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2007-2008 Legislation Opposed by CBA
AB 437 (Jones ) Employment: discrimination.
   This bill specifies when a cause of action for unlawful discrimination or unlawful employment practice, with respect to compensation, accrues for determining whether a complaint was filed within statutory deadlines.  
  Assigned
Jason Lane
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
3
 
AB 512 (Lieber ) Contracts: translation.
   This bill requires a person in a trade or business who negotiates contracts or agreements primarily in any language other than English to deliver to the other party prior to execution of the contract or agreement, a translation of the contract or agreement in the applicable foreign language. 
  Assigned
Kevin Gould
 Position
Oppose Unless Amended		  
 
AB 529 (Torrico ) Mortgages: adjustable interest rates: notification.
   If the interest rate on a loan is initially fixed and then becomes adjustable and is secured by a property improved by four or fewer residential units, this bill requires the lender providing the loan to inform the borrower of rate reset information.  
  Assigned
Kevin Gould
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
1
 
AB 831 (Parra ) State government: tax expenditures.
   This bill requires that the legislature conduct a review of all tax expenditures on or before July 1, 2009, and every 10 years after that date to determine if the expenditures are meeting the public purpose for which they were designed. 
  Assigned
Jason Lane
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
3
 
AB 1546 (Calderon, Charles ) Income taxes: limited liability companies: fees.
   This bill intends to rectify an unconstitutional situation in the LLC statute and result in an LLC tax that conforms to the U.S. Constitution. This bill amends the LLC tax to apply to income derived from or attributable to this state."  
  Assigned
Jason Lane
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
1
 
AB 1779 (Jones ) Personal information: security breaches.
   This is a reintroduction of a previous measure which was vetoed by the governor, AB 779 (Jones), and it requires agencies to report any data breaches affecting their system to any resident whose information was compromised.  
  Assigned
Alex Alanis
 Position
Oppose Unless Amended		 Priority
2
 
AB 1848 (Ma ) Income tax: returns: withholding
   This bill requires a recipient of income to provide to the person paying the income their social security number or taxpayer identification number. It also requires backup withholding at a rate of 7 percent when payments are subject to such a holding. 
  Assigned
Jason Lane
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
2
 
AB 2116 (Portantino ) Automobile sales contracts: conditional contracts.
   This bill is sponsored by CBA to clarify the ambiguity as a result of the Juarez v. Arcadia Financial, Inc. appellate court decision and provide certainty for borrowers and lenders regarding reinstatement of a motor vehicle conditional sales contract after repossession for non-payment. 
  Assigned
Alex Alanis
 Position
Oppose Unless Amended		 Priority
1
 
AB 2359 (Jones ) Loans.
   This bill seeks to redefine covered loans. 
  Assigned
Kevin Gould
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
1
 
AB 2586 (Torrico ) Residential tenancies.
   This measure amends and adds numerous provisions to the laws governing landlords and tenants. 
  Assigned
Kevin Gould
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
1
 
AB 2716 (Ma ) Employment: paid sick days.
   This measure mandates employers provide payment of sick leave to all employees. 
  Assigned
Jason Lane
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
2
 
AB 2740 (Brownley ) Home loans: servicing.
   This measure amends the laws governing Residential Mortgage Lenders and loan servicing operations. 
  Assigned
Kevin Gould
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
2
 
AB 2944 (Leno ) Corporations: director's duties.
   This bill provides that, in considering the best interests of the corporation, the directors may consider a list of numerous factors. 
  Assigned
Jason Lane
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
3
 
ABX3 1 (Calderon, Charles ) Sales and use taxes: worthless accounts.
   Would eliminate the provisions entitling a lender, in the case of accounts held by a lender, to a deduction or refund of the sales or use tax previously reported and paid by the retailer. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. 
  Assigned
Jason Lane
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
1
 
ABX3 22 (Calderon, Charles ) State Board of Equalization: sales and use taxes: tangible personal property: digital property report.
   This measure seeks to implement a tax on certain electronic transmissions of information. 
  Assigned
Jason Lane
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
2
 
SB 30 (Simitian ) Identity Information Protection Act of 2007.
   This bill enacts the Identity Information Protection Act of 2007. The Act requires identification documents that are created, mandated, purchased, or issued by various public entities that use radio waves to transmit or enable data to be read remotely to meet certain security requirements. The bill provides that a person or entity that knowingly discloses, or causes to be disclosed, operational system keys shall be punished by imprisonment and/or a fine. 
  Assigned
Alex Alanis
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
3
 
SB 98 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review ) Taxation.
   This measure allows a qualified taxpayer to choose to add one additional sales factor to their corporate tax apportionment formula. 
  Assigned
Jason Lane
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
3
 
SB 129 (Kuehl ) Criminal communications.
   This bill makes it a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment, fines, or a combination of both for a person to make telephone calls or contact with an electronic communication device with the intent to annoy another person at any place.  
  Assigned
Alex Alanis
 Position
Oppose Unless Amended		 Priority
3
 
SB 364 (Simitian ) Personal information: privacy.
   This bill requires additional information to be included in data breach notification letters to be sent to any California resident whose unencrypted personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized person as defined by existing law.  
  Assigned
Alex Alanis
 Position
Oppose Unless Amended		 Priority
2
 
SB 388 (Corbett ) Privacy: radio frequency identification tags.
   This bill requires any person or entity that sells, furnishes, or otherwise issues a card or other item containing a radio frequency identification tag (RFID) that may be scanned for personally identifiable information to provide specified information to the recipient.  
  Assigned
Alex Alanis
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
1
 
SB 926 (Perata ) Residential mortgage loans: foreclosure procedures.
   Would set forth specified findings and declarations and intent provisions with regard to the above, and would provide that its provisions are severable. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. 
  Assigned
Kevin Gould
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
1
 
SB 1113 (Migden ) Attorney's fee and costs.
   This bill seeks to amend Civil Code Section 1021.5 by adding fees the court may award to attorneys in certain cases. 
  Assigned
Jason Lane
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
3
 
SB 1215 (Harman ) Professional fiduciaries.
   This measure would modify the definition of a professional fiduciary. 
  Assigned
Kevin Gould
 Position
Oppose Unless Amended		 Priority
1
 
SB 1319 (Machado ) Unclaimed property: escheat.
   This measure imposes significant new burdens on property holders and increases the exposure and amount of civil penalties assessed against property holders. 
  Assigned
Kevin Gould
 Position
Oppose		 Priority
1