California-2015-SB255-Chaptered

BILL NUMBER: SB 255	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  574
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 7, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 7, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 17, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 25, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Liu
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Jackson)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2015

   An act to amend Sections 8241 and 8244 of the Government Code,
relating to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 255, Liu. State government: Commission on the Status of Women
and Girls.
   Existing law creates within the state government the Commission on
the Status of Women and Girls that consists of 17 members, and
specifies that one member is the Chief of the Division of Industrial
Welfare in the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law
abolished the Division of Industrial Welfare and transferred the
duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Chief of
the Division of Industrial Welfare to the Labor Commissioner, who is
the Chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.
   This bill would specify that the Labor Commissioner instead of the
Chief of the Division of Industrial Welfare is a member of the
Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.
   Existing law also provides the Commission on the Status of Women
and Girls with the powers and authority necessary to carry out its
duties imposed by law, including, but not limited to, to accept any
gifts, donations, grants, or bequests for all or any of the purposes
of that law. Existing law creates the Women and Girls Fund in the
State Treasury to carry out the law in support of the commission upon
appropriation by the Legislature. Existing law, the Bagley-Keene
Open Meeting Act (Bagley-Keene Act), generally requires, with
specified exceptions for authorized closed sessions, that the
meetings of state bodies be open and public and that all persons be
permitted to attend.
   This bill would specify that the commission may also conduct
fundraising activities that may require a payment or purchase to
attend, and would exempt from the Bagley-Keene Act the commission at
a fundraising event held or organized by the commission, provided
that a majority of members do not discuss among themselves any item
of business of a specific nature that is within the subject matter
jurisdiction of the commission, and any meetings conducted solely for
purposes of raising funds for the Women and Girls Fund, provided
that no other item of business that is within the subject matter of
the commission is discussed, deliberated, or acted upon.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 8241 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   8241.  (a) There is in the state government the Commission on the
Status of Women and Girls. The commission shall consist of 17 members
to be appointed as follows:
   (1) Three Members of the Senate and one public member appointed by
the Senate Committee on Rules.
   (2) Three Members of the Assembly and one public member appointed
by the Speaker of the Assembly.
   (3) One public member appointed by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
   (4) The Labor Commissioner.
   (5) (A) Seven public members appointed by the Governor, with the
consent of the Senate.
   (B) One of these public members shall be a veteran or a member of
the military.
   (b) The Members of the Legislature shall serve at the pleasure of
the appointing powers.
   (c) Public member appointees of the Speaker of the Assembly and
the Senate Committee on Rules, and appointees of the Governor shall
serve four-year terms. All persons appointed pursuant to Section 2 of
Chapter 1378 of the Statutes of 1965, as amended by Chapter 382 of
the Statutes of 1973, shall continue in office until the expiration
of their term and the appointment of their successors. The appointing
powers may reappoint a member whose term has expired, and shall
immediately fill any vacancy for the unexpired portion of the term in
which it occurs. The appointing powers shall, in making appointments
of public members to the commission, make every effort to ensure
that there is a geographic balance of representation on the
commission.
   (d) All appointees shall hold office until the appointment of
their successors.
  SEC. 2.  Section 8244 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   8244.  The commission shall have the powers and authority
necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon it by this chapter,
including, but not limited to, the following:
   (a) To employ such administrative, technical and other personnel
as may be necessary for the performance of its powers and duties.
   (b) To hold hearings, make and sign any agreements and to do or
perform any acts which may be necessary, desirable, or proper to
carry out the purposes of this chapter.
   (c) To cooperate with, and secure the cooperation of, any
department, division, board, bureau, commission, or other agency of
the state to facilitate it properly to carry out its powers and
duties hereunder.
   (d) To appoint advisers or advisory committees from time to time
when the commission determines that the experience or expertise of
such advisers or advisory committees is needed for projects of the
commission. Section 11009 is applicable to advisers or advisory
committees.
   (e) To accept any federal funds granted, by act of Congress or by
executive order, for all or any of the purposes of this chapter.
   (f) (1) To accept any gifts, donations, grants, or bequests for
all or any of the purposes of this chapter, and to conduct
fundraising activities which may require a payment or purchase to
attend.
   (2) Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part
1 of Division 3 shall not apply to the commission at a fundraising
event held or organized by the commission, provided that a majority
of members do not discuss among themselves any item of business of a
specific nature that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the
commission.
   (3) Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part
1 of Division 3 shall not apply to any meetings conducted solely for
purposes of raising funds for the Women and Girls Fund, provided
that no other item of business that is within the subject matter of
the commission is discussed, deliberated, or acted upon.