BILL NUMBER: SB 88 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Escutia
DECEMBER 7, 1998
An act to repeal and add Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000)
of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to employment, and
declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 88, as introduced, Escutia. Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
(1) Existing law contains various programs for job training and
employment investment, including the obsolete work incentive programs
for individuals receiving aid to families with dependent children
(WIN).
This bill would repeal the WIN provisions.
(2) Existing federal law, the Workforce Investment Act of 1998,
integrates various federal employment programs into a one-stop
service delivery system to provide workers with the information,
advice, job search assistance, and training they need to get and keep
good jobs. The act requires states to implement the act's
provisions by July 1, 2000.
This bill would enact the California Workforce Investment Act of
1999. The bill would establish the California Workforce Investment
Board to advise the Governor in developing a single state plan that
outlines a 5-year strategy for a statewide workforce investment
system. The bill would require the Governor to submit the plan to
the federal Secretary of Labor on or after July 1, 1999, and before
January 1, 2000. The bill would require the Governor to designate
local workforce investment areas in accordance with the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) of the
Unemployment Insurance Code is repealed.
SEC. 2. Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) is added to the
Unemployment Insurance Code, to read:
DIVISION 2. CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT OF 1999
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
5000. This division shall be known as and may be cited as the
California Workforce Investment Act of 1999.
5001 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) The current patchwork of federal job training programs has
taken shape over the last 60 years responding to particular concerns
at specific times. Consequently, job training programs are
splintered and disorganized.
(b) Enactment of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998
represents the first major reform of the nation's job training system
in over 15 years.
(c) These federal reforms permit California to build an integrated
workforce system to assist businesses in filling their labor force
needs and to help job seekers increase their skills and earnings.
(d) The cornerstone of the new workforce investment system is
"one-stop" service delivery, which will unify numerous training,
education, and employment programs into a single, effective system.
(e) "One-stop" centers can provide the public with all of the
following:
(1) Access to high quality local information on available jobs.
(2) Skill requirements.
(3) Training provider performance.
(f) Employment service plays a critical role in "one-stop" service
delivery as the primary job finding source by providing quality
information to the public about all of the following:
(1) Jobs.
(2) The dynamics of the labor market.
(3) Available training and education opportunities.
(4) Links to other public and private services.
(g) The purpose of the California Workforce Investment Act of 1999
is to fully implement the federal requirement for a "one-stop"
service delivery system in each local workforce investment area by
July 1, 2000.
5005. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in
this chapter govern the construction of this division.
5006. "Board" means the California Workforce Investment Board.
5007. "Department" means the Employment Development Department,
which may also be referred to as the Department of Employment
Development.
5008. "Director" means the Director of Employment Development.
5009. "Local area" means a local workforce investment area
designated by the Governor pursuant to Section 5200.
5010. "Workforce Investment Act of 1998" means the federal act
enacted as Public Law 105-220.
CHAPTER 2. STATE RESPONSIBILITY
5100. The California Workforce Investment Board is established.
The board shall assist the Governor in the development of the state
plan described in Section 5150.
5105. The board shall be independent of any existing state agency
and attached for administrative purposes to the department. The
department shall provide offices and staff to assist the board.
5110. The board shall be comprised of the following members or
their designees:
(a) The Governor.
(b) Two members of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on
Rules.
(c) Two members of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the
Assembly.
(d) The director.
(e) The Secretary of Health and Welfare.
(f) The Secretary of Trade and Commerce.
(g) The Secretary of Business, Transportation, and Housing.
(h) The Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(i) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.
(j) Twenty-one members appointed by the Governor who are nominated
by state business organizations and business trade associations, and
meet either or both of the following criteria:
(1) Are owners of businesses, chief executives or operating
officers of businesses, and other business executives or employers
with optimum policymaking or hiring authority.
(2) Represent businesses with employment opportunities that
reflect the employment opportunities of the state.
(k) Nine members appointed by the Governor that shall include all
of the following:
(1) Chief elected officials of cities and counties.
(2) Representatives of labor organizations, who have been
nominated by state labor federations.
(3) Representatives of individuals and organizations that have
experience with respect to youth activities.
(4) Representatives of individuals and organizations that have
experience and expertise in the delivery of workforce investment
activities, including chief executive officers of community colleges
and community-based organizations within the state.
5115. Members of the board that represent organizations,
agencies, or other entities shall be individuals with optimum
policymaking authority within their respective organizations,
agencies, or entities.
5120. The members of the board shall represent diverse regions of
the state, including urban, rural, and suburban areas.
5125. The Governor shall select a chairperson for the board from
among the persons appointed pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section
5110.
5130. The members of the board shall be reimbursed for traveling
and other expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of
official duties.
5150. The Governor shall submit to the federal Secretary of Labor
on or after July 1, 1999, and before January 1, 2000, a single state
plan that outlines a five-year strategy for the statewide workforce
investment system of the state and meets the requirements of Section
112 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
CHAPTER 3. LOCAL PROVISIONS
5200. The Governor shall designate local workforce investment
areas in accordance with Section 116 of the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998.
SEC. 3. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order for the state to meet the requirements of the federal
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 it is necessary that this act take
effect immediately.