BILL NUMBER: AB 706 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 31, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 11, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 6, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bonilla
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Baker, Dodd, Eduardo Garcia,
Rodriguez, and Salas)
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
An act to add Chapter 5.6 (commencing with Section 8400) to
Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to
California Volunteers. CaliforniaVolunteers.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 706, as amended, Bonilla. California Volunteers.
CaliforniaVolunteers.
Under existing law, by executive order, California
Volunteers CaliforniaVolunteers is established
in the office of the Governor and is charged with overseeing programs
and initiatives for service and volunteerism.
This bill would authorize California Volunteers,
CaliforniaVolunteers, for so long as it is
authorized to exist, to form a tax-exempt public benefit nonprofit
corporation, or other tax-exempt entity, qualified under federal and
state law to raise revenues and receive grants or other financial
support from private or public sources, for the purposes of
undertaking or funding any lawful activity authorized to be
undertaken by California Volunteers.
CaliforniaVolunteers. This bill would require the nonprofit
corporation or other tax-exempt entity to use the financial support
it seeks to be used solely for the governmental purposes approved by
California Volunteers CaliforniaVolunteers
for activities within the scope of authority of
California Volunteers. CaliforniaVolunteers.
This bill would also establish California AmeriCorps - STEM in
state government, to be administered by California
Volunteers CaliforniaVolunteers and operate under
existing federal AmeriCorps program guidelines. This bill would
require that California AmeriCorps - STEM members be
determined selected through an application
process for eligible college graduates or students, as specified.
This bill would allow a nonprofit corporation, as specified, or a
public entity to apply, individually or in partnership with a
corporation or individual interested in the promotion of science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, to
California Volunteers, CaliforniaVolunteers,
through a competitive request for proposal process, to host one or
more California AmeriCorps - STEM members. This bill would provide
that the purpose of California AmeriCorps - STEM is to increase STEM
education programs to prepare the next generation for jobs in the
STEM fields. This bill would authorize California Volunteers
CaliforniaVolunteers to solicit and accept
private funding to help supplement the costs of California AmeriCorps
- STEM.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 5.6 (commencing with Section 8400) is added to
Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:
CHAPTER 5.6. CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS
CALIFORNIAVOLUNTEERS
8400. (a) California Volunteers,
CaliforniaVolunteers, as established by Executive Order
S-24-06, is authorized to form a tax-exempt public benefit nonprofit
corporation, or other tax-exempt entity, qualified under federal and
state law to raise revenues and receive grants or other financial
support from private or public sources, for the purposes of
undertaking or funding any lawful activity authorized to be
undertaken by California Volunteers.
CaliforniaVolunteers. Financial support sought by the nonprofit
corporation or other tax-exempt entity shall be used solely for the
governmental purposes approved by California Volunteers
CaliforniaVolunteers for activities within the
scope of authority of California Volunteers.
CaliforniaVolunteers. The mission of the nonprofit corporation or
other tax-exempt entity is as follows:
(1) To support the funding of California AmeriCorps - STEM
programming and administrative costs.
(2) To support any priorities set forth by the Governor or the
CaliforniaVolunteers board of commissioners.
(b) The authority granted in subdivision (a) shall expire if the
governor rescinds Executive Order S-24-06 or otherwise rescinds the
establishment of California Volunteers.
CaliforniaVolunteers.
8405. (a) California AmeriCorps - STEM is hereby established to
be administered by California Volunteers,
CaliforniaVolu nteers, as established by Executive
Order S-24-06. California AmeriCorps - STEM shall operate under the
existing federal AmeriCorps program guidelines.
(b) (1) California AmeriCorps - STEM members
shall be selected through an application process. Eligibility shall
be based on the qualifications required for the federal AmeriCorps
members, as of January 1, 2015, and all of the following:
(1)
(A) The applicant shall have an associate or a
baccalaureate degree or be enrolled in a two-year or four-year
postsecondary institution.
(2)
(B) The applicant shall be 18 years of age or older.
(3)
(C) The applicant shall provide proof that he or she
lives in California.
(2) For the first three years in which California AmeriCorps -
STEM members are selected, no more than 40 members shall be selected
per year. For the fourth year, and each year thereafter, the amount
of members selected may increase or decrease in size depending on the
amount of available funds collected by the foundation established by
this chapter.
(c) A nonprofit corporation that is exempt from federal income
taxation as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code or a public entity may apply, individually or
in partnership with a corporation or individual interested in the
promotion of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)
education, to California Volunteers,
CaliforniaVolunteers through a competitive request for proposal
process, to host one or more California AmeriCorps - STEM members.
The purpose of California AmeriCorps - STEM is to bring more STEM
education programs into California schools, expanded learning
programs, after school programs, and neighborhood and regional
centers for children in order to prepare the next generation for jobs
in the STEM fields.
(d) California Volunteers
CaliforniaVolunteers is authorized to solicit and accept
private funding to help supplement the costs of California AmeriCorps
- STEM. These private funding sources may include, but are not
limited to, foundations, corporate funding, crowdfunding, donation
drives, or any other sources of private investment that may be
available. No more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)
in moneys received from the state per year shall, upon appropriation
by the Legislature, be sp ent for administrative costs of
the foundation established by this chapter.
(e) General Fund moneys shall not be used for California
AmeriCorps - STEM programs.