BILL NUMBER: AB 1786	CHAPTERED  04/13/04

	CHAPTER  31
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  APRIL 13, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  APRIL 12, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  MARCH 30, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 17, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 12, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cogdill
   (Coauthor:  Senator Oller)

                        JANUARY 5, 2004

   An act to add Section 1228.6 to the Government Code, relating to
public officers, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1786, Cogdill.  Public officers.
   Existing law prohibits an officer of a county or judicial district
from being absent from the state for more than 2 months without the
consent of the board of supervisors, with the written approval of the
Governor, and prohibits the absence from continuing for a period
exceeding 6 months in any one year. Existing law also authorizes the
governing body of any local agency to grant an employee a leave of
absence without pay, to accept a temporary position with the United
States Government for service in a foreign country in a technical
cooperation program.
   This bill would authorize the Calaveras County Board of
Supervisors to grant the county sheriff a leave of absence without
salary, not to exceed one year, to participate in the United States
Department of State International Police Mission in Iraq.
  The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 1228.6 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   1228.6.  Notwithstanding Section 1063 or any other provision of
law, the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors, at any time during
the 2004 calendar year may grant the county sheriff, upon request, a
leave of absence without salary, for a period not to exceed one year
from the date of deployment, to participate in the United States
Department of State International Police Mission in Iraq.  Upon
termination of that service, the sheriff shall have the right to be
restored to his or her former position.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special act is
necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within
the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California
Constitution because of unique circumstances applicable in Calaveras
County to expedite the ability of the county sheriff to assist the
United States Government's activities in Iraq.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order that the Calaveras County Sheriff may leave the United
States in the near future to assist the United States Government's
activities in Iraq for periods exceeding six months, it is necessary
that this bill take effect immediately.