Bill Text: CA AB1518 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: State government: boards, commissions, committees:

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-08 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. [AB1518 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1518-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1518	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 13, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 11, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Anderson

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

    An act to add Chapter 1.2 (commencing with Section 8020)
to Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to state
government.   An act relating to state boards,
commissions, and committees. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1518, as amended, Anderson. State government: boards,
commissions, committees:  repeal   report 
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   Existing law authorizes the creation of various state boards,
commissions, and committees.
   This bill would require  that all statutorily created
state boards, commissions, and committees that have not met or had a
quorum at any of their regular meetings since January 1, 2008, be
repealed on January 1, 2011. This bill would not apply to a state
board, commission, or committee if the agency secretary, under whose
authority it functions, issues an order describing which state
boards, commissions, or committees under his or her authority are
actively meeting or have a functioning membership.   the
Department of Finance, on or before July 1, 2011, to send a report
to 2 specific legislative committees that identifies every state
board, commission, and committee created by statute that the
department determines to be either inactive or obsolete with respect
to the reason for which it was established. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    On or before July 1, 2011, the
Department of Finance shall send a report to the Assembly Committee
on Business and Professions and the Senate Committee on Business,
Professions and Economic Development that identifies every state
board, commission, and committee created by statute that the
department determines to be either inactive or obsolete with respect
to the reason for which it was established.  
  SECTION 1.    Chapter 1.2 (commencing with Section
8020) is added to Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to
read:
      CHAPTER 1.2.  AGENCIES, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS REPEAL


   8020.  (a) All statutorily created state boards, commissions, and
committees that have not met or had a quorum at any of their regular
meetings since January 1, 2008, shall be repealed on January 1, 2011.

   (b) This section shall not apply to a state board, commission, or
committee if the agency secretary, under whose authority the state
board, commission, or committee functions, issues an order that
states of which state boards, commissions, or committees under his or
her authority are actively meeting or have a functioning membership.
This order shall be transmitted to all of the following:
   (1) The Chief Clerk of the Assembly.
   (2) The Secretary of the Senate.
   (3) The Chairperson of the Assembly Committee on Business and
Professions.
   (4) The Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Business,
Professions and Economic Development.