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Title: State and Local Government Relations 2005 LegislativePolicy Recap
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State and Local Government Relations2005
Legislative/Policy Recap
- Tax on Direct Broadband Services
- Continued to lead our coalition of satellite
television providers - Defeated AB 1016, a bill to impose such a tax
- Representing coalition at weekly meetings of the
Assembly Utility and Commerce Committee as they
discuss a comprehensive reform bill regarding the
tax and fee structure for all communications
systems operating in the state - Tax on Direct Broadband Services
- Working with local law enforcement agencies, CSA
successfully passed legislation (SB 619 and SB
963) to authorize the use of global positing
system technology as a monitoring device to
supervise persons on home detention, probation
and parole
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- Fast Track Teacher Credentialing
- To address the issue of Californias aging
engineering and high skilled workforce, CSA
worked with education community to designed a
fast track teacher credentialing program for
persons who have achieved prominence in a field
of endeavor (SB 404) - In spite of veto by Governor, CSA is working with
education community to develop similar goal under
existing law - BRAC Support
- Sponsored legislation to assist military families
transfer their children from lower to better
performing schools (AB 208) - Incentives
- Advocated funding for Employment Training Panel
- Sought Space Enterprise Competitive Grant Program
funding - Supported Manufacturers Investment Tax Credit
reauthorization - Requested an expansion of the spaceflight tax
exemption
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