BILL NUMBER: AB 1827	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 10, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Arambula and Solorio

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2010

   An act to add and repeal Section 14236 of the Unemployment
Insurance Code, relating to workforce development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1827, as amended, Arambula. Workforce development: one-stop
career centers.
   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. Existing law, the California Workforce Investment Act,
declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to deliver
comprehensive workforce services to job seekers, 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.
   This bill would require the department, commencing on or before
July 1, 2011, to provide unemployment insurance benefits assistance
 at all   in at least one  comprehensive
one-stop career  centers and department workforce service
offices   center in each workforce area  , as
 prescribed   described in the Workforce
Investment Act  . The bill would require that the unemployment
benefit assistance services required to be provided at these one-stop
career centers  and department workforce service offices
 be funded with existing moneys available to the department
for the administration of the unemployment compensation program, as
specified. These provisions would remain in effect through December
31, 2014.
   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 is added to the Unemployment Insurance
Code, to read:
   14236.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, commencing on or before
July 1, 2011, the department shall provide in-person unemployment
insurance benefits assistance  at all   in at
least one  comprehensive one-stop career  centers and
department workforce service offices   center in each
workforce area, as described in the Workforce Investment Act  ,
as follows:
   (1) The department shall ensure that customer service personnel at
those career centers  and department workforce service
offices  are fully trained regarding the policy, laws, and
regulations governing eligibility, claims processing, and procedures
for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits to eligible
individuals.
   (2) Printed information regarding eligibility and the process for
filing claims for unemployment compensation benefits shall be made
available at those one-stop career centers  and department
workforce service offices  .
   (b) The unemployment benefit assistance services required to be
provided at one-stop career centers  and department workforce
service offices  pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
funded with existing moneys available to the department for the
administration of the unemployment insurance compensation program.
The department shall reallocate existing resources, including staff
and equipment to implement the assistance required to be provided
under this section. The department shall also work with the state's
one-stop career center partners to use existing resources and office
space in one-stop career centers  and department workforce
service offices  to accommodate customer service personnel.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until the end of the
calendar day of December 31, 2014, and as of that date is repealed,
unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted on or before December
31, 2014, deletes or extends that date.