---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: consolidation of offices."
description: "Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors in Mendocino County, Sonoma County, Trinity County, and Tulare County to consolidate the duties of the offices of Auditor-Controller and Treasurer-Tax Collector into the elected office of Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 546"
citation: "California AB 546 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: consolidation of offices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stone"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45efaefe-d57a-4be7-b1a1-1a1368705322"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB546"
source_hash: "ac716154d85f1140d6cba87ec00c94bf3dc45c6047e9015d975c18fa5df0b50b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 546 (20132014) — Local government: consolidation of offices.

Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors in Mendocino County, Sonoma County, Trinity County, and Tulare County to consolidate the duties of the offices of Auditor-Controller and Treasurer-Tax Collector into the elected office of Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB546&version=20130AB54699INT)
2. **03/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB546&version=20130AB54698AMD)
3. **06/24/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB546&version=20130AB54696CHP)
4. **AB546** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB546)
5. **06/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB546&version=20130AB54697ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB546 Stone By Monning — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 546 STONE Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-19** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1113.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1273.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-10** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-06-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-06-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 14, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45efaefe-d57a-4be7-b1a1-1a1368705322`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).