BILL NUMBER: SB 1102	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator McGuire

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act to amend Section 53051 of the Government Code, relating to
local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1102, as introduced, McGuire. Local government: cities,
counties, and other agencies.
   Existing law requires the governing body of each public agency, as
defined, within 70 days after the commencement of its legal
existence, to file, with the Secretary of State and the county clerk
of each county in which the public agency maintains an office, a
statement containing specified information about the public agency
and its governing board and officers. Existing law requires, within
10 days after any change in that information, an amended statement to
be filed.
   This bill instead would require the statement to be filed within
50 working days after the date of commencement of an agency legal
existence and would require an amended statement to be filed within
10 working days after any change in the information.
   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 53051 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   53051.  (a) Within  seventy (70)   50 working
 days after the date of commencement of its legal existence,
the governing body of each public agency shall file with the
Secretary of State on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State and
also with the county clerk of each county in which the public agency
maintains an office, a statement of the following facts: 
   1. 
    (1)  The full, legal name of the public agency. 

   2. 
    (2)  The official mailing address of the governing body
of the public agency. 
   3. 
    (3)  The name and residence or business address of each
member of the governing body of the public agency. 
   4. 
    (4)  The name, title, and residence or business address
of the chairman, president, or other presiding officer, and clerk or
secretary of the governing body of such public agency.
   (b) Within 10  working  days after any change in the
facts required to be stated pursuant to subdivision (a), an amended
statement containing the information required by subdivision (a)
shall be filed as provided therein. The information submitted to the
Secretary of State shall be on a form prescribed by the Secretary of
State.
   (c) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State and of the
county clerk of each county to establish and maintain an indexed
"Roster of Public Agencies," to be so designated, which shall contain
all information filed as required in subdivisions (a) and (b), which
roster is hereby declared to be a public record.