BILL NUMBER: AB 783	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Daly

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Section  37104   37105 
of the Government Code, relating to local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 783, as amended, Daly. Cities: legislative  body.
  bodies: subpoena power. 
   Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city to issue
subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses or production of
books or other documents for evidence or testimony in any action or
proceeding pending before the legislative body.  Existing law
requires these subpoenas to be signed by the mayor and attested by
the city clerk.  
   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.
 
   This bill would authorize a city attorney to attest to a subpoena
signed by a mayor. 
   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 37105 of the  
Government Code   is amended to read: 
   37105.   Subpenas   Subpoenas  shall be
signed by the mayor and attested by the city clerk  or the city
attorney  . They may be served as  subpenas 
 subpoenas  are served in civil actions. 
  SECTION 1.    Section 37104 of the Government Code
is amended to read:
   37104.  The legislative body may issue subpoenas requiring
attendance of witnesses or production of books or other documents for
evidence or testimony in any action or proceeding pending before it.