BILL NUMBER: AB 2572	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Furutani

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 72031 of the Education Code, relating to
community colleges.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2572, as introduced, Furutani. Los Angeles Community College
District: governing board elections.
   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary
education in this state. Existing law establishes community college
districts, administered by a governing board, throughout the state.
Existing law requires members of the governing board of the Los
Angeles Community College District to be elected at large in a manner
established by specified law.
   This bill would require members of the governing board of the Los
Angeles Community College District to be elected at large by
individual seat number, and, commencing with the 2013 regular
election, would require the candidate with the highest number of
votes for an individual seat number to be deemed the candidate
elected for that individual seat number. To the extent the bill would
place additional requirements on the Los Angeles Community College
District, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
    This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the Los Angeles Community
College District.
    The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 72031 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   72031.  The provisions of this section shall apply only to the Los
Angeles Community College District.
   (a) Whenever in this code a section refers to a district, or to
two or more districts, governed by a single governing board, or by
governing boards of identical personnel, or to a district or
districts in which the average daily attendance is in excess of
400,000, or makes a similar reference, all provisions of the section
shall apply with equal force to both the city school district and
community college district. 
   (b) Members of the governing board of the Los Angeles Community
College District shall be elected at large in the manner established
by Chapter 62 of the Statutes of 1968.  
   (b) Members of the governing board of the Los Angeles Community
College District shall be elected at large and by individual seat
number.  
   (c) Commencing with the 2013 regular election for the governing
board of the Los Angeles Community College District, and each regular
election thereafter, upon certification of the election, the
candidate with the highest number of votes for an individual seat
number shall be deemed the candidate elected for that individual seat
number. 
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique needs of the Los Angeles Community College
District.
  SEC. 3.   If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.