BILL NUMBER: AB 1592	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nava

                        JANUARY 4, 2010

   An act relating to state employees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1592, as introduced, Nava. State employees: memorandum of
understanding.
   Existing law provides that a provision of a memorandum of
understanding reached between the state employer and a recognized
employee organization representing state civil service employees that
requires the expenditure of funds does not become effective unless
approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
   This bill would approve provisions of memorandum of understanding
entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Unit 19
that require the expenditure of funds, and would provide that these
provisions will become effective even if these provisions are
approved by the Legislature in legislation other than the annual
Budget Act.
   The bill would provide that provisions of the memorandum of
understanding approved by this bill that require the expenditure of
funds will not take effect unless funds for those provisions are
specifically appropriated by the Legislature, and would require the
state employer and the affected employee organization to meet and
confer to renegotiate the affected provisions if funds for those
provisions are not specifically appropriated by the Legislature.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of
this act is to approve an agreement pursuant to Section 3517.5 of the
Government Code entered into by the state employer and State
Bargaining Unit 19.
  SEC. 2.  The provisions of the memorandum of understanding prepared
pursuant to Section 3517.5 of the Government Code and entered into
by the state employer and State Bargaining Unit 19 that require the
expenditure of funds are hereby approved for the purposes of
subdivision (b) of Section 3517.6 of the Government Code.
  SEC. 3.  The provisions of the memorandum of understanding approved
by Section 2 of this act that require the expenditure of funds shall
not take effect unless funds for these provisions are specifically
appropriated by the Legislature. If funds for these provisions are
not specifically appropriated by the Legislature, the state employer
and the affected employee organization shall meet and confer to
renegotiate the affected provisions.
  SEC. 4.  Notwithstanding Section 3517.6 of the Government Code, the
provisions of the memorandum of understanding included in Section 2
that require the expenditure of funds shall become effective even if
the provisions of the memorandum of understanding are approved by the
Legislature in legislation other than the annual Budget Act.