BILL NUMBER: AB 1036 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Allen FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to amend Section 5549 of the Public Resources Code, relating to parks. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1036, as introduced, Allen. Parks: park districts: employees. Existing law authorizes the creation of a regional park district, a regional park and open-space district, or a regional open-space district in specified ways and provides that the district may exercise any powers granted to it under law. Existing law provides that a general manager of a district has certain administrative and executive functions, powers, and duties, including appointing subordinates, clerks, and other employees, and exercising supervision and control over all departments and offices of the district. Existing law requires that the appointees hold employment at the pleasure of the general manager. This bill would delete the requirement that the appointees hold employment at the pleasure of the general manager. 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 5549 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 5549. (a) The general manager has the following administrative and executive functions, powers, and duties. The general manager shall do all of the following: (1) Enforce this article and all ordinances and regulations of the district. (2) Appoint subordinates, clerks, and other employees, and exercise supervision and control over all departments and offices of the district.Those appointees shall hold employment at the pleasure of the general manager.(3) Attend all meetings of the board unless excused by the board. (4) Submit to the board for adoption any measures, ordinances, and regulations he or she deems necessary or expedient. (5) Enforce all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the district or its inhabitants in any contract and report any violations to the board or the police department, as appropriate. (6) Prepare and submit the annual budget to the board,and perform all other duties imposed by this article or by the board. (b) (1) With the approval of the board, the general manager may bind the district, in accordance with board policy, and without advertising, for the payment for supplies, materials, labor, or other valuable consideration for any purpose other than new construction ofanya building, structure, or improvement in amounts not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), and for the payment for supplies, materials, or labor for new construction ofanya building, structure, or improvement in amounts not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). All expenditures shall be reported to the board of directors at its next regular meeting. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), with the approval of the board, the general manager of the East Bay Regional Park District, the general manager of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, and the general manager of the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District may bind those districts, in accordance with board policy, and without advertising, for the payment for supplies, materials, labor, or other valuable consideration for any purpose, including the new construction of any building, structure, or improvement in amounts not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). All expenditures shall be reported to the board of directors at its next regular meeting.