BILL NUMBER: AB 2003	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mendoza

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2010

   An act to add Section 50035 to the Government Code, relating to
local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2003, as introduced, Mendoza. Legislative bodies: contracts and
appointments.
   Existing law prohibits an elective officer of a city from
expending or participating in any action that would expend city funds
between the date a recall election involving that elective officer
has been called and the date the certification of the election
results is released, as specified.
   This bill would provide that any contract entered into or
appointment made by a legislative body of a local agency, as defined,
between the date that election results are certified for an election
involving that legislative body and before the date the newly
elected members of the legislative body are sworn in to take office
shall not take effect until the legislative body, which includes the
newly elected members, has reviewed and approved the contract or
appointment.
   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 50035 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   50035.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any contract
entered into or appointment made by the legislative body of a local
agency during the period after the election results are certified
pursuant to Division 15 (commencing with Section 15000) of the
Elections Code for an election involving that legislative body and
before a new member of the legislative body is sworn in to take
office, shall not take effect until the legislative body, which
includes the newly elected members, has reviewed and approved that
contract or appointment.