BILL NUMBER: AB 229	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 16, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 7, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chang
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Brough, Kim, Low, and Olsen)

                        FEBRUARY 4, 2015

   An act to add  and repeal  Section 19822.4  to
  of  the Government Code, relating to public
employment.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 229, as amended, Chang. State employees: travel reimbursement.
   Under existing law and bargaining agreements, the state reimburses
employees for all necessary and actual expenses they incur when they
travel on official state business.
   This bill  would   would, until January 1,
2019,  prohibit a state agency from prohibiting state employees
traveling on official state business from using transportation
provided by a transportation network company or lodging in a
short-term rental, as defined. The bill would require a state agency
to reimburse the actual and necessary expenses of a state employee
using a transportation network company or a short-term rental
consistent with the agency's standard reimbursement policies. The
bill would request and encourage the University of California to
adopt travel reimbursement policies in accordance with that
prohibition. The bill would define terms for those purposes.
   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 19822.4 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   19822.4.  (a) As used in this section:
   (1) "Short-term rental" means a residential property that is
rented to a visitor for fewer than 30 days through a centralized
online platform whereby the rental is advertised and payments for the
rental are securely processed. For purposes of travel reimbursement,
a short-term rental shall be considered a commercial lodging
establishment.
   (2) "Transportation network company" has the same meaning as
defined in Section 5431 of the Public Utilities Code.
   (b) (1) A state agency shall not prohibit state employees
traveling on official state business from using transportation
provided by a transportation network company or lodging in a
short-term rental.
   (2) Reimbursement shall be provided for necessary and actual
expenses, consistent with the agency's policies for reimbursement of
other lodging establishments or other vehicles for hire.
   (c) The Legislature requests and encourages the University of
California to adopt travel reimbursement policies in accordance with
this section. 
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2019, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends
that date.