BILL NUMBER: AB 2572	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 6, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 19, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Furutani

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 72031 of the Education Code, relating to
community colleges.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2572, as amended, Furutani. Los Angeles Community College
District: governing board elections.
   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary
education in this state. Existing law establishes community college
districts, administered by a governing board, throughout the state.
Existing law requires members of the governing board of the Los
Angeles Community College District to be elected at large in a manner
established by specified law.
   This bill would  require members of the governing board of
the Los Angeles Community College District to be elected at large by
individual seat number, and  , commencing with the 2013
election,  would require the candidate with the highest
number of votes for an individual seat number to be deemed the
candidate elected for that individual seat number. To the extent the
bill would place additional requirements on the Los Angeles Community
College District, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.   authorize the governing board of the Los
Angeles Community College District to adopt a resolution by majority
vote to enact an alternative method by which members of the governing
board may be elected at large and by individual seat number, as
specified. 
    This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the Los Angeles Community
College District. 
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  yes
  no  . State-mandated local program:  yes
  no  .


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 72031 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   72031.  The provisions of this section shall apply only to the Los
Angeles Community College District.
   (a) Whenever in this code a section refers to a district, or to
two or more districts, governed by a single governing board, or by
governing boards of identical personnel, or to a district or
districts in which the average daily attendance is in excess of
400,000, or makes a similar reference, all provisions of the section
shall apply with equal force to both the city school district and
community college district.
   (b) Members of the governing board of the Los Angeles Community
College District shall be elected at large  and by individual
seat number   in the manner established by Chapter 62
of the Statutes of 1968  .
   (c) Commencing with the 2013 election for the governing board of
the Los Angeles Community College District, and each election
thereafter,  the governing board may adopt a resolution by
majority vote to enact an alternative method by which members of the
governing board of the Los Angeles Community College District may be
elected at large and by individual seat number wherein,  upon
certification of the election, the candidate with the highest number
of votes for an individual seat number shall be deemed the candidate
elected for that individual seat number.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique needs of the Los Angeles Community College
District. 
  SEC. 3.    No reimbursement is required by this
act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local
agency or school district are the result of a program for which
legislative authority was requested by that local agency or school
district, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code
and Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.