ECA Legislative File

With one week to go until the deadline for new bill introductions (which is Friday, February 24th), I expect the volume to increase significantly over the next few days.  Indeed, if history is my guide, I expect the number of new bills to reach somewhere between 2,700-3,000!  Stay tuned as we learn what new laws [...]

Also In This Update New Health Care Reform Website for Employers Drones For All New Commercial Recycling Regs Effective July 1st Starting July 1, businesses and public entities that generate four cubic yards or more of waste per week and multifamily units of five or more will be required to recycle. The requirement was contained [...]

The California Air Resources Board has released an Advisory 339 – “SALES AND INSTALLATION OF AFTERMARKET PARTS ON NEW AND USED GAS OR DIESEL POWERED VEHICLES AND ENGINES IN CALIFORNIA” has been revised.  You may access the advisory at http://www.arb.ca.gov/enf/advs/advs339.pdf.

Final Rulemaking Packages for On-Road Diesel Vehicles and Off-Road Equipment Regulations   In October, the Air Resources Board (ARB) filed with the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) final rule-making materials for the following regulations: the In-Use On-Road Diesel Vehicle Regulation (Truck and Bus Regulation), the Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Regulation (Tractor-Trailer GHG Regulation), the Off-Road [...]

By now, you’ve read my annual, year-end legislative report and are fully aware of ALL  new laws that will affect your business next year, right?  Good!  Then you will recall that the governor just signed SB 459  (Corbett) (Chapter 706) dealing with independent contractors? As a refresher, SB 459: Enacts a number of provisions of law [...]

The Air Resources Board (ARB) has issued Errata to the Staff Report:  Initial Statement of Reasons (ISOR) for the adoption of proposed amendments to California’s Small Off-Road Engine and Tier 4 Off-Road Compression-Ignition Engine Regulations and Test Procedures, and Amendments to the Exhaust Emission Certification Test Fuel for Off-Road Spark-Ignition Engines, Equipment and Vehicles, as [...]

San  Francisco—Officials of the California Department of Industrial Relations’ (DIR) Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE/ Labor ommissioner’s Office) announced today that a group calling itself the  “California Labor Compliance Bureau” has reportedly distributed misleading business solicitations requiring immediate payment of a “processing fee” of $275 for labor-related postings. The group is not a government [...]

I attended a Contractors’ State License Board Licensing Committee meeting yesterday during which they discussed their “wish list” of potential legislation for 2012. Following are the highlights of the six proposals they are looking to have introduced. I am also attaching background sheets which contain more information for each of their proposals in case you [...]

A few years ago, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s chief actuary gave what he assumed was a private briefing and described the huge system’s liabilities as “unsustainable.” A journalist who heard the briefing published an account, thus letting everyone else in on CalPERS’ secret. Officially, of course, the union-dominated CalPERS still contends that its [...]

As follow up to my article from a couple of weeks ago about the oversight hearing on the storm water regulations that was held in the Capitol, I came across this excellent article that I want to share with you.  So too, I am also attaching a copy of the committee report that was handed [...]