Amended in Senate August 14, 2014

Amended in Assembly April 24, 2014

Amended in Assembly March 28, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2005

Introduced by Assembly Members Chesbro and Levine

February 20, 2014

An act to amend Sections 19421 and 19425 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to horse racing.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2005, as amended, Chesbro. California Horse Racing Board: membership and per diem.

Existing law, the Horse Racing Law, provides for the operation of live horse racing in this state and for wagering on horse races, and for the operation of satellite wagering facilities, subject to regulation and oversight by the California Horse Racing Board, as specified. begin delete That law end delete begin insert The Horse Racing Law end insert provides that the board begin delete consist end delete begin insert consists end insert of 7 members appointed by the Governor and that the members of the board receive a per diem of $100 for each day spent in attendance at official meetings and be reimbursed for traveling and other expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of official duties.

This bill would expand the membership of the board to begin delete 11 end delete begin insert 9 end insert members, 7 public members appointed by the Governor, begin delete 2 Members end delete begin insert one Member end insert of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and begin delete 2 Members end delete begin insert , one Member end insert of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the begin delete Assembly, as specified end delete begin insert Assembly end insert . The bill would provide that Members of the Legislature appointed to the board shall serve as nonvoting, ex officio members of the board and for a term of 2 years, with no limit on the number of terms that may be served by any one Member. The bill would begin delete make the end delete begin insert provide that end insert legislative members begin delete ineligible end delete begin insert are subject to certain requirements, including, among other things, ineligibility end insert to serve on the subcommittees of the board begin delete and end delete begin insert . The bill end insert would begin insert also end insert prohibit a legislative member of the board from receiving per diem or reimbursement for traveling and other expenses from the board for his or her service on the board.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 19421 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

19421.  

(a) The board consists of begin delete 11 end delete begin insert nine end insert members, seven
public members appointed by the Governor, begin delete two Members end delete begin insert one
Member end insert of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules
begin delete of which one Member shall be from a district that is in the northern
zone and one Member end delete begin delete from a district that is in the southern zone,
and two Members end delete begin insert , and one Member end insert of the Assembly appointed
by the Speaker of the begin delete Assembly of which one Member shall be
from a district that is in the northern zone and one Member from
a district that is in the central zone end delete begin insert Assembly end insert . Each public member
shall hold office for a term of four years, commencing at the
expiration of the previous term. A public member shall be eligible
for reappointment at the discretion of the Governor. Any vacancy
of a public member shall be filled by the Governor for the
unexpired term.

(b)  begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert Members of the Legislature appointed to the board shall
serve as nonvoting, ex officio members of the board and each
appointed Member shall serve a term of two years, with no limit
on the number of terms that may be served by any one Member.
begin delete Members end delete

begin insert ( end insert begin insert 2) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Members end insert of the Legislature serving on the board begin delete shall be
ineligible to serve on subcommittees of the board. end delete begin insert are subject to
all of the following: end insert

begin insert

(A) A legislative member is ineligible to serve on subcommittees
of the board.

end insert begin insert

(B) A legislative member has no authority to designate a member
of his or her legislative staff or anyone else to serve as his or her
designee on the board.

end insert begin insert

(C) A legislative member who fails to attend three consecutive
meetings of the board shall be replaced by the appointing authority.

end insert

SEC. 2.  

Section 19425 of the Business and Professions Code
is amended to read:

19425.  

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the members
of the board shall receive a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100)
for each day spent in attendance at meetings scheduled by the
chairperson of the board for the purpose of fulfilling the duties of
the board pursuant to this chapter, and shall be reimbursed for
traveling and other expenses necessarily incurred in the
performance of official duties.

(b) A Member of the Legislature serving on the board shall not
receive per diem or reimbursement for traveling or other expenses
from the board for his or her service on the board pursuant to
subdivision (a).