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8A Page 13 This measure also authorizes local elections to be consolidated with the May 19 statewide election, and specifically exempts the application of the existing 88-day limit. S8 x3 20 lMaldonaldol . State Controller's Furniture: This bill reduces the State Controller's budget for operating expenses and equipment by $996,000, and contains intent language that prohibits the expenditure for office furniture for the previously approved Cannery Business Park Lease. 2nd Extraordinary Session S8 x2 3 (Florez) - Air Quality: Farm Equipment. Makes changes to the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Program designed to expand eligibility for farm equipment. S8 x2 4 (Coadlll) . Design-Build, Public Private Partnerships: Expands design~build authorization for (1) five state facilities within the jurisdiction of Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Department of General Services and Judicial Council; (2) ten redevelopment agency projects In excess of $1 million; (3) five local transportation projects (regional transportation agencies or transportation projects); and, (4) ten state transportation projects. Also allows Caltrans and regional transportation agencies to enter into an unlimited amount of public- private partnerships through Jan. 1 f 2017. AS x2 5 (Gaines) - Employee Flex Time: Makes changes to employee work weeks menu options and allows an employer to offer employees schedule options when proposing an altemative workweek elections that includes an eight-hour work day. S8 x2 7 (Corbett) - Mortgage Foreclosures: Provides a 90-day foreclosure delay on owner- occupied homes where the first loan was recorded between Jan. 1, 2003 and Jan. 1, 2008, unless the loan is serviced by a financial institution that has a comprehensive loan modification program. The provisions of this bill sunset on Jan. 1, 2011. AS x2 8 INestandel . Transportation Projects: Regulatory Relief: Modifies existing air quality regulations applicable to fleets and heavy duty construction. Establishes an expedited permit approval process for various state agencies for nine specific transportation construction projects. Exempts eight specific transportation projects and the sale of state surplus property from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Authorizes the Orange County Transportation Authority to acquire rights~f-way for two specific projects. SSX29 (Padilla). Public Works. Labor Compliance. New DIR Regulations. Requires payment of a fee to the DIR for enforcement of the prevailing wage law under the following circumstances: 1. Under existing law, adoption of a Labor Compliance Program (LCP) may substitute for the payment of prevailing wage rates on certain pUblic works projects (construction projects over $25,000 and maintenance projects over $15,000). This bill retains the option not to pay prevailing wages on these public works projects but substitutes payment of the fee to DtR for the requirement to adopt an LCP. 2. Under existing law, the design-build process that was extended to cities in AS 642 (Walk) in 2008 requires a city to adopt a LCP. This bill retains the design-build option but substitutes payment of the fee to DIR for the requirement to adopt an LCP. 3. Under existing law, the design-build process applicable to transit operators requires the transit operator to adopt a LCP. This bill retains the design-build option but substitutes payment of the fee to DIR for the requirement to adopt an LCP. 4. When a city uses state bond funds for public works projects. The fee to DIR is calculated as a percentage of the cost of the public works project. There is an exception to paying the fee and continuing to enforce a labor compliance program with the approval of DIR. A number of questions have been raised about how this bill affects charter cities. The League's assessment is that this biWs effect on charter cities is limited. While the bill expresses the Legislature's intent that all cities be subject to prevailing wage law, the bill acknowledges that the 6