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8A Page 6 federally earmarked projects in the state, as well as an assessment of available funding for transportation purposes and unmet transportation needs on a statewide basis. CTC would be required to work with regional transportation planning agencies, California Transit Association, CSAC, and the League to develop the reports with the first report due by July 1, 2008. SB 717 (Perata). SIGN. Continuously authorizes sales tax revenue derived from the sale of motor vehicle fuels to be transferred to the Transportation Investment Fund (TIF) beginning in FY 2008-07 (Prop. 42). It also maintains the current distribution formula of the tax revenues at 20 percent to the Public Transit Account (PTA), 40 percent to the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), and 40 percent to cities and counties (20 percent to cities and 20 percent to counties) for street and road purposes. A permanent shift of sales tax on gasoline for transportation purposes and the agreed upon formula under Prop. 42 will ensure that cities and counties can preserve, maintain, and rehabilitate the local street and road system. Labor Relations AB 220 (Bass). VETO. Duplicates the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights and permits firefighters to engage in special political activities and provide procedures and conditions for the investigation and interrogation of an employee that could lead to a punitive action. AB 553 (Hernandez). VETO. The bill would authorizes the Public Employees Relations Board to determine, under the Meyers MUias Brown Act, whether to seek from a court jurisdiction injunctive relief involving employee strikes, work stoppages, or lockouts. SB 942 (Migden). VETO. Requires an employer to reinstate an employee to their pre-injury job within five working days upon release of the treating doctor or reimburse the worker for lost wages and work benents. Public Safetv AB 81 (Torrico). SIGN. Allows a local fire agency, upon approval of the appropriate governing board, to designate safe-surrender sites for accepting physical custody of a minor child seven days old or younger. It would also create greater awareness of options other than child abandonment and reduce the likelihood that public safety personnel will have to go through the experience of responding to a call to retrieve an abandoned baby. AB 1291 (Mendoza). SIGN. Allows for court-ordered anti-gang classes for parents or guardians of minors involved with a first time gang-related offense. The anti-gang classes proposed in the measure would help increase parental and guardian understanding about the impact of their child's actions, and will also provide the tools and resources to help prevent future gang involvement. SB 67 (Perata). SIGN. Provides law enforcement agencies with an additional tool to address "sideshow" activities and the safety concerns associated with these dangerous actions by enabling law enforcement to impound involved vehicles. 58 839 (Calderon). SIGN. Provides for the Office of the State Fire Marshal to develop a model ordinance permitting local jurisdictions to adopt a streamlined enforcement and administrative fine procedure related to the possession of 25 pounds or less of dangerous fireworks. It also helps establish a funding source to offset the costs incurred by the safe collection and disposal of these fireworks by public safety agencies. Revenue and Taxation AB 1222 (Laird). SIGN. Implements a number of reforms to the procedures involving processing claims to establish the existence of a reimbursable state mandate, including 6