BILL NUMBER: AB 1765	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Irwin

                        FEBRUARY 3, 2016

   An act to add Chapter 5.6 (commencing with Section 8400) to
Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to state
government.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1765, as introduced, Irwin. CaliforniaVolunteers: nonprofit
public benefit corporation.
   Under existing law, by executive order, CaliforniaVolunteers is
established in the office of the Governor and is charged with
overseeing programs and initiatives for service and volunteerism.
   This bill would authorize CaliforniaVolunteers, for so long as it
is authorized to exist, to form a nonprofit public benefit
corporation or other entity exempt from income taxation, as provided,
to raise revenues and receive grants or other financial support from
private or public sources, for the purposes of undertaking or
funding any lawful activity authorized to be undertaken by
CaliforniaVolunteers. The bill would require that corporation or
other entity to use the financial support it seeks solely for the
governmental purposes approved by CaliforniaVolunteers for activities
within the scope of authority of CaliforniaVolunteers. The bill
would specify the mission of that corporation or other entity.
   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.  Chapter 5.6 (commencing with Section 8400) is added to
Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 5.6.  CALIFORNIAVOLUNTEERS


   8400.  (a) CaliforniaVolunteers, as established by Executive Order
S-24-06, is authorized to form a nonprofit public benefit
corporation or other entity exempt from income taxation as an
organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code or Section 23701d of the Revenue and Taxation Code to raise
revenues and receive grants or other financial support from private
or public sources, for the purposes of undertaking or funding any
lawful activity authorized to be undertaken by CaliforniaVolunteers.
Grants or financial support sought by the nonprofit public benefit
corporation or other entity shall be used solely for the governmental
purposes approved by CaliforniaVolunteers for activities within the
scope of authority of CaliforniaVolunteers. The mission of the
nonprofit public benefit corporation or other entity is as follows:
   (1) To support the funding of CaliforniaVolunteers programming and
administrative costs.
   (2) To support any priorities set forth by the Governor or the
CaliforniaVolunteers board of commissioners.
   (b) The authority granted in subdivision (a) shall expire if the
Governor rescinds Executive Order S-24-06 or otherwise rescinds the
establishment of CaliforniaVolunteers.