BILL NUMBER: ABX2 1	CHAPTERED  02/20/03

	CHAPTER  1
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  FEBRUARY 20, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  FEBRUARY 20, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 18, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  FEBRUARY 11, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  FEBRUARY 6, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Jackson, Wesson, and Pavley
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Berg, Chan, Chu, Cohn, Corbett,
Diaz, Dymally, Firebaugh, Frommer, Goldberg, Hancock, Kehoe, Koretz,
Laird, Leno, Levine, Lieber, Liu, Longville, Lowenthal, Matthews,
Montanez, Mullin, Nakano, Nation, Negrete McLeod, Nunez, Oropeza,
Salinas, Simitian, Steinberg, Vargas, Wiggins, Wolk, and Yee)

                        JANUARY 23, 2003

   An act to amend Section 30312 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to the California Coastal Commission.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1, Jackson.  California Coastal Commission:  membership.
   Under existing law, members of the California Coastal Commission
generally serve for 2 years at the pleasure of the selecting or
appointing authority.
   This bill would instead provide that members appointed by the
Senate Committee on Rules or the Speaker of the Assembly would serve
a 4-year term.  Members appointed by the Governor would serve a
2-year term at the pleasure of the Governor.
   This bill would require the Senate Committee on Rules and the
Speaker of the Assembly, on the effective date of this act, to each
appoint 2 members to serve 2-year terms and 2 members to serve 4-year
terms.  The bill would provide that the subsequent terms of
appointments by the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the
Assembly shall be for 4 years.
   The bill would make related changes.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 30312 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   30312.  The term of office of commission members shall be as
follows:
   (a) (1) A person appointed by the Governor and qualified for
membership because he or she holds a specified office as a locally
elected official shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
However, the membership shall cease 60 days after his or her term of
office as a locally elected official ceases, or when a person has
been appointed to fill that position by the Governor, if that occurs
sooner.
   (2) A person appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules or by the
Speaker of the Assembly and qualified for membership because he or
she holds a specified office as a locally elected official shall
serve a term of four years.  However, the membership shall cease 60
days after his or her term of office as a locally elected official
ceases, if that occurs sooner.
   (b) (1) A member appointed by the Governor shall serve for two
years at the pleasure of the Governor, and may be reappointed for
succeeding two-year periods, provided that the member may continue to
serve beyond the two-year term until the Governor has acted and the
appointee is authorized to sit and serve on the commission.
   (2) A member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules or the
Speaker of the Assembly shall serve for four years, and may be
reappointed for succeeding four-year periods, provided that the
member may continue to serve beyond the four-year term until his or
her appointing authority has acted and the appointee is authorized to
sit and serve on the commission.  If the Senate Committee on Rules
or the Speaker of the Assembly has not acted within 60 days after the
expiration of a member's term, the position shall become vacant
until a person is appointed to a four-year term, calculated from the
expiration date of the preceding term.
   (c) If a vacancy occurs prior to the expiration of the term for
the vacated seat, the appointing authority shall appoint a member for
the remainder of the unexpired term pursuant to this chapter.
   (d) On the effective date of the act adding this subdivision, the
Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each
appoint two members to serve two-year terms and two members to serve
four-year terms.  All subsequent terms shall be for four years.