BILL NUMBER: SB 572	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 24, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section  3503   110032 
of the Government Code, relating to public employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 572, as amended, Price.  Employee organizations:
representation.   In-Home Supportive Services
Employer-Employee Relations Act: impasse procedures.  
   Existing law, the In-Home Supportive Services Employer-Employee
Relations Act, provides a mechanism for resolving disputes regarding
wages, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment between
the California In-Home Supportive Services Authority (Statewide
Authority), as specified, and recognized employee organizations.
Under the act, if the parties are unable to reach a resolution, the
authority is authorized to declare an impasse and implement its last,
best, and final offer.  
   This bill would authorize the authority to implement any or all of
its last, best, and final offer, provided that the authority would
be required to present the parts of its last, best, and final offer
that conflict with existing law or require expenditure of additional
funds to the Legislature for approval to be effective.  
   Existing law authorizes recognized employee organizations to
represent their members in their employment relations with public
agencies. Existing law also authorizes an employee to appear on his
or her own behalf regarding employment relations with the employing
public agency.  
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 110032 of the  
Government Code   is amended to read: 
   110032.  After the applicable mediation procedure has been
exhausted, factfinding has been completed and made public, and no
resolution has been reached by the parties, the Statewide Authority
may declare an impasse and implement  any or all of  its
last, best, and final offer.  A proposal in the authority's last,
best, and final offer that, if implemented, would conflict with
existing statutes or require the expenditure of additional funds
shall be presented to the Legislature for appro   val to be
effective.  The unilateral implementation of the Statewide
Authority's last, best, and final offer shall not deprive a
recognized employee organization of the right each year to meet and
confer on matters within the scope of representation, whether or not
those matters are included in the unilateral implementation, prior to
the adoption of the annual budget or as otherwise required by law.

  SECTION 1.    Section 3503 of the Government Code
is amended to read:
   3503.  Recognized employee organizations shall have the right to
represent their members in their employment relations with public
agencies. Employee organizations may establish reasonable
restrictions regarding who may join and may make reasonable
provisions for the dismissal of individuals from membership. Nothing
in this section shall prohibit any employee from appearing in his or
her own behalf in his or her employment relations with the public
agency.