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          SENATE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT & RETIREMENT   BILL NO:  AB 1930
          Gloria Negrete McLeod, Chair Hearing date:  June 11, 2012
          AB 1930 (Gorell)    as amended  4/16/12      FISCAL:  YES

           IMPROVE VETERANS' ACCESS TO STATE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM NOTICES
           

           HISTORY  :

              Sponsor:  Author

              Other legislation:  SB 1563 (Cannella) 2012
                         Currently in Assembly Veteran Affairs 
          Committee

           ASSEMBLY VOTES  :

              PER & SS             6-0  4/26/12
              Appropriations       17-0 5/09/12
              Assembly Floor       75-0 5/17/12
           
          SUMMARY  :

          This bill requires the State Personnel Board (SPB) to notify 
          the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) when 
          any promotional examination for the establishment of an 
          eligible list is announced or advertised.

           BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS  :
          
           1)Current law  :
                
              a)   grants oversight of the state civil service merit 
               system, including exams and state hiring, to SPB.

             b)   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.
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             c)   requires, in evaluating minimum qualifications, that 
               related military experience be treated as state civil 
               service experience in a class SPB deems comparable based 
               on the duties and responsibilities assigned.

             d)   authorizes Veterans Preference Points to be awarded 
               in open and open non-promotional entrance examinations 
               to eligible veterans and their spouses, widows, or 
               widowers as specified.


           1)This bill  :
           
              a)   requires SPB to notify CalVet when any promotional 
               examination for the establishment of an eligible list is 
               announced or advertised.
           
          FISCAL  :
          
          According to the Assembly Appropriations committee, this bill 
          will result in minor and absorbable costs.

           COMMENTS  :
           
          1)Argument in Support
           
          The author states that the bill would help CalVet provide 
          information on state promotional exams to veterans, encourage 
          veterans to use CalVet resources, and help veterans navigate 
          the unfamiliar bureaucracy of civil service procedures.

          2)   OPPOSITION  :

            None to date




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