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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 1930
Author: Gorell (R)
Amended: 4/16/12 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE PUBLIC EMPLOY. & RETIRE.COMM. : 5-0, 6/11/12
AYES: Negrete McLeod, Walters, Gaines, Padilla, Vargas
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 5/17/12 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : Civil service tests: announcement
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the State Personnel Board
(SPB) to notify the Department of Veterans Affairs when any
promotional examination for the establishment of an
eligible list is announced or advertised.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Allows persons retired from the United States military,
honorably discharged from active military duty with a
service-connected disability, or honorably discharged
from active duty, to apply for promotional civil service
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examinations, including examinations for career
executive assignments, for which they meet the minimum
qualifications as prescribed by the class specification.
Persons receiving passing scores have their names
placed on promotional lists resulting from these
examinations or otherwise gain eligibility for
appointment. In evaluating minimum qualifications,
related military experience must be considered state
civil service experience in a class deemed comparable by
the SPB, based on the duties and responsibilities
assigned.
2. Authorizes Veterans Preference Points to be awarded in
open and open nonpromotional entrance examinations
requiring less than college graduation and two years of
experience. In open examinations, eligible veterans,
widows/widowers of veterans, and spouses of 100%
disabled veterans receive 10 points. Eligible disabled
veterans receive 15 points. In open nonpromotional
examinations, eligible veterans receive five points.
Eligible disabled veterans receive 10 points. No
veteran's preference points will be allowed once a
veteran achieves permanent civil service status.
Comments
According to the author, "Veterans are legally able to use
their military experience to apply for state civil service
jobs, but their unfamiliarity with the state personnel
board and it's bureaucracy makes it difficult for them to
understand the procedures. With the growing effort to
encourage veterans to use the resources of the California
Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet), this bill will
give CalVet the ability to provide information about state
promotional exams to job seeking veterans."
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 5/17/12
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
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Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth
Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Grove,
Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger
Hernández, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones,
Knight, Lara, Logue, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller,
Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby,
Olsen, Pan, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, Silva, Smyth,
Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski,
Williams, John A. Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Fletcher, Bonnie Lowenthal, Perea,
Skinner, Yamada
DLW:k 6/26/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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