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                                                                  AB 586
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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 586 (Ma)
          As Amended  March 23, 2010
          2/3 vote. Urgency
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |     |(June 2, 2009)  |SENATE: |33-0 |(June 17,      |
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               (vote not relevant)

          Original Committee Reference:     INS.

          SUMMARY  :  Corrects a drafting error that accidentally excluded  
          certain safety officers in San Francisco from receiving "4850"  
          benefits.

           The Senate amendments  delete the Assembly version of the bill,  
          and instead:

          1)Narrow an exclusion of certain safety officers employed by the  
            City and County of San Francisco from the law that provides  
            full pay for up to one year for these officers if injured on  
            the job.

          2)Provide that the change in the law proposed by the bill is  
            retroactive to January 1, 2010 (the date that the law being  
            corrected became effective.)

          3)Adopt an urgency clause, allowing this bill to take effect  
            immediately upon enactment.

           EXISTING LAW  :

          1)Provides for a comprehensive system of workers' compensation  
            benefits for employees injured on the job, including temporary  
            disability benefits equal to 2/3 of usual wages, subject to a  
            cap.

          2)Provides most peace officers and firefighters with a special  
            benefit of full pay for up to one year for temporary  
            disabilities incurred on the job.

          3)Excludes public safety officers employed by the City and  
            County of San Francisco.








                                                                  AB 586
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           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Undetermined

           Comments  :  AB 1227 (Feuer) Chapter 389 Statutes 2009, amended  
          Labor Code Section 4850, the provision that grants safety  
          officers the special "full pay" disability benefit.  Prior to AB  
          1227, only safety officers covered by specified retirement  
          systems qualified for "4850 time."  AB 1227 changed this  
          limitation, applying Section 4850 to all safety officers unless  
          specifically excluded.  In general, the exclusions applied to  
          officers who already had a 4850-like benefit.  Certain safety  
          officers in San Francisco fit this category, but the language in  
          the bill drew a circle around officers who previously had 4850  
          benefits, and who did not have alternative 4850-like benefits.   
          The bill is designed to correct this drafting error.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Mark Rakich / INS / (916) 319-2086
                                                                FN: 0004885