California-Ireland Trade Commission.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not provide specific details on the number of members or future actions beyond initial reporting requirements.

California-Ireland Trade Commission

This law creates an advisory group called the California-Ireland Trade Commission to help improve trade between California and Ireland.

What This Bill Does

• Creates an advisory body named the California-Ireland Trade Commission within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development upon availability of sufficient funding resources.
• The commission will have members appointed by the Governor, including people from business, education, and other fields.
• Requires the commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature every year after it starts working.
• Asks the Governor's office to consider the commission’s advice when updating its strategy for international trade and investment.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Governor of California
• Members appointed to the California-Ireland Trade Commission
• Businesses in California and Ireland

Terms To Know

Advisory body

A group that gives advice or recommendations to a larger organization, like the government.

Bilateral trade

Trade between two countries or regions.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only creates the commission if there is enough money available.
• It does not specify how many members will be on the commission.
• There are no details about what happens after the first year of reports from the commission.

Official Summary Text

AB 2048, as introduced, Calderon.
California-Ireland Trade Commission.
Existing law establishes the Governor as the primary state officer representing California’s interest in international affairs, to the extent that representation is not in conflict with federal law or the California Constitution. Existing law establishes the Lieutenant Governor as the Chair of the Commission for Economic Development to improve trade opportunities for California, and develop international partnerships for foreign companies to do business in the state and for California.
Existing law requires the Office of Planning and Research to maintain and update a list of all state agreements made with foreign governments. Existing law additionally requires the Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development to provide the Legislature with an updated strategy for international trade and investment, that includes, at a
minimum, specified components, once every 5 years.
This bill would require the Governor to establish the California-Ireland Trade Commission within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development as an advisory body to the Governor and the Legislature, consisting of specified appointed members, upon availability of sufficient funding resources for this purpose, as provided. The bill would establish the various purposes of the commission, which would include advancing bilateral trade and investment between California and Ireland.
This bill would require the commission to report its findings, results, and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature within one year of its initial organizational meeting and by February 1 of each succeeding year, as specified. The bill would require the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development to consider the commission’s recommendations when updating its
strategy for international trade and investment. The bill would include related legislative findings.

Current Bill Text

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