BILL NUMBER: AB 1941	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lopez

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2016

   An act to amend Sections 14998.2 and 14998.4 of the Government
Code, relating to the California Film Commission.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1941, as introduced, Lopez. California Film Commission:
membership and duties.
   Existing law establishes the California Film Commission within the
Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. Under
existing law, the Governor appoints 13 of the 26 members of the
commission, with 6 of those appointments based upon specified
occupational criteria. Existing law requires the commission to, among
other duties, adopt guidelines for a standardized film permit.
Existing law creates the Film Promotion and Marketing Fund, which,
upon appropriation by the Legislature, is available to the commission
to carry out its duties.
   This bill would increase the number of members of the commission
to 27 by adding an additional Governor's appointee and would require
that the additional Governor's appointee be an independent filmmaker.
The bill would also require the commission to establish procedures
and services specifically directed to independent films.
   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.  Section 14998.2 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   14998.2.  (a) There is in the Governor's Office of Business and
Economic Development, the California Film Commission consisting of
 26   27  members. The Governor shall
appoint  13   14  members, the Senate
Committee on Rules shall appoint four members, the Speaker of the
Assembly shall appoint four members, and five members shall be ex
officio. The members of the commission appointed by the Governor may
include representatives of state and local government, motion picture
development companies, employee and professional organizations
composed of persons employed in the motion picture industry, and
other appropriate members of this or related industries.
   All members of the commission, except legislators who are
appointed either by the Senate Committee on Rules or by the Speaker
of the Assembly, shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing
authority for a term of two years from the effective date of the
appointment.
   (b) (1) One of the members appointed by the Senate Committee on
Rules shall, and another one may, be a Senator and one of the members
appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly shall, and another one may,
be a Member of the Assembly. These persons shall be appointed for
terms of four years.
   (2)  Of the legislators appointed to the commission, no more than
three legislators from the same political party may be appointed to
or serve on the commission at the same time.
   (c) Any legislator appointed shall serve as a voting member of the
commission, and shall meet with, and participate in the activities
of, the commission to the extent that participation is not
incompatible with his or her position as a Member of the Legislature,
but shall only serve in that capacity while concurrently serving as
a Member of the Legislature. Whenever a legislator vacates an office,
the appointing power shall appoint another person for a new full
term.
   (d)  Six   Seven  of the  13
  14  members appointed by the Governor shall be as
follows:
   (1) One shall be  a person who is  a member or
employee of a union or guild of motion picture artists.
   (2) One shall be  a person who is  a member or
employee of a union or guild representing motion picture craftsmen,
technicians, or photographers.
   (3) Two shall be from major motion picture studios.
   (4) One shall be a member of the city council or a member of the
county board of supervisors of a city or a county with a population
of at least two million people.
   (5) One shall be a member of the city council or a member of the
county board of supervisors of a city or a county with a population
of less than two million people. 
   (6) One shall be an independent filmmaker. 
   (e) The Director of Transportation shall serve as an ex officio
nonvoting member.
   (f) The Director of Parks and Recreation shall serve as an ex
officio nonvoting member.
   (g) The Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol shall serve
as an ex officio nonvoting member.
   (h) The State Fire Marshal shall serve as an ex officio nonvoting
member.
   (i) The director of the commission shall serve as an ex officio
nonvoting member.
  SEC. 2.  Section 14998.4 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   14998.4.  (a) The commission shall meet at least quarterly and
shall select a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its
members. The vice chairperson shall act as chairperson in the
chairperson's absence.
   (b) Each commission member shall serve without compensation but
shall be reimbursed for traveling outside the county in which he or
she resides to attend meetings.
   (c) The commission shall work to encourage motion picture and
television filming in California and to that end, shall exercise all
of the powers provided in this chapter.
   (d) The commission shall make recommendations to the Legislature,
the Governor, the Governor's Office of Business and Economic
Development, and other state agencies on legislative or
administrative actions that may be necessary or helpful to maintain
and improve the position of the state's motion picture industry in
the national and world markets.
   (e) In addition, subject to the provision of funding appropriated
for these purposes, the commission shall do all of the following:
   (1) Adopt guidelines for a standardized permit to be used by state
agencies and the director.
   (2) Approve or modify the marketing and promotion plan developed
by the director pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 14998.9 to
promote filmmaking in the state.
   (3) Conduct workshops and trade shows.
   (4) Provide expertise in promotional activities. 
   (5) Establish procedures and services specifically directed to
independent films.  
   (5) 
    (6)  Hold hearings. 
   (6) 
    (7)  Adopt its own operational rules and procedures.

   (7) 
    (8)  Counsel the Legislature and the Governor on issues
relating to the motion picture industry.