BILL NUMBER: AB 960	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 8241 of, and to amend the heading of
Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 8241) of Division 1 of Title 2
of, the Government Code, relating to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 960, as introduced, Campos. State government: Commission on the
Status of Women and Girls.
   Existing law creates within state government the Commission on the
Status of Women and Girls, consisting of 17 members, including 7
public members appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the
Senate.
   This bill would require one of the 7 public members appointed by
the Governor to be a woman veteran or a female member of the
military.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  The heading of Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section
8241) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
      CHAPTER 3.1.  COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN  AND GIRLS



  SEC. 2.  Section 8241 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   8241.  (a) There is in the state government the Commission on the
Status of Women and Girls. The commission shall consist of 17 members
to be appointed as follows:
   (1) Three Members of the Senate and one public member appointed by
the Senate Committee on Rules.
   (2) Three Members of the Assembly and one public member appointed
by the Speaker.
   (3) One public member appointed by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, and the Chief of the Division of Industrial Welfare in
the Department of Industrial Relations.
   (4)  (A)    Seven public members appointed by
the Governor, with the consent of the Senate. 
   (B) One of these public members shall be a woman veteran or a
female member of the military. 
   (b) The Members of the Legislature shall serve at the pleasure of
the appointing powers.
   (c) Public member appointees of the Speaker and the Senate
Committee on Rules, and appointees of the Governor shall serve
four-year terms. All persons appointed pursuant to Section 2 of
Chapter 1378 of the Statutes of 1965, as amended by Chapter 382 of
the Statutes of 1973, shall continue in office until the expiration
of their term and the appointment of their successors. The appointing
powers may reappoint a member whose term has expired, and shall
immediately fill any vacancy for the unexpired portion of the term in
which it occurs. The appointing powers shall, in making appointments
of public members to the commission, make every effort to ensure
that there is a geographic balance of representation on the
commission.
   (d) All appointees shall hold office until the appointment of
their successors.