BILL NUMBER: SB 609	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Negrete McLeod

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to add Section 3541.35 to the Government Code, relating to
public employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 609, as introduced, Negrete McLeod. Public Employment Relations
Board: final orders.
   Existing law creates the Public Employment Relations Board and
prescribes its powers, which include deciding contested matters
relating to the recognition, certification, or decertification of
public employee organizations. Existing law permits a party to appeal
a decision of an administrative law judge's decision regarding a
matter within the board's jurisdiction.
   This bill would provide that if a decision by an administrative
law judge regarding the recognition or certification of an employee
organization is appealed, the decision shall be deemed the final
order of the board if the board does not act to supersede the
decision on or before 180 days after the appeal is filed.
   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 3541.35 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   3541.35.  Notwithstanding any other law, if a decision by an
administrative law judge regarding the recognition or certification
of an employee organization as described in subdivision (l) of
Section 3541.3 is appealed, the decision shall be deemed the final
order of the board if the board does not issue a ruling that
supersedes the decision on or before 180 days after the appeal is
filed.