Bill Text: CA AB1005 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Judicial appointments: demographic data.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-16 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 113, Statutes of 2013. [AB1005 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1005-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1005	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alejo

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 8801 of the Government Code, relating to
public broadcasting.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1005, as introduced, Alejo. Public broadcasting.
   Existing law, the Public Broadcasting Act of 1975, declares the
policy of this state to support and encourage the provision of a
high-quality educational, cultural, and public affairs program
service.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to
provisions relating to the state public affairs program service.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 8801 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   8801.  The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
   (a) It is the policy of this state to support and encourage the
provision of a high-quality educational, cultural, and public affairs
program service designed to meet the needs of the citizens of this
state and its various localities.
   (b) It is the policy of this state that in so supporting and
encouraging such a program service, all decisions affecting the
content and scheduling of  such   that 
service are the sole responsibility of each licensee and shall be
free from improper interference.
   (c) Existing public broadcasting stations represent a valuable
public resource, the facilities, skills, and talent of which should
be utilized to the maximum feasible extent in carrying out the
purposes of this chapter.
   (d) Minority-controlled public radio stations in California serve
their respective communities as unique information resources
providing news, information and diversity of programing and
viewpoints, including bilingual and cultural services, that enrich
the lives of all Californians.
   (e) Minority-controlled public radio stations in California serve
their respective communities as educational resources providing
training and employment opportunities for those who would otherwise
not have access to public broadcasting.
   (f) Minority-controlled public radio stations in California serve
many of the specialized needs of minority and low-income listener
audiences who are less affluent than the listener audiences of other
public radio stations and, therefore, unable to financially support
said minority-controlled public radio stations.
   (g) The continued growth and development of minority-controlled
public radio stations as vital parts of the state's public
broadcasting system is in the best interests of all Californians.