BILL NUMBER: SB 656	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 17, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 3511 of the Government Code, relating to
public employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 656, DeSaulnier. Public employment: collective bargaining:
peace officers.
   Existing law establishes the Public Employment Relations Board
(PERB) in state government as a means of resolving disputes and
enforcing the statutory duties and rights of employers and employees
under the Educational Employment Relations Act, the Higher Education
Employer-Employee Relations Act, the Ralph C. Dills Act, and the
Meyers-Milias-Brown Act. Existing law includes within PERB's
jurisdiction resolving disputes alleging violation of rules and
regulations adopted by a public agency, as defined, concerning unit
determinations, representations, recognition, and elections, as
specified.
   Existing law requires bargaining unit determinations and
representation elections to be determined and processed in accordance
with rules adopted by a public agency, as specified. Existing law
requires, in a representation election, a majority of the votes cast
by the employees in the appropriate bargaining unit.
   Existing law requires PERB to enforce and apply rules adopted by a
public agency concerning unit determinations, representation,
recognition, and elections. Existing law also requires specified
complaints to be processed as an unfair practice charge by PERB.
   Existing law does not apply the above provisions to persons who
are peace officers, as defined.
   This bill would also exclude from those provisions a bargaining
unit which is comprised of a majority of persons who are peace
officers, as defined.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 3511 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   3511.  The changes made to Sections 3501, 3507.1, and 3509 of the
Government Code by legislation enacted during the 1999-2000 Regular
Session of the Legislature shall not apply to persons who are peace
officers, as defined in Section 830.1 of the Penal Code, or a
bargaining unit which is comprised of a majority of persons who are
peace officers, as defined in Section 830.1 of the Penal Code.