BILL NUMBER: SB 67 CHAPTERED 02/14/01 CHAPTER 1 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE FEBRUARY 14, 2001 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR FEBRUARY 14, 2001 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 13, 2001 PASSED THE SENATE FEBRUARY 5, 2001 AMENDED IN SENATE JANUARY 31, 2001 INTRODUCED BY Senator Burton JANUARY 8, 2001 An act to make an appropriation in augmentation of Items 9800-001-0001, 9800-001-0494, and 9800-001-0988 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2000, relating to state employees, to take effect immediately as an appropriation for the usual and current expenses of the state. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 67, Burton. State employees: compensation. The Budget Act of 2000 appropriated specified amounts from the General Fund and unallocated special funds for expenditure for state employee compensation. This bill would appropriate $10,322,000, as scheduled, from the General Fund, unallocated special funds, and other unallocated nongovernmental cost funds in augmentation of specified items in the Budget Act of 2000, to offset a portion of the employees' health benefit premium increase during the period of January 1 to June 30, 2001, inclusive. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a statute providing an appropriation for the usual and current expenses of the state. Appropriation: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. (a) The sum of ten million three hundred twenty-two thousand dollars ($10,322,000) is hereby appropriated for expenditure in the 2000-01 fiscal year in augmentation and for the purposes of state employee compensation as provided in Items 9800-001-0001, 9800-001-0494, and 9800-001-0988 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2000 (Chapter 52 of the Statutes of 2000) in accordance with the following schedule: (1) Five million one hundred sixty-one thousand dollars ($5,161,000) from the General Fund to be allocated by the Director of Finance, pursuant to an executive order issued by the Governor, to the state offices, departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, and other state agencies, in augmentation of their respective appropriations or allocations, in accordance with approved agreement or for the employees excluded from collective bargaining, to offset a portion of the state employees' health benefit premium increase during the period of January 1 to June 30, 2001, inclusive. (2) Three million three hundred three thousand dollars ($3,303,000) from unallocated special funds designated for employee benefits, to be allocated by the Director of Finance, pursuant to an executive order issued by the Governor, to the state offices, departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, and other state agencies, in augmentation of their respective appropriations or allocations, in accordance with approved agreement or for employees excluded from collective bargaining, each special fund to be charged an amount proportionate to its share of employee benefit costs, to offset a portion of the state employees' health benefit premium increase during the period of January 1 to June 30, 2001, inclusive. (3) One million eight hundred fifty-eight thousand dollars ($1,858,000) from other unallocated nongovernmental cost funds to be allocated by the Director of Finance, pursuant to an executive order issued by the Governor, to the state offices, departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, and other state agencies, in augmentation of their respective appropriations or allocations, in accordance with approved agreement or for employees excluded from collective bargaining, each fund to be charged an amount proportionate to its share of employee benefit costs, to offset a portion of the state employees' health benefit premium increase during the period of January 1 to June 30, 2001, inclusive. (b) "Approved agreement," for the purposes of this section, means an agreement entered into by the state with each of the following state bargaining units: (1) State Bargaining Unit 2-California State Attorneys and Administrative Law Judges (California Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges, and Hearing Officers in State Employment-CASE). (2) State Bargaining Unit 5-Highway Patrol (California Association of Highway Patrolmen-CAHP). (3) State Bargaining Unit 6-Corrections (California Correctional Peace Officers Association-CCPOA). (4) State Bargaining Unit 7-Protective Services and Public Safety (California Union of Safety Employees-CAUSE). (5) State Bargaining Unit 8-Firefighters (California Department of Forestry Employees Association-CDFF). (6) State Bargaining Unit 9-Professional Engineers (Professional Engineers in California Government-PECG). (7) State Bargaining Unit 10-Professional Scientists (California Association of Professional Scientists-CAPS). (8) State Bargaining Unit 12-Crafts and Maintenance (International Union of Operating Engineers-IUOE). (9) State Bargaining Unit 13-Stationary Engineers (International Union of Operating Engineers-IUOE). (10) State Bargaining Unit 16-Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists (Union of American Physicians and Dentists-UAPD). (11) State Bargaining Unit 18-Psychiatric Technicians (California Association of Psychiatric Technicians-CAPT). (12) State Bargaining Unit 19-Health and Social Services/Professionals (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal (AFSCME). SEC. 2. This act makes an appropriation for the usual and current expenses of the state within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect.