BILL NUMBER: AB 1323	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

    An act relating to state government.   An
act to add Section 14236.5 to the Unemployment Insurance Code,
relating to workforce development. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1323, as amended, Bonnie Lowenthal.  Business,
Transportation and Housing Agency.   Workforce
development: one-stop career centers: job information.  
   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 to ensure that information
is posted or otherwise made available at all state one-stop career
centers regarding any jobs that have been or will be created in this
state as a result of economic stimulus funding provided to the state
pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or
from the proceeds from the sale of state General Fund infrastructure
bonds.  
   The Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing has the
power of general supervision over, and is directly responsible to the
Governor for, the operations of each department, office, and unit
within the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency. 

   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to require the Secretary of Business, Transportation and
Housing to consider job creation when prioritizing infrastructure
projects. 
   Vote: 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 14236.5 is added to
the   Unemployment Insurance Code   , to read:
 
   14236.5.  The department shall ensure that information is posted
or otherwise made available at all state one-stop career centers
regarding any jobs that have been or will be created in this state as
a result of economic stimulus funding provided to the state pursuant
to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law
111-5), or from the proceeds from the sale of state General Fund
infrastructure bonds.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation to require the Secretary of Business,
Transportation and Housing to consider job creation when prioritizing
infrastructure projects.