Bill Text: CA AB1511 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: State government: diverse, ethnic, and community media.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-09-22 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 352, Statutes of 2024. [AB1511 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB1511-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 23, 2023 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Santiago |
February 17, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law authorizes the chairperson of the Judicial Council to appoint committees, as prescribed, to advise with the council in studying various matters relating to the business of the courts, simplifying and improving the administration of justice, and other duties of the council.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Article 13.5 (commencing with Section 12100.145) is added to Chapter 1.6 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:Article 13.5. Ethnic Media Program
12100.145.
(a) The Ethnic Media Program is hereby established in the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) for the purpose of helping state departments integrate ethnic media into their public outreach and engagement strategies. The program shall be led by a director, appointed by the Governor to serve a five-year term.The chairperson of the Judicial Council may appoint committees composed of official court reporters, judges, retired judges, attorneys, and experts in specialized fields, or any combination thereof, to advise with the Judicial Council in studying the condition of business in the several courts and the means for simplifying and improving the administration of
justice, and in the performance of any other duties of the council authorized or imposed by law.