Bill Text: CA AB1355 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: City officials: standards.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1355 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1355-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1355	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 24, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lara

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add  Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 12245)
to Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of  
Section 36526 to  the Government Code, relating to city
officials.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1355, as amended, Lara. City officials: standards. 
   Existing law requires the Secretary of State to, among other
things, upon appropriation by the Legislature, publish and distribute
a roster of the state and local public officials in California.
 
   Existing law sets forth the required officers for each general law
city, including a city council of at least 5 members, a city clerk,
a city treasurer, a chief of police, a fire chief, and any
subordinate officers or employees provided by law. 
   This bill would require  the Secretary of State to, in
consultation with the Controller, the Treasurer, and the League of
California Cities, develop and set forth recommendations for
  the city council of each city, on or before January 1,
2013, to adopt  minimal educational and certification standards
for city clerks, city managers, and city treasurers, whether elected
or appointed, and to post those standards on the  Secretary
of State's   city's  Internet Web site  ,
thereby imposing a state-mandated local program  . 
   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:  no   yes  .


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 36526 is added to the 
 Government Code   , to read:  
   36526.  (a) On or before January 1, 2013, the city council shall
adopt minimal educational and certification standards for the
following city officials, whether elected or appointed:
   (1) City clerk.
   (2) City manager.
   (3) City treasurer.
   (b) The standards adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
posted on the city's Internet Web site. 
   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.  
  SECTION 1.    Article 5.5 (commencing with Section
12245) is added to Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of
the  Government Code, to read:

      Article 5.5.  City Officials Standards


   12245.  (a) The Secretary of State shall, in consultation with the
Controller, the Treasurer, and the League of California
Cities,develop and set forth recommendations for minimal educational
and certification standards for the following city officials, whether
elected or appointed:
   (1) City clerk.
   (2) City manager.
   (3) City treasurer.
   (b) The Secretary of State shall post the standards developed
pursuant to subdivision (a) on the Secretary of State's Internet Web
site.