BILL NUMBER: SB 36	CHAPTERED  07/28/99

	CHAPTER   201
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 28, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 27, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JULY 15, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   FEBRUARY 25, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   FEBRUARY 24, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   FEBRUARY 9, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Baca
   (Coauthor:  Senator Solis)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Alquist, Honda, Knox, and
Washington)

                        DECEMBER 7, 1998

   An act to add Section 50088 to the Government Code, relating to
public employees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 36, Baca.  Veterans' preference:  local agencies.
   Under the State Civil Service Act, veterans of the armed forces
who take an entrance examination for state employment are allowed
extra points by virtue of their status as veterans.
   This bill would require any city, county, or city and county,
general law or chartered, when it has established a civil service
system, to implement a veterans' preference system by January 1,
2002, or adopt a resolution identifying reasons that the local agency
does not do so.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 50088 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   50088.  (a) As used in this section:
   (1) "Civil service system," as applied to a county or city or
county, means the approved local merit system (ALMS).
   (2) "Veteran" has the same meaning as in Section 18973.
   (3) "Veterans service office" means an office established pursuant
to Section 970 of the Military and Veterans Code.
   (b) When any city, county, or city and county, general law or
chartered, has established a civil service system and entrance
examination for the selection of appointive officers and employees,
the board of supervisors or city council, by January 1, 2002, shall
either implement a veterans' preference system giving preference to a
veteran over other identically qualified applicants, or shall adopt
a resolution identifying reasons that it does not implement a
veterans' preference system.
   (c) Nothing in this act shall be construed to require a city,
county, or city and county, to implement a veterans' preference
system.  However, it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting
this section that cities, counties, and cities and counties, to the
extent possible, further the public policy embodied in Section 6 of
Article VII of the California Constitution to promote veterans'
preference.
   (d) In enacting this section, the Legislature finds and declares
that veterans' preference in civil service examinations is a matter
of statewide concern.
   (e) It is the intent of the Legislature that a board of
supervisors or city council may seek the voluntary assistance of a
veterans service office serving that area in implementing a veterans'
preference system.