19E - BYLAWS FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

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LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, ETHICS, TRANSPARENCY, AND COMMUNICATION COUNCIL COMMITTEE BY—LAWS ARTICLE I —NAME The Committee shall be known as the Legislative Affairs, Ethics, Transparency, and Communication Council Committee. ARTICLE II - PURPOSE The Committee shall consider legislative policy matters related to all City business, brought or referred by a Committee member, the City Manager, a City Agency or the City's legislative representatives or advocates, as well as receive and review complaints on Code of Conduct and Ethics and how the City communicates with the public. ARTICLE III — POWERS AND DUTIES The Committee shall receive input from staff, citizens, business people, legislative representatives and advocates in regard to legislative matters before the State or Federal government. The Committee shall make recommendations to the Council on legislative priorities. The Committee is tasked with periodic review of the 2008 voter approved Code of Conduct and Ethics to ensure that the code is an effective and vital document. Also, the Committee may recommend policies, protocols, and strategies to effectively communicate with residents, businesses, media, and interested parties. The Committee will not provide direction in matters requiring discretionary approval of City staff. Items requiring City Council direction shall be referred to the full City Council. ARTICLE IV — COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE SECTION A— Members The Committee shall be composed of three sitting members of the Santa Ana City Council. SECTION B - Officers There shall be a Chair and a Vice -Chair. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Committee. The Chair shall report, at the next regular City Council meeting regarding items reviewed by the Committee. SECTION C — Term The officers shall be elected by a majority of the members during the January meeting of the Committee and shall take office immediately. Nominations shall be made from the floor. EXHIBIT 1 19E-3