BILL NUMBER: AB 1729	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Yamada

                        FEBRUARY 3, 2010

   An act to amend Section 18974.5 of the Government Code, relating
to civil service examinations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1729, as amended, Yamada. Civil service examinations: veterans'
preference.
   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. Existing law
provides that if a member of the Armed Forces successfully passes a
state civil service examination and becomes qualified for the
veterans' preference within 6 months after the establishment of the
employment list, he or she is entitled to receive the additional
points at that time.
   This bill would  permit a member of the Armed Forces, upon
successfully passing a state civil service examination, to be
awarded the additional veterans' credit prior to his or her discharge
or release from the Armed Forces. The bill would make a related
declaration of legislative intent   extend the time in
which a member of the Armed Forces may receive the additional points
to 12 months after the establishment of the employment list  .
   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 18974.5 of the  
Government Code   is amended to read: 
   18974.5.  Any member of the Armed Forces who successfully passes
any state civil service examination and whose name as a result is
placed on an employment list and who within  six 
 12  months after the establishment of the employment list
for which the examination was given qualifies for veteran's
preference as provided for in Sections 18973 and 18973.1 shall be
allowed the appropriate veterans' credit to the same effect as though
he or she were entitled to that credit at the time of the
establishing of the employment list. When and if that person is
allowed veterans' credit under this section his or her name shall be
placed on the employment list in accordance with Section 18937 as the
employment list stands at the time of qualifying for veterans'
credit. 
  SECTION 1.    Section 18974.5 of the Government
Code is amended to read:
   18974.5.  Any member of the Armed Forces who successfully passes
any state civil service examination and whose name as a result is
placed on an employment list for which the examination was given, and
who, if discharged or released under conditions other than
dishonorable, would qualify for a veteran's preference as provided
for in Sections 18973 and 18973.1, shall be allowed the appropriate
veterans' credit. 
  SEC. 2.    It is the intent of the Legislature
that nothing in Section 1 of this act shall exempt a member of the
Armed Forces from the provisions governing the veteran's preference.