CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

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URGENCY STATUTE

Introduced by Assembly Member Hadwick

January 13, 2026

An act to amend Section 24304.2 of the Government Code, relating to local government, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

Vote: 2/3   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: no   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of specified counties to, by ordinance, consolidate the duties of the offices of Auditor-Controller and Treasurer-Tax Collector into the elected office of Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector.

This bill would additionally authorize the board of supervisors of the County of Amador to consolidate the duties of the offices of Auditor-Controller and Treasurer-Tax Collector into the elected office of Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector when a vacancy in either the office of Auditor-Controller or in the office of Treasurer-Tax Collector occurs.

This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Amador.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 24304.2 of the Government Code is amended to read:

24304.2.

(a) Notwithstanding Section 24300, in the Counties of Amador, Lake, Mendocino, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Trinity, and Tulare, the board of supervisors, by ordinance, may consolidate the duties of the offices of Auditor-Controller and Treasurer-Tax Collector into the elected office of Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector. The

(b) The board of supervisors of the County of Amador or Lake shall not so consolidate these offices until a vacancy in either the office of Auditor-Controller or in the office of Treasurer-Tax Collector occurs.

SEC. 2.

The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the particular need to consolidate the duties of the offices of Auditor-Controller and Treasurer-Tax Collector into the elected office of Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector in the County of Amador.

SEC. 3.

This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:

In order to protect the fiscal health of the County of Amador and to ensure that the fiscal and accounting needs of the County of Amador continue to be met, it is necessary for this act to take effect immediately.