BILL NUMBER: AB 3015	CHAPTERED  09/16/04

	CHAPTER  558
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 16, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 16, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 25, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 19, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 12, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Runner

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2004

   An act to amend Section 1064 of the Government Code, relating to
military service.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 3015, Runner.  Military service:  school district governing
board vacancies.
   Existing law prohibits a member of the governing board of a school
district from being absent from the state for more than 60 days,
unless certain conditions apply, including, but not limited to, his
or her absence for a federal military deployment not to exceed 6
months.
   If that absence exceeds a 6-month period, this bill would permit
the governing board of a school district to approve an additional 6
month-absence, with certain requirements, and to appoint an interim
member.  If 2 or more members are absent, resulting in the inability
to establish a quorum, the bill would permit the appointment of one
or more interim members.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 1064 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   1064.  No member of the governing board of a school district shall
be absent from the state for more than 60 days, except in any of the
following situations:
   (a) Upon business of the school district with the approval of the
board.
   (b) With the consent of the governing board of the school district
for an additional period not to exceed a total absence of 90 days.
   (c) For federal military deployment, not to exceed an absence of a
total of six months, as a member of the Armed Forces of the United
States or the California National Guard.  If the absence of a member
of the governing board of a school district pursuant to this
subdivision exceeds six months, the governing board may approve an
additional six-month absence upon a showing that there is a
reasonable expectation that the member will return within the second
six-month period, and the governing board may appoint an interim
member to serve in his or her absence.  If two or more members of the
governing board of a school district are absent by reason of the
circumstances described in this subdivision, and those absences
result in the inability to establish a quorum at a regular meeting,
the governing board may immediately appoint one or more interim
members as necessary to enable the governing board to conduct
business and discharge its responsibilities.
   In the case of illness or other urgent necessity, and upon a
proper showing thereof, the time limited for absence from the state
may be extended by the governing board of the school district for an
additional period not to exceed 30 days.
   (d) The term of an interim member of a school district governing
board appointed pursuant to subdivision (c) may not extend beyond the
return of the absent member, nor may it extend beyond the next
regularly scheduled election for that office.