BILL NUMBER: AB 960	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 23, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Brown,   Eggman,   Garcia,   Grove,
  and Melendez   ) 

                        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 amended, 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  of the Assembly  .
   (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  of the Assembly
 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.