(1) Existing law requires that candidates for Republican county central committee appear on the local ballot and specifies the manner of their election. It requires that in a county containing less than 5 Assembly districts, a committee be elected by supervisor districts, in accordance with a specified formula. It further requires that in a county containing more than 4 and less than 20 Assembly districts, a committee be elected from Assembly districts and consist of 6 members from each district.
This bill would impose a state-mandated local program by requiring that, notwithstanding the above, a committee of not less than 31 members be elected in Sacramento County and a committee of not less than 23 members be elected in Santa Clara County. The bill would require members to be elected by supervisor district, and would require that the number to be elected from any supervisor district be determined in accordance with a specified formula.
(2) Existing law requires removal of a Republican county central committee member who misses four regularly called meetings within one 12-month period, except where the absence is caused by illness or temporary absence from the county.
This bill would authorize a committee in its sole discretion and in accordance with its bylaws to remove a member who misses four or more regularly called meetings within one 12-month period, regardless of the reason for the absences.
(3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed $1,000,000.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.