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                                                                  AB 2572
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          Date of Hearing:   April 25, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                  AB 2572 (Furutani) - As Amended:  April 19, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                              ElectionsVote:5-2

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          Yes    Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill, commencing with the 2013 election, eliminates the 
          requirement for the Los Angeles Community College District 
          (LACCD) to conduct a run-off election if no candidate for an 
          individual seat on the district's governing board receives more 
          than 50% of the votes in a primary election.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          The district will realize significant savings, estimated at $3 
          million to $5 million every two years, to extent the bill allows 
          the district to avoid conducting an additional (run-off) 
          election.

           COMMENTS  

           Background and Purpose . Current law requires that board members 
          of the LACCD be elected at-large and establishes seat numbers 
          for board member elections. Members hold office for four years. 
          Elections are held every two years, falling in the odd numbered 
          years and alternating between office numbers 1, 3, 5, and 7 and 
          office numbers 2, 4, and 6. If no candidate receives 50% or more 
          of the total votes cast, the two candidates receiving the most 
          votes advance to a run-off election. Under this proposal, board 
          elections will be conducted as a single election without a 
          run-off. The author and the LACCD argue that the savings from 
          avoiding a run-off election can instead be directed to their 
          core mission of serving students.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 










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