Brown (Dennis L.), 1983-1984

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Summary

Title:: Dennis L. Brown Papers
Dates:: 1983-1984
Creators:: Dennis L. Brown, California Legislator
Abstract:: Assemblyman Dennis L. Brown, a Republican, was elected to the Legislature in 1978 and served six terms representing the 58th Assembly District. The Dennis L. Brown papers consist of two bill files, A.B. 90 (1981-1982) relating to imposing a tax exemption on retirement pay of retired military personnel, and AB 292 of the (1983-1984) relating to changing public hearing dates for county boards of education on schools service fund budgets and also permits school districts to place proceeds from the sale or lease of property into the special reserve fund.
Extent:: 2 inches
Language:: Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Dennis L. Brown Papers, LP338:[folder number], California State Archives, (Sacramento, CA: Office of the Secretary of State).

Background

Scope and content:

The Dennis L. Brown papers consist of two bill files, A.B. 90 (1981-1982) relating to imposing a tax exemption on retirement pay of retired military personnel, and AB 292 of the (1983-1984) relating to changing public hearing dates for county boards of education on schools service fund budgets and also permits school districts to place proceeds from the sale or lease of property into the special reserve fund.

Biographical / historical:

Assemblyman Dennis L. Brown, a Republican, was elected to the Legislature in 1978 and served six terms. He represented the 58th Assembly District covering the eastern portion of Long Beach, all of Lakewood, Signal Hill and Hawaiian Gardens. After the Supreme Court ordered reapportionment in 1984 the district still included the eastern part of Long Beach, part of Huntington Beach, and all of Signal Hill, Seal Beach, Sunset Beach, Surfside, Rossmoor, and Catalina Island.

A native Californian Assemblyman Brown was born March 21, 1949. He attended Cerritos College receiving an A.A. Degree; University of Southern California earning a B.S. Degree in finance and a Master's Degree in business administration.

When elected to the Assembly Brown served as the director of research for a brokerage firm and was an instructor at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles. He served as a member of the Republican County and State Central Committees from 1974 through 1986, and was selected as a California delegate to the 1976 and 1980 Republican National Conventions, and was appointed a Reagan delegate-at-large at the 1984 Republican National Convention.

(Sources: California Legislature In Sacramento 1982, 1989; Members of the California Legislature and other State Officials, by the California Teamsters Public Affairs Council, 1981-1982, 1985-1986; Legislative Handbook, produced by the California Bear and Wine Wholesalers Association, 1987-1988.)

Assemblyman Brown served on the following committees. This information was obtained from the Assembly Final Histories

Standing Committees
Constitutional Amendments, 1981-1982
Elections and Reapportionment, 1981-1982
Elections and Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments, 1983-1984, 1987-1988
Finance and Insurance, 1985-1988
Governmental Organization, 1981-1982
Health, 1983-1984
Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security, 1989-1990
Revenue and Taxation, 1981-1984
*Vice Chairman, 1985-1988
Rules, 1981-1982
Ways and Means, 1985-1988
Subcommittees
Subcommittee No. 5 of the Ways and Means Committee on Public Employee Compensation, 1985-1986
Subcommittee No. 5 of the Ways and Means Committee on Public Employees and Bonded Indebtedness, 1987-1988
Subcommittee No. 6 of the Ways and Means Committee on Transportation, 1985-1986
*Chairman, 1987-1988
Subcommittee on Workers Compensation, 1987-1988
Subcommittee on Savings and Long Law and Regulations, 1989-1990
Select Committees
Select Committee on Job Development and Economic Productivity, 1985-1986
Select Committee on Office of the State Treasurer, 1987-1990
Select Committee on Workers Compensation, 1987-1988

Acquisition information:

The California State Archives acquired the Dennis L. Brown Papers with a deed of gift.

Physical location:

California State Archives

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Brown, Dennis L.
Tax exemption
Schools

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Patty Gregory
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid created by Patty Gregory. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: 2003

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: For permission to reproduce or publish, please consult California State Archives staff for a copy of the State Archives' reproduction and publication policy. Permission for reproduction or publication is given on behalf of the California State Archives, Office of Secretary of State, Sacramento, as the owner of the physical items. The researcher assumes all responsibility for possible infringement that may arise from reproduction or publication of materials from the California State Archives' collections.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Dennis L. Brown Papers, LP338:[folder number], California State Archives, (Sacramento, CA: Office of the Secretary of State).

Location of this collection:: California State Archives

1020 "O" Street

Sacramento, CA 95814, US