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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 1729 (Yamada)
          As Amended June 21, 2010
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |74-0 |(May 6, 2010)   |SENATE: |34-0 |(August 9,     |
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           Original Committee Reference:    P.E.,R. & S.S.  

           SUMMARY  :   Extends the time in which a member of the Armed  
          Forces may receive veterans' preference points on entrance  
          examinations for state employment from six to 12 months after  
          the establishment of the employment list.

           The Senate amendments  correct a grammatical error.

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY,  this bill was substantially similar  
          to the version approved by the Senate.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   According to the Senate Appropriations  
          Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.

           COMMENTS  :   Under existing law, veterans' preference points are  
          provided in open and open nonpromotional civil service entrance  
          examinations for classifications that do not require both  
          college graduation and two or more years of experience.  

          In order to be eligible for veterans preference points, the  
          person's discharge from the military must have been classified  
          as other than dishonorable.  Veterans and widows or widowers of  
          veterans, as well as spouses of 100% disabled veterans, are  
          entitled to a 10-point preference, and disabled veterans are  
          entitled to a 15-point preference, on open examinations.

          If a member of the Armed Forces successfully passes a state  
          civil service examination and becomes qualified for the  
          veterans' preference within six months after the establishment  
          of the employment list, he or she is entitled to receive the  
          additional points at that time.

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Karon Green / P.E., R. & S.S. / (916)  








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