BILL NUMBER: AB 1911CHAPTERED BILL TEXT CHAPTER 121 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 19, 2010 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JULY 19, 2010 PASSED THE SENATE JUNE 28, 2010 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY JULY 1, 2010 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 24, 2010 AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 19, 2010 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 5, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Garrick (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bill Berryhill, Conway, DeVore, Gaines, Gilmore, Hagman, Jeffries, Miller, Nestande, and Smyth) (Coauthors: Senators Aanestad, Ashburn, Cogdill, Denham, Runner, and Strickland) FEBRUARY 16, 2010 An act to add Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 6750) to Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, relating to the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1911, Garrick. Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission. Existing law provides for the establishment of various commissions within state government. This bill would, until January 1, 2012, establish the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission in state government to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth. The bill would require the commission to recommend appropriate means to allow Californians to celebrate Ronald Reagan's life by honoring, promoting, and remembering his achievements for this state and country. The bill would prohibit the commission from using public funds and would require the commission to be solely supported by private funds. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 6750) is added to Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, to read: CHAPTER 7.5. RONALD REAGAN CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 6750. (a) The Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission is hereby established in state government to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States and 33rd Governor of California. The commission shall be composed of nine members as follows: (1) Four members shall be the President pro Tempore of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Minority Leader of the Assembly, or his or her respective designee. (2) One member shall be appointed by the Governor. (3) Four members shall be appointed by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. Of the four members, one member shall be an individual that served in Ronald Reagan's presidential administration, one member shall be an individual that served in Ronald Reagan's gubernatorial administration, and one member shall be a former Governor of the state. (b) The commission shall recommend appropriate means to allow Californians to celebrate the life of Ronald Reagan by honoring, promoting, and remembering his achievements for this state and country. (c) The commission shall not use public funds and shall be solely supported by private funds. 6751. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2012, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2012, deletes or extends that date. SEC. 2. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are: In order for the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission to recommend appropriate means to allow Californians to celebrate Ronald Reagan's life in time for the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.