AB 960, as amended, Campos. State government: Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.
Existing law creates within state government the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, consisting of 17 members, including 7 public members appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate.
This bill would require one of the 7 public members appointed by the Governor to be abegin delete womanend delete veteran or abegin delete femaleend delete member of the military.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The heading of Chapter 3.1 (commencing with
2Section 8241) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code is
3amended to read:
Section 8241 of the Government Code is amended to
5read:
(a) There is in the state government the Commission on
7the Status of Women and Girls. The commission shall consist of
817 members to be appointed as follows:
9(1) Three Members of the Senate and one public member
10appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
11(2) Three Members of the Assembly and one public member
12appointed by the Speakerbegin insert of the Assemblyend insert.
13(3) One public member appointed by the Superintendent of
14Public Instruction, and the Chief of the Division of Industrial
15Welfare
in the Department of Industrial Relations.
16(4) (A) Seven public members appointed by the Governor, with
17the consent of the Senate.
18(B) One of these public members shall be abegin delete womanend delete veteran or
19abegin delete femaleend delete member of the military.
20(b) The Members of the Legislature shall serve at the pleasure
21of the appointing powers.
22(c) Public member appointees of the Speakerbegin insert of the Assemblyend insert
23 and the Senate Committee on
Rules, and appointees of the
24Governor shall serve four-year terms. All persons appointed
25pursuant to Section 2 of Chapter 1378 of the Statutes of 1965, as
26amended by Chapter 382 of the Statutes of 1973, shall continue
27in office until the expiration of their term and the appointment of
28their successors. The appointing powers may reappoint a member
29whose term has expired, and shall immediately fill any vacancy
30for the unexpired portion of the term in which it occurs. The
31appointing powers shall, in making appointments of public
32members to the commission, make every effort to ensure that there
33is a geographic balance of representation on the commission.
34(d) All appointees shall hold office until the appointment of
35their successors.
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