BILL NUMBER: AB 492	CHAPTERED  10/13/01

	CHAPTER  780
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 13, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 12, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 12, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 12, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 5, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 14, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Oropeza
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Aroner, Calderon, Cardenas, Chan,
Chavez, Diaz, Firebaugh, Frommer, Goldberg, Negrete McLeod, Pavley,
Salinas, Steinberg, Washington, and Wesson)
   (Coauthors:  Senators Karnette and Murray)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2001

   An act to add Section 19844.7 to the Government Code, relating to
state employees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 492, Oropeza.  State employees:  precinct board members.
   Existing law permits a voter, including a public employee, to take
no more than 2 hours off from work for voting, without loss of pay,
if a voter does not have sufficient time outside of working hours to
vote at a statewide election.  Existing law does not permit a state
employee to take time off from work, without loss of pay, to serve as
a member of a precinct board.
   This bill would provide that pursuant to regulations adopted by
the Department of Personnel Administration, and subject to the
collective bargaining agreement between the state and the employee's
exclusive representative, a state employee, as defined, who has been
appointed as a member of a precinct board and takes time off from
state employment to serve as a member of that precinct board on
election day shall receive payment of his or her regular wages or
salary for that election day, without forfeiting any compensation
received for his or her service as a precinct board member.  The
eligibility of a state employee to receive time off for these
purposes would be subject to the approval of the employee's manager
or supervisor and pursuant to the terms of the collective bargaining
agreement.  The bill would require the department to adopt
regulations to implement these provisions.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 19844.7 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   19844.7.  (a) Pursuant to regulations adopted by the Department of
Personnel Administration, and subject to the collective bargaining
agreement between the state and the employee's exclusive
representative, a state employee who has been appointed as a member
of a precinct board and takes time off from state employment to serve
as a member of that precinct board on election day shall receive
payment of his or her regular wages or salary for that election day,
without forfeiting any compensation received for his or her service
as a precinct board member.  As used in this section, "state employee"
does not include any officer or employee appointed or employed by
the Legislature, or any officer, deputy, or employee selected or
appointed by an elected state officer.
   (b) The eligibility of a state employee to receive time off for
the purposes of subdivision (a) shall be subject to approval of the
employee's manager or supervisor and pursuant to the terms of the
collective bargaining agreement, when applicable.
   (c) The Department of Personnel Administration shall adopt
regulations to implement this section.  The regulations shall
include, among other things, consideration of such items as the
impact of the employee's absence on state services and operations and
the documentation necessary for a state employee to establish that
he or she has taken time off from state employment to serve as a
member of a precinct board and is therefore eligible to receive his
or her regular wages or salary as provided in subdivision (a).  The
regulations required by this section shall be drafted and adopted as
soon as practicable.