BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ó



                                                                  AB 485
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          Date of Hearing:   May 8, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                 AB 485 (Gomez) - As Introduced:  February 19, 2013 

          Policy Committee:                              PERSSVote:5-2

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill ratifies the provisions of a memorandum of  
          understanding (MOU) between the state and state bargaining unit  
          (BU) 16, Physicians, Dentist, and Podiatrist.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Unknown.  

           COMMENTS  

        1)Purpose  .  This is a spot bill that will be used to approve the  
            final collective bargaining agreement reached this year  
            between the state and BU 19.  The current MOU will expire July  
            1, 2013.  This bill is sponsored by the Union of American  
            Physicians and Dentists / AFSCME who is the exclusive  
            representative of BU 16.

        2)Background  .  Existing law requires, under the State  
            Employee-Employer Relations Act (the Dills Act), collective  
            bargaining agreements (MOUs) that are negotiated between the  
            state and exclusive representatives of each of the 21 state  
            bargaining units be ratified by the Legislature.

        3)There is no registered opposition to this bill.
                 
            
           
           Analysis Prepared by  :    Roger Dunstan / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 











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