BILL NUMBER: AB 1671	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 10, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 2, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jeffries

                        JANUARY 20, 2010

   An act to repeal and add Section 25060 of the Government Code,
relating to county government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1671, as amended, Jeffries. County board of supervisors:
vacancy: appointment.
   Existing law requires the Governor to fill a vacancy on any county
board of supervisors.
   This bill would, instead, authorize a quorum of a board of
supervisors, within 90 days from the date of the vacancy, to appoint
an individual to fill the vacancy or to  hold  
call  a special election to fill the vacancy. If, within the
90-day period, the board does not appoint an individual to fill the
vacancy or  vote to hold   call  a special
election to fill the vacancy, this bill would require the Governor to
appoint an individual to fill the vacancy within 30 days  after
the lapse of the 90-day period  . This bill would also authorize
a  quorum of the  board of supervisors  that cannot
agree on an appointee to fill the vacancy   , prior to
the lapse of the 90-day period,  to vote to authorize the
Governor to appoint a person to fill the vacancy  before the
90-day period lapses   within 30 days of the board's
authorizing vote  .
   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  Section 25060 of the Government Code is repealed.
  SEC. 2.  Section 25060 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   25060.  (a) (1) If a vacancy occurs on any board of supervisors, a
quorum of the board may, within 90 days from the date of the
vacancy, appoint an individual to fill the vacancy or call a special
election to fill the vacancy.
   (2)  The   A quorum of the  board of
supervisors may authorize the Governor to appoint a person to fill
the vacancy before the 90-day period, as specified in paragraph (1),
 lapses, if the board of supervisors agree on an appointee to
fill the vacancy.   lapses. 
   (3) If a board of supervisors does not  act to  fill a
vacancy pursuant to paragraph (1)  or votes to authorize the
Governor to appoint an individual to fill the vacancy pursuant to
paragraph (2)  , the Governor shall appoint an individual to
fill the vacancy within 30 days  after the 90-day period lapses.
If a board of supervisors votes to authorize the Governor to appoint
an individual to fill the vacancy pursuant to paragraph (2), the
Governor shall ap   point an individual within 30 days of
the board's authorizing vote  .
   (b) An appointee shall hold the office until the election and
qualification of his or her successor pursuant to Section 25061.