BILL NUMBER: AB 837	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Roger Hernández

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to add Section 92611.3 of the Education Code, relating to
the University of California.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 837, as introduced, Roger Hernández. University of California:
employee salaries.
   Under existing law, the University of California, under the
administration of the Regents of the University of California, is one
of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state.
Under existing law, the regents have all the powers necessary or
convenient for the administration of the university, including the
power to employ officers and employees of the university, but are
subject to such legislative control as may be necessary to ensure the
security of university funds.
   This bill would express findings and declarations of the
Legislature relating to salaries paid to some officers and employees
of the University of California. The bill would prohibit the
University of California, as a condition of the receipt of state
funding in the annual Budget Act, from paying any of its employees or
officers a salary that exceeds $500,000 in any fiscal year.
   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.  The Legislature finds and declares both of the
following:
   (a) The California Constitution states that the University of
California is subject to such legislative control as may be necessary
to ensure the security of its funds.
   (b) There is substantial public concern about the high salaries
paid, out of taxpayer dollars, to some University of California
officers and employees.
  SEC. 2.  Section 92611.3 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   92611.3.  As a condition of the receipt of state funding in the
annual Budget Act, the University of California shall not pay any of
its employees or officers a salary that exceeds five hundred thousand
dollars ($500,000) in any fiscal year.