BILL NUMBER: SB 178 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 16, 1999
INTRODUCED BY Senator Polanco
JANUARY 12, 1999
An act to add Chapter 7.7 (commencing with Section 180) to
Division 1 of the Labor Code, relating to work force
investment, making an appropriation therefor, and
declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 178, as amended, Polanco. Work force investment.
Existing law contains various provisions for job training and
placement. The federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provides for
work force investment activities, including activities in which
states may participate.
This bill would express intent to consolidate, coordinate, and
improve employment, training, literacy, and vocational rehabilitation
programs, and to coordinate these programs with programs required by
the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
This bill would create the Governor's Council on Workforce
Investment and Economic Development, with members appointed by the
Governor and Legislature, which would advise the Governor with regard
to preparation of the state's Workforce Investment Plan as required
by the federal act. The bill would appropriate $20,000 from the
General Fund to the Governor for startup costs relating to the
council, as specified.
The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.
Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no yes
. Fiscal committee: no yes .
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. (a) This act shall be known and may be cited as the
California Workforce Investment Act of 1999.
(b) (1) The federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provides for
work force investment activities, through statewide and local work
force investment systems, that increase the employment, retention,
and earnings of participants, and increase occupational skill
attainment by participants, and, as a result, improve the quality of
the work force, reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the
productivity and competitiveness of the nation. That act requires
the participation of the state in these programs and the coordination
of federal and state work force investment activities.
(2) The federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 represents the
first major reform of the nation's job training system in over 15
years. The act is the culmination of a four-year bipartisan effort
on the part of the administration and Congress of the United States
to design, with states and local communities, a revitalized system
that provides workers with the information, advice, job search
assistance, and training they need to get and keep good jobs, and
provides employers with skilled workers.
(c) Existing state law contains various programs in the following
areas, that need to be modified to coordinate with, and build upon,
the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 .
:
(1) Work force investment systems.
(2) Adult dislocated worker and youth activities.
(3) Adult education.
(4) Postsecondary vocational education.
(5) Work force investment-related activities.
(6) Welfare-to-work programs.
(7) Vocational rehabilitation.
(8) Older Americans programs.
(9) Trade adjustment assistance.
(10) NAFTA assistance.
(11) Veterans employment and training programs.
(12) Community services block grants.
(13) Unemployment assistance.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this act to
consolidate, coordinate, and improve employment, training, literacy,
and vocational rehabilitation programs, and to coordinate these
programs with programs required by the federal Workforce Investment
Act of 1998.
(d) The federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 requires the
Governor of each state to appoint an advisory board to assist the
Governor in the performance of various duties, including the
preparation of the state's initial Workforce Investment Plan, which
must be submitted to the United States Department of Labor no later
than April 1, 2000.
SEC. 2. Chapter 7.7 (commencing with Section 180) is added to
Division 1 of the Labor Code, to read:
CHAPTER 7. WORKFORCE INVESTMENT PLAN
180. (a) The Governor's Council on Workforce Investment and
Economic Development, hereinafter known as the "Governor's Council,"
is hereby created.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Governor's
Council created by this section shall be in full compliance with
Sections 111 and 121 of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998
(P.L. 105-220), which require a state-level work force investment
board that is advisory to the Governor.
(c) All members of the Governor's Council shall be appointed by
the Governor, except for the legislative representatives. Senate
representatives shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
Assembly representatives shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
Assembly.
(d) The composition of the Governor's Council shall be consistent
with the requirements of the federal Workforce Investment Act of
1998, and shall include representatives of advocacy groups for the
following target populations:
(1) Migrant and seasonal farm workers.
(2) Native Americans.
(3) CalWORKs participants.
(4) The disabled.
(5) Youth entering the work force.
(6) The homeless.
(7) African-American males.
(8) Other underemployed populations, including veterans,
immigrants, prison inmates, and parolees.
(e) The Governor's Council shall also include academics and
researchers with expertise in economic development and work force
preparation.
(f) The initial duties of the Governor's Council shall be those
set forth in Section 111 of the federal Workforce Investment Act of
1998. The Governor shall otherwise establish the duties of the
council.
(g) Staff may be appointed to assist the Governor's Council in
carrying out its responsibilities. All staff shall be appointed by
the Governor.
(h) Commencing with the 1999-2000 fiscal year, funding for the
support of the Governor's Council shall be appropriated to the
Governor in the annual Budget Act.
SEC. 3. The sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is hereby
appropriated from the General Fund to the Governor for startup costs
for the Governor's Council on Workforce Investment and Economic
Development created by Section 180 of the Labor Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the funds appropriated
by this section are not expended in the 1998-99 fiscal year, those
funds shall be available for expenditure by the Governor for the
expenses of the council in the 1999-2000 fiscal year.
SEC. 4. 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 implement the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998
in a timely manner, it is necessary for this act to take effect
immediately.