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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 102
Author: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
Amended: 9/3/13
Vote: 21
PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not available
SUBJECT : State employees: memoranda of understanding
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill approves side agreements recently entered
into by the administration and state bargaining units 1, 3, 4,
5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, and 20. These agreements amend
existing Memoranda of Understandings (MOUs) but do not
constitute new MOUs.
Assembly Amendments delete the Senate version of the bill
relating to the Budget Act of 2013, and instead add the current
language.
ANALYSIS : 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.
This bill:
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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 Technician I,
II, III, pending approval by the State Personnel Board. 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
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 CHP'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.
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 DDS's budget. While these expenses have been
included in DDS's budget, they have not been expressly
authorized by the Legislature, according to the JLBC, and
therefore require approval. No new appropriation is needed.
5.Authorizes an addendum for Bargaining Unit 8, employees of the
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CALFIRE). The addendum provides increases to the amount
provided to employees for business and travel expenses such as
meals and lodging. Costs associated with this increase are
minor and absorbable by CALFIRE's approved budget. In
addition, the addendum codifies an agreement in existence
since 1992 that provides a pre-retirement death benefit for
employee dependents. This benefit is already in place and
therefore does not add any new cost.
6.Contains an appropriation allowing this bill to take effect
immediately upon enactment.
Comments
This bill authorizes five side agreements involving 13
bargaining units. Three 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 Department of Motor Vehicles (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 eight to 22% less than
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similar employees in other areas of state government. These
increases also reflect the increasing complexity of work
assignments in modernized DMV offices.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
These agreements could result in an expenditure of $45.1 million
in the Budget Act of 2013.
PQ:nl 9/6/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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