San Diego County Air Pollution Control District: governing board: alternate members.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not provide specific details about compensation and expenses for alternate members, leaving some uncertainty in these areas.

San Diego County Air Pollution Control District: Alternate Board Members

This law allows city selection committees to choose either a mayor or a city council member as representatives on the district's governing board, permits each appointing authority to name an alternate member who can take over if the regular member is not available, and updates rules about member terms and liaison roles.

What This Bill Does

• Allows city selection committees to choose either a mayor or a city council member from the applicable supervisorial district as representatives on the district's governing board.
• Permits each appointing authority to designate an alternate member who can serve in place of the regular member when that member is absent or disqualified and requires the alternate member to meet the same qualifications as the regular member.
• Authorizes the alternate member to vote and receive compensation and expenses while serving in place of a regular member.
• Requires, on the first board meeting in 2029, the governing board clerk to conduct a random drawing to select two members appointed by city selection committee members and two public members to serve a 2-year term.
• Eliminates the restriction that the liaison to military branches must come from the board of supervisors and instead requires consultation with the U.S. Armed Forces for this appointment.

Who It Names or Affects

• The San Diego County Air Pollution Control District's governing board members
• City selection committees in San Diego County

Terms To Know

Alternate member

A person who can take the place of a regular board member when that member is not available.

Liaison

Someone appointed to communicate and coordinate between different groups, in this case with military branches.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how long alternate members can serve.
• It is unclear what happens if an alternate member cannot attend a meeting or perform their duties.

Official Summary Text

AB 652, Alvarez.
San Diego County Air Pollution Control District: governing board: alternate members.
Existing law provides for the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District to have a governing board of 11 members, including 2 members representing the board of supervisors of the County of San Diego, the mayor or a city council member of the City of San Diego, a city council member from each of the 5 supervisorial districts of the county, and 3 public members who are appointed by the other members representing those local governments. Existing law requires the 5 city council members to be selected by city selection committees representing the cities of that supervisorial district. Existing law provides for the members of the governing board to receive compensation while attending meetings of the district governing board or while on official business of the district and to receive the actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the member’s official duties, as
specified.
This bill would provide that the members selected by the city selection committee members may be either a mayor or city council member from the applicable supervisorial district.
The bill would authorize each appointing authority to designate an alternate member to serve in place of the regular member when the regular member is absent or disqualified from participating and would require the alternate member to meet the same qualifications applicable to the regular member. When serving in place of the appointed member, the bill would authorize the alternate member to vote and to receive compensation and expenses, as specified.
Existing law requires each member of the district to serve a 4-year term, as specified.
The bill would. require, on the first board meeting in the 2029 calendar year, the governing board clerk to conduct a random drawing to select 2 members appointed by city selection committee members and 2 public members to serve a 2-year term and until that member’s successor is appointed.
Existing law requires governing board of the district to designate one member representing the board of supervisors to serve as the liaison to the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the United States Coast Guard.
This bill would eliminate the restriction that the member serving as the liaison be a member representing the board of supervisors and would require that member to be appointed as the liaison
after consultation with the United States Armed Forces.

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