Bill Text: CA AB1317 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB1317 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1317	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 23, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Salas
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Roger Hernández)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alejo, Calderon, Dodd, Frazier,
Gomez, Gonzalez, McCarty, Rodriguez, and Weber)
   (Coauthors: Senators Anderson, Beall, Cannella, Galgiani, Hall,
Hueso, Lara, Mendoza, and Vidak)

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add  Section 89500.4 to, and to add 
Article 2 (commencing with Section 92010) to Chapter 1 of Part 57 of
Division 9 of Title 3 of, the Education Code, relating to public
postsecondary education.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1317, as amended, Salas. Public postsecondary education:
executive officer compensation.
   Existing law establishes the University of California, which is
administered by the Regents of the University of California, 
and the California State University, which is administered by the
Trustees of the California State University, as 2   as
one  of the segments of public postsecondary education in this
state. Existing law authorizes the regents  and the trustees
 to employ officers and other employees. 
   This bill would prohibit the trustees from using public funds to
increase the compensation of any executive officer, as defined, of
the California State University when the amount of mandatory
systemwide student fees and tuition of the university has been
increased at any time in the immediately preceding 2 years. 

    The 
    This  bill would  also  request the
regents to refrain from using public funds to increase the
compensation of any executive officer, as defined, of the University
of California, when the amount of mandatory systemwide student fees
and tuition of the university has been increased at any time in the
immediately preceding 2 years.
   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.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) On November 19, 2014, the Regents of the University of
California voted on a "five-year stability plan," which establishes
annual tuition and student fee increases of up to 5 percent per year
for both undergraduate and graduate students, with increase levels
contingent on state funding.
   (b) While increasing tuition costs for students, the regents also
approved compensation increases of up to 20 percent for several
chancellors and executives. 
   (c) Twelve California State University campuses have imposed
"student success fees" of up to nearly eight hundred dollars ($800)
per student, charged in addition to tuition, to augment academic
services and hire faculty.  
   (d) On November 13, 2014, the Trustees of the California State
University approved a 3-percent compensation increase for top
executives.  
   (e) As public institutions designed to serve students, state
universities have a responsibility to keep education accessible and
affordable and to prioritize student needs over executive pay.
 
   (c) As a public institution designed to serve students, the
University of California has a responsibility to keep education
accessible and affordable and to prioritize student needs over
executive pay.  
   (f) 
    (d)  The State of California has an interest in holding
 state universities   the University of
California  accountable and maintaining affordability in higher
education. 
  SEC. 2.    Section 89500.4 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
   89500.4.  (a) The trustees shall not use public funds to increase
the compensation of any executive officer when the amount of
mandatory systemwide student fees and tuition of the university has
been increased at any time in the immediately preceding two years.
   (b) As used in this section, "executive officer" includes, but is
not limited to, the Chancellor of the California State University, a
vice chancellor or an executive vice chancellor of the university,
the general counsel of the university, the trustees' secretary, or
the president of a campus.
   (c) Subdivision (a) shall apply only to executive officers that
enter into or renew contracts for employment with the California
State University on or after January 1, 2016. 
   SEC. 3.   SEC. 2.   Article 2
(commencing with Section 92010) is added to Chapter 1 of Part 57 of
Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:

      Article 2.  Executive Compensation


   92010.  (a) The Regents of the University of California are
requested to refrain from using public funds to increase the
compensation of any executive officer when the amount of mandatory
systemwide student fees and tuition of the university has been
increased at any time in the immediately preceding two years.
   (b) As used in this section, "executive officer" includes, but is
not limited to, the President of the University of California, the
chancellor of an individual campus, a vice president of the
university, the treasurer or the assistant treasurer of the
university, the general counsel of the university, and the regents'
secretary.
   (c) Subdivision (a) shall apply only to executive officers that
enter into or renew contracts for employment with the University of
California on or after January 1, 2016.