BILL NUMBER: AB 1729	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 21, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Yamada
    (   Principal coauthor:   Senator 
 Correa   ) 

                        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 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 12 months after the
establishment of the employment list for which the examination was
given qualifies for  veteran's   veterans' 
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.