BILL NUMBER: AB 1817 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT CHAPTER 21 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 10, 2016 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JUNE 10, 2016 PASSED THE SENATE MAY 26, 2016 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY APRIL 14, 2016 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 11, 2016 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Mark Stone FEBRUARY 8, 2016 An act to amend Section 49123 of the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1817, Mark Stone. Solid waste: garbage and refuse disposal districts: board of directors. Existing law authorizes the formation of garbage and refuse disposal districts under certain conditions, and requires that a board of directors of not less than 3 members be appointed for each district. Existing law authorizes members of the board of directors to receive not more than $50 per diem for each day of actual attendance at the meetings of the board, up to $100 in a calendar month. This bill would authorize a district board to provide, by ordinance or resolution, compensation to a member of the board in an amount not to exceed $100 per day for each day of attendance at a meeting of the board or for each day of service rendered as director by request of the board, and would authorize a member of a district board to receive that compensation for no more than 6 days in a calendar month. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 49123 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 49123. (a) A member of a district board may be reimbursed, subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code, for actual and necessary expenses incurred by that member in the performance of official business of the district as approved by the district board. (b) A district board may provide, by ordinance or resolution, compensation to a member of the board in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day of attendance at a meeting of the board or for each day of service rendered as director by request of the board. A member of a district board may receive compensation pursuant to this subdivision for no more than six days in a calendar month. (c) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a member of a district board's activities on any specific day is compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. (d) In addition to any other compensation received pursuant to this section, the chairperson of a district board and the secretary of a district board, if the secretary is a member of the district board, shall each receive monthly compensation as established by the district board.