CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 471Introduced by Assembly Member HartFebruary 06, 2025 An act to add Section 40100.5.5 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 471, as introduced, Hart. County air pollution control districts: board members: compensation.Existing law provides for the creation of a county air pollution control district in every county not included within other specified districts. Existing law requires, under certain circumstances, the membership of the governing board of each county air pollution control district to include one or more members who are mayors, city council members, or both, and one or more members who are county supervisors.This bill, which would apply only to a county district board subject to this membership requirement, would provide that a member of the board is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of board duties. The bill would require, upon adoption of a resolution by the county district board, each member of the board to receive compensation, subject to specified daily and annual limits, for attending meetings of the board or any committee of the board or while engaged in the official business of the county district, as specified.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 40100.5.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:40100.5.5. (a) Each member of a county district board shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of board duties.(b) (1) In addition to the reimbursement for expenses provided pursuant to subdivision (a), upon adoption of a resolution by a county district board at an open regular meeting, each member of the county district board shall receive compensation of up to two hundred dollars ($200) per day attending meetings of the county district board or any committee of the county district board, or, upon authorization of the county district board, while engaged in the official business of the county district, but that compensation shall not exceed seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) per board member in any one year.(2) The compensation of each member of the county district board may be increased beyond the amounts provided in paragraph (1) by the county district board at an open regular meeting, but the amount of the increase shall not exceed the greater of either of the following:(A) An amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the compensation.(B) Beginning January 1, 2026, an amount not to exceed 10 percent for each calendar year that is equal to the annual change in inflation as determined by the California Consumer Price Index for the area where the district board is located.(3) The county district board shall not provide for automatic future increases in compensation for its members.(c) The reimbursement for expenses and compensation provided for in this section only applies to members of a county district board whose membership is determined pursuant to Section 40100.5.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 471Introduced by Assembly Member HartFebruary 06, 2025 An act to add Section 40100.5.5 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 471, as introduced, Hart. County air pollution control districts: board members: compensation.Existing law provides for the creation of a county air pollution control district in every county not included within other specified districts. Existing law requires, under certain circumstances, the membership of the governing board of each county air pollution control district to include one or more members who are mayors, city council members, or both, and one or more members who are county supervisors.This bill, which would apply only to a county district board subject to this membership requirement, would provide that a member of the board is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of board duties. The bill would require, upon adoption of a resolution by the county district board, each member of the board to receive compensation, subject to specified daily and annual limits, for attending meetings of the board or any committee of the board or while engaged in the official business of the county district, as specified.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 471
Introduced by Assembly Member HartFebruary 06, 2025
Introduced by Assembly Member Hart
February 06, 2025
An act to add Section 40100.5.5 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 471, as introduced, Hart. County air pollution control districts: board members: compensation.
Existing law provides for the creation of a county air pollution control district in every county not included within other specified districts. Existing law requires, under certain circumstances, the membership of the governing board of each county air pollution control district to include one or more members who are mayors, city council members, or both, and one or more members who are county supervisors.This bill, which would apply only to a county district board subject to this membership requirement, would provide that a member of the board is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of board duties. The bill would require, upon adoption of a resolution by the county district board, each member of the board to receive compensation, subject to specified daily and annual limits, for attending meetings of the board or any committee of the board or while engaged in the official business of the county district, as specified.
Existing law provides for the creation of a county air pollution control district in every county not included within other specified districts. Existing law requires, under certain circumstances, the membership of the governing board of each county air pollution control district to include one or more members who are mayors, city council members, or both, and one or more members who are county supervisors.
This bill, which would apply only to a county district board subject to this membership requirement, would provide that a member of the board is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of board duties. The bill would require, upon adoption of a resolution by the county district board, each member of the board to receive compensation, subject to specified daily and annual limits, for attending meetings of the board or any committee of the board or while engaged in the official business of the county district, as specified.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 40100.5.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:40100.5.5. (a) Each member of a county district board shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of board duties.(b) (1) In addition to the reimbursement for expenses provided pursuant to subdivision (a), upon adoption of a resolution by a county district board at an open regular meeting, each member of the county district board shall receive compensation of up to two hundred dollars ($200) per day attending meetings of the county district board or any committee of the county district board, or, upon authorization of the county district board, while engaged in the official business of the county district, but that compensation shall not exceed seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) per board member in any one year.(2) The compensation of each member of the county district board may be increased beyond the amounts provided in paragraph (1) by the county district board at an open regular meeting, but the amount of the increase shall not exceed the greater of either of the following:(A) An amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the compensation.(B) Beginning January 1, 2026, an amount not to exceed 10 percent for each calendar year that is equal to the annual change in inflation as determined by the California Consumer Price Index for the area where the district board is located.(3) The county district board shall not provide for automatic future increases in compensation for its members.(c) The reimbursement for expenses and compensation provided for in this section only applies to members of a county district board whose membership is determined pursuant to Section 40100.5.
