AB 1252

Bill Subjects

Abstract

Existing law authorizes the county committee on school district organization, upon petition of the governing board of any community college district, to provide for the establishment, rearrangement, or abolishment of trustee areas in any community college district. This bill would establish a separate procedure for the election of the trustees of the Los Angeles Community College District. The bill would specify that a candidate for election must reside in, and be registered to vote in, the trustee area he or she seeks to represent. The size of the board, nomination of candidates, and term length, would be determined, as specified. This bill would require the governing board of each trustee area to set the boundaries of each trustee area before March 1, 2012, to reflect the population enumerated in the federal 2010 decennial census. If the governing board fails to timely set the boundaries, then the county committee on school district organization shall do so before April 30, 2012. Because this bill would impose new duties on the Los Angeles Community College District, it would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Los Angeles Community College District. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.