Bill Text: CA AB2008 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public employment: furloughs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-09-23 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB2008 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2008-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2008	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Arambula
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Solorio)

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2010

   An act to add Section 19852.4 to the Government Code, relating to
public employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2008, as introduced, Arambula. Public employment: furloughs.
   Existing law sets forth the general policy that the workweek of a
state employee shall be 40 hours and authorizes workweeks of
different hours to be established in order to meet varying needs of
different state agencies. Existing law also authorizes the Governor
to require that the 40-hour workweek be worked in 4 days in any state
agency or part thereof when the Governor determines that the best
interests of the state would be served thereby. Existing law vests
the Department of Personnel Administration with the duties and
responsibilities exercised by the State Personnel Board with respect
to the administration of salaries, hours, and other personnel-related
matters.
   This bill would, except as otherwise specifically authorized by
the Legislature, provide that employees of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Employment Development
Department, the Franchise Tax Board, and the State Board of
Equalization would not be subject to furloughs implemented by any
Executive order or by any other action of a state agency, board, or
commission. The bill would also prohibit a state agency, board, or
commission from directly or indirectly implementing, or assisting in
implementing, a furlough of those employees. The bill would define
"employee" for the purpose of those provisions and would also specify
that nothing in the bill shall be construed as legal authorization
for the imposition of furloughs on employees through an Executive
order.
   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 19852.4 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   19852.4.  (a) Except as otherwise specifically authorized by the
Legislature, employees of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation, the Employment Development Department, the Franchise
Tax Board, and the State Board of Equalization shall not be subject
to furloughs implemented by any Executive order, or by any other
action implemented by a state agency, board, or commission.
   (b) A state agency, board, or commission shall not directly or
indirectly implement or assist in implementing a furlough of an
employee of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the
Employment Development Department, the Franchise Tax Board, or the
State Board of Equalization.
   (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as legal
authorization for the imposition of furloughs on employees through an
Executive order.
   (d) For the purposes of this section, "employee" means a civil
service employee of the State of California.