BILL NUMBER: AB 1911	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 19, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 5, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Garrick
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Bill Berryhill,   Conway,   DeVore,  
Gaines,   Gilmore,   Hagman,   Jeffries,
  Miller,   Nestande,   and Smyth 
 ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Senators  
Aanestad,   Ashburn,   Cogdill,   Denham,
  Runner,   and Strickland   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2010

   An act to add Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 6750) to
Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, relating to the Ronald
Reagan Centennial Commission  , and declaring the urgency
thereof, to take effect immediately  .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1911, as amended, Garrick. Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission.

   Existing law provides for the establishment of various commissions
within state government.
   This bill would establish the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission
in state government to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ronald
Reagan's birth. The bill would require the commission to 
create   recommend  appropriate means to allow
Californians to celebrate Ronald Reagan's life by honoring,
promoting, and remembering his achievements for this state and
country. The bill would prohibit the commission from using public
funds and would require the commission to be solely supported by
private funds. 
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute. 
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 6750) is added to
Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 7.5.  RONALD REAGAN CENTENNIAL COMMISSION


   6750.  (a) The Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission is hereby
established in state government to celebrate the 100th anniversary of
the birth of Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States
and 33rd Governor of California. The commission shall be composed of
nine members as follows:
   (1) Four members shall be the President pro Tempore of the Senate,
the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly, and
the Minority Leader of the Assembly, or his or her respective
designee.
   (2) One member shall be appointed by the Governor.
   (3) Four members shall be appointed by the Ronald Reagan
Presidential Foundation. Of the four members, one member shall be an
individual that served in Ronald Reagan's presidential
administration, one member shall be an individual that served in
Ronald Reagan's gubernatorial administration, and one member shall be
a former Governor of the state.
   (b) The commission shall  create   recommend
 appropriate means to allow Californians to celebrate the life
of Ronald Reagan by honoring, promoting, and remembering his
achievements for this state and country.
   (c) The commission shall not use public funds and shall be solely
supported by private funds.
   SEC. 2.    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 for the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission to recommend
appropriate means to allow Californians to celebrate Ronald Reagan's
life in time for the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth it is
necessary that this act take effect immediately.