BILL NUMBER: AB 857	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Galgiani and Mendoza
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Coto)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Arambula)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to add Section 14236 to the Unemployment Insurance Code,
relating to workforce development  , and declaring the
urgency thereof, to take effect immediately  .


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 857, as amended, Galgiani. Workforce development: one-stop
career center systems. 
   (1) The 
    The  federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provides
for workforce investment activities, including activities in which
states may participate. Existing law contains various programs for
job training and employment investment, including work incentive and
employment training outreach programs. Existing law, the California
Workforce Investment Act declares that it is the intent of the
Legislature to deliver comprehensive workforce services to
jobseekers, students, and employers through a system of one-stop
career centers to, among other things, make job outreach, intake, job
search and placement assistance, and other related services
available in one location.
   Existing law provides for the payment of unemployment compensation
benefits to eligible unemployed persons during the period that the
person is unemployed, and requires the Employment Development
Department to implement and administer the unemployment compensation
program.
   This bill would require the department  , on or before July 1,
2010,  to provide in-person unemployment benefit assistance
 at all   in at least one  comprehensive
state one-stop career  centers and workforce service offices
  center in each workforce area  , as prescribed.
The bill would require that the unemployment benefit assistance
services required to be provided at these one-stop career centers be
funded with existing moneys available to the department for the
administration of the unemployment compensation program. 
   (2) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute. 
   Vote:  2/3   majority  . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 14236 is added to the Unemployment Insurance
Code, to read:
   14236.  (a)  Notwithstanding   On or before
July 1, 2010, and notwithstanding  any other law, the department
shall provide in-person unemployment benefit assistance  at
all   in at least one  comprehensive state one-stop
career  centers and department workforce service offices
  center in   each workforce area, as defined
by the Workforce Investment Act  , as follows:
   (1) The department shall ensure that customer service personnel at
those career centers are  fully  trained regarding
the policy, laws, and regulations governing eligibility, claims
processing, and procedures for the payment of unemployment
compensation benefits to eligible individuals.
   (2) Printed information regarding eligibility and the process for
filing claims for unemployment compensation benefits shall be made
available at all one-stop career centers.
   (b) The unemployment benefit assistance services required to be
provided at one-stop career centers pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
be funded with existing moneys available to the department for the
administration of the unemployment insurance compensation program.

  SEC. 2.    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 to make necessary statutory changes, as soon as possible,
to provide urgently needed assistance to the state's unemployed
workers and promote economic recovery, it is necessary that this act
take effect immediately.