---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regional park and open-space districts: general manager: powers."
description: "Existing law authorizes the general manager of any park or open-space district, with district board approval, to bind the district, in accordance with board policy, and without advertising, for the payment of amounts not exceeding $10,000 for supplies, materials, labor, or other valuable consideration for any purpose other than new construction of a building, structure, or improvement, and for the payment for supplies, materials, or labor for new construction of a building, structure, or improvement, in amounts not exceeding $25,000, as specified. Existing law authorizes the general manager of 3 identified park and open-space districts to make payments for supplies, materials, labor, or other valuable consideration in amounts not exceeding $25,000, without advertising, for any purpose."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 745"
citation: "California AB 745 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regional park and open-space districts: general manager: powers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2014-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a90e53cf-309f-4484-bdd7-27cae60468f2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB745"
source_hash: "eb3acd00604625223c44d133f7407d2f1243decc4573578a89bc6cbb48bd1b7a"
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 745 (20132014) — Regional park and open-space districts: general manager: powers.

Existing law authorizes the general manager of any park or open-space district, with district board approval, to bind the district, in accordance with board policy, and without advertising, for the payment of amounts not exceeding $10,000 for supplies, materials, labor, or other valuable consideration for any purpose other than new construction of a building, structure, or improvement, and for the payment for supplies, materials, or labor for new construction of a building, structure, or improvement, in amounts not exceeding $25,000, as specified. Existing law authorizes the general manager of 3 identified park and open-space districts to make payments for supplies, materials, labor, or other valuable consideration in amounts not exceeding $25,000, without advertising, for any purpose.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB745&version=20130AB74599INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB745&version=20130AB74598AMD)
3. **05/06/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB745&version=20130AB74597AMD)
4. **05/20/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB745&version=20130AB74596AMD)
5. **06/23/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB745&version=20130AB74594CHP)
6. **AB745** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB745)
7. **06/11/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB745&version=20130AB74595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Be referred to Committee on Local Government. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 745 LEVINE Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #16 AB745 Levine By Wolk — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 745 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-01-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-06** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-06** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-06** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 6). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-15** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3637.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-06** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-05-19** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-04** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-06-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3757.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-06-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5439.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2014-06-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 42, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a90e53cf-309f-4484-bdd7-27cae60468f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).