Bill Text: CA SB1419 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: The California Labor Injustice Mitigation and Adjustment Act Initiative.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-25 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1419 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB1419-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
March 25, 2020 |
Introduced by Senator Caballero |
February 21, 2020 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law establishes in the Department of Industrial Relations the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation and prescribes the membership, appointing entities, and terms of office of the commission. Existing law also provides that an action of the commission is not valid unless agreed to by a majority of the membership and by not less than 2 members representing organized labor and 2 members representing employers.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the latter provision.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Article 6 (commencing with Section 14110) is added to Chapter 3 of Division 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, to read:Article 6. California Labor Injustice Mitigation and Adjustment Act Initiative
14110.
As used in this article:14112.
(a) All efforts funded under this initiative are intended to supplement and be aligned with the broader workforce and education system in the State of California. The initiative is not intended to duplicate or replicate existing programs, but rather to provide supplemental funding and services to support individuals who may have limited job opportunities, including, but not limited to, the loss of employment, due to environmentally necessary actions taken under the SGMA.14113.
(a) Funding for the grant program created by this article shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature. Implementation of the initiative shall be contingent upon the California Workforce Development Board notifying the Department of Finance that sufficient moneys have been appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose.14114.
(a) The California Workforce Development Board shall develop criteria for the selection of grant awardees which shall require all