Bill Text: CA SB1098 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-27 - Referred to Com. on G.O. [SB1098 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB1098-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1098	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Torres

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act to amend Section 8241 of the Government Code, relating to
state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1098, as introduced, Torres. Commission on the Status of Women
and Girls.
   Existing law creates within state government the Commission on the
Status of Women and Girls, consisting of 17 members, including 6
Members of the Legislature, and 11 public appointees, as specified.
   This bill would add the Deputy Secretary of Women Veterans Affairs
in the Department of Veterans Affairs, as an ex officio, nonvoting
member of the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8241 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   8241.  (a) There is in the state government the Commission on the
Status of Women and Girls. The commission shall consist of 
17   18  members to be appointed as follows:
   (1) Three Members of the Senate and one public member appointed by
the Senate Committee on Rules.
   (2) Three Members of the Assembly and one public member appointed
by the Speaker of the Assembly.
   (3) One public member appointed by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, and the Chief of the Division of Industrial Welfare in
the Department of Industrial Relations.
   (4) (A) Seven public members appointed by the Governor, with the
consent of the Senate.
   (B) One of these public members shall be a veteran or a member of
the military. 
   (5) The Deputy Secretary of Women Veterans Affairs in the
Department of Veterans Affairs, who shall serve as an ex officio,
nonvoting member. 
   (b) The Members of the Legislature shall serve at the pleasure of
the appointing powers.
   (c) Public member appointees of the Speaker of the Assembly and
the Senate Committee on Rules, and appointees of the Governor shall
serve four-year terms. All persons appointed pursuant to Section 2 of
Chapter 1378 of the Statutes of 1965, as amended by Chapter 382 of
the Statutes of 1973, shall continue in office until the expiration
of their term and the appointment of their successors. The appointing
powers may reappoint a member whose term has expired, and shall
immediately fill any vacancy for the unexpired portion of the term in
which it occurs. The appointing powers shall, in making appointments
of public members to the commission, make every effort to ensure
that there is a geographic balance of representation on the
commission.
   (d) All appointees shall hold office until the appointment of
their successors.