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 Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code is repealed.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.