AB 1783,
as amended, Jones-Sawyer. Public employees:begin delete rights.end deletebegin insert adverse actions.end insert
Existing law requires notice of any adverse action against any state employee for any cause for discipline based on any civil service law to be served within 3 years after the cause for discipline, upon which the notice is based, first arose. Existing law provides that an adverse action based on fraud, embezzlement, or the falsification of records is valid if notice of the adverse action is served within 3 years after the discovery of the fraud, embezzlement, or falsification.
This bill wouldbegin insert, beginning January 1, 2016,end insert require that notice of any adverse action for discipline, other than for fraud, embezzlement, or falsification of records, be served and the investigation completed withinbegin delete one year fromend deletebegin insert
2 years afterend insert the time thebegin insert
discovery of theend insert cause for discipline arose.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 19635 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
(a) Except asbegin insert otherwiseend insert provided in subdivision (b),
4no adverse action shall be valid against any state employee for any
5cause for discipline based on any civil service law of this state,
6unless notice of the adverse action is served
and the investigation
7is completed withinbegin delete one yearend deletebegin insert two yearsend insert after thebegin insert discovery of theend insert
8 cause for discipline arose.
9(b) Adverse action based on fraud, embezzlement, or the
10falsification of records shall be valid, if notice of the adverse action
11is served within three years after the discovery of the fraud,
12embezzlement, or falsification.
begin insertThis act shall become operative on January 1, 2016.end insert
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