Registration
(Chapter 1175)
for Civil and Professional Engineers to
register without examination in metal-
lurgical engineering any applicant who
applies prior to June 30, 1966, and who
meets specified qualifications.
SB 1069 - Danielson
Provides that a statement of qualifica-
(Chapter 1176)
tions for elective office in any local
URGENCY
agency, city, county or district may be
filed no later than the 45th day before
the election, if it is a general election,
instead of when nomination papers are
returned for filing.
SB 1074 - Danielson
Makes provision for disposition of speci-
(Chapter 1177)
fied properties between the Los Angeles
URGENCY
Unified School District and the Los Angeles
Junior College District. The bill provides
for the preservation of accrued employment
rights, including probationary and seniority
status of district employees; authorizes
continuance of membership in Public
Employees' Retirement System for classi-
fied employees; and provides for related
matters.
SB 1089 - Wedworth
Provides an inspection warrant procedure
(Chapter 1097)
whereby state and local government agencies
can conduct inspections for the purpose of
enforcing state and local laws and regu-
lations made to protect the public in
matters of health, welfare, fire and safety.
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SB 1114 - Walsh
States that provisions authorizing leave
(Chapter 1178)
of absence with pay in lieu of workmen's
compensation for certain police and fire
employees shall not be applicable to
individuals who are appointed as reserve
public safety employees.
SB 1133 - Deukmejian
Permits an officer, director, or committee-
(Chapter 1098)
man of a credit union to borrow from that
union. The bill authorizes any credit
union, with the approval of the commissioner
of corporations, to merge with a central
credit union as defined under the charter
of such credit union.
SB 1159 - Burgener
Authorizes the appointment of the director
(Chapter 1099)
of public health as either the guardian
or conservator of the person or estate,
or both, of any mentally retarded person,
who is eligible for the services of a
regional center for mentally retarded
persons and their families, or who is a
patient in any state hospital, and who
was committed to such hospital from a
county served by such center, by any
person.
SB 1220 - Moscone
Increases minimum and maximum number of
(Chapter 1179)
bar pilots for San Francisco, San Pablo,
and Suisun Bay which may be licensed by
Board of Pilot Commissioners. The bill
also repeals the authority of board to
issue temporary bar pilots' licenses for
such bays.
SB 1275 - Short
Increases the number of superior court
(Chapter 1180)
judges in San Joaquin County from 5 to 6.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
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Governor Reagan read the following statement at the beginning of
today's press conference.
"Good morning:
"Before responding to your questions, I would again like to express
my appreciation to Senate President Pro Tem Hugh Burns for his magnificen
leadership as acting governor of California during my absence.
"The decisive action and quality of statesmanship he brought to
the executive office last week should make all Californians deeply
proud and grateful. I am personally indebted to him, both as a friend
and as a dedicated public servant.
"I believe his decision to adjourn the legislature was proper and
thoughtfully considered. Certainly, he acted within his constitutional
authority as governor.
"The fact is, the legislature had reached a virtual impasse on some
of the most important bills on its agenda.
"Seven full months had passed. It had become the longest legisla-
tive session in history.
"Yet, such vital issues as property tax relief for California's
homeowners
income tax relief for our overburdened middle income
families
BART financing
and others
were still unresolved.
"And, no prospect for agreement on these issues was in sight.
"Adjournment, therefore, was justified and appropriate.
"However, the fact still remains that the kind of pressing issues
I've mentioned must not go unresolved indefinitely. We all surely recog-
nize that they are far too important to be left submerged in the unpro-
ductive depths of partisan bickering.
"They can and must be resolved. But, this will require a full
measure of cooperation and mutual understanding among reasonable men.
"If I am given assurance from both houses of the legislature that
agreement is possible on the important, but unresolved, matters facing
us, I will not hesitate to take those steps necessary to put the ap-
propriate subjects on special call.
"Without such assurance, there is only the prospect of continued
haggling and a further waste of the taxpayer's money.
"The people want these problems resolved. It is now up to the mem-
bers of the legislature to see to it this can be done."