BILL NUMBER: AB 1655	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Achadjian

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2014

   An act to amend Section 25000 of the Government Code, relating to
local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1655, as introduced, Achadjian. Local government: counties:
board of supervisors.
   Existing law requires each county to have a board of supervisors
consisting of 5 members and requires that no more than 3 members be
elected at the same general election.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 25000 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   25000.  (a) Each county shall have a board of supervisors
consisting of five members. Not more than three members shall be
elected at the same general election. If the terms of office of more
than three members of the board expire at the same time, at the first
regular meeting after January 1st following their election the
members  so  elected shall  so 
classify themselves by lot that three members shall serve for four
years, and two for two years. Thereafter  ,  the term of
office of each member shall be four years.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other  provision of  law,
the board of supervisors of any general law or charter county may
adopt or the residents of the county may propose, by initiative, a
proposal to limit or repeal a limit on the number of terms a member
of the board of supervisors may serve on the board of supervisors.
Any proposal to limit the number of terms a member of the board of
supervisors may serve on the board of supervisors shall apply
prospectively only and shall not become operative unless it is
submitted to the electors of the county at a regularly scheduled
election and a majority of the votes cast on the question favor the
adoption of the proposal.