BILL NUMBER: AB 1995	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  187
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 28, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 28, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 10, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 15, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 17, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Koretz

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2006

   An act to amend Section 71660 of the Government Code, relating to
trial court employees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1995, Koretz  Trial court employees: personnel files.
   Existing law requires each trial court to permit an employee to
inspect his or her official personnel files that are used, or have
been used, to determine that employee's qualifications for
employment, promotion, additional compensation, or termination or
other disciplinary action.
   This bill would make that requirement applicable to any personnel
files.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 71660 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   71660.   Each trial court shall adopt personnel rules, subject to
the obligation to meet and confer in good faith, to provide trial
court employees with access to their official personnel files. The
rules shall provide, at a minimum, that all of the following applies:

   (a) Each trial court shall, at reasonable times and intervals,
permit an employee, upon that employee's request, to inspect any
personnel files that are used, or have been used, to determine that
employee's qualifications for employment, promotion, additional
compensation, or termination or other disciplinary action.
   (b) Each trial court shall keep a copy of each employee's official
personnel files at the place where the employee reports to work, or
shall make the official personnel files available where the employee
reports to work within a reasonable period of time after a request
for the official personnel files by the employee.
   (c) Records of a trial court employee relating to the
investigation of a possible criminal offense, letters of reference,
and other matters protected by constitutional, statutory, or common
law provisions, shall be excluded from the personnel files for
purposes of this section.