BILL NUMBER: AB 1889	CHAPTERED  09/20/02

	CHAPTER  732
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 20, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 20, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 19, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 28, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 29, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Horton

                        FEBRUARY 5, 2002

   An act to add Section 45004.1 to the Government Code, relating to
civil service.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1889, Horton.  Civil service:  hearings.
   Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city to provide
for the appointment of a civil service commission or personnel
officer to which it may delegate powers and duties in relation to the
civil service.
   This bill would require that where an audio or stenographic
recording is permitted of a hearing before the commission or a
personnel officer, a copy of the recording shall be provided, upon
request, to the employee bringing the appeal.
   The bill would also require the city or its civil service
commission or officer ordering or making a transcript of the
recording to notify the affected employee of the transcription and
the employee's right to obtain a copy of it and to provide a copy of
the transcript promptly to the employee at the employee's request.
   The bill would authorize the city to charge fees covering direct
duplication costs for these recordings or transcripts.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 45004.1 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   45004.1.  (a) Where a hearing is held before a civil service
commission or personnel officer pursuant to Section 45004 and where
the commission or officer permits an audio or stenographic recording
of the hearing, a copy of the recording shall be provided, upon
request, to the employee bringing the appeal before the commission or
officer.
   (b) If a city or its civil service commission or officer orders or
makes a transcript of the recording pursuant to subdivision (a), the
city shall also do both of the following:
   (1) Notify the employee bringing the appeal of the transcription
and of the employee's right to obtain a copy of the transcript.  The
city shall notify the employee within three days of ordering or
making the transcript.
   (2) Provide a copy of the transcript promptly to the employee at
the employee's request.
   (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city may
charge fees covering direct duplication costs for recordings or
transcripts provided pursuant to this section.