BILL NUMBER: AB 2572	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 19, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2012

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 amended, 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 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.  
   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 no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason. 
   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 and by individual seat
number.
   (c) Commencing with the 2013 election for the governing board of
the Los Angeles Community College District, and each 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. 
   SEC. 3.    No reimbursement is required by this act
pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local
agency or school district are the result of a program for which
legislative authority was requested by that local agency or school
district, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code
and Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.