Local agency formation commissions: district representation.
Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, provides for the selection of representatives of independent special districts on each local agency formation commission by an independent special district selection committee pursuant to a nomination and election process. Existing law requires the executive officer of the commission to call and hold a meeting of the special district selection committee upon, among other things, receipt of a written request by one or more members of the selection committee, as specified.
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AB 979
California AB 979 (20172018)
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Local agency formation commissions: district representation.
California AB 979 (20172018) — Local agency formation commissions: district representation.
Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, provides for the selection of representatives of independent special districts on each local agency formation commission by an independent special district selection committee pursuant to a nomination and election process. Existing law requires the executive officer of the commission to call and hold a meeting of the special district selection committee upon, among other things, receipt of a written request by one or more members of the selection committee, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2017-04-03 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2017-04-04 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
2017-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2017-04-06 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
2017-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2017-04-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2017-04-27 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
2017-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2017-05-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-05-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1654.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-06-01 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2017-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2017-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2180.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-08-22 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2017-08-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 203, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e3ef7cd-93fd-4d8b-964d-acc5381d8bdd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).