BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 102 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)
As Amended August 28, 2013
Majority vote. Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect
Immediately
SENATE VOTE :Vote not relevant
BUDGET 14-10
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|Ayes:|Skinner, Bloom, Campos, |
| |Chesbro, Daly, Dickinson, |
| |Gordon, |
| |Jones-Sawyer, Mitchell, |
| |Mullin, Muratsuchi, |
| |Nazarian, Stone, Ting. |
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|Nays:|Gorell, Chávez, Grove, |
| |Harkey, Mansoor, |
| |Melendez, Morrell, |
| |Nestande, Patterson, |
| |Wagner |
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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 Understandings (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 (DWR). 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. The salary
increases range from 17.9% to 37.4% depending upon
classification. 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
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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
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 (CHP). 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
(JLBC) 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
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needed.
5)Contains an appropriation allowing this bill to take effect
immediately upon enactment.
EXISTING LAW requires, under the Ralph C. Dills Act, 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
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.
Analysis prepared by: Mark Martin / BUDGET/ (916) 319-2099
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