BILL NUMBER: SB 412	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator De León

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Section 14999.3 of the Government Code, relating
to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 412, as introduced, De León. The Commission for Economic
Development.
   Existing law establishes the Commission for Economic Development
for the purpose of providing continuing bipartisan legislative,
executive branch, and private sector support and guidance for
economic development of the state. Existing law authorizes the
commission to appoint advisory committees from outside its membership
to represent specified segments of the state's economy for the
purpose of carrying out its responsibilities.
   This would expand the segments of the state's economy from which
the commission may appoint advisory committees to include the biotech
segment.
   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 14999.3 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   14999.3.  The commission shall appoint advisory committees from
outside its membership to represent the aerospace,  biotech,
 manufacturing, maritime, tourism ,  and world trade
segments of the state's economy, and  such  other
advisory committees as it deems necessary for the purpose of carrying
out its responsibilities as set forth in this article.  Such
  The  committees shall serve at no cost to state
government.