BILL NUMBER: AB 577	CHAPTERED  10/12/03

	CHAPTER  836
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 12, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 11, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 9, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 27, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 24, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jerome Horton

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2003

   An act to add Section 18941 to the Government Code, relating to
civil service.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 577, Jerome Horton.  State employees:  dismissed employees.
   A regulation of the State Personnel Board implementing existing
law restricting a person dismissed from state civil service from
applying for a civil service examination provides that a dismissed
employee may not take a civil service examination without the consent
of the executive officer of the board.  The regulation authorizes
the executive officer to grant a continuing waiver of this
requirement to an employee who subsequently attains permanent status
in civil service.
   This bill would require the board to provide, by rule, for grant
of a blanket waiver of this requirement that would allow a dismissed
employee who meets standards to be determined by the board to apply
for any civil service examination so that he or she would not need a
separate waiver for each examination.  It also would require the
board to prepare a written notice that explains the effect of
dismissal from state employment on eligibility to take civil service
examinations and the process by which a dismissed employee can
compete in a civil service examination.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 18941 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   18941.  (a) For purposes of this section, "Section 211" means the
board regulation restricting a dismissed employee from taking civil
service examinations, provided for pursuant to Section 211 of Title 2
of the California Code of Regulations.
   (b) The board shall do both of the following:
   (1) Provide, by rule, for grant of a blanket waiver under Section
211 that will allow a dismissed employee who meets standards to be
determined by the board to apply for any civil service examination,
so that he or she will not need a separate waiver for each
examination.
   (2) Prepare a written notice that explains the effect of dismissal
from state employment on eligibility to take civil service
examinations, as stated in Section 211, and the process by which a
dismissed employee can compete in a civil service examination,
including any changes to that process required by this section.