republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1036.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parks: regional park, park and open-space, and open-space districts: employee relations."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes the creation of a regional park district, a regional park and open-space district, or a regional open-space district in specified ways and provides that the district may exercise any powers granted to it under law. Existing law provides that a general manager of a district has certain administrative and executive functions, powers, and duties, including appointing subordinates, clerks, and other employees, and exercising supervision and control over all departments and offices of the district. Existing law requires that the appointees hold employment at the pleasure of the general manager."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1036"
citation: "California AB 1036 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Parks: regional park", "park and open-space", "and open-space districts: employee relations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d58f95a-da56-4e7c-a6bd-d9416e833bd9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1036"
source_hash: "2a576a0143e90a46426d948806553a852e7293d6ea70a3583f1f59ca3785022d"
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 1036 (20112012) — Parks: regional park, park and open-space, and open-space districts: employee relations.

(1) Existing law authorizes the creation of a regional park district, a regional park and open-space district, or a regional open-space district in specified ways and provides that the district may exercise any powers granted to it under law. Existing law provides that a general manager of a district has certain administrative and executive functions, powers, and duties, including appointing subordinates, clerks, and other employees, and exercising supervision and control over all departments and offices of the district. Existing law requires that the appointees hold employment at the pleasure of the general manager.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1036&version=20110AB103699INT)
2. **04/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1036&version=20110AB103698AMD)
3. **06/29/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1036&version=20110AB103697AMD)
4. **07/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1036&version=20110AB103696AMD)
5. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1036&version=20110AB103694CHP)
6. **AB1036** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1036)
7. **08/29/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1036&version=20110AB103695ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1036 ALLEN Assembly Third Reading — **50–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1036 Allen By Evans — **24–15** (pass) · upper
- AB 1036 ALLEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **51–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-14** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 1458.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** 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. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 1964.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 2547.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 581, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d58f95a-da56-4e7c-a6bd-d9416e833bd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).