BILL NUMBER: AB 372	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eggman

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2013

   An act to amend Section 18973.5 of the Government Code, relating
to civil service.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 372, as introduced, Eggman. Civil service: veterans' preference
in hiring.
   Existing civil service law requires that veterans be allowed
preference points for civil service entrance examinations, as
specified. For purposes of allowing preference points to veterans,
existing law defines an entrance examination to include any open
competitive examination other than one for a class having a
requirement of both college graduation and 2 or more years of
experience.
   This bill would delete the provision that excludes those
examinations for a class having a requirement of both college
graduation and 2 or more years of experience from the definition of
an entrance examination for purposes of allowing preference points
for veterans, as specified. The bill would make findings and
declarations in this regard.
   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.  The Legislature finds and declares the following:
   (a) Though unemployment has fallen among veterans nationwide, the
unemployment rate of veterans of post-9/11 conflicts is 11.1 percent,
exceeding that of the general population 7 percent.
   (b) Educational attainment of veterans continues to rise, and
there has been a significant increase in the post-9/11 era in the
proportion of veterans who have completed bachelor's degrees.
   (c) The percentage of veterans in California with bachelor's
degrees exceeds the national average.
   (d) Veterans tend to be enrolled in college at older ages than
nonveterans, and are thus older than nonveterans when they enter the
educated workforce.
   (e) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this act to
expand employment opportunities for veterans and to improve the
application of veterans' preferences in state hiring.
  SEC. 2.  Section 18973.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   18973.5.  (a) For purposes of Sections 18973, 18973.1, and 18978,
an entrance examination is any open competitive examination 
other than one for a class having a requirement of both college
graduation and two or more years of experience  .
   (b) For purposes of Sections 18973, 18973.1, and 18978, veterans'
credits shall be awarded in all qualifying examinations in which the
veteran competes. No veterans' credits shall be awarded once a
veteran achieves permanent civil service status.