BILL NUMBER: AB 2443	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 10, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member V. Manuel Perez

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 99501 of the Government Code, relating to
state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2443, as amended, V. Manuel Perez. State government:
international relations.
   Existing law provides that the state point of contact acts, in
compliance with federal practice, as the liaison between the state
and the Office of the United States Trade Representative on
trade-related matters, and requires the state point of contact to
fulfill, in addition to any other duties assigned by the Governor,
specified duties relating to international trade.
   This bill would additionally require the state point of contact to
provide  to specified legislative committees  copies of any
 formal   official  position or comments
 on a pending trade agreement to the United States Trade
Representative and to the legislative committees assigned the
responsibility for international trade issues, within 5 working days
  that any entity within the executive branch of state
government provided to the United States Trade Representative
regarding a pending trade agreement  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 99501 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   99501.  (a) (1) The state point of contact within the executive
branch acts, in compliance with federal practice, as the liaison
between the state and the Office of the United States Trade
Representative on trade-related matters.
   (2) The state point of contact who, in compliance with federal
practice, receives updates from the federal government on trade
policies, is often provided the opportunity to review and comment on
ongoing trade negotiations.
   (b) The state point of contact shall, in addition to any other
duties assigned by the Governor, do all of the following:
   (1) Promptly disseminate correspondence or information from the
United States Trade Representative to the appropriate legislative
committees and state agencies and departments.
   (2) Work with the Legislature and appropriate state agencies and
departments to review the effects of any proposed or enacted trade
agreement provisions on the state's businesses and workers, its
environment, or its general lawmaking authority, and communicate
those findings to the United States Trade Representative.
   (3) Serve as liaison to the Legislature on matters of trade policy
oversight. 
   (4) Provide copies of any formal position or comments of the
executive branch on a pending trade agreement to the United States
Trade Representative and to the legislative committees assigned the
responsibility for international trade issues, within five working
days.  
   (4) Provide to the legislative committees assigned the
responsibility for international trade issues, within five business
days, any official position or comments that any entity within the
executive branch of state government provided to the United States
Trade Representative regarding a pending trade agreement.