BILL NUMBER: AB 1729	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Yamada

                        FEBRUARY 3, 2010

   An act to amend Section 18974.5 of the Government Code, relating
to civil service examinations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1729, as introduced, Yamada. Civil service examinations:
veterans' preference.
   Under the State Civil Service Act, veterans of the Armed Forces
who take an entrance examination for state employment are allowed
extra points by virtue of their status as veterans. Existing law
provides that if a member of the Armed Forces successfully passes a
state civil service examination and becomes qualified for the
veterans' preference within 6 months after the establishment of the
employment list, he or she is entitled to receive the additional
points at that time.
   This bill would permit a member of the Armed Forces, upon
successfully passing a state civil service examination, to be awarded
the additional veterans' credit prior to his or her discharge or
release from the Armed Forces. The bill would make a related
declaration of legislative intent.
   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.  Section 18974.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   18974.5.  Any member of the Armed Forces who successfully passes
any state civil service examination and whose name as a result is
placed on an employment list  and who within six months after
the establishment of the employment list  for which the
examination was given  qualifies   , and who, if
discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable,
would qualify  for  a  veteran's preference as provided
for in Sections 18973 and 18973.1  ,  shall be allowed the
appropriate veterans' credit  to the same effect as though he
or she were entitled to that credit at the time of the establishing
of the employment list. When and if that person is allowed veterans'
credit under this section his or her name shall be placed on the
employment list in accordance with Section 18937 as the employment
list stands at the time of qualifying for veterans' credit .

  SEC. 2.  It is the intent of the Legislature that nothing in
Section 1 of this act shall exempt a member of the Armed Forces from
the provisions governing the veteran's preference.