California-Ireland Trade Commission.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary text does not provide specific details about the number of members on the commission or their identities.

California-Ireland Trade Commission

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

What This Bill Does

• Establishes the California-Ireland Trade Commission within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development as an advisory body upon sufficient funding availability.
• Requires the commission to report its findings, results, and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature annually after its initial organizational meeting.

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 but does not have decision-making power.

Bilateral trade

Trade between two countries, in this case California (as a state) and Ireland.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only creates the commission if there is enough funding available.
• It does not specify how many members will be on the commission or who they are exactly.

Official Summary Text

AB 254, as amended, Gallagher.
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.

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