BILL NUMBER: AB 2005	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 14, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Chesbro and Levine

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Sections 19421 and 19425 of the Business and
Professions Code, relating to horse racing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2005, as amended, Chesbro. California Horse Racing Board:
membership and per diem.
    Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, provides for the operation of
live horse racing in this state and for wagering on horse races, and
for the operation of satellite wagering facilities, subject to
regulation and oversight by the California Horse Racing Board, as
specified.  That law   The Horse Racing Law
 provides that the board  consist  
consists  of 7 members appointed by the Governor and that the
members of the board receive a per diem of $100 for each day spent in
attendance at official meetings and be reimbursed for traveling and
other expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of official
duties.
   This bill would expand the membership of the board to  11
  9  members, 7 public members appointed by the
Governor,  2 Members   one Member  of the
Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and  2
Members   , one Member  of the Assembly appointed
by the Speaker of the  Assembly, as specified  
Assembly  . The bill would provide that Members of the
Legislature appointed to the board shall serve as nonvoting, ex
officio members of the board and for a term of 2 years, with no limit
on the number of terms that may be served by any one Member. The
bill would  make the   provide that 
legislative members  ineligible   are subject to
certain requirements, including, among other things, ineligibility
 to serve on the subcommittees of the board  and
  . The bill  would  also  prohibit a
legislative member of the board from receiving per diem or
reimbursement for traveling and other expenses from the board for his
or her service on the board.
   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.  Section 19421 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19421.  (a) The board consists of  11   nine
 members, seven public members appointed by the Governor,
 two Members   one Member  of the Senate
appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules  of which one
Member shall be from a district that is in the northern zone and one
Member   from a district that is in the southern
zone, and two Members   ,   and one Member
 of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the 
Assembly of which one Member shall be from a district that is in the
northern zone and one Member from a district that is in the central
zone   Assembly  . Each public member shall hold
office for a term of four years, commencing at the expiration of the
previous term. A public member shall be eligible for reappointment at
the discretion of the Governor. Any vacancy of a public member shall
be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term.
   (b)  (1)    Members of the Legislature appointed
to the board shall serve as nonvoting, ex officio members of the
board and each appointed Member shall serve a term of two years, with
no limit on the number of terms that may be served by any one
Member.  Members 
    (   2)     Members  of the
Legislature serving on the board  shall be ineligible to
serve on subcommittees of the board.   are subject to
all of the following:  
   (A) A legislative member is ineligible to serve on subcommittees
of the board.  
   (B) A legislative member has no authority to designate a member of
his or her legislative staff or anyone else to serve as his or her
designee on the board.  
   (C) A legislative member who fails to attend three consecutive
meetings of the board shall be replaced by the appointing authority.

  SEC. 2.  Section 19425 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19425.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the members of
the board shall receive a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100) for
each day spent in attendance at meetings scheduled by the chairperson
of the board for the purpose of fulfilling the duties of the board
pursuant to this chapter, and shall be reimbursed for traveling and
other expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of official
duties.
   (b) A Member of the Legislature serving on the board shall not
receive per diem or reimbursement for traveling or other expenses
from the board for his or her service on the board pursuant to
subdivision (a).