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 40100.5.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:40100.5.5. (a) Each member of a county district board shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of board duties.(b) (1) In addition to the reimbursement for expenses provided pursuant to subdivision (a), upon adoption of a resolution by a county district board at an open regular meeting, each member of the county district board shall receive compensation of up to two hundred dollars ($200) per day attending meetings of the county district board or any committee of the county district board, or, upon authorization of the county district board, while engaged in the official business of the county district, but that compensation shall not exceed seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) per board member in any one year.(2) The compensation of each member of the county district board may be increased beyond the amounts provided in paragraph (1) by the county district board at an open regular meeting, but the amount of the increase shall not exceed the greater of either of the following:(A) An amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the compensation.(B) Beginning January 1, 2026, an amount not to exceed 10 percent for each calendar year that is equal to the annual change in inflation as determined by the California Consumer Price Index for the area where the district board is located.(3) The county district board shall not provide for automatic future increases in compensation for its members.(c) The reimbursement for expenses and compensation provided for in this section only applies to members of a county district board whose membership is determined pursuant to Section 40100.5.
SECTION 1. Section 40100.5.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
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40100.5.5. (a) Each member of a county district board shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of board duties.(b) (1) In addition to the reimbursement for expenses provided pursuant to subdivision (a), upon adoption of a resolution by a county district board at an open regular meeting, each member of the county district board shall receive compensation of up to two hundred dollars ($200) per day attending meetings of the county district board or any committee of the county district board, or, upon authorization of the county district board, while engaged in the official business of the county district, but that compensation shall not exceed seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) per board member in any one year.(2) The compensation of each member of the county district board may be increased beyond the amounts provided in paragraph (1) by the county district board at an open regular meeting, but the amount of the increase shall not exceed the greater of either of the following:(A) An amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the compensation.(B) Beginning January 1, 2026, an amount not to exceed 10 percent for each calendar year that is equal to the annual change in inflation as determined by the California Consumer Price Index for the area where the district board is located.(3) The county district board shall not provide for automatic future increases in compensation for its members.(c) The reimbursement for expenses and compensation provided for in this section only applies to members of a county district board whose membership is determined pursuant to Section 40100.5.
40100.5.5. (a) Each member of a county district board shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of board duties.(b) (1) In addition to the reimbursement for expenses provided pursuant to subdivision (a), upon adoption of a resolution by a county district board at an open regular meeting, each member of the county district board shall receive compensation of up to two hundred dollars ($200) per day attending meetings of the county district board or any committee of the county district board, or, upon authorization of the county district board, while engaged in the official business of the county district, but that compensation shall not exceed seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) per board member in any one year.(2) The compensation of each member of the county district board may be increased beyond the amounts provided in paragraph (1) by the county district board at an open regular meeting, but the amount of the increase shall not exceed the greater of either of the following:(A) An amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the compensation.(B) Beginning January 1, 2026, an amount not to exceed 10 percent for each calendar year that is equal to the annual change in inflation as determined by the California Consumer Price Index for the area where the district board is located.(3) The county district board shall not provide for automatic future increases in compensation for its members.(c) The reimbursement for expenses and compensation provided for in this section only applies to members of a county district board whose membership is determined pursuant to Section 40100.5.
40100.5.5. (a) Each member of a county district board shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of board duties.(b) (1) In addition to the reimbursement for expenses provided pursuant to subdivision (a), upon adoption of a resolution by a county district board at an open regular meeting, each member of the county district board shall receive compensation of up to two hundred dollars ($200) per day attending meetings of the county district board or any committee of the county district board, or, upon authorization of the county district board, while engaged in the official business of the county district, but that compensation shall not exceed seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) per board member in any one year.(2) The compensation of each member of the county district board may be increased beyond the amounts provided in paragraph (1) by the county district board at an open regular meeting, but the amount of the increase shall not exceed the greater of either of the following:(A) An amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the compensation.(B) Beginning January 1, 2026, an amount not to exceed 10 percent for each calendar year that is equal to the annual change in inflation as determined by the California Consumer Price Index for the area where the district board is located.(3) The county district board shall not provide for automatic future increases in compensation for its members.(c) The reimbursement for expenses and compensation provided for in this section only applies to members of a county district board whose membership is determined pursuant to Section 40100.5.
40100.5.5. (a) Each member of a county district board shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of board duties.
(b) (1) In addition to the reimbursement for expenses provided pursuant to subdivision (a), upon adoption of a resolution by a county district board at an open regular meeting, each member of the county district board shall receive compensation of up to two hundred dollars ($200) per day attending meetings of the county district board or any committee of the county district board, or, upon authorization of the county district board, while engaged in the official business of the county district, but that compensation shall not exceed seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) per board member in any one year.
(2) The compensation of each member of the county district board may be increased beyond the amounts provided in paragraph (1) by the county district board at an open regular meeting, but the amount of the increase shall not exceed the greater of either of the following:
(A) An amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the compensation.
(B) Beginning January 1, 2026, an amount not to exceed 10 percent for each calendar year that is equal to the annual change in inflation as determined by the California Consumer Price Index for the area where the district board is located.
(3) The county district board shall not provide for automatic future increases in compensation for its members.
(c) The reimbursement for expenses and compensation provided for in this section only applies to members of a county district board whose membership is determined pursuant to Section 40100.5.