BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 546| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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. CONTINUED AB 546 Page 2 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, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Torres, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Yamada, John A. Pérez NO VOTE RECORDED: Bonta, Lowenthal, Nazarian, Williams, Vacancy AB:ej 6/6/13 Senate Floor Analyses AB 546 Page 3 SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****