BILL NUMBER: AB 1260	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  125
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 10, 2010
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 10, 2010
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 9, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 9, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 9, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 5, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 20, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuller

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 153 of, and to add Section 153.5 to, the
Water Code, relating to the California Water Commission.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1260, Fuller. California Water Commission: terms of office.
   Existing law establishes the California Water Commission in the
Department of Water Resources. Under existing law, the commission
consists of 9 members who are appointed to 4-year terms by the
Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. Existing law
requires the terms of the 7 members in office as of January 1, 1958,
to expire as follows: one member on January 15, 1958, 2 members on
January 15, 1959, 2 members on January 15, 1960, and 2 members on
January 15, 1961. Existing law requires the terms of the 2 members
added to the commission after January 1, 1959, to expire as follows:
one member on January 15, 1962, and one member on January 15, 1963.
Thereafter, the successors to the members of the commission are
required to be appointed for terms of 4 years.
   This bill, with respect to the term of any member of the
commission whose appointment has been confirmed by the Senate by
January 1, 2011, and who is serving a term that is unexpired as of
January 1, 2011, would change the expiration date of those terms to
May 14, 2014. The bill, commencing on May 14, 2014, would require
members succeeding to these terms to be appointed to the unexpired
terms as specified by existing law.
   The bill would also make conforming changes to existing law.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 153 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   153.  (a) The terms of the members of the California Water
Commission in office as of January 1, 1958, shall expire as follows:
   (1) One member on January 15, 1958.
   (2) Two members on January 15, 1959.
   (3) Two members on January 15, 1960.
   (4) Two members on January 15, 1961.
   (b) The terms of the two additional members of the commission
provided for by Chapter 2112 of the Statutes of 1959 shall expire as
follows:
   (1) One member on January 15, 1962.
   (2) One member on January 15, 1963.
   (c) The terms of the successors to the members shall be for four
years.
  SEC. 2.  Section 153.5 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   153.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 153 and 154, the term of any
member of the California Water Commission, whose appointment has been
confirmed by the Senate and who is serving a term that is unexpired
as of January 1, 2011, shall expire on May 14, 2014.
   (b) Commencing May 14, 2014, members shall be appointed to the
unexpired terms succeeding to the terms specified in Section 153.