BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: August 29, 2013
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUDGET
Nancy Skinner, Chair
SB 102 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee) - As Amended:
August 27, 2013
SENATE VOTE : Vote not relevant
SUBJECT : Addenda to Memoranda of Understanding involving 12
state bargaining units
SUMMARY : Approves side agreements recently entered into by the
administration and state bargaining units 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12,
15, 17, 18, 19, and 20. These agreements amend existing
Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) but do not constitute new
MOUs. Specifically, this bill :
1)Authorizes an addendum for Bargaining Unit 12, employees of
the Department of Water Resources. This addendum authorizes
salary increases, effective July 1, 2013, for certain rank and
file and supervisor classifications at DWR to assist with
short term critical retention needs. Increases range from
17.9% to 37.4%. Two classifications, Electrical Mechanical
Testing Technician and the Control System Technician, will be
consolidated into one, the Hydroelectric Plant (HEP)
Technician I, II, III, pending approval by the State Personnel
Board (SPB). The total amount of funding needed for
ratification is $18.3 million. This agreement affects
approximately 534 positions. Increases will be staged for
retirement purposes as follows: after July 1, 2013 and before
July 1, 2014, any pay increase will not be used to determine
final compensation; after July 1, 2014 and prior to July 1,
2015, 50% of the salary increase shall be used to determine
final compensation. Effective July 1, 2015 and continuing
thereafter, the entire salary increase shall be used to
determine final compensation.
2)Authorizes addenda for Bargaining Units 1, 4 and 7, employees
of the Department of Motor Vehicles. These addenda authorize
salary increases, effective July 2, 2013, for certain rank and
file and supervisor classifications based on a review that
recommended classification and salary restructuring. The
majority of these employees will receive a 7.5% increase and
approximately 200 will receive a 1.5% increase. The total
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amount of funding needed for ratification is $26.8 million.
This agreement affects approximately 5,375 rank and file
positions and 1,167 related excluded employees.
3)Authorizes an addendum for Bargaining Unit 5, employees of the
California Highway Patrol. This addendum is a result of a
statutory salary survey for CHP rank and file highway patrol
officers. However, the 5.9% salary increases have been
previously codified in provisional language in the 2013 Budget
Act. This ratification is specifically for reimbursement
increases for specified expenses incurred while traveling on
state business, per the Joint Legislative Budget Committee
letter dated August 5, 2013. While these expenses have been
included in the department's budget, they have not been
expressly authorized by the Legislature, according to the
JLBC, and therefore require approval. No new appropriation is
needed.
4)Authorizes addenda for Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 15,
17, 18, 19, and 20, employees of the Lanterman Developmental
Center. These agreements address the layoff and relocation of
staff. This will provide $3,500 per qualified employee for
those who relocate to another position within the Department
of Developmental Services (DDS), which has already been
included in the department's budget. While these expenses
have been included in the department's budget, they have not
been expressly authorized by the Legislature, according to the
JLBC, and therefore require approval. No new appropriation is
needed.
EXISTING LAW Ralph C. Dills Act requires the Legislature to
approve any agreement that results in the expenditure of funds
not already approved by the Legislature through an MOU, the
budget act or some other legislative vehicle.
FISCAL EFFECT : These agreements could result in an expenditure
of $45.1 million in the Budget Act of 2013.
COMMENTS : This bill authorizes four side agreements involving
12 bargaining units. Two of the agreements are authorizing
agreements with costs that have already been included in
departmental budgets.
With regard to the salary increases and classification change at
DWR, the administration is seeking to resolve a longstanding
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recruitment and retention issue at hydroplant facilities. High
vacancy rates have led to difficulties in fully operating the
State Water Project.
Salary increases at the DMV are the result of a review of
current classifications' workload at DMV offices that was
required by a 2007 MOU. These classifications, on average, were
paid 8 to 22% less than similar employees in other areas of
state government. These increases also reflect the increasing
complexity of work assignments in modernized DMV offices.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file.
Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Mark Martin / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099