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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 546
          Author:   Stone (D)
          Amended:  3/19/13 in Assembly
          Vote:     21


           SENATE GOVERNANCE & FINANCE COMMITTEE  :  7-0, 6/5/13
          AYES:  Wolk, Knight, Beall, DeSaulnier, Emmerson, Hernandez, Liu

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  75-0, 4/25/13 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Local government:  consolidation of offices

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill authorizes Santa Cruz County's Board of  
          Supervisors to consolidate by ordinances the offices of  
          Auditor-Controller and Treasurer-Tax Collector into the elected  
          office of Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector.

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law recognizes 22 county officers, not  
          including county supervisors, and allows county boards of  
          supervisors to consolidate many specified offices through  
          ordinances.

          The California Constitution gives counties authority to adopt a  
          charter that permits office consolidation (Article XI, Section  
          3).  Existing law allows counties to consolidate the offices and  
          functions of treasurers and auditors under the elected or  
          appointed office of director of finance, with voters' approval.

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          This bill authorizes Santa Cruz County's Board of Supervisors to  
          consolidate by ordinances the offices of Auditor-Controller and  
          Treasurer-Tax Collector into the elected office of  
          Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector.

           Comments
           
          The Legislature has authorized county supervisors in Mendocino,  
          Sonoma, Trinity, and Tulare Counties to consolidate the offices  
          of Auditor-Controller and Treasurer-Tax Collector into a  
          combined elected office of Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax  
          Collector by ordinance, without voter approval.

          The Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors wants the same authority to  
          consolidate its Auditor-Controller and Treasurer-Tax Collector  
          offices that state law grants to Mendocino, Sonoma, Trinity, and  
          Tulare Counties.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No   Local:  
           No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  6/6/13)

          California State Association of Counties
          Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  75-0, 4/25/13
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,  
            Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan,  
            Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,  
            Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,  
            Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray,  
            Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones,  
            Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Maienschein, Mansoor,  
            Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi,  
            Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez,  
            Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting,  
            Torres, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Yamada, John  
            A. P�rez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Bonta, Lowenthal, Nazarian, Williams, Vacancy


          AB:ej  6/6/13   Senate Floor Analyses 








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                           SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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