Senate BillNo. 255


Introduced by Senator Liu

(Principal coauthor: Senator Jackson)

February 18, 2015


An act to amend Section 8241 of the Government Code, relating to state government.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 255, as introduced, Liu. State government: Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.

Existing law creates within the state government the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls that consists of 17 members, and specifies that one member is the Chief of the Division of Industrial Welfare in the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law abolished the Division of Industrial Welfare and transferred the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Chief of the Division of Industrial Welfare to the Labor Commissioner, who is the Chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.

This bill would specify that the Labor Commissioner instead of the Chief of the Division of Industrial Welfare is a member of the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 8241 of the Government Code is amended
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8241.  

(a) There is in the state government the Commission on
2the Status of Women and Girls. The commission shall consist of
317 members to be appointed as follows:

4(1) Three Members of the Senate and one public member
5appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.

6(2) Three Members of the Assembly and one public member
7appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.

8(3) One public member appointed by the Superintendent of
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10Welfare in the Department of Industrial Relations.end delete
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11(4) The Labor Commissioner.

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12(4)

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13begin insert(5)end insert (A) Seven public members appointed by the Governor, with
14the consent of the Senate.

15(B) One of these public members shall be a veteran or a member
16of the military.

17(b) The Members of the Legislature shall serve at the pleasure
18of the appointing powers.

19(c) Public member appointees of the Speaker of the Assembly
20and the Senate Committee on Rules, and appointees of the
21Governor shall serve four-year terms. All persons appointed
22pursuant to Section 2 of Chapter 1378 of the Statutes of 1965, as
23amended by Chapter 382 of the Statutes of 1973, shall continue
24in office until the expiration of their term and the appointment of
25their successors. The appointing powers may reappoint a member
26whose term has expired, and shall immediately fill any vacancy
27for the unexpired portion of the term in which it occurs. The
28appointing powers shall, in making appointments of public
29members to the commission, make every effort to ensure that there
30is a geographic balance of representation on the commission.

31(d) All appointees shall hold office until the appointment of
32their successors.



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