BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1729
Author: Yamada (D)
Amended: 6/21/10 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE PUBLIC EMP. & RET. COMMITTEE : 5-0, 6/14/10
AYES: Correa, Ashburn, Corbett, Ducheny, Liu
NO VOTE RECORDED: Cox
SENATE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE : 4-0, 6/22/10
AYES: Denham, Correa, Negrete McLeod, Cedillo
NO VOTE RECORDED: Wyland, Vacancy, Vacancy
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 5/6/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Civil service examinations: veterans
preference
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill extends, from six months to 12 months,
the amount of time a veteran may receive preference points
on employment lists resulting from open nonpromotional
civil service examinations.
ANALYSIS :
Existing Law
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1.Creates the state civil service, a merit system, in which
individuals compete, via an examination process, for jobs
and promotions. Applicants who successfully compete in
open nonpromotional exams are ranked and placed on lists
of individuals who are then eligible to be hired.
2.Allows veterans who have been honorably discharged from
military service, national guard members who have served
in active duty for at least 90 days, widows and widowers
of deceased veterans, and spouses of 100 percent disabled
veterans to receive additional points (i.e., preference
points) added to their exam scores.
3.Requires veterans and National Guard members to submit
proof to departments that they are eligible for
preference points.
4.Allows an active member of the armed forces who has
passed a civil service exam and been placed on a hiring
list - for up to six months following the establishment
of that list - to qualify for veterans' preference
points, have those points added to his or her score, and
have the list re-ordered to reflect those additional
points as if that individual had those points from the
time the list was first established.
This bill allows an active member of the armed forces to
qualify for preference points and have those points added
to his or her score for up to 12 months after passing a
civil service exam and being placed on an employment list.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee
analysis, this bill creates minor and absorbable costs to
the State Personnel Board to modify examination scoring
procedures for open nonpromotional examinations.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/2/10)
American Legion, Department of California
AMVETS, Department of California
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California Association of County Veterans Service Officers
California Peace Officers' Association
California Police Chiefs Association
California State Commanders Veterans Council
Vietnam Veterans of America, California State Council
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
"A new veteran may not learn within six months of being
honorably discharged of the availability of preference
points. Additionally, if a veteran misplaces pertinent
documentation proving his or her service and honorable
discharge, it may take more than six months to obtain
replacement forms from the federal government. Such forms
are needed to prove eligibility for preference points."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles
Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De
Leon, DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher,
Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani,
Garrick, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande,
Niello, Nielsen, Norby, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino,
Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio,
Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico,
Tran, Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bass, Block, De La Torre, Gilmore,
Mendoza, Vacancy
CPM:cm 8/3/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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