BILL NUMBER: SB 249	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Ma)

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2011

   An act to add Section 4132 to the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to district agricultural associations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 249, as introduced, Yee. District agricultural associations:
1-A District Agricultural Association: membership.
   Existing law divides the state into district agricultural
associations for the purposes of, among other things, holding fairs
and expositions exhibiting all of the industries and industrial
enterprises, resources, and products of every kind or nature of the
state with a view toward improving, exploiting, encouraging, and
stimulating them. Existing law provides that the 1-A District
Agricultural Association is the County of San Mateo and the City and
County of San Francisco. Existing law provides that the term of
office of each director of an agricultural association is 4 years,
except as specified, provides for the staggering of terms, and
requires directors to be appointed by the Governor.
   This bill would require that for the directors of the 1-A District
Agricultural Association, 2 directors be appointed by the Mayor of
San Francisco, 2 directors be appointed by the Mayor of Daly City,
and 5 directors be appointed by the Governor. Because this bill would
impose additional duties on local government entities, it would
create a state-mandated local program. The bill would prohibit the
Governor from appointing a director to fill a vacancy until the 2
respective appointments have been made by the Mayor of San Francisco
and the Mayor of Daly City. Once those appointments have been made,
when there is a vacancy on the board, a successor would be appointed
in the same manner as was his or her predecessor.
   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 these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 4132 is added to the Food and Agricultural
Code, to read:
   4132.  (a) The board of directors of the 1-A District Agricultural
Association shall consist of nine members, and, notwithstanding
Section 3959, shall be appointed as follows:
   (1) Five members appointed by the Governor.
   (2) Two members appointed by the Mayor of San Francisco.
   (3) Two members appointed by the Mayor of Daly City.
   (b) (1) Appointments shall be made as vacancies occur and no
person shall be appointed to serve on the board of directors of the
1-A District Agricultural Association who is not a person specified
in paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (a) until the requirements in
those paragraphs have been met. This section shall not be construed
to limit the term of any member of the board of directors of the 1-A
District Agricultural Association who is a director at the time this
section becomes effective.
   (2) After the requirements in paragraphs (2) and (3) of
subdivision (a) have been met, when there is a vacancy on the board,
a successor shall be appointed in the same manner as was his or her
predecessor.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.