AB 1820, as amended, Mullin. State employment: applications.
Existing law requires every applicant for examination for state employment to file an application with the Department of Human Resources or an appointing power designated by the department.
This bill wouldbegin insert, commencing on July 1, 2016,end insert require the department or the designated appointing power, whenever it receives an application for examination that was filed online, to provide thebegin delete e-mailend deletebegin insert electronic communicationend insert address of the department or the designated appointing power to the applicant, to contact the applicant usingbegin delete e-mailend deletebegin insert
electronic communicationend insert instead of postal mail, unless the applicant specifically requests otherwise, and to inform the applicant that he or she be provided with employment inquiry notifications and his or score and rank on the examination usingbegin delete e-mail,end deletebegin insert electronic communicationend insert unless the applicant specifically requests to be notified using postal mail.begin insert The bill would also make related nonsubstantive changes.end insert
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 18934 of the end insertbegin insertGovernment Codeend insertbegin insert is
2amended to read:end insert
begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insert(1)end insertbegin insert end insert Every applicant for examination shall file an
4application with the department or a designated appointing power
5as directed in the examination announcement. Applications shall
6be accepted free of any charge to the applicant.begin delete Such applications begin insert Filed applicationsend insert and all other examination materials,
7when filedend delete
8including examination questions and any written material, are the
9property of the
department and are confidential records not open
10to inspection except as provided by law.
11The
end delete
12begin insert (2)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertTheend insert application shall include a place for listing volunteer
13experience andbegin delete suchend deletebegin insert thatend insert experience shall be considered if it is
14relevant to the position being applied for and shall state that
15relevant volunteer experience will be given consideration as
16qualifying experience for state employment.
17(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2016, and
18is repealed on January 1, 2017.
begin insertSection 18934 is added to the end insertbegin insertGovernment Codeend insertbegin insert, to
20read:end insert
(a) (1) Every applicant for examination shall file an
22application with the department or a designated appointing power
23as directed in the examination announcement. Applications shall
24be accepted free of any charge to the applicant. Filed applications
25and all other examination materials, including examination
26questions and any written material, are the property of the
27department and are confidential records not open to inspection
28except as provided by law.
29(2) The application shall include a place for listing volunteer
30experience and that experience shall be considered if it is relevant
31to the position being applied for and shall state that relevant
32volunteer experience will be given consideration as qualifying
33experience
for state employment.
34(b) Whenever the department or a designated appointing power
35receives an application for examination that was filed online, the
36department, or the designated appointing power, shall do all of
37the following:
P3 1(1) Provide the electronic communication address of the
2department or the electronic communication address of the
3designated appointing power to the applicant.
4(2) Contact the applicant using electronic communication
5instead of postal mail, unless the applicant specifically requests
6otherwise.
7(3) Inform the applicant that he or she will be provided with
8employment inquiry notifications and his or her score and rank
9on the examination using electronic communication, unless the
10applicant specifically requests to be notified using
postal mail.
11(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2016.
Section 18934 of the Government Code is
13amended to read:
(a) (1) Every applicant for examination shall file an
15application with the department or a designated appointing power
16as directed in the examination announcement. Applications shall
17be accepted free of any charge to the applicant. Applications, when
18filed and all other examination materials, including examination
19questions and any written material, are the property of the
20department and are confidential records not open to inspection
21except as provided by law.
22(2) The application shall include a place for listing volunteer
23experience and that experience shall be considered if it is relevant
24to the position being applied for and shall state that relevant
25
volunteer experience will be given consideration as qualifying
26experience for state employment.
27(b) Whenever the department or a designated appointing power
28receives an application for examination that was filed online, the
29department, or the designated appointing power, shall do all of the
30following:
31(1) Provide the e-mail address of the department or the e-mail
32address of the designated appointing
power to the applicant.
33(2) Contact the applicant using e-mail instead of postal mail,
34unless the applicant specifically requests otherwise.
35(3) Inform the applicant that he or she will be provided with
36employment inquiry notifications and his or her score and rank on
37the examination using e-mail, unless the applicant specifically
38requests to be notified using postal
mail.
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