Bill Text: CA AB530 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 530 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Public employment: collective bargaining: peace officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2018-01-12 - Stricken from file. [AB530 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB530-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 530

Introduced by Assembly Member Cooper

February 13, 2017

An act to amend Section 3502 of the Governemtn Code, relating to public employment.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 530, as introduced, Cooper. Local public employee labor relations.

Existing law, the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, authorizes local public employees, as defined, to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing to represent themselves on matters of employer-employee relations. Existing law also grants these public employees the right to refuse to join or participate in those activities and to represent themselves individually in their employment relations.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 3502 of the Government Code is amended to read:

3502.

Except as otherwise provided by the Legislature, public employees shall have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations. Public employees also shall have the right to refuse to join or participate in the activities of employee organizations and shall have the right to represent themselves individually in their employment relations with ~~the~~ their public ~~agency.~~ agencies.