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AB-102 Local agency costs.(1991-1992)

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Assembly Bill No. 102
CHAPTER 238

An act to add Section 54954.4 to the Government Code, relating to local agency costs.

[ Filed with Secretary of State  July 29, 1991. Approved by Governor  July 29, 1991. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 102, Connelly. Local agency costs.
Under the Ralph M. Brown Act, at least 72 hours before a regular meeting, the legislative body of a local agency is required to post an agenda containing a brief general description of each item of business to be transacted or discussed at the meeting.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature that reimbursement to local agencies for costs mandated by this requirement and other specified statutes relating to open meetings be strictly interpreted.
The bill would state that costs eligible for reimbursement under the posting requirement shall only include the actual cost to post a single agenda for any one meeting.

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


SECTION 1.

 Section 54954.4 is added to the Government Code, to read:

54954.4.
 (a)  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that Section 12 of Chapter 641 of the Statutes of 1986, authorizing reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for costs mandated by the state pursuant to that act, shall be interpreted strictly. The intent of the Legislature is to provide reimbursement for only those costs which are clearly and unequivocally incurred as the direct and necessary result of compliance with Chapter 641 of the Statutes of 1986.
(b)  In this regard, the Legislature directs all state employees and officials involved in reviewing or authorizing claims for reimbursement, or otherwise participating in the reimbursement process, to rigorously review each claim and authorize only those claims, or parts thereof, which represent costs which are clearly and unequivocally incurred as the direct and necessary result of compliance with Chapter 641 of the Statutes of 1986 and for which complete documentation exists. For purposes of Section 54954.2, costs eligible for reimbursement shall only include the actual cost to post a single agenda for any one meeting.
(c)  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that complete, faithful, and uninterrupted compliance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code) is a matter of overriding public importance. Unless specifically stated, no future Budget Act, or related budget enactments, shall, in any manner, be interpreted to suspend, eliminate, or otherwise modify the legal obligation and duty of local agencies to fully comply with Chapter 641 of the Statutes of 1986 in a complete, faithful, and uninterrupted manner.