2006 LEGISLATION

AB 50: Trauma Recovery Center

AB 50 provides $1.3 million for fiscal year 2006-07 from the $100 million surplus in the Restitution Fund of the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board for the continued funding of the Trauma Recovery Center at San Francisco General Hospital.

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AB 2280: Improved HIV Test Counseling

This bill directs the Department of Health Services to establish a new HIV counseling model that allows clinics to increase the number of people getting HIV tests and appropriately reimburses clinics for the services provided.

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AB 2384: Healthy Food Purchase Pilot Program

AB 2384 requires the California Department of Health Services to develop and implement a Healthy Food Purchase Pilot Program that will improve access and affordability of fresh fruits and vegetables for food stamp recipients in low-income communities.

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AB 2488: Re-establishing Foster Youth Sibling Connections

AB 2488 establishes a process for reconnecting siblings that have been separated by adoption. By using a court-appointed confidential intermediary, the bill would eliminate the need for both siblings to independently file confidentiality waivers in order to reconnect with one another, and reduces the age when they may do so from 21 to 18.

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AB 2489: Higher Education for Foster Youth

This is a comprehensive bill to ensure that California foster youth receive the academic preparation, financial assistance and the campus-based support services they need to access and succeed in higher education.

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AB 2533: Museum Tax Credit

Currrent law exempts the sale of original works of art from one non-profit organization to another from sales tax.  This bill would expand the sales tax exemption to include the long-term lease of artwork from one non-profit organization to another non-profit.

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AB 2573: San Francisco Solar Power Expansion

This bill authorizes a power exchange between municipal solar power facilities with excess solar generation capacity and new municipal development sites which can use the excess solar-generated electricity.

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AB 2592: California Travel & Tourism Commission

This bill would modify the membership of the California Travel & Tourism Commission and clarify the parameters for serving as a commissioner. 

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AB 2712: Megan's Law Disclosure, Landlords

AB 2712 brings much needed clarity to the duties and obligations of landlords under Megan's Law, by affirming that landlords have no duty to use the information from the Megan's Law website to make decisions about housing accommodations. Without this clarification, landlords could legitimately be sued by registered sex offenders if they use the Megan' s Law information to deny housing, or by tenants if they do not.

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AB 2771: Electronic Filing Waiver for Slate Mailers

Existing law requires the Secretary of State to develop an online filing system by 2002 for local slate mailers and general purpose committees with contributions or expenditures of $50,000 or more. Given the inadequacy of the 0506rent online filing system, AB 2771 waives this requirement for these organizations for up to three years until an adequate system is developed.

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AB 2781: Fair Child Support Collection Practices

AB 2781 would prohibit a private child support collector from engaging in any debt collection practices that are prohibited by the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. It would also provide consumers with the option to opt out of a contract under specified circumstances.

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AB 2858: Mentally Ill Defendant Placement & Notification

This bill allows district attorneys more of a say in determining where a defendant ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial is placed in the community after their time in a treatment facility. The bill also requires that the district attorney is notified when a defendant’s treatment status has changed from their existing level to a lower level.

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AB 2869: Covering Burial Expenses for Crime Victims

AB 2869 clarifies that the Victims of Crime Compensation Fund covers the burial expenses for victims of crime who were on probation or parole at the time of their death. The bill specifies that persons who were not participating in the crime that resulted in their death are eligible victims, if they meet other eligibility requirements.

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AB 2914: Deletion of Architect LLP Sunset Date

In 1998, legislation was enacted to allow architects to form Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs), with a sunset date of January 1, 2007. In the eight years since, architectural firms have successfully operated as LLPs. AB 2914 removes the sunset date in order to allow them to continue operating as such.

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AB 2920: Older Californians Equality & Protection Act

AB 2920 requires the California Department of Aging and local Area Agencies on Aging to include the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) seniors in their needs assessments and area plans. It also ensures that services for elderly Californians are available regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis set forth in the Fair Employment and Housing Act.

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AB 2927: California Public Records Act Posting and Enforcement

This bill requires all state agencies with an Internet website to include specific information on how a person may make a California Public Records Act request, including the name and contact information of staff trained to provide this information. It also requires specific public records to be maintained on the public agency’s website and establishes penalties for failure to disclose records that are obviously public.

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AB 2946: Initiative Reform

AB 2946 is a comprehensive approach to reforming California’s initiative process, requiring signature gatherers to disclose if they are paid or volunteer and requiring petitions to list the top three financial contributors to the initiative. It would also prohibit paying a person on a per-signature basis for gathering signatures, registering voters, or distributing absentee ballot applications, and would hold signature gathering firms and initiative proponents liable for violations of these and other provisions of election law.

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AB 2968: Assisted Living Waiver

This bill creates a designated Medi-Cal reimbursement rate structure for community living support services in San Francisco that assist beneficiaries who would otherwise be homeless, living in shelters or institutionalized. In this way, it expands community-based options for beneficiaries who would otherwise require or be at high-risk of requiring more costly institutional care.

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AB 3064: Re-entry Advisory Committee for Parolees

AB 3064 establishes a committee to advise the Secretary of the Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation on policies and procedures for parole.

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