Chapter 2 - Commission for Economic Development

Sections (3)

Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 675, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2006.

The Commission for Economic Development, hereinafter referred to as the commission, is continued in existence. The purpose of the commission is to provide continuing bipartisan legislative, executive branch and private sector support and guidance for the best possible overall economic development of the state by any and all of the following means:

(a)Assessing specific regional or local economic development problems and making recommendations for solving problems.

(b)Providing a forum for ongoing dialogue on economic issues between state government and the private sector.

(c)Recommending, where deemed appropriate, legislation to require evaluation of demonstration and ongoing economic development projects and programs to ensure continued cost effectiveness.

(d)Identifying and reporting important secondary effects on economic development of programs and regulations which may have other primary purposes.

(e)Undertaking specialized studies and preparing specialized reports at the request of the Governor or Legislature.

§ 14999.1

Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 537, Sec. 4.5. Effective July 28, 1983.

The commission shall consist of 17 members appointed as follows:

Three Members of the Senate, appointed by the Senate Rules Committee.

Three Members of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.

The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing power and shall participate in the activities of the commission to the extent that such participation is not incompatible with their respective positions as Members of the Legislature. For

the purposes of this article, such Members of the Legislature shall constitute a joint investigating committee on the subject of this article and as such shall have the powers and duties imposed upon such committees by the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly.

Ten members appointed by the Governor after consultation with business, industry, and labor organizations, with no more than six members registered from the same political party. These 10 members shall include persons from the economic development fields of manufacturing, tourism, world trade and such other fields as may be appropriate. The terms of these 10 members shall be for four years. The terms of the members first appointed shall be as follows: four shall expire January 1, 1973; four January 1, 1974; and two January 1, 1975.

The Lieutenant Governor shall serve as chairman of the commission. The commission shall provide for the selection of a vice chairman

who will be a registered member of a political party different from that of the chairman. The commission may select from its membership such other officers as it deems necessary. The chairman and the vice chairman will be ad hoc members of all committees. The Governor shall appoint, upon the nomination of the Lieutenant Governor, an executive secretary for the commission. That appointee shall serve at the pleasure of the Lieutenant Governor. The Lieutenant Governor shall appoint the staff of the commission. The staff shall be employees of the Lieutenant Governor’s office.

§ 14999.10

Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 168.

The Legislature finds and declares that the Commission for Economic Development is solely an advisory body to the Legislature, to the Governor, and to state departments, offices, and agencies, and that the duties and functions given the commission are part of, or incidental to, its work as an advisory body.

The Legislature further finds and declares that no person shall, by virtue of his or her membership on the commission, be deemed or held to be an officer of the State of California.