California Senate Bill SB1102 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1102INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator McGuire FEBRUARY 17, 2016 An act to amend Section 53051 of the Government Code, relating to local government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1102, as introduced, McGuire. Local government: cities, counties, and other agencies. Existing law requires the governing body of each public agency, as defined, within 70 days after the commencement of its legal existence, to file, with the Secretary of State and the county clerk of each county in which the public agency maintains an office, a statement containing specified information about the public agency and its governing board and officers. Existing law requires, within 10 days after any change in that information, an amended statement to be filed. This bill instead would require the statement to be filed within 50 working days after the date of commencement of an agency legal existence and would require an amended statement to be filed within 10 working days after any change in the information. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 53051 of the Government Code is amended to read: 53051. (a) Within  seventy (70)   50 working  days after the date of commencement of its legal existence, the governing body of each public agency shall file with the Secretary of State on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State and also with the county clerk of each county in which the public agency maintains an office, a statement of the following facts:  1.   (1)  The full, legal name of the public agency.  2.   (2)  The official mailing address of the governing body of the public agency.  3.   (3)  The name and residence or business address of each member of the governing body of the public agency.  4.   (4)  The name, title, and residence or business address of the chairman, president, or other presiding officer, and clerk or secretary of the governing body of such public agency. (b) Within 10  working  days after any change in the facts required to be stated pursuant to subdivision (a), an amended statement containing the information required by subdivision (a) shall be filed as provided therein. The information submitted to the Secretary of State shall be on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State. (c) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State and of the county clerk of each county to establish and maintain an indexed "Roster of Public Agencies," to be so designated, which shall contain all information filed as required in subdivisions (a) and (b), which roster is hereby declared to be a public record.