The California Constitution limits the maximum amount of any ad valorem tax on real property to 1% of the full cash value of the property except for ad valorem taxes or assessments that pay the interest and redemption charges on bonded indebtedness incurred by a school district, community college district, or county office of education for the construction, rehabilitation, or replacement of school facilities approved by 55% of the voters if the proposition includes specified accountability requirements. These accountability requirements include a requirement that the governing board of either the school district or community college district or county office of education conduct annual independent performance and financial audits. Existing law requires, by March 31 of each year, the annual, independent financial and performance audits for the preceding fiscal year to be submitted to a citizens' oversight committee that is required to be established if a proposition is approved by the voters, as described above. Existing law requires, without expending bond funds, the governing board of the district to provide the citizens' oversight committee with any necessary technical assistance and administrative assistance and sufficient resources to publicize the conclusions of the citizens' oversight committee.
California SB 581 (20132014) — School bonds: bond accountability.
The California Constitution limits the maximum amount of any ad valorem tax on real property to 1% of the full cash value of the property except for ad valorem taxes or assessments that pay the interest and redemption charges on bonded indebtedness incurred by a school district, community college district, or county office of education for the construction, rehabilitation, or replacement of school facilities approved by 55% of the voters if the proposition includes specified accountability requirements. These accountability requirements include a requirement that the governing board of either the school district or community college district or county office of education conduct annual independent performance and financial audits. Existing law requires, by March 31 of each year, the annual, independent financial and performance audits for the preceding fiscal year to be submitted to a citizens' oversight committee that is required to be established if a proposition is approved by the voters, as described above. Existing law requires, without expending bond funds, the governing board of the district to provide the citizens' oversight committee with any necessary technical assistance and administrative assistance and sufficient resources to publicize the conclusions of the citizens' oversight committee.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 581 Wyland Senate Third Reading By WEBER — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB581 Wyland Concurrence — 29–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent #2 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wyland — primary (person)
Weber — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2013-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2013-03-15 Set for hearing April 10.
2013-04-01 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2013-04-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-04-05 Set for hearing April 17.
2013-04-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-04-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 592.) (April 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-04-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-04-24 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2013-04-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 713.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-04-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-05-16 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2013-06-17 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-06-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-06-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-06-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2130.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-06-24 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2013-07-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 1680.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-08-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
2013-08-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-08-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 91, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df833782-eefa-4d29-91c4-d1977891882f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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