BILL NUMBER: SB 619	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Section 33319.4 to the Education Code, and to amend
Section 19995 of the Government Code, relating to state employees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 619, as introduced, Yee. State employees: training: civics
orientation.
   Existing law requires the Department of Human Resources (CalHR) to
devise plans for and cooperate with appointing powers and other
supervising officials in the conduct of employee training programs so
that the quality of service rendered by persons in the state civil
service may be continually improved.
   This bill would require the State Department of Education, on or
before January 1, 2015, to develop and make available online a state
employee civics orientation on federal and state government. The bill
would require private matching funds before any appropriation to the
State Department of Education for those purposes is encumbered. The
bill would require an appointing power or other supervising official
for an employee hired, promoted, or reclassified after July 1, 2015,
to certify annually to CalHR that the employee has completed that
orientation.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 33319.4 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   33319.4.  (a) On or before January 1, 2015, the State Department
of Education shall develop and make available online a state employee
civics orientation on federal and state government to facilitate a
basic understanding of the responsibilities and operation of the
three branches of government and the importance of civic engagement.
The orientation shall include practical examples and shall be updated
as necessary.
   (b) Moneys, or a portion of moneys, appropriated to the State
Department of Education by the Legislature for the development of the
orientation pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be encumbered
unless the total amount encumbered is matched by private funds.
Moneys appropriated that are not matched by private funds shall
revert to the General Fund.
  SEC. 2.  Section 19995 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   19995.  (a) The department shall devise plans for and cooperate
with appointing powers and other supervising officials in the conduct
of employee training programs so that the quality of service
rendered by persons in the state civil service may be continually
improved. 
   (b) The appointing power or other supervising official for an
employee hired, promoted, or reclassified after July 1, 2015, using
existing processes and resources, shall certify annually to the
department that the employee has completed employee training
developed pursuant to Section 33319.4 of the Education Code. 

   (b) 
    (c)  If the provisions of this section are in conflict
with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant
to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be
controlling without further legislative action, except that if such
provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure
of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved
by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.