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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE - 2015 -16 REGULAR SESSION <br />ASSEMBLY BILL No. 1217 <br />Introduced by Assembly Member Daly <br />February 27, 2015 <br />An act to add Section 6538 to the Government Code, relating to joint <br />powers. <br />LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST <br />AB 1217, as introduced, Daly. Orange County Fire Authority. <br />Existing law authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to <br />form a joint powers authority to exercise any power common to the <br />contracting parties, as specified. Existing law authorizes the agreement <br />to set forth the manner by which the joint powers authority will be <br />governed. Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of any county <br />to contract with any local agency within the county or with the state for <br />services relating to the prevention and suppression of fires. <br />This bill would, as of January 1, 2018, require the Board of Directors <br />of the Orange County Fire Authority, a joint powers agency, to consist <br />of 13 members, each serving a term of 2 years. The bill would create <br />the Orange County Fire Authority City Selection Committee to select <br />10 of those board members from cities that contract with the authority <br />for fire protection services, as specified. The bill would additionally <br />require 3 of the members of the Board of Directors of the Orange County <br />Fire Authority to be members of the board of supervisors of the County <br />of Orange. <br />This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the <br />necessity of a special statute for the Orange County Fire Authority. <br />Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. <br />State- mandated local program: no. <br />m <br />Exhibit 1 <br />65A -3 <br />