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Allows cities and counties to cite disabled parking placard misuse as a civil parking violation and not just as a misdemeanor, providing a more time and cost-efficient alternative. AS 210 (Hayashi). Green Building Standards. Request: Signature Result: Signed - Chapter 89 Clarifies in statute that local governments can amend state green building standards if the city makes a finding that the amendments are reasonably necessary because of local climatic, geological, or topographical conditions. While a number of cities have been amending state green building standards, this is the first time the local authority is clarified in state statute. AS 262 (Bass). American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan: energy activities, programs, or projects. Request: Signature Result: Signed - Chapter 227 Originally contained language to conform the statute governing the California Energy Commission's (CEC) implementation of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program to federal guidelines. The language specifically authorized the CEC to allow ARRA fund grantees to use up to 10 percent of the funds for grant administration. However, the originally language of the bill was instead put into a budget trailer bill (AB 11 [Budget Committee]). AS 262 was gutted and amended in June 2009 to provide the CEC with legislative direction on the use of funds received by the Commission from the federal government under ARRA. AB 286 (Salas). Vehicles: additional registration fees. Request: Signature Result: Signed - Chapter 230 Extends the repeal date of the local vehicle theft program by eight years, and, therefore, permits the continuation of a $1 vehicle registration fee to fund the program until Jan. 1,2018. Also requires an annual report from participating counties to the State Controller that includes information on fees collected, expenditures, summary of vehicle theft abatement programs, and other relevant information as determined by the State Controller. AS 444 (Caballero). Land use: natural resources: transfer of long-term management funds. Request: Signature Result: Vetoed Authorizes state and local agencies to transfer endowment funds to relevant nonprofit agencies for the management of prevIously transferred lands or easements. Current law does not explicitly authorize the transfer of endowment funds to a nonprofit agency in order to effectively manage the land or easement. AB 469 (Eng). Sales and use taxes: qualified use tax payment. Request: Signature Result: Vetoed Improves the collection of use tax revenues owed to the state and local governments by consumers and businesses through clarifications made to state income tax return forms. AB 561 (Carter). Highway workers: assault and battery. Request: Signature Result: Signed - Chapter 116 Expands the definition "highway worker" to include a contractor under contract with the California Department of Transportation or a city or county employee who performs maintenance, repair, or construction of highways or local streets and road Infrastructure for the purpose of enhanced penalties for assault or battery. AB 576 (Torres). Vandalism: graffiti: recovery of costs. Request: Signature Result: Signed - Chapter 454 Allows governmental entIties responsible for repairing, replacing, or restoring graffiti vandalized property to seek restitution for the damages. AB 625 (Lieu). Novelty lighters. Request: Signature Result: Vetoed Prohibits the sale or distribution (or offering for promotion) of operable cigarette novelty lighters. The intent of this bill is to keep children away from novelty cigarette lighters that mimic toys and cartoon or children's characters. AB 672 (Bass). Transportation: bond-funded projects: letter of no prejudice. Request: Signature Result: Signed - Chapter 463 9A Page 4 4