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          Date of Hearing:   April 26, 2012

            ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL 
                                      SECURITY
                              Warren T. Furutani, Chair
                    AB 1930 (Gorell) - As Amended:  April 16, 2012
           
          SUBJECT  :   Civil service examinations: announcement.

           SUMMARY  :   Requires the State Personnel Board (SPB) to notify 
          the Department of Veterans Affairs when any promotional 
          examination for the establishment of an eligible list is 
          announced or advertised.  

           EXISTING LAW  :

          1)Allows persons retired from the United States military, 
            honorably discharged from active military duty with a 
            service-connected disability, or honorably discharged from 
            active duty, to apply for promotional civil service 
            examinations, including examinations for career executive 
            assignments, for which they meet the minimum qualifications as 
            prescribed by the class specification. Persons receiving 
            passing scores have their names placed on promotional lists 
            resulting from these examinations or otherwise gain 
            eligibility for appointment. In evaluating minimum 
            qualifications, related military experience must be considered 
            state civil service experience in a class deemed comparable by 
            the State Personnel Board, based on the duties and 
            responsibilities assigned.

          2)Authorizes Veterans Preference Points to be awarded in open 
            and open nonpromotional entrance examinations requiring less 
            than college graduation and two years of experience. In open 
            examinations, eligible veterans, widows/widowers of veterans, 
            and spouses of 100% disabled veterans receive 10 points.  
            Eligible disabled veterans receive 15 points.  In open 
            nonpromotional examinations, eligible veterans receive five 
            points.  Eligible disabled veterans receive 10 points.  No 
            veteran's preference points will be allowed once a veteran 
            achieves permanent civil service status.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   Unknown.

           COMMENTS  :   According to the author, "Veterans are legally able 








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          to use their military experience to apply for state civil 
          service jobs, but their unfamiliarity with the state personnel 
          board and it's bureaucracy makes it difficult for them to 
          understand the procedures.  With the growing effort to encourage 
          veterans to use the resources of the California Department of 
          Veterans Affairs (CalVet), this bill will give CalVet the 
          ability to provide information about state promotional exams to 
          job seeking veterans."

           






          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file

           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Karon Green / P.E., R. & S.S. / (916) 
          319-3957