California Regulations § 60852 Phase IV: Applicant Name Striking Process

(a) During Phase IV of the application process, the panel shall present to the Legislature a list containing the names of 60 of the most qualified applicants identified by the panel during Phase III of the application process for legislative leaders to exercise their right to strike up to 24 names from the list.

(b) On or before May 15 of each year ending in zero, the panel shall present to the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, by hand-carried letter, the list containing the names of 60 of the most qualified applicants divided into three subpools of twenty each, based on their party affiliation and nonaffiliation. The State Auditor's Office shall also make available to the legislative leaders the application materials and recorded interviews of each of the applicants on the list, and any factual materials gathered by the State Auditor's Office or the panel concerning those applicants.

(c) On or before June 30 of each year ending in zero, the State Auditor shall accept from the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly a joint presentation of the list of names described in subdivision (a) with no more than a total of eight names stricken by the legislative leaders from each of the subpools. Time permitting prior to the expiration of the June 30 deadline, if the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly jointly present a list of names to the State Auditor that does not retain at least twelve names in each subpool, the State Auditor shall return the list to the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly for correction.

(d) An applicant whose name has been stricken from a subpool by a legislative leader shall be removed from the selection process and may not serve as a member of the commission. An applicant removed from the selection process because his or her name was stricken from a subpool by a legislative leader may not appeal or seek reconsideration of the removal from the State Auditor's Office or the panel.