BILL NUMBER: AB 1765	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Solorio
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Arambula)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bradford, Charles Calderon, Coto,
Feuer, Hayashi, Nava, and Torres)

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2010

   An act to add Section 19851.5 to the Government Code, relating to
public employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1765, as introduced, Solorio. Public employment: furloughs.
   Existing law states that it is the policy of the state that the
workweek of the state employee shall be 40 hours, and the workday of
state employees 8 hours, except that workweeks and workdays of a
different number of hours may be established in order to meet the
varying needs of the different state agencies. Executive Orders
S-16-08 and S-13-09 imposed 3 unpaid furlough days on state
employees.
   This bill would prohibit a state employee from being furloughed
when the unemployment rate in California during the previous month
reached or exceeded 8.5%, and the employee works for a program that
is 100% funded by the federal government, performs services that
combat the state's recession, and works for the California
Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board or the Employment Development
Department.
   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 19851.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   19851.5.  A state employee shall not be furloughed when all of the
following criteria apply:
   (a) The unemployment rate in California during the previous month
reached or exceeded 8.5 percent.
   (b) The employee works for a program that is 100-percent funded by
the federal government.
   (c) The employee performs services that combat the state's
recession.
   (d) The employee works for the California Unemployment Insurance
Appeals Board or the Employment Development Department.