BILL NUMBER: AB 1355	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 24, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lara

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 12245) to
Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code,
relating to city officials.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1355, as amended, Lara. City officials: standards.
   Existing law requires the Secretary of State to, among other
things, upon appropriation by the Legislature, publish and distribute
a roster of the state and local public officials in California.
   This bill would require the Secretary of State to, in consultation
with the Controller  , the Treasurer,  and the League of
California Cities, develop and set forth recommendations for minimal
educational and certification standards for city clerks, city
managers, and city treasurers, whether elected or appointed, and to
post those standards on the Secretary of State's Internet Web site.
   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.  Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 12245) is added to
Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code,
to read:

      Article 5.5.  City Officials Standards


   12245.  (a) The Secretary of State shall, in consultation with the
Controller  , the Treasurer,  and the League of California
Cities, develop and set forth recommendations for minimal educational
and certification standards for the following city officials,
whether elected or appointed:
   (1) City clerk.
   (2) City manager.
   (3) City treasurer.
   (b) The Secretary of State shall post the standards developed
pursuant to subdivision (a) on the Secretary of State's Internet Web
site.