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IO Legislative Bill Action enhanced "911" emergency telephone number system, maintaining its beneficial application to those.jurisdic- Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsUt&Comm;Hrg-4/22, tions facing mandatory minimum penalties. Staff: Position: Support. Yvonne Hunter, Status: AsApps, Position: Support./Co- sponsor. ENVIRONMENTAL AB 2351 (Canciamilla), Water Quality. Mandatory HUMAN RESOURCES Minimum Penalties. AB 23~1 passed the Assembly AB 1890 (Horton). City Employees. Civil Sen~ice Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee this Board. AB 1890 requires, when the delegation of powers week. This bill modifies several provisions of existing is to a board, commission, committee, or other similar law that requires the regional water quality control entity and there is an employee organization that boards to impose mandatory penalties for violations of includes city employees, that one-half of the members of waste water discharge permits. In response to what the the board, commission, committee, or other entity be League and CASA believe are unintended consequences selected by the legislative body and one-half of the of the mandatory minimum penalty law, AB 2351 members be selected by the employee organization. The exempts selected types of violations from the mandatory bill requires the members to select an independent, penalties, but retain the regional boards' authority to neutral chairperson. This is an attempt to inappropri- impose discretionary penalties, ately usurp employer rights (hiring, .job requirements, staffing levels, etc.). Staff: Amy Brown, Status: Specifically, the bill would: SenPE&Ret, Position: Oppose, (1) Exempt from mandatory minimum penalties viola- ELECTIONS, PUBLIC RECORDS, AND FPPC tions that occur due to start-up of new or refur- bished biological treatment process. AB 2368 (Robert Pacheco), Conduct of Elections. AB (2) Specify that violations that occur due to a "single 2368 makes changes to the Election Code in three areas. operational upset" outside the agency's control shall First, existing law does not address the time in which an be counted as a single violation for mandatory election for a measure called by the legislative body can penalty purposes only. he held. This bill requires that the election shall be held (3) Expand the opportunity to use Supplemental not less than 88 days after the date of the order of Environmental Projects (SEPs) beyond the first election. Second, existing law specifies that arguments $3,000 penalty, of a ballot measure must be filed but it does not specify (4) Make other technical and clarifying changes, an exact date. This bill proposes that arguments must be filed not later than 14 days after the call of the election Prior to and during the hearing, the author agreed to be placed on the ballot. Lastly, existing law requires to a number of important amendments to clarify the that nominations for local elections be submitted at 5:00 intent of the bill and respond to concerns expressed by pm on the 88th day, It does not allow for alternative some committee members and the environmental requirements if a city has a 4/40 or 9/80 work schedule community. Although several environmental groups are and is closed on the deadline. This bill allows the opposed to AB 2351 unless it is amended, most agree nominations to be filed on the following business day If that it addresses "legitimate" problems. The League and the city is closed. Staff: Amy Brown, Status: AsApps, the California Association of Sanitation Agencies con- Position:Support/Sponsor. tinue to work with interested parties on amendments to clarify the bill's provisions, while at the same time PAGE lO/PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site--www. cacities.or§