GovernorSaid he will sign into law today...

Governor

Said he will sign into law today a bill (SB 408) by Sen. Bill Leonard (R-Big Bear) to lower the legal blood alcohol level for the presumption of driving under the influence from 0.10% to 0.08% to make it easier to convict drunk drivers in court.

Assembly

Floor Action:

Retirees: Passed and sent to the governor on a 43-25 vote a bill (AB 127) by Assemblyman Richard E. Floyd (D-Carson) to prohibit private employers from discriminating against employees over the age of 40 who have announced that they plan to retire.

Hazardous Waste: Passed and sent to the governor on a 44-29 vote a bill (AB 411) by Assemblywoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Los Angeles) to prohibit hazardous waste disposal companies with a history of permit violations from obtaining new permits.

AIDS: Passed and sent to the governor on a 46-26 vote a bill (AB 11) by Assemblywoman Teresa Hughes (D-Los Angeles) to require all students in grades 7-12 to receive AIDS prevention instruction unless their parents specifically object to it.

Newsprint: Passed and sent to the governor on a 54-12 vote a bill (AB 1305) by Assemblywoman Lucy Killea (D-San Diego) to require newsprint users to use at least 25% recycled paper, starting Jan. 1, 1991. The figure will rise to 50% in 2000.

Contracts: Passed and returned to the Senate for concurrence in amendments on a 63-4 vote a bill (SB 1348) by Sen. Ralph Dills (D-Gardena) to give consumers a three-day right to cancel seminar sales contracts.

Auto Insurance: Passed and returned to the Senate for concurrence in amendments on a 63-7 vote a bill (SB 1160) by Sen. Alan Robbins (D-Tarzana) to require motorists to submit proof of auto insurance when registering or re-registering their motor vehicles.

Olympic Training Center: Passed and returned to the Senate for concurrence in amendments on a 54-15 vote a bill (SB 1403) by Sen. William Campbell (R-Hacienda Heights) to provide $15 million in state loan support for California’s first U.S. Olympic Training Center to be located in San Diego County. The loan would be repaid by the sale of special license plates.

Exhibit: Passed and returned to the Senate for concurrence in amendments on a 66-7 vote a bill (SB 1309) by Sen. Ruben Ayala (D-Chino) to appropriate $1.5 million for a California exposition at the 1990 World Exposition in Osaka, Japan.

Auto Insurance: Rejected on a 37-33 vote a bill (SB 5) by Senate President Pro Tem David A. Roberti (D-Los Angeles) to create an independent, nonprofit consumer advocacy corporation to fight for lower auto insurance rates. Forty-one votes were required for passage. Reconsideration was requested.

Committee Action:

Discrimination: A bill to prohibit the issuance or renewal of liquor licenses to private clubs that discriminate in membership on the basis of color, race, religion, ancestral origin, sex or age was declared dead because of a lack of a quorum in the Governmental Organization Committee. The author of the bill (AB 1742), Assemblyman Terry Friedman (D-Los Angeles), said he would try to move the measure forward when the Legislature reconvenes in January.

Senate

Floor Action:

Bottles and Cans: Passed and sent to the governor on a 29-3 vote a bill (SB 1221) by Sen. Gary K. Hart (D-Santa Barbara) to increase the redemption rate of one penny per empty recyclable soft drink and beer container to two containers for a nickel, starting Jan. 1.

Teachers: Passed and sent to the governor on a 39-0 vote a bill (SB 142) by Sen. Alan Robbins (D-Tarzana) to require school districts to inform teachers of students who have caused physical injury to anyone within the last three years and increase the penalty for crimes committed against school employees. The bill was prompted by recent attacks on two San Fernando Valley teachers in which one was stabbed in her classroom and the other was shot to death in front of his home by an unknown assailant.

Committee Action:

Dying Trees: The Transportation Committee approved a resolution (ACR 96) by Assemblyman Norm Waters (D-Plymouth) asking CalTrans to seek alternatives to using salt to melt ice and snow on mountain roads because the resulting runoff is killing adjacent trees. A 10-0 vote sent the resolution to the Appropriations Committee.