BILL NUMBER: AB 347	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chang
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Hadley   ) 
    (  Coauthor:   Senator   Huff
  ) 

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2015

   An act to amend Section 50271 of the Government Code, relating to
city selection committees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 347, as amended, Chang. Local agencies: city selection
committees: County of Los Angeles.
   Existing law provides that in any county in which 2 or more cities
are  incorporated   incorporated,  there
is a city selection committee for the purpose of appointing city
representatives to boards, commissions, and agencies as required by
law. Existing law provides that the membership of each city selection
committee shall consist of the mayor of each city within the county
and that when the mayor is unable to attend a meeting of the city
selection committee, he or she shall designate another member of the
city's legislative body to attend and vote at the meeting in the
mayor's place.
   This bill, for the city selection committee in the County of Los
Angeles, would require that when the mayor  or the mayor's
designated member  is unable to attend a city selection
committee  meeting   meeting,  the vice
mayor or mayor pro tempore serve as the voting member on his or her
behalf, and if the vice mayor or mayor pro tempore  are
  is  unable to attend that  meeting
  meeting,  then the next ranking council member
would be required to serve as the voting member on the mayor's
behalf, as provided.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 50271 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   50271.  (a) When the mayor is unable to attend a meeting of a city
selection committee, the mayor shall designate another member of the
city's legislative body to attend and vote at the meeting as the
mayor's representative.
   (b) For the city selection committee in the County of Los Angeles,
the following shall apply when the mayor  or the mayor's
designated member  is unable to attend a meeting of the city
selection committee:
   (1) The vice mayor or mayor pro tempore shall serve as the voting
member and shall be entitled to one vote.
   (2) (A) In the absence of the mayor and the vice mayor or mayor
pro tempore, the next ranking council member shall serve as the
voting member and shall be entitled to one vote.
   (B) The ranking council member shall be determined by seniority of
service on the council.
  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 challenges faced as a result of the current governance
structure of the County of Los Angeles.