BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    



                                                                  SB 37
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          Date of Hearing:   August 19, 2009

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Kevin De Leon, Chair

                   SB 37 (Strickland) - As Amended:  June 25, 2009 

          Policy Committee:                             P.E.R. &  
          S.S.Vote:6-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires that state employees participating in the  
          direct deposit program receive their statement of earnings and  
          deductions by an electronic method unless the employee requests,  
          in writing, to receive a paper version of the statement.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          According to SCO, if every direct deposit participant were to  
          receive electronic earnings statements, the Controller's Office  
          could experience annual savings of $162,000, and the State could  
          save as much as $3.7 million annually. 

           COMMENTS  

           1)Rationale  . According to the author, the bill is intended to  
            save the state money and use of ecological resources. The  
            state controller supports the bill, asserting that it is good  
            business practice to use e-commerce tools whenever possible to  
            meet the goals of more efficient and cost-effective services.

           2)Opponents  (California Association of Professional Scientists)  
            assert that the current "opt in" method works well and that  
            there are many reasons that an employee may wish to receive a  
            hard copy of their statement as opposed to an electronic  
            version.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Brad Williams / APPR. / (916) 319-2081