BILL NUMBER: SB 1403	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wolk

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Section 18344 to the Education Code, relating to the
Dixon Unified School District.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1403, as introduced, Wolk. Library district: Dixon Unified
School District.
    Existing law provides for the formation of a library district,
upon application of the taxpayers and residents of a unified school
district, in accordance with specified procedures, and further
provides that the library district shall be governed by the governing
board of the unified school district. Existing law, notwithstanding
those provisions, authorizes the governing board of the Banning
Unified School District in the County of Riverside to provide, by
resolution, that the Banning Unified School District Library District
be governed by a separate governing board, as specified. The bill
would require the Board of Supervisors of the County of Solano,
within 60 days after the filling of the resolution with the County
Clerk of the County of Solano, to appoint the initial governing board
of the new library district. By imposing new duties on the Solano
County Board of Supervisors, the bill would constitute a
state-mandated local program.
   This bill would also authorize the governing board of the Dixon
Unified School District to provide, by resolution, that the Dixon
Unified School District Library District shall be governed by a
separate governing board, as specified.
   This bill would state the findings and declarations of the
Legislature as to the necessity of a special law with respect to the
Dixon Unified School District.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 18344 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   18344.  (a) The governing board of the Dixon Unified School
District may, by resolution, provide that the Dixon Unified School
District Library District shall be governed by a separate governing
board. Upon adoption, the resolution shall be filed with the County
Clerk of the County of Solano.
   (b) Upon the effective date of the resolution, the name of the
Dixon Unified School District Library District shall be the Dixon
Library District.
   (c) The governing board of the Dixon Library District shall
consist of five members, each of whom shall be a registered voter
residing within the library district.
   (d) Except for the initial board, members appointed pursuant to
paragraph (1) of subdivision (f), and members described in
subdivision (h), of the governing board of the library district shall
hold office for a fixed term of four years, beginning on the last
Friday in November next succeeding their appointment or election.
   (e) Within 60 days after filing the resolution with the County
Clerk of the County of Solano, the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Solano shall appoint the initial governing board of the library
district. The appointments shall be made from the membership of the
Library Commission of the Dixon Unified School District Library
District.
   (f) The first board of trustees, at their first meeting, shall
classify themselves by lot so that their terms shall expire as
follows:
   (1) Two on the last Friday in November of the first even-numbered
calendar year succeeding his or her appointment.
   (2) Three on the last Friday of November of the second succeeding
even-numbered calendar year.
   (g) The library district shall continue to receive revenues,
including apportioned property taxes and authorized special taxes as
if it were still the Dixon Unified School District Library District.
There shall be no change in district powers or responsibilities.
   (h) Notwithstanding any other law, those persons elected to the
governing board of the library district in 2016 shall hold office for
a fixed five-year term.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique circumstances applicable to the Dixon Unified
School District.
  SEC. 3.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.