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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1053
Introduced by Assembly Member Gabriel
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Muratsuchi)
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February 18, 2021 |
An act to amend Sections 50272 and 50277 of the Government Code, relating to local government.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1053, as amended, Gabriel.
City selection committees: County of Los Angeles: quorum: teleconferencing.
Existing law creates a city selection committee in each county that consists of 2 or more incorporated cities for the purpose of appointing city representatives to boards, commissions, and agencies. Under existing law, a quorum for a city selection committee requires a majority of the number of the incorporated cities within the county entitled to representation on the city selection committee. Existing law requires a city selection committee meeting to be postponed or adjourned to a subsequent time and place whenever a quorum is not present at the meeting.
This bill bill, for the city selection committee in the County of Los Angeles, would reduce the
quorum requirement to 1/3 of all member cities within the county for a meeting that was postponed to a subsequent time and place because a quorum was not present, as long as the agenda is limited to items that appeared on the immediately preceding agenda where a quorum was not established.
Existing law requires a city selection committee to conduct regular meetings at the times specified by the committee in its rules and regulations, and to meet upon the call of its chairperson. Existing law authorizes the chairperson of the committee to call a special meeting of the committee at any time and requires the chairperson to call a special meeting upon the written request of 50% of the members of the city selection committee.
This bill
bill, for the city selection committee in the County of Los Angeles, would authorize a city selection committee meeting to be conducted by teleconferencing and electronic means.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.
Digest Key
Vote:
MAJORITY
Appropriation:
NO
Fiscal Committee:
NO
Local Program:
NO
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 50272 of the Government Code is amended to read:50272.
(a) (1) Representatives of a majority of the number of cities within a county entitled to representation on the city selection committee shall constitute a quorum of the committee.(2) A majority vote of the representatives of the number of cities within a county entitled to representation on the committee shall be necessary to appoint representatives to boards, commissions, or agencies.
(b) Whenever a quorum is not present at a meeting of any city selection committee, the meeting shall be postponed or adjourned to a subsequent time and place, as determined by the
chairperson.
(c) The For the city selection committee in the County of Los Angeles, the quorum for a meeting postponed to a subsequent time and place pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be reduced to one-third of all member cities within the county, if the agenda is limited to items that appeared on the immediately preceding agenda where a quorum was not established.
SEC. 2.
Section 50277 of the Government Code is amended to read:50277.
(a) A city selection committee shall conduct regular meetings at the times specified by it in its rules and regulations, and shall also meet upon the call of its chairperson.(b) (1) The chairperson of a selection committee may call a special meeting of the committee at any time, and the chairperson shall call a special meeting of the selection committee upon the written request of 50 percent of the members of the city selection committee.
(2) When a chairperson is required to call a special meeting of a city selection committee pursuant to this section, the
meeting shall be called and held within 60 days after receipt of the written request required under paragraph (1).
(3) Within three weeks prior to the date fixed for a special meeting of the committee, the chairperson of the committee shall notify the committee secretary of the date, time, and place of the special meeting.
(c) City For the city selection committee in the County of Los Angeles, selection committee meetings may be conducted by teleconferencing and electronic means, provided that the meeting complies with all other requirements of this section.
SEC. 3.
The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the challenges faced as a result of the current governance structure of the County of Los Angeles.