BILL NUMBER: AB 1399	CHAPTERED  09/07/99

	CHAPTER   357
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 23, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JUNE 1, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 22, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wayne

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to amend Section 19605 of the Government Code, relating to
state civil service.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1399, Wayne.  State civil service:  demonstration projects.
   Existing law authorizes the State Personnel Board, directly or
through agreement or contract with one or more agencies and other
public and private organizations, to conduct and evaluate
demonstration projects to determine whether a specified change in
personnel management policies or procedures would result in improved
state personnel management.  Existing law prohibits supervisory
employees from being included in a demonstration project unless there
has been an opportunity for the employees and employee organizations
to meet and confer with the employer.
   This bill would instead prohibit supervisory employees from being
included in a demonstration project unless there are written
agreements with respect to the project between the affected state
agency and all verified supervisory employee organizations that
represent supervisory employees covered by the project.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 19605 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   19605.  (a) Supervisory employees, as defined in subdivision (g)
of Section 3513, shall not be included within any demonstration
project unless there are written agreements with respect to the
demonstration project between the affected state agency and all
verified supervisory employee organizations that represent
supervisory employees covered by the demonstration project.
   (b) Employees within any bargaining unit with respect to which a
labor organization has not been accorded exclusive recognition shall
not be included within any demonstration project unless the employer
first meets and confers in good faith with the employees and any
employee organizations representing the employees.  "Meet and confer
in good faith" means that the employer and employees and employee
organizations shall have the mutual obligation personally to meet and
confer promptly upon request by either party and continue for a
reasonable time in order to exchange freely information, opinions,
and proposals, and to endeavor to reach agreement.