Bill Text: CA AB347 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Local agencies: city selection committees: County of Los

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 361, Statutes of 2015. [AB347 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB347-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 347	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  361
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chang
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Hadley)
   (Coauthor: Senator Huff)

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2015

   An act to amend Section 50271 of the Government Code, relating to
city selection committees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 347, Chang. Local agencies: city selection committees: County
of Los Angeles.
   Existing law provides that in any county in which 2 or more cities
are incorporated, there is a city selection committee for the
purpose of appointing city representatives to boards, commissions,
and agencies as required by law. Existing law provides that the
membership of each city selection committee shall consist of the
mayor of each city within the county and that when the mayor is
unable to attend a meeting of the city selection committee, he or she
shall designate another member of the city's legislative body to
attend and vote at the meeting in the mayor's place.
   This bill, for the city selection committee in the County of Los
Angeles, would require that when the mayor or the mayor's designated
member is unable to attend a city selection committee meeting, the
vice mayor or mayor pro tempore serve as the voting member on his or
her behalf, and if the vice mayor or mayor pro tempore is unable to
attend that meeting, then the next ranking council member would be
required to serve as the voting member on the mayor's behalf, as
provided.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 50271 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   50271.  (a) When the mayor is unable to attend a meeting of a city
selection committee, the mayor shall designate another member of the
city's legislative body to attend and vote at the meeting as the
mayor's representative.
   (b) For the city selection committee in the County of Los Angeles,
the following shall apply when the mayor or the mayor's designated
member is unable to attend a meeting of the city selection committee:

   (1) The vice mayor or mayor pro tempore shall serve as the voting
member and shall be entitled to one vote.
   (2) (A) In the absence of the mayor and the vice mayor or mayor
pro tempore, the next ranking council member shall serve as the
voting member and shall be entitled to one vote.
   (B) The ranking council member shall be determined by seniority of
service on the council.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the challenges faced as a result of the current governance
structure of the County of Los Angeles.