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Biography
Carol Boyd Hallett, a Republican, was first elected to the 77th Assembly District serving Monterey, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara, in 1976. She was born on October 16, 1937, in Oakland. She attended the University of Oregon with a major in Art History, and San Francisco State College, majoring in Business Administration. Assembly Member Hallett was a former Administrative Assistant to Senator Donald L. Grunsky and a former field representative to Congressman William M. Ketchum. She was married to James T. Hallett in 1958.
Hallett was a member of California Women in Agriculture and the San Luis Obispo County Ninety-Nines. She was affiliated with the San Luis Obispo Republican Women, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Delta, Delta, Delta Sorority. Other affiliations include serving on the legislative committee for the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Salinas Chamber of Commerce. She was named the Monterey County "Farmer of the Year" in 1978. She served as an Executive member of the National Conference of State Legislators.
Assembly Member Hallett was elected Minority Floor Leader in May of 1979 and served in that capacity until January 1981.
According to the California Legislature at Sacramento (Handbooks), Hallett served on the following committees:
California State Assembly, 1977-1982
- Standing Committees
- Agriculture, 1977-1982
- Elections and Reapportionment, 1981-1982
- *Vice Chairman, 1982
- Policy Research Management, 1980-1981
- Public Employees and Retirement, 1977-1978
- Transportation, 1978-1979
- Rules, 1979-1980
- Joint Committees
- Joint Committee on State's Economy, 1980-1982
- Assembly Caucuses
- Rural Caucus, 1979-1980
- *Vice Chairman, 1979-1980
- Commissions
- California Commission on Agriculture, 1980-1982
- *Vice Chairman, 1980
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