BILL NUMBER: SB 333	CHAPTERED  07/26/99

	CHAPTER   182
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 26, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 26, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JULY 15, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   MAY 24, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 6, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Schiff
   (Coauthor:  Assembly Member Wildman)

                        FEBRUARY 8, 1999

   An act to amend Section 33213 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 333, Schiff.  Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory
Committee:  membership.
   Existing law creates the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
Advisory Committee, consisting of 17 members, as prescribed,
including 6 representatives of local governments, and specifies that
9 members of the advisory committee are required to constitute a
quorum for the transaction of any business of the advisory committee.

   This bill would increase to 12 the number of representatives of
local governments on the advisory committee, thereby increasing the
membership of the advisory committee to 23, and would require that
the 6 additional members be appointed by  various city councils.  The
bill would increase to 12 the number of members of the advisory
committee that are required to constitute a quorum.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 33213 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   33213.  (a) The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory
Committee is hereby created.  The advisory committee consists of 23
members, as follows:
   (1) Twelve representatives of local governments from jurisdictions
including the Santa Monica Mountains, one of whom shall be appointed
by the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, one of whom shall be
appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles,
one of whom shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of
Thousand Oaks, one of whom shall be appointed by the Board of
Supervisors of the County of Ventura, one of  whom shall be appointed
by the City Council of the City of Agoura Hills, one of whom shall
be appointed by the City Council of the City of Westlake Village, one
of whom shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of
Malibu, one of whom shall be appointed by the City Council of the
City of Calabasas, one of whom shall be appointed by the City Council
of Burbank, one of whom shall be appointed by the City Council of
Glendale, one of whom shall be appointed by the City Council of La
Canada-Flintridge, and one of whom shall be appointed by the City
Council of Pasadena.
   (2) Six public members, two of whom shall be appointed by the
Governor, two of whom shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on
Rules, and two of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
Assembly.
   (3) One representative of the Rancho Simi Recreation and Park
District, to be appointed by the district board of directors.
   (4) One representative of the Conejo Recreation and Park District,
to be appointed by the district board of directors.
   (5) One representative of the Pleasant Valley Recreation and Park
District, to be appointed by the district board of directors.
   (6) One representative of the City of Santa Clarita, to be
appointed by the city council.
   (7) One representative of the City of Moorpark, to be appointed by
the city council.
   (b) The appointing powers shall make every effort to ensure that
the ethnic and racial composition of the advisory committee reflects
the racial and ethnic composition of the population of the state.
   (c) The advisory committee shall select from among its members a
chairperson and a vice chairperson.
   (d) The members of the advisory committee shall serve without
compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred
in the performance of their duties.
   (e) The advisory committee has the following duties:
   (1) Propose and review projects for conservancy action and report
to the conservancy regarding the conformity of the projects with the
plan.
   (2) Review proposed amendments to the plan.
   (3) Provide opportunities for public participation.
   (f) Twelve members of the advisory committee shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of any business of the advisory committee.