BILL NUMBER: AB 2006	CHAPTERED  09/28/02

	CHAPTER  1041
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 28, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 19, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 8, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 18, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cedillo

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2002

   An act to amend Section 3504.5 of the Government Code, relating to
public employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2006, Cedillo.   Local public employees:  health benefit plans.

   Existing law requires the governing body of a public agency and
boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body to
give reasonable written notice, except in cases of emergency, as
specified, to each recognized employee organization affected of any
ordinance, rule, resolution, or regulation directly relating to
matters within the scope of representation proposed to be adopted by
the governing body or the designated boards and commissions.
   This bill would prohibit the governing body of a public agency
with a population in excess of 4,000,000 or the board and commission
of such a public agency from discriminating against employees by
removing or disqualifying them from a health benefit plan, or
otherwise restricting their ability to participate in a health
benefit plan, on the basis that the employees have selected or
supported a recognized employee organization.  These provisions would
be retroactive to July 1, 2001.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 3504.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   3504.5.  (a) Except in cases of emergency as provided in this
section, the governing body of a public agency, and boards and
commissions designated by law or by the governing body of a public
agency, shall give reasonable written notice to each recognized
employee organization affected of any ordinance, rule, resolution, or
regulation directly relating to matters within the scope of
representation proposed to be adopted by the governing body or the
designated boards and commissions and shall give the recognized
employee organization the opportunity to meet with the governing body
or the boards and commissions.
   (b) In cases of emergency when the governing body or the
designated boards and commissions determine that an ordinance, rule,
resolution, or regulation must be adopted immediately without prior
notice or meeting with a recognized employee organization, the
governing body or the boards and commissions shall provide notice and
opportunity to meet at the earliest practicable time following the
adoption of the ordinance, rule, resolution, or regulation.
   (c) The governing body of a public agency with a population in
excess of 4,000,000, or the boards and commissions designated by the
governing body of such a public agency shall not discriminate against
employees by removing or disqualifying them from a health benefit
plan, or otherwise restricting their ability to participate in a
health benefit plan, on the basis that the employees have selected or
supported a recognized employee organization.  Nothing in this
section shall be construed to prohibit the governing body of a public
agency or the board or commission of a public agency and a
recognized employee organization from agreeing to health benefit plan
enrollment criteria or eligibility limitations.
  SEC. 2.  The amendments made by this act to Section 3504.5 of the
Government Code shall be retroactive to July 1, 2001.