BILL NUMBER: SB 685	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Strickland

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 11564.5 of, and to add Section 11564.7 to,
the Government Code, relating to state boards and commissions.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 685, as amended, Strickland. State boards and commissions:
salaries: suspension.
   Existing law provides for the payment of specified salaries to the
members of various state boards and commissions. A member of a state
board or commission may receive a per diem salary at a specified
rate, except for a member whose salary is set pursuant to certain
provisions of law.
   This bill would prohibit  a member of a state board or
commission from receiving any salary if (1) in 2010 or later, the
position of the member on the state board or commission received or
would receive a salary totaling at least $100,000 per year, and (2)
the members of the state board or commission are required, either by
statute or regulation, to meet 2 or less times per month, whichever
is greater   members appointed to specified state boards
and commissions from receiving a   salary for the 2010-11,
2011-12, and 2012-   13 fiscal years  . This bill would
authorize a member of a state board or commission who is prohibited
from receiving a salary under these provisions to receive a specified
per diem payment  during those fiscal years  .
   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 11564.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   11564.5.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, whenever a member of
a board, commission, committee, or similarly constituted body created
by executive order or statute, is authorized to receive a per diem
salary or allowance in excess of expenses incurred by the member,
that rate shall be established at one hundred dollars ($100) per day
unless a higher rate is provided by statute.
   (b) Except as provided in Section 11564.7, this section shall not
apply to those boards or commissions provided an annual salary in
this chapter, nor to the board specified in Section 1150 of the
Harbors and Navigation Code.
  SEC. 2.  Section 11564.7 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   11564.7.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law,  no member of
a state board or commission shall receive any salary if all of the
following criteria are met:  
   (1) In 2010 or later, the position of the member on the state
board or commission received or would receive a salary totaling at
least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per year. 

   (2) Members of the state board or commission are required, either
by statute or regulation, to meet two or less times per month,
whichever is greater. 
    (b)     A member
prohibited from receiving any salary pursuant to subdivision (a) may
receive a per diem payment pursuant to Section 11564.5. 
 members appointed to the following entities shall receive no
salary for the 2010-11, 2011-12, and 2012-13 fiscal years:  

   (1) The Agricultural Labor Relations Board.  
   (2) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board.  
   (3) The Board of Parole Hearings.  
   (4) The California Gambling Control Commission.  
   (5) The California Integrated Waste Management Board.  
   (6) The California Medical Assistance Commission.  
   (7) The California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. 

   (8) The Public Employment Relations Board.  
   (9) The State Air Resources Board.  
   (10) The State Personnel Board.  
   (11) The State Water Resources Control Board.  
   (12) The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.  
   (b) An individual described in this section may receive a per diem
payment determined pursuant to Section 11564.5 for the period
described in subdivision (a).  
   (c) This section shall not apply to employees of the entities
described in paragraphs (1) to (12), inclusive, of subdivision (a).