BILL NUMBER: SB 952	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Alquist

                        JANUARY 5, 2012

   An act to add Section 89517.5 to the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 952, as introduced, Alquist. California State University:
compensation.
   Existing law establishes the California State University, under
the administration of the Trustees of the California State
University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education
in the state.
   This bill would prohibit, on or after July 1, 2012, the Trustees
of the California State University from entering into, or renewing, a
contract that provides for a compensation increase for any
administrator of more than 10% using General Fund moneys in the
fiscal year during which the contract is executed, relative to the
immediately past contract for that same position, if in that same
fiscal year there has been a tuition or fee increase.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 89517.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   89517.5.  On or after July 1, 2012, the Trustees of the California
State University shall not enter into, or renew, a contract that
provides for a compensation increase for any administrator of more
than 10 percent using General Fund moneys in the fiscal year during
which the contract is executed, relative to the immediately past
contract for that same position, if in that same fiscal year there
has been a tuition or fee increase.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to respond to and alleviate the effects of the state's
current fiscal crisis and the resulting additional budget cuts and
tuition increases for the California State University, it is
necessary for this act to take effect immediately.