BILL ANALYSIS
AB 402
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 402 (Dymally)
As Amended May 2, 2005
Majority vote
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4-1
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|Ayes:|Arambula, Baca, | | |
| |Canciamilla, Garcia | | |
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|Nays:|Houston | | |
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SUMMARY : Requires the Office of California-Mexico Affairs
(Office) to establish a migrant advisory committee to focus upon
issues confronted by those parties migrating from Mexico to
California. Specifically, this bill :
1)Prohibits a sitting member of the Commission of the
Californias (Commission) from simultaneously serving as a
member of the migrant advisory committee.
2)Provides recommendations of the migrant advisory committee are
advisory in nature only to the Office and are not binding upon
the Governor or the Legislature.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Requires the Office to establish advisory committees on topic
areas identified and deemed necessary by the Director of the
Office.
2)Requires members of all advisory committees be appointed by
the Chairman of the Commission and serve at the pleasure of
the Chairman.
3)Provides that the Governor serves as the Chairman of the
Commission and the Lieutenant Governor as Vice Chairman.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
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COMMENTS : The provisions of this bill would become operational
only with the restoration of funding for the Office and the
Commission given the statutory provisions governing the Office's
advisory committees.
In 2003, as the Technology, Trade, and Commerce Agency (TCA) was
eliminated through the Budget process, the Office and
Commission, then housed in TCA, had their funding reduced to
zero. The now-defunct Office and Commission have subsequently
been placed in the Business, Transportation, and Housing
Agency's Commerce and Economic Development Program.
Analysis Prepared by : Tom Higgins / J., E.D. & E. / (916)
319-2090
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