BILL NUMBER: AB 209	CHAPTERED  06/05/01

	CHAPTER  13
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 5, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 5, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 24, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dickerson

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2001

   An act to amend Section 24011 of the Government Code, relating to
county government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 209, Dickerson.  Glenn County:  county officers.
   Existing law authorizes the boards of supervisors of specified
counties to provide, by ordinance, that the public administrator be
appointed by the board, and authorizes Solano County to appoint the
same person to the offices of public administrator and public
guardian.
   This bill would include Glenn County within those counties whose
board of supervisors would be authorized to provide for the
appointment of the public administrator by the board.  It would also
authorize the Board of Supervisors of Glenn County to appoint the
same person to the offices of public administrator and public
guardian.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 24011 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   24011.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24009:
   (a) The Boards of Supervisors of Glenn County, Madera County,
Mendocino County, Solano County, Trinity County, Tuolumne County, and
Lake County may, by ordinance, provide that the public administrator
shall be appointed by the board.
   (b) The Boards of Supervisors of Madera County, Mendocino County,
Trinity County, Tuolumne County, and Lake County may appoint the same
person to the offices of public administrator, veteran service
officer, and public guardian.  The Board of Supervisors of Glenn
County and Solano County may, by ordinance, appoint the same person
to the offices of public administrator and public guardian.
   (c) The Boards of Supervisors of Glenn County, Madera County,
Mendocino County, Trinity County, Tuolumne County, and Lake County
may separate the consolidated offices of district attorney and public
administrator at any time in order to make the appointments
permitted by this section.  Upon approval by the board of
supervisors, the officer elected to these offices at any time may
resign, or decline to qualify for, the office of public administrator
without resigning from, or declining to qualify for, the office of
district attorney.