BILL NUMBER: SB 1449	ENROLLED   08/29/94
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 29, 1994
	PASSED THE SENATE   JULY 7, 1994
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 31, 1994
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 19, 1994

INTRODUCED BY  Senator Roberti
   (Principal coauthor:  Senator Marks)
   (Coauthors:  Senators Hughes, Killea, Mello, Petris, and
Watson)

                        FEBRUARY 10, 1994

   An act to amend Section 8259 of, and to add Sections 8258.7
and 8258.8 to, the Government Code, relating to displaced
homemakers.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1449, Roberti.  Displaced homemakers.
   Existing law, effective until January 1, 1995, provides for a
pilot project under the administration of the California
Commission on the Status of Women, for the making of loans to
displaced homemakers.
   This bill would extend the duration of these provisions to
January 1, 1997.
   This bill would also create the California Council on
Displaced Homemakers, prescribe its composition, and set forth
its duties.  These provisions would cease to be effective on
January 1, 1997.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1. Section 8258.7 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   8258.7.  (a) There is hereby created the California Council
on Displaced Homemakers.
   (b) The council shall be composed of the following members:
   (1) The Director of Health Services, the Director of Social
Services, the Director of Employment Development, the Director
of Aging, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, or their
designees, the executive director of the Commission on the
Status of Women, and the President of the California Displaced
Homemakers Network.
   (2) Four members, two each appointed by the Senate Rules
Committee and the Speaker of the Assembly, who shall be
representatives of community-based organizations that serve
displaced homemakers, with priority to be given to those that
serve ethnically diverse populations.
  SEC. 2. Section 8258.8 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   8258.8.  (a) The council shall have all of the following
duties:
   (1) To explore funding sources for displaced homemaker
programs, including, but not limited to, a surcharge on divorce
filing fees.
   (2) To develop a state plan for displaced homemakers that
will effectively coordinate existing state and local programs
and provide funds for the delivery of services through
community-based organizations.
   (3) Submit a report to the Legislature by March 1, 1996.
   (b) The Commission on the Status of Women shall provide
administrative support to the council and shall act as the lead
agency in the preparation of the report.
   (c) The report shall include all of the following:
   (1) An inventory of existing state and local programs to
serve displaced homemakers.
   (2) Recommendations to the Legislature on improvement of
services to displaced homemakers.
   (3) Recommendations to the Legislature on funding services to
displaced homemakers.
  SEC. 3. Section 8259 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   8259.  This chapter shall remain in effect until January 1,
1997, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, which is enacted before January 1, 1997, deletes or
extends that date.