Bill Text: CA AB874 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public utilities: unionization.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - Died on inactive file. [AB874 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB874-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 874	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Williams

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 16645 of the Government Code, relating to
state funds.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 874, as introduced, Williams. State funds: unionization.
   Existing law prohibits a grant recipient, state contractor, public
employer, or private employer who receives state funds and meets
other requirements from using state funds to assist, promote, or
deter union organizing.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
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 16645 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   16645.  For purposes of this chapter, the following  terms
have the following meanings   definitions shall apply
 :
   (a) "Assist, promote, or deter union organizing" means any attempt
by an employer to influence the decision of its employees in this
state or those of its subcontractors regarding either of the
following:
   (1) Whether to support or oppose a labor organization that
represents or seeks to represent those employees.
   (2) Whether to become a member of any labor organization.
   (b) "Employer" means any individual, corporation, unincorporated
association, partnership, government agency or body, or other legal
entity that employs more than one person in the state.
   (c) "State contractor" means any employer that receives state
funds for supplying goods or services pursuant to a written contract
with the state or any of its agencies. "State contractor" includes an
employer that receives state funds pursuant to a contract specified
in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d). For purposes of this chapter,
the contract shall be deemed to be a contract with a state agency.
   (d) (1) "State funds" means any money drawn from the State
Treasury or any special or trust fund of the state.
   (2) "State funds" includes any money appropriated by the state and
transferred to any public agency, including a special district, that
is used by the public agency to fund, in whole or in part, a service
contract in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).

   (e) "State property" means any property or facility owned or
leased by the state or any state agency.