BILL NUMBER: SB 1214	CHAPTERED  08/26/02

	CHAPTER  252
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 26, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 24, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 14, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 8, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 18, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 2, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 18, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Romero
   (Principal coauthor:  Assembly Member Alquist)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Bogh, Liu, and Matthews)

                        MARCH 19, 2001

   An act to amend Section 89903 of the Education Code, relating to
the California State University.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1214, Romero.  California State University:  auxiliary
organizations.
   Existing law establishes the California State University and its
various campuses under the administration of the Trustees of the
California State University.
   Existing law authorizes the California State University to
establish auxiliary organizations, which are defined to include,
among other entities, any entity in which any official of the
California State University participates as a director as part of his
or her official position; student body organizations; and any entity
operating a commercial service for the benefit of a campus of the
California State University on a campus or other property of the
California State University.  Existing law requires each auxiliary
organization, other than a student body organization, to have a board
of directors composed, both as to size and categories of membership,
in accordance with regulations established by the trustees.
   This bill would require that, if in any fiscal year, a majority of
the funding of the auxiliary organization is received from student
fees collected on a campus or systemwide, at least a majority of the
board of directors of that auxiliary shall consist of California
State University students with full voting privileges on that board.
This provision would only be applicable to effectuate a change in
the membership of a board of directors of an auxiliary organization
if the trustees determine that there is no legal or contractual
barrier to changing the governing structure of that organization.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 89903 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   89903.  (a) (1) Each auxiliary organization formed pursuant to
this article shall have a board of directors composed, both as to
size and categories of membership, in accordance with regulations
established by the Trustees of the California State University.
   (2) If, in any fiscal year, a majority of the funding of the
auxiliary organization is received from student fees collected on a
campus or systemwide, at least a majority of the board of directors
of that auxiliary organization shall consist of California State
University students with full voting privileges on that board.  This
paragraph shall only be applicable to effectuate a change in the
membership of a board of directors of an auxiliary organization if
the trustees determine that there is no legal or contractual barrier
to changing the governing structure of that organization.  In the
event that the trustees determine that there is a legal or
contractual barrier to changing the governing structure of an
auxiliary organization, information relating to that determination
shall be reported, in a timely manner, to that auxiliary organization
and any affected student body organization.
   (b) Each governing board shall, during each fiscal year, hold at
least one business meeting each quarter in accordance with Article 2
(commencing with Section 89920).  The board shall have the benefit of
the advice and counsel of at least one attorney admitted to practice
law in this state and at least one licensed certified public
accountant.  Neither the attorney at law nor the certified public
accountant need be members of the board.
   (c) No auxiliary organization shall accept any grant, contract,
bequest, trust, or gift, unless it is so conditioned that it may be
used only for purposes consistent with policies of the trustees.