BILL NUMBER: AB 1729	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  237
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 9, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 12, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 21, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Yamada
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Correa)

                        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, 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 extend the time in which a member of the Armed
Forces may receive the additional points to 12 months after the
establishment of the employment list.



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 12 months after the
establishment of the employment list for which the examination was
given qualifies for veterans' 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.