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Member 4?merican Municipal rfssociation "Western Csty" Official Publication _
Berkeley 5, California
June 22,, 1962
HOTEL CLARE;MONT
BERKELEY 5
THORNWALL 3-3083
440 STATLER CENTER
--LOS ANGELES 17
MADISON 4-4934
To: City Attorneys, City Clerks and City Managers
Subject Digest of 1962 Budget and First and Second Extraordinary Sessions
Attached is a digest of bills enacted by the Legislature and approved by Governor
Brown for the 1962 Budget and Special Sessions. Unless otherwise specified, Budget
Session bills become effective July 3, 1962 and Special Session measures July 13,
1962. You are respectfully requested to bring these bills to the attention of in-
terested city officials.. Copies of bills may be obtained from the Legislative Bill
Room, State Capitol, Sacramento.
The digests of bills of interest to cities are taken from the official Digest of
Legislation prepared by Legislative Counsel A. C. Morrison. Any official interested
in obtaining a copy of the complete digest of all bills introduced during the 1962
Sessions may obtain one by writing to the Legislative Bill Room. We have included
only those approved measures of direct or indirect interest to all cities.
Richard Carpenter
Executive Director
and General Counsel
P.S. To: City Attorneys of charter cities
In our letter to you of June 18 relative to submitting charter amendments to the
Special Session which will be convened on June 26, we indicated that the Legis-
lative Counsel previously had ruled that the Legislature could not consider charter
amendments without an item being included in the Governor's Proclamation calling
the Special Session and that the Attorney General now had ruled that charter amend-
ments could be considered although not included in the Proclamation. Actually, the
latter ruling was by the Legislative Counsel, reversing his former opinion, and not
by the Attorney 'General. The conclusion is the same. Charter amendments may be sub
witted at the Special Session on June 26 for legislative approval.
R.C.
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BUDGET SESSION
Chapter
No.
1 MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSE FEE PENALTIES - REDUCTION. Amends
Sec. 95514;"Veh.C., Sec. 10770, R.&T.C.,"re motor vehicle registration and
license fees. Provides for reduction in penalty for delinquent payment
of registration fee for station wagon, electric passenger vehicle, or
vehicle previously registered out of state, and for reduction in penalty
for delinquent payment of motor vehicle license fee for trailer coach, to
10 per cent of fee but not less than $1, if fee is paid within 30 days of
date penalty becomes due. In effect immediately. (April 6, 1962)
3 SALES TAX -'TRANSPORTATION CHARGES. Amends Secs. 6011, 6012, adds Sec.
6012,5, R'.&T.C., re sales and use taxes. Excludes from definitions of terms
"sales price" and "gross receipts", for purposes of Sales and Use Tax Law,
separately stated charges for transportation of property from retailer's
place of business or other point from which shipment is made directly to
purchaser, which do not exceed a reasonable charge for transportation by
facilities of retailer or cost to retailer of transportation by other than
facilities of retailer, rather than transportation charges separately stated
if transportation occurs after purchase or sale of property Provides,
however, that if transportation is by facilities of retailer, or property
is sold for delivered price, exclusion shall be applicable solely with
respect to transportation which occurs after purchase or sale.
Provides that nothing in provisions defining "sales price" and "gross
receipts" shall affect exemption afforded to sales of tangible, property to
common'carrier under designated' circumstances
States that it is not the intent. of Legislature to affect application of
sales or use tax to any charges other than those for final transportation
of property to purchaser.
Makes other technical changes.
7 SALES TAX - EXEMPTION - MEDICINES. Amends Sec. 6369, R.&T.C., re exemp-
tions from sales and use taxes. Under specified conditions, extends ex-
emption relating to medicines prescribed for treatment of human beings to
medicines supplied to own patients by a physician, surgeon or podiatrist,
and to medicines prescribed for or administered to patients in hospitals.
Declares that amendment is a mere clarification of original intention of
Legislature rather than a substantive change. In effect immediately.
(April 19, :1962)
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS'- LICENSE FEE. Amends Sec. 13164 H.&S.C:, re fire ex-
tinguishers: Reduces from $35 to $1 license fee for license for retail
sales of fire extinguishers and similar devices.
9 PEACE OFFICER' TRAINING -PENALTY ASSESSMENT. Amends Sec. 13521, Pen C., re
penalty assessments for peace officer training. Specifies that all Vehicle
Code offenses, not only Vehicle Code offenses relating to stopping, standing,
parking, or operation of vehicle, are exempt from penalty assessments the
proceeds of which support peace officer training;
Res.70
IDENTIFICATION'OF CITIES FROM AIR - Requests California cities with popu-
lation of less than 100,000' to co-operate in'providing some method by which
they can'be,identified by air by„ private noncommercial, pilots,..
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FIRST EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
Chapter No.
15. VALIDATING ACT - New act, Second Validating Pct of 1962. Validates
organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of counties,
cities, and specified districts, agencies and entities.
