State and local government: salary disclosure.

Under existing law, local governments are authorized to provide for the compensation of local elected and appointed officials, as specified. The California Constitution authorizes the California Citizens Compensation Committee to establish the salaries for state officers, including constitutional officers and members of the Legislature. This bill would require each general law or charter city, county, city and county, special district, school district, and joint powers agency to post on its official Internet Web site, if it maintains one, and annually update, annual salary information pertaining to specified persons, including, among others, each elected or appointed official of that entity, thus imposing a state-mandated local program. The bill would provide that this provision not become operative if a specified condition occurs. This bill would require each constitutional officer to post on his or her official Internet Web site, and update on an annual basis, the annual salary for that constitutional officer, any appointed or exempt deputies, and any appointed or exempt employees of that constitutional officer. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to display and regularly update, on its official Internet Web site, the annual salary of its members, officers, and employees, as specified. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.