Bill Text: CA SCA8 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Joint legislative committee: job creation and economic

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-08-07 - Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee. [SCA8 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SCA8-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCA 8	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wyland

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California
an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding Section 29
to Article IV thereof, relating to the Legislature.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCA 8, as introduced, Wyland. Joint legislative committee: job
creation and economic development.
   The California Constitution requires the Legislature to convene in
regular biennial session at noon on the first Monday in December of
each even-numbered year to consider legislation.
    This measure would require the Legislature to convene a joint
committee during each regular session to hear testimony from business
representatives regarding how to improve job creation and economic
development in the state. It would require the committee to transmit
a record of the recommendations received to each Member of the
Legislature for the purpose of the Legislature's passage of
legislation to improve job creation and economic development.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.



   Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the
Legislature of the State of California at its 2011-12 Regular Session
commencing on the sixth day of December 2010, two-thirds of the
membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of
the State of California that the Constitution of the State be
amended as follows:
    That Section 29 is added to Article IV thereof, to read:
      SEC. 29.  The Legislature shall convene a joint committee
during each regular session to conduct hearings regarding the
business climate in the state. The committee shall invite
representatives from a variety of businesses to testify and provide
recommendations for improving job creation and economic development.
The committee shall transmit a record of the recommendations received
to each Member of the Legislature for the purpose of the Legislature'
s passage of legislation to improve job creation and economic
development.