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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 646
Author: McCarty (D)
Amended: 7/8/15 in Senate
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORG. COMMITTEE: 13-0, 7/14/15
AYES: Hall, Berryhill, Block, Gaines, Galgiani, Glazer,
Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Lara, McGuire, Runner, Vidak
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 5/7/15 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT: State Archives: museum activities
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill removes the Secretary of State (SOS), the
Director of Parks and Recreation, and the State Archivist from
their honorary, nonvoting positions on the governing board of
the California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts
(California Museum) and, instead, requires the SOS and the
Director of Parks and Recreation to act as ex officio voting
members of the board.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Requires the SOS to administer the State Archives Building
Complex for the use, education and civic engagement by all
Californians.
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2)Authorizes the SOS to enter into an agreement to operate a
museum in the State Archives Building Complex with the
California Museum for History, Women and the Arts, a nonprofit
public benefit corporation, or its successor.
3)Requires the SOS, the Director of Parks and Recreation, and
the State Archivist to act as honorary nonvoting members of
the governing board of the corporation.
This bill:
1)Removes the SOS, the Director of Parks and Recreation, and the
State Archivist from their honorary, nonvoting positions on
the governing board of the California Museum, instead,
requires the SOS and the Director of Parks and Recreation to
act as ex officio voting members of the board.
2)Includes an urgency clause.
Background
Correction to AB 1234 (McCarty). This bill corrects an issue in
law that was created with the passage of AB 1234 (McCarty,
Chapter 33, Statutes of 2015) and its signing on June 30, 2015.
AB 1234 (McCarty) provided that the SOS and the Director of
Parks and Recreation, or their respective designees, were
honorary non-voting board members of the foundation's governing
board. AB 646 simply restores them as voting members as was the
case prior to the signing of AB 1234 (McCarty). The restoration
is needed to correct a misinterpretation of current law related
to the ability of an ex officio board member's ability to vote.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified8/17/15)
None received
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OPPOSITION: (Verified8/17/15)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 5/7/15
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Chang, Chau,
Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly,
Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina
Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez,
Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low,
Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea,
Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Mark
Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams,
Wood, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Campos, Roger Hernández, Steinorth
Prepared by:Felipe Lopez / G.O. / (916) 651-1530
8/18/15 14:20:57
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