Bill Text: CA AB1241 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State employee compensation.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1241 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1241-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1241	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nava

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 19826.3 to the Government Code, relating to
state employees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1241, as introduced, Nava. State employee compensation.
   Existing law requires the Department of Personnel Administration
to establish and adjust salary ranges for each class of position in
the state civil service, as specified, except with respect to any
employees in an appropriate bargaining unit for which an employee
organization has been chosen as the exclusive representative.
   The California Constitution requires the California Citizens
Compensation Commission to establish the annual salary and the
medical, dental, insurance, and other similar benefits of certain
state officers, including, but not limited to, the Governor, Attorney
General, and Controller.
   This bill would require the California Citizens Compensation
Commission, in addition to its constitutional duties, to establish
the compensation of attorneys employed by the Department of Justice.
The bill would require the commission to consider specified factors
in establishing that compensation.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19826.3 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   19826.3.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and in addition to
its duties under Section 8 of Article III of the California
Constitution, the California Citizens Compensation Commission shall
establish the compensation of attorneys employed by the Department of
Justice.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "compensation" means salary and
health, dental, and similar group insurance benefits, retirement
compensation, and pay differentials.
   (c) In the interest of representing the legal interests of the
state and the people by well-qualified attorneys, the commission
shall consider the following factors in establishing the compensation
of attorneys employed by the Department of Justice:
   (1) The educational and financial burdens required to become
qualified to practice law in California.
   (2) The legal, policy, and public safety significance of the work
performed by attorneys of the Department of Justice and the
concomitant responsibilities that work entails.
   (3) The compensation received by other attorneys employed in the
public sector.
   (4) The requirement pursuant to Section 13 of Article V of the
California Constitution that the Attorney General "see that the laws
of the State are uniformly and adequately enforced."
   (d) This section shall not be construed to limit the authority of
the Attorney General pursuant to Section 12502.