BILL NUMBER: AB 2543	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act relating to civil service.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2543, as introduced, Levine. State civil service: nepotism and
cronyism: ethics committee.
   The California Constitution provides that civil service includes
every officer and employee of the state, except as specified, and
requires that permanent appointment and promotion be made under a
general system based upon merit ascertained by competitive
examination. The State Civil Service Act governs the employment of
persons in state service and provides that all nonexempt appointments
shall be filled by the appointing power by appointment, including
transfers, reinstatements, promotions, and demotions from employment
lists.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would create an ethics committee to address issues
relating to nepotism and cronyism in state service.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would create an ethics committee to address issues
relating to nepotism and cronyism in state service.