BILL NUMBER: SB 1376	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Block

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act relating to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1376, as introduced, Block. State government: memorandum of
understanding: Israel.
   Existing law provides that the Governor is the primary state
officer representing the state's interest in international affairs
and designates the Governor's Office of Business and Economic
Development as the primary state agency responsible for international
trade and investment activities in the state.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would support the memorandum of understanding for
strategic partnerships for joint innovation, exchanges, and
cooperation between California and Israel signed by Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and California Governor Edmund G. Brown
Jr. on March 5, 2014.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would support the memorandum of understanding for
strategic partnerships for joint innovation, exchanges, and
cooperation between California and Israel signed by Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and California Governor Edmund G. Brown
Jr. on March 5, 2014.