Bill Text: CA AB537 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Meyers-Milias-Brown Act: impasse procedures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-10-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 785, Statutes of 2013. [AB537 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB537-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Meyers-Milias-Brown Act: impasse procedures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-10-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 785, Statutes of 2013. [AB537 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB537-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 537 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bonta FEBRUARY 20, 2013 An act to amend Section 3505.1 of the Government Code, relating to public employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 537, as introduced, Bonta. Meyers-Milias-Brown Act. The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act requires the governing body of a local public agency to meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment with representatives of recognized employee organizations. The act provides that if agreement is reached, the parties shall prepare jointly a nonbinding written memorandum of understanding of the agreement that would then be presented to the governing body or its statutory representative for determination. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 3505.1 of the Government Code is amended to read: 3505.1. If agreement is reached by the representatives of the public agency and a recognized employee organization or recognized employee organizations, they shall jointly prepare a written memorandum ofsuchthe understanding, which shall not be binding, and present it to the governing body or its statutory representative for determination.