ANOTHER SIN TAX?
TODAY: Legislative policy committees have a Friday deadline to move bills to the Senate and the Assembly floors. This afternoon, the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee considers Assembly Bill 847, which would impose a tax on adult entertainment operations and set up an impact fund "to ameliorate the secondary effects of adult entertainment venues." The measure, by Democratic Assemblywoman Mary Salas of Chula Vista, would ultimately require a two-thirds vote of the Legislature.
IOUs IN REVERSE TUESDAY: State Controller John Chiang sponsored a successful bill last week that he said could save the state tens of millions of dollars on its new IOUs. Another IOU-related bill, AB 1506 by Republican Assemblyman Joel Anderson of Alpine, would require the state to accept the registered warrants as payment for payroll taxes, Department of Motor Vehicle fees or anything else owed the state. The Assembly Business and Professions Committee takes up the matter Tuesday morning.
GAY MARRIAGE LITE
THURSDAY: Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, has a bill that he says would clarify state law regarding same-sex couples who have married – or plan to marry – outside California. Senate Bill 54, sponsored by Equality California, would recognize same-sex couples as being married if they tied the knot outside California before Proposition 8 went into effect. The measure would also give same-sex couples who married elsewhere after Proposition 8 went into effect the same rights as heterosexual couples, except for the designation of "marriage." The bill is set to come up before the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
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