16 VALIDATING ACT.- New act, First Validating Act of 1962. Validates
organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of counties,
cities and specified districts, agencies, and entities. In effect
immediately. (April 11, 1962)
27 RESTAURANTS - POT LUCK DINNERS. Amends Secs. 28522, 28693, H.&S.C.,
re. restaurants. Exempts from California Restaurant Act, churches,
church societies, private clubs and other non-profit associations
of a religious, philanthropic civic improvement, social, political
or educational nature, which purchase or receive donations .of food
for service. without charge to members,.or for service or sale at a
reasonable charge to members or general public at occasional fund-
raising events, for consumption on or off serving or. selling premises,
if service or sale of such food, does not constitute a primary purpose
or function.of club or association, and if,no,employee or member is
assigned full time to care for or.operate equipment used.
Provides that provisions of California Restaurant Act shall not.pre-
vent any city, county, or city and county from adopting stricter stan-
dards of health and hygiene for, or requiring a permit. for,. maintenance
and conduct of, other food or beverage servingenterprises or estab-
lishments, in addition to restaurants, itinerant restaurants, vehicles,
and vending machines.
UNIVERSITY POLICE - JURISDICTION. Amends Sec. 23501, Ed.C., re Uni-
versity of California police department. Extends jurisdiction of
members of University of California Police. Department as peace of-
ficers to include all properties owned, controlled, or administered
by regents, as well as university campuses and grounds or property of
University.
39 ' STATE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION - Amends and adds various sections,
H.&S.C. (18900, etc.) re State Building Standards Commission. Transfers
Commission from Department of Public Works to Department of Finance.
Increases membership of commission from 7 to 11 members and provides
that chairman shall be Director of Finance rather than Director of
Public Works. Permits appointment by Governor of advisory members from
state agencies administering and enforcing building regulations: Gives
commission authority to review and rewrite duplicating, conflicting or.
overlapping building regulations of state agencies and to adopt buil-
ding regulations where state agencies fail to do so on request. Modi-
fies provisions relating to approval or disapproval of building regu-
lations by commission. Makes other related changes.
43 PRISONERS - FIRE FIGHTING. Amends Sec. 4017, Pen.C., re work by
prisoners in county correctional institutions. Provides that persons
confined in county jails, industrial farms, and road camps under judg-
ment of imprisonment or as condition of probation may be required by
board of supervisors to engage in preventionand suppression of forest.,
brush, and grass fires upon lands wihin.county or in adjacent county
where suppression of fires in latter county would afford fire protec-
tion within ebunty—Provides for workmen's compensation coverage of
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persons engaged in such work;. requires supervision by public employee
in fire prevention, or suppression work; and limits number of prisoners
such employee shall supervise.
47 DAVIS-GRUNSKY ACT - New act, re Davis-Grunsky Act grant to Monterey
County Flood Control and Water Conservation District. Authorizes
grant of $3,820,000 to Monterey County Flood Control and Water Con-
servation District for recreation features of San Antonio project
on San Antonio River in Monterey County, on condition that district
demonstrates nature and extent of statewide interest in project, pub-
lic necessity for project, urgency of need, engineering feasibility
economic justification, and financial feasibility of project.
58 DRAW POKER - Adds Sec. 337s, Pen.C., re draw poker. Prohibits draw
poker in counties with population exceeding 4,000,000, with prohibition
to become operative in any such county when board of supervisors sub-
mits question to electorate of county and electorate votes in favor of
prohibition, whereupon draw poker is prohibited in both incorporated
and unincorporated territory in county. Provides that local ordinances
in county prohibiting, restricting, or regulating draw poker are not
superseded until prohibition in this section becomes operative in county
COMPENSATION OF STATE LEGISLATORS - Amends 1st para., subd. (b), Sec. 2,
Art. IV, Cal. Const., relating to compensation of Members of the Legis-
lature. Changes monthly salary of Members of the Legislature from
$500 to an unspecified sum to be fixed by law and not to exceed $834
per month.
COMPENSATION OF STATE LEGISLATORS - Amends 1st para., Subd. (b) of
Sec. 2, Art. IV, Const., re salaries of Members of Legislature. Elim-
inates provision fixing compensation of each Member of Legislature at
$500 for each month of term for which elected, and specifies that sal-
aries of Members shall not exceed an amount established by law, and
in any event shall not exceed an annual amount equal to one-half of
annual salary of Member of Congress in effect on January 1, 1962,
Specifies that salary shall be payable monthly during term of mem-
ber and that amount of change in compensation shall not be considered
in computing benefits under Legislators' Retirement System with re-
spect to service, and that benefits shall be neither increased or de-
creased on basis of change in compensation. Makes provision effective
January 1, 1963.
Res.26
Res.36
SECOND EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
STATE BUDGET ACT - Budget Act of 1962,. providing for support of state
government for 1962-63 fiscal year,. In effect immediately, (April 23,
1962).
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