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AB 1137: Cultural heritage destruction: California universities and museums.

  • Session Year: 2021-2022
  • House: Assembly
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Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, provides for a public postsecondary education system in the state. Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California under the administration of the Regents of the University of California as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in the state.

This bill would prohibit the California Community Colleges and the California State University from inviting, and would request the University of California to not invite, a sponsored professor, as defined, to its campus or facility if the professor is employed by a college or university that is funded by a country that has received an adverse judgment regarding the destruction of cultural heritage artifacts or sites by the International Court of Justice, as specified.

Existing law, the California Cultural and Historical Endowment Act, establishes the California Cultural and Historical Endowment in the Natural Resources Agency. Among other things, the act authorizes the endowment to make grants and loans on a competitive basis to public agencies and nonprofit organizations, as defined, to encourage development of Californias historical and cultural resources.

The bill would prohibit a museum in California that receives public funding from displaying any country-funded item or artifact, or sending to a country or receiving from a country any item or artifact, if that country has received an adverse judgment by the International Court of Justice regarding its destruction of cultural heritage artifacts or sites, as specified. The bill would also authorize a museum in California that receives public funding to prohibit the display an item or artifact that is suspiciously country-funded if that country has received an adverse judgment by the International Court of Justice regarding the countrys destruction of cultural heritage artifacts or sites, as specified.

Existing law requires a voter registration agency that allows a person to apply online for service or assistance, or to submit a recertification, renewal, or change of address form relating to the service or assistance online, to implement a process and infrastructure that allows an applicant to electronically submit a voter preference form to the voter registration agency. If a person indicates on the electronic voter preference form that they would like to register to vote, existing law requires that the person be informed that they may register to vote electronically on the Secretary of States internet website, as specified. Existing law authorizes a voter registration agency to take steps to ensure that the information entered into a persons electronic application will be automatically transferred to the electronic affidavit of voter registration if the person indicates that the person would like to register to vote.This bill would require the Secretary of State, no later than December 31, 2022, to report to the Legislature regarding the process and infrastructure established by each voter registration agency to allow a person who applies online to electronically submit a voter preference form and an affidavit of voter registration and the feasibility of the voter registration agency establishing a process and infrastructure to implement automated voter registration, as specified. The bill would also permit the Secretary of State to update the required report and to provide periodic updates. The bill would require a voter registration agency to provide the Secretary of State with all information that the Secretary of State identifies as necessary to complete the report. By imposing additional duties on voter registration agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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