BILL NUMBER: AB 579	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Huber

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2009

   An act to add Section 8546.10 to the Government Code, relating to
state boards and commissions.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 579, as amended, Huber. State boards and commissions: audits.
   Under existing law, the Bureau of State Audits has statutory audit
and evaluation duties. Existing law specifies that the State
Auditor, who is appointed by the Governor, is the head of the Bureau
of State Audits.
   This bill would require the State Auditor to annually, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, audit the workload of at least 2
state boards or commissions comprised of board members or
commissioners to whom the state pays an annual salary for their
service on those state boards and commissions. The State Auditor
would be required to make findings for each state board or commission
audited regarding the workload of that state board or commission and
the number of hours necessary for each board member or commissioner
to work to fulfill his or her duties to that state board or
commission. The State Auditor would be required to complete these
audits and make these findings by December 31 of each year. The State
Auditor would also be required to annually report to the Legislature
and the Governor regarding these audits and findings. The State
Auditor would be required to audit the workload of the 
California Integrated Waste Management Board and the 
California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board in accordance with
 , and in satisfaction of,  the above provisions, by
December 31, 2010.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8546.10 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   8546.10.  (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature,
notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 8544.5, the State Auditor
shall annually audit the workload of at least two state boards or
commissions comprised of board members or commissioners to whom the
state pays an annual salary for their service to those state boards
and commissions.
   (b) For each state board or commission audited, the State Auditor
shall make findings regarding the workload of that state board or
commission and the number of hours necessary for each board member or
commissioner to work to fulfill his or her duties to that state
board or commission.
   (c) The State Auditor shall complete the audits required by
subdivision (a) and make the findings required by subdivision (b) by
December 31 of each year.
   (d) The State Auditor shall annually report to the Legislature and
the Governor regarding the audits and findings required by this
section.
   (e) The State Auditor shall audit, and make findings regarding,
the workload of the  California Integrated Waste Management
Board and the  California Unemployment Insurance Appeals
Board, in accordance with the requirements of this section, by
December 31, 2010.  These workload audits shall be conducted
in accordance with and in satisfaction of the requirements of
subdivision (a) for the year 2010.   This workload audit
shall satisfy one of the annual audits required by subdivision (a)
for the year 2010.