BILL NUMBER: AB 2243	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Knight

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 11154 of the Government Code, relating to
state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2243, as introduced, Knight. State government: state
departments.
   Existing law, with a specified exception, authorizes the head of
each department, with the approval of the Governor, to appoint
officers and employees as are necessary, prescribe their duties, and
fix their salaries in accordance with classifications made by the
State Personnel Board.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 11154 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   11154.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the head of each
department may, with the approval of the Governor, appoint 
such  officers and employees as are necessary  ; and
  ,  prescribe their duties, and fix their
salaries in accordance with classifications made by the State
Personnel Board.