BILL NUMBER: AB 2572	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  754
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2012
	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, 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, commencing with the 2013 election, 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 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 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.