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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 72
Author: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
Amended: 9/4/09 in Senate
Vote: 27 - Urgency
PRIOR SENATE VOTES NOT RELEVANT
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 63-9, 9/8/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : State employees: payroll: health care
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : As it left the Senate, this bill expressed the
intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes
relating to the Budget Act of 2009. This bill now: (1)
Clarifies that the payday deferral enacted through AB
12XXXX (Evans), Chapter 12, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth
Extraordinary Session, applies to only June 30th paychecks.
(Current law directs the State Controller to issue date
all June 30th paychecks to July 1, thus allocating those
costs into the following fiscal year. (2) Makes technical
clarifying amendments to the provision authorizing the
Public Employees' Retirement System to use reserves
generated by one or more self-funded benefit plans to
reduce premiums charged.
ANALYSIS : Existing law requires that, on and after
January 1, 2010, payments to employees made through the
Uniform State Payroll System for a pay period ending on
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June 30 of each year shall be on or after July 1, provided
that employees, in any event, be paid promptly.
This bill requires that, on and after January 1, 2010,
payments to employees made through the Uniform State
Payroll System for a master payroll paid on June 30 of each
year shall be issue dated on July 1.
Existing law requires the Department of Finance to install
and supervise an accounting system for state agencies.
Existing law requires, in regard to this system, that the
payments to employees made in July through the Uniform
State Payroll System for services rendered prior to July 1
of each year are to be considered payables incurred in the
fiscal year in which the warrant is issued.
This bill provides that payments to employees made through
the Uniform State Payroll System, as specified, with an
issue date each year of July 1 shall be considered payables
incurred in the fiscal year in which the payment is issue
dated.
Existing law authorizes the Board of Administration of the
Public Employees' Retirement System to use reserves
generated by one or more self-funded health benefit plans
to reduce the premiums charged for enrollment in one or
more separate self-funded health benefit plans offered by
the board, as specified.
This bill makes technical changes to that section.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Arambula, Beall, Tom Berryhill,
Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Brownley, Buchanan,
Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Cook, Coto,
Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer,
Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Gilmore, Hall,
Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones,
Krekorian, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza,
Monning, Nava, Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel
Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Skinner,
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Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico,
Tran, Villines, Yamada, Bass
NOES: Anderson, DeVore, Duvall, Fuller, Harkey, Knight,
Miller, Silva, Audra Strickland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bill Berryhill, Conway, Fletcher,
Garrick, Hagman, Huber, Nestande, Vacancy
DLW:mw 9/9/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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