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Some of the bills voted on Monday by the California Legislature: EDUCATION: - The state Department of Motor Vehicles would be required to license home-study traffic violator schools under a bill approved by the Senate, 23-13. The measure, AB2377, by Assemblyman John Longville, D-Rialto, returns to the Assembly for a vote on Senate amendments. - Random testing of students for drug or alcohol use would be restricted under a bill by Sen. John Vasconcellos. The Senate voted 26-6 to approve Assembly amendments to the measure, SB1886, and send it to the governor. ENVIRONMENT: - The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would be...

11/20/03 For Immediate Release CONTACT: Bob Biddle (714) 843-4966 SACRAMENTO – Assemblyman Tom Harman (R- Huntington Beach) has announced that he has joined a bipartisan group of 11 legislators in the introduction into the fifth special session of the Assembly a bill identified as ACAX5 1. The bill is being proposed as a budget reserve, spending limit, balanced budget proposal that would help solve California's long-term fiscal problems. The proposal is aimed at solving the State´s year-to-year structural deficit and to prevent future deficits. Provisions of the bipartisan plan include: Creates an annual budget reserve with associated spending conditions; Requires...