BILL NUMBER: AB 165 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Jeffries
JANUARY 22, 2007
An act to add Article 7.7 (commencing with Section 12082) to
Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code,
relating to state government.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 165, as introduced, Jeffries. State government: Office of
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
Existing law requires the Governor to supervise the official
conduct of all executive and ministerial officers. Existing federal
regulations make certain faith-based organizations eligible for
specified federal grants.
This bill would establish the Office of Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives within the office of the Governor and would require the
office to serve as a clearinghouse of information on federal, state,
and local funding for charitable services performed by charitable
organizations, as defined, encourage those organizations to seek
public funding for their charitable services, act as a liaison
between state agencies and those organizations, and advise the
Governor, the Legislature, and an advisory board of the office on the
barriers to collaboration between those organizations and
governmental entities and on strategies to remove those barriers.
This bill would also create the Advisory Board of the Office of
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, to be appointed as specified,
and require it to provide direction, guidance, and oversight to the
office and publish a report of its activities on or before the first
day of August of each year.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Article 7.7 (commencing with Section 12082) is added to
Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code,
to read:
Article 7.7. Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
12082. As used in this article, "organization" means an entity
that is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and provides charitable services
to needy residents of this state. The organization may be, but is
not required to be, faith-based.
12082.5. (a) There is hereby established within the office of the
Governor, the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The
office shall do all of the following:
(1) Serve as a clearinghouse of information on federal, state, and
local funding for charitable services performed by organizations.
(2) Encourage organizations to seek public funding for their
charitable services.
(3) Act as a liaison between state agencies and organizations.
(4) Advise the Governor, the Legislature, and the Advisory Board
of the Office of Faith-Based Community Initiatives on the existing
barriers to collaboration between organizations and governmental
entities and on strategies to remove those barriers.
(b) The Governor shall appoint an executive assistant to manage
the office and perform or oversee the performance of the duties of
the office.
12083. (a) There is hereby created the Advisory Board of the
Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The advisory board
shall consist of members appointed as follows:
(1) The Director of the California Department of Aging, the
Director of Alcohol and Drug Programs, the Director of Health Care
Services, the Director of Mental Health, the Director of Employment
Development, and the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation shall each appoint to the advisory board one employee
of that director's department.
(2) The Speaker of the Assembly shall appoint to the advisory
board two Members of the Assembly each from a different political
party. The Senate Committee on Rules shall appoint to the advisory
board two Members of the Senate each from a different political
party.
(3) The Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Senate
Committee on Rules shall each appoint to the advisory board three
representatives from the nonprofit faith-based, and other nonprofit
community.
(b) The appointments to the board shall be made by April 2, 2008.
Terms of the office shall be one year. Any vacancy that occurs on the
advisory board shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointment for the remainder of the term. The members of the
advisory board shall serve without compensation. Members of the
advisory board may be reappointed.
(c) The advisory board shall hold an initial meeting no later than
May 1, 2008. At its initial meeting, the advisory board shall elect
a chairperson.
(d) The advisory board shall do both of the following:
(1) Provide direction, guidance, and oversight to the office.
(2) Publish a report of its activities on or before the first day
of August of each year, and deliver copies of the report to the
Governor, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the Assembly, and the
President pro Tempore and Minority Leader of the Senate.