BILL NUMBER: AB 334	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Bonnie Lowenthal and Furutani

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2011

   An act to amend Section 1064 of the Government Code, relating to
community college board members.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 334, as introduced, Bonnie Lowenthal. Community college board
members: absence from the state.
   Existing law prohibits a member of the governing board of a school
district from being absent from the state for a period of more than
60 days, with specified exceptions.
   This bill would apply these provisions to a member of the board of
a community college district.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1064 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   1064.  No member of the governing board of a school district 
or a community college district  shall be absent from the state
for more than 60 days, except in any of the following situations:
   (a) Upon business of the school district  or community college
district  with the approval of the board.
   (b) With the consent of the governing board of the school district
 or community college district  for an additional period
not to exceed a total absence of 90 days.
   (c) For federal military deployment, not to exceed an absence of a
total of six months, as a member of the Armed Forces of the United
States or the California National Guard. If the absence of a member
of the governing board of a school district  or community college
district  pursuant to this subdivision exceeds six months, the
governing board may approve an additional six-month absence upon a
showing that there is a reasonable expectation that the member will
return within the second six-month period, and the governing board
may appoint an interim member to serve in his or her absence. If two
or more members of the governing board of a school district  or
community college   district  are absent by reason of
the circumstances described in this subdivision, and those absences
result in the inability to establish a quorum at a regular meeting,
the governing board may immediately appoint one or more interim
members as necessary to enable the governing board to conduct
business and discharge its responsibilities.
   In the case of illness or other urgent necessity, and upon a
proper showing thereof, the time limited for absence from the state
may be extended by the governing board of the school district  or
community college district  for an additional period not to
exceed 30 days.
   (d) The term of an interim member of a school district
  the  governing board  of a school district or
community college district  appointed pursuant to subdivision
(c) may not extend beyond the return of the absent member, nor may it
extend beyond the next regularly scheduled election for that office.