BILL NUMBER: AB 1078	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Grove

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 9005 to the Government Code, relating to the
Legislature.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1078, as introduced, Grove. Legislature: former members:
employment prohibition: state boards and commissions.
   The California Constitution provides that a Senator is elected for
a term of 4 years and may serve no more than 2 terms, and that a
Member of the Assembly is elected for a term of 2 years and may serve
no more than 3 terms.
   This bill would prohibit a Member of the Legislature, for a period
of 4 years after leaving office, from serving for compensation in an
appointed position on a state board, commission, or similar
multimember body of the state. If a Member of the Legislature leaves
office and is subsequently elected to either house of the
Legislature, the bill would provide that a new 4-year period shall
commence each time the Member leaves office. The bill would make
these provisions inapplicable with regard to a state board,
commission, or similar multimember body of the state that is
established by the California Constitution or an initiative statute.
The bill would make these provisions applicable only to Members of
the Legislature who are elected to office on or after January 1,
2012.
   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 9005 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   9005.  (a) A Member of the Legislature, for a period of four years
after leaving office, shall not serve for compensation in an
appointed position on a state board, commission, or similar
multimember body of the state.
   (b) For purposes of subdivision (a), if a Member of the
Legislature leaves office and is subsequently elected to either house
of the Legislature, a new four-year period shall commence each time
the Member leaves office.
   (c) This section does not apply with regard to an appointed
position on a state board, commission, or similar multimember body of
the state that is established by the California Constitution or an
initiative statute.
   (d) This section only applies to Members of the Legislature who
are elected to office on or after January 1, 2012.