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                                                                  AB 1611
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          Date of Hearing:   April 30, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                    AB 1611 (Bonta) - As Amended:  April 21, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              PERSSVote:5-1

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          Yes    Reimbursable:              Yes

           SUMMARY  

          This bill amends the Educational Employment Relations Act (EERA)  
          to require public school employers to give reasonable prior  
          written notice to the exclusive representative of employees of  
          their intent to make any change to matters within the scope of  
          representation.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor costs, which may be reimbursable as state mandates, to  
          public school employers for providing the written notices.

          Costs may be partially offset by avoiding employee appeals to  
          the Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) to enforce current  
          non-statutory rights to receive notice.

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose.   According to the author, unlike other laws dealing  
          with public employees and representation, there is no  
          requirement in the EERA to provide written notice to the  
          exclusive representative for the purposes of collective  
          bargaining.

          PERB decisional law supports the right of the exclusive  
          representative to receive notice, however representatives of  
          classified employees must return to PERB to enforce such rights.  
           The author contends that providing written notice requirements  
          in statute will make it clear to employers that written notice  
          is required, and could also result in less costly and time  
          consuming cases before PERB to enforce notice requirements.









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           Analysis Prepared by :    Joel Tashjian / APPR. / (916) 319-2081