CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2522Introduced by Assembly Member Wendy CarrilloFebruary 13, 2024 An act to amend Section 40426 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to air districts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2522, as introduced, Wendy Carrillo. South Coast Air Quality Management District: district board: compensation.Existing law provides for the creation of the South Coast Air Quality Management District in those portions of the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino included within the area of the South Coast Air Basin, as specified. Existing law provides that the south coast district is governed by a district board consisting of 13 members and that each member of the board shall receive compensation of $100 for each day, or portion thereof, but not to exceed $1,000 per month, while attending meetings of the board or any committee thereof or, upon authorization of the board, while on official business of the district, and the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the members official duties.This bill would provide that each member of the board shall receive compensation of $200 for each day, or portion thereof, but not to exceed $2,000 per month, while attending meetings of the board or any committee thereof or, upon authorization of the board, while on official business of the district, and the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the members official duties. The bill would provide that the compensation of each member of the board may be increased beyond this amount by the board, as specified. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the board.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 40426 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:40426. (a) Each member of the south coast district board shall receive compensation of one two hundred dollars ($100) ($200) for each day, or portion thereof, but not to exceed one two thousand dollars ($1,000) ($2,000) per month, while attending meetings of the south coast district board or any committee thereof or, upon authorization of the south coast district board, while on official business of the south coast district, and the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the members official duties.(b) The compensation of each member of the south coast district board may be increased beyond the amount provided in this section by the south coast district board, but the amount of the increase shall not exceed the greater of either of the following:(1) An amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the compensation.(2) Beginning January 1, 2025, an amount not exceeding 10 percent for each calendar year that is equal to the annual change in inflation as determined by the California Consumer Price Index.SEC. 2. 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 need to modernize the decades old nominal compensation structure unique to the south coast district board to ensure board members are adequately compensated for the important public service they perform.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2522Introduced by Assembly Member Wendy CarrilloFebruary 13, 2024 An act to amend Section 40426 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to air districts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2522, as introduced, Wendy Carrillo. South Coast Air Quality Management District: district board: compensation.Existing law provides for the creation of the South Coast Air Quality Management District in those portions of the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino included within the area of the South Coast Air Basin, as specified. Existing law provides that the south coast district is governed by a district board consisting of 13 members and that each member of the board shall receive compensation of $100 for each day, or portion thereof, but not to exceed $1,000 per month, while attending meetings of the board or any committee thereof or, upon authorization of the board, while on official business of the district, and the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the members official duties.This bill would provide that each member of the board shall receive compensation of $200 for each day, or portion thereof, but not to exceed $2,000 per month, while attending meetings of the board or any committee thereof or, upon authorization of the board, while on official business of the district, and the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the members official duties. The bill would provide that the compensation of each member of the board may be increased beyond this amount by the board, as specified. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the board.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2522
Introduced by Assembly Member Wendy CarrilloFebruary 13, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo
February 13, 2024
An act to amend Section 40426 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to air districts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2522, as introduced, Wendy Carrillo. South Coast Air Quality Management District: district board: compensation.
Existing law provides for the creation of the South Coast Air Quality Management District in those portions of the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino included within the area of the South Coast Air Basin, as specified. Existing law provides that the south coast district is governed by a district board consisting of 13 members and that each member of the board shall receive compensation of $100 for each day, or portion thereof, but not to exceed $1,000 per month, while attending meetings of the board or any committee thereof or, upon authorization of the board, while on official business of the district, and the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the members official duties.This bill would provide that each member of the board shall receive compensation of $200 for each day, or portion thereof, but not to exceed $2,000 per month, while attending meetings of the board or any committee thereof or, upon authorization of the board, while on official business of the district, and the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the members official duties. The bill would provide that the compensation of each member of the board may be increased beyond this amount by the board, as specified. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the board.
Existing law provides for the creation of the South Coast Air Quality Management District in those portions of the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino included within the area of the South Coast Air Basin, as specified. Existing law provides that the south coast district is governed by a district board consisting of 13 members and that each member of the board shall receive compensation of $100 for each day, or portion thereof, but not to exceed $1,000 per month, while attending meetings of the board or any committee thereof or, upon authorization of the board, while on official business of the district, and the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the members official duties.
