BILL NUMBER: SB 919 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 24, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Senator Lieu
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
An act to amend Section 10389.1 of the Public Contract
Code, relating to public contracts. An act to amend
Section 12803.65 of the Government Code, relating to workforce
development.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 919, as amended, Lieu. Public contracts: Department of
General Services: school districts: state surplus personal property.
Labor and Workforce Development Agency: California
Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities.
Existing law provides for the establishment of the California
Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, to
include a specified membership.
This bill would include the Superintendent of Public Instruction
within the membership of the committee.
Existing law requires the Department of General Services to first
offer appropriate state surplus personal property to school districts
prior to offering that property to the public, except as otherwise
provided, and requires the department to develop policies and
procedures for this purpose.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this
provision.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no
yes . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 12803.65 of the
Government Code is amended to read:
12803.65. (a) The Governor shall rename and establish, in the
Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the existing California
Governor's Committee on Employment of Disabled Persons as the
"California Governor's Committee on Employment of People with
Disabilities" or "CGCEPD."
(b) (1) The California Governor's Committee on Employment of
People with Disabilities shall include, but not be limited to, the
following:
(A) Four individuals with disabilities representing disabled
persons, two appointed by the Governor and one each appointed by the
Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly, each for a
three-year term.
(B) The Directors of the Employment Development Department, State
Department of Health Care Services, State Department of
Mental Health, State Department of Developmental Services, State
Department of Social Services, and Department of Rehabilitation,
the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Chair of the
State Independent Living Council.
(C) Representatives from the State Department of Health Care
Services' California Health Incentive Improvement Project.
(D) A representative from the California Workforce Investment
Board.
(E) Representatives from any other department or program that may
have a role in increasing the capacity of state programs to support
the employment-related needs of individuals with disabilities.
(F) A representative from a local one-stop or local workforce
investment board, to be appointed by the Governor.
(G) A business representative with experience in employing persons
with disabilities, to be appointed by the Governor.
(2) The members of the California Governor's Committee on
Employment of People with Disabilities shall select a chair from
among the members, and shall hold open meetings no less than
quarterly.
(c) The California Governor's Committee on Employment of People
with Disabilities shall consult with and advise the Labor and
Workforce Development Agency and the California Health and Human
Services Agency on all issues related to full inclusion in the
workforce of persons with disabilities, including development of the
comprehensive strategy required pursuant to Section 12803.6 and
implementation of the grant program established pursuant to Section
12803.7.
(d) The California Governor's Committee on Employment of People
with Disabilities shall also:
(1) Coordinate and provide leadership, as necessary, with regard
to efforts to increase inclusion in the workforce of persons with
disabilities.
(2) Report annually to the Legislature and the Governor on the
employment status of Californians with disabilities.
(e) The California Governor's Committee on Employment of People
with Disabilities shall provide support to the State Workforce
Investment Board and the local one-stop centers in their efforts to
achieve full compliance with Sections 18002, 18004, 18006, and 18008
of the Unemployment Insurance Code, and shall identify the extent to
which any one-stops one-stop centers
are not in full compliance with those sections and the reasons for
the lack of compliance, including the need for additional resources.
(f) The California Governor's Committee on Employment of People
with Disabilities shall meet quarterly with the California Health
Incentive Improvement Project, administered by the State Department
of Health Care Services, and the project's steering
committee, to the extent funding for the project continues and the
activities of the California Governor's Committee on Employment of
People with Disabilities are not inconsistent with the charge of the
California Health Incentive Improvement Project.
(g) Using existing funding, the California Governor's Committee on
Employment of People with Disabilities shall facilitate, promote,
and coordinate collaborative dissemination of information on
employment supports and benefits, which shall include the Ticket to
Work program and health benefits, to individuals with disabilities,
consumers of public services, employers, service providers, and state
and local agency staff.
(h) Using existing funding, the California Governor's Committee on
Employment of People with Disabilities shall receive primary
administrative and staff support from the State Employment
Development Department.
SECTION 1. Section 10389.1 of the Public
Contract Code is amended to read:
10389.1. The Department of General Services, if feasible and
consistent with existing law, shall first offer appropriate state
surplus personal property to school districts before offering that
property to the public, except for property more appropriately suited
for public safety uses. The department may offer school districts
state surplus personal property at less than fair market value, if it
is determined by the Director of General Services to be in the best
interests of the state. The department shall develop policies and
procedures for the implementation of this article.