Bill Text: CA SB1025 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Department of the California Highway Patrol: Department of Human Resources.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-06-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 66, Statutes of 2014. [SB1025 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB1025-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1025	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  66
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 28, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 28, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 1, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 23, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 10, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Torres

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2014

   An act to amend Section 2266 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
public employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1025, Torres. Department of the California Highway Patrol:
Department of Human Resources.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Human Resources, when
determining compensation for communications operators in the
Department of the California Highway Patrol, to consider the total
compensation for communications operators in comparable positions in
the police departments of the Cities of Los Angeles, Oakland, San
Diego, and San Jose, and the City and County of San Francisco.
   This bill would delete references to communications operators and
would refer instead to public safety dispatchers and public safety
operators, and would delete findings related to those dispatchers and
operators.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 2266 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   2266.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) The public safety dispatchers and public safety operators of
the Department of the California Highway Patrol are among the lowest
paid when compared to operators employed by other law enforcement
agencies in the state. The department's communication centers suffer
from significant staff shortages and high turnover rates. Increasing
the wages paid to these public safety dispatchers and public safety
operators will increase their professionalism while reducing their
rate of turnover.
   (2) The recruitment and retention problem is especially evident in
the classifications of Public Safety Dispatcher and Public Safety
Operator.
   (3) In order for the state to recruit and retain the highest
qualified and capable public safety dispatchers and public safety
operators, those employees should be compensated in an amount equal
to the estimated average total compensation for the classifications
corresponding to Public Safety Dispatcher and Public Safety Operator
within the police departments in the Cities of Los Angeles, Oakland,
San Diego, and San Jose and the City and County of San Francisco.
   (4) This section is not in violation of the Ralph C. Dills Act
(Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 3512) of Division 4 of Title 1
of the Government Code), which requires that changes for salaries
and benefits be collectively bargained between representatives of the
state and the employee's union. This section does not circumvent
that process. This section simply authorizes the Department of Human
Resources, when determining compensation for public safety
dispatchers and public safety operators in the Department of the
California Highway Patrol, to consider the total compensation for
public safety dispatchers and public safety operators in other
jurisdictions.
   (b) When determining compensation for public safety dispatchers
and public safety operators in the Department of the California
Highway Patrol, the Department of Human Resources may consider the
total compensation for public safety dispatchers and public safety
operators in comparable positions in the police departments specified
in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).