This bill would provide that each member of the board shall receive compensation of $200 for each day, or portion thereof, but not to exceed $2,000 per month, while attending meetings of the board or any committee thereof or, upon authorization of the board, while on official business of the district, and the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the members official duties. The bill would provide that the compensation of each member of the board may be increased beyond this amount by the board, as specified.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the board.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 40426 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:40426. (a) Each member of the south coast district board shall receive compensation of one two hundred dollars ($100) ($200) for each day, or portion thereof, but not to exceed one two thousand dollars ($1,000) ($2,000) per month, while attending meetings of the south coast district board or any committee thereof or, upon authorization of the south coast district board, while on official business of the south coast district, and the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the members official duties.(b) The compensation of each member of the south coast district board may be increased beyond the amount provided in this section by the south coast district board, but the amount of the increase shall not exceed the greater of either of the following:(1) An amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the compensation.(2) Beginning January 1, 2025, an amount not exceeding 10 percent for each calendar year that is equal to the annual change in inflation as determined by the California Consumer Price Index.SEC. 2. 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 need to modernize the decades old nominal compensation structure unique to the south coast district board to ensure board members are adequately compensated for the important public service they perform.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 40426 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:40426. (a) Each member of the south coast district board shall receive compensation of one two hundred dollars ($100) ($200) for each day, or portion thereof, but not to exceed one two thousand dollars ($1,000) ($2,000) per month, while attending meetings of the south coast district board or any committee thereof or, upon authorization of the south coast district board, while on official business of the south coast district, and the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the members official duties.(b) The compensation of each member of the south coast district board may be increased beyond the amount provided in this section by the south coast district board, but the amount of the increase shall not exceed the greater of either of the following:(1) An amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the compensation.(2) Beginning January 1, 2025, an amount not exceeding 10 percent for each calendar year that is equal to the annual change in inflation as determined by the California Consumer Price Index.
SECTION 1. Section 40426 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
40426. (a) Each member of the south coast district board shall receive compensation of one two hundred dollars ($100) ($200) for each day, or portion thereof, but not to exceed one two thousand dollars ($1,000) ($2,000) per month, while attending meetings of the south coast district board or any committee thereof or, upon authorization of the south coast district board, while on official business of the south coast district, and the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the members official duties.(b) The compensation of each member of the south coast district board may be increased beyond the amount provided in this section by the south coast district board, but the amount of the increase shall not exceed the greater of either of the following:(1) An amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the compensation.(2) Beginning January 1, 2025, an amount not exceeding 10 percent for each calendar year that is equal to the annual change in inflation as determined by the California Consumer Price Index.
40426. (a) Each member of the south coast district board shall receive compensation of one two hundred dollars ($100) ($200) for each day, or portion thereof, but not to exceed one two thousand dollars ($1,000) ($2,000) per month, while attending meetings of the south coast district board or any committee thereof or, upon authorization of the south coast district board, while on official business of the south coast district, and the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the members official duties.(b) The compensation of each member of the south coast district board may be increased beyond the amount provided in this section by the south coast district board, but the amount of the increase shall not exceed the greater of either of the following:(1) An amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the compensation.(2) Beginning January 1, 2025, an amount not exceeding 10 percent for each calendar year that is equal to the annual change in inflation as determined by the California Consumer Price Index.
40426. (a) Each member of the south coast district board shall receive compensation of one two hundred dollars ($100) ($200) for each day, or portion thereof, but not to exceed one two thousand dollars ($1,000) ($2,000) per month, while attending meetings of the south coast district board or any committee thereof or, upon authorization of the south coast district board, while on official business of the south coast district, and the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the members official duties.(b) The compensation of each member of the south coast district board may be increased beyond the amount provided in this section by the south coast district board, but the amount of the increase shall not exceed the greater of either of the following:(1) An amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the compensation.(2) Beginning January 1, 2025, an amount not exceeding 10 percent for each calendar year that is equal to the annual change in inflation as determined by the California Consumer Price Index.
40426. (a) Each member of the south coast district board shall receive compensation of one two hundred dollars ($100) ($200) for each day, or portion thereof, but not to exceed one two thousand dollars ($1,000) ($2,000) per month, while attending meetings of the south coast district board or any committee thereof or, upon authorization of the south coast district board, while on official business of the south coast district, and the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the members official duties.
(b) The compensation of each member of the south coast district board may be increased beyond the amount provided in this section by the south coast district board, but the amount of the increase shall not exceed the greater of either of the following:
(1) An amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the compensation.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2025, an amount not exceeding 10 percent for each calendar year that is equal to the annual change in inflation as determined by the California Consumer Price Index.
SEC. 2. 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 need to modernize the decades old nominal compensation structure unique to the south coast district board to ensure board members are adequately compensated for the important public service they perform.
SEC. 2. 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 need to modernize the decades old nominal compensation structure unique to the south coast district board to ensure board members are adequately compensated for the important public service they perform.
SEC. 2. 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 need to modernize the decades old nominal compensation structure unique to the south coast district board to ensure board members are adequately compensated for the important public service they perform.
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