BILL NUMBER: SB 624	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Romero

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 49120 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to solid waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 624, as introduced, Romero. Solid waste: garbage and refuse
disposal districts: governing board membership.
   Existing law authorizes the formation of garbage and refuse
disposal districts under certain conditions, including that if the
district includes 2 or more cities that the legislative body of each
city within the district appoint one member to the governing board to
represent each incorporated city.
   This bill would remove the requirement that the city represented
in this provision be incorporated.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 49120 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   49120.  (a) Within 30 days after the filing with the Secretary of
State of the certified copy of the order of formation, a governing
board of trustees for the district shall be appointed.
   (b) The governing board of a district is a board of directors of
not less than three members. The district board shall be appointed as
follows:
   (1) If the district includes only one city, two members of the
governing body shall be selected by the board of supervisors and one
member of the governing body shall be selected by the city council.
   (2) If the district includes two or more cities, only one member
of the governing body of the district shall be selected by the board
of supervisors to represent the unincorporated area. The legislative
body of each city within the district shall appoint one member to
represent each  incorporated  city within the
district. If the selection of members pursuant to this subdivision
results in the governing body having an even number of members, those
members may appoint an additional member from the district at large.

   (c) A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as an original
appointment. The person appointed shall reside within the area he or
she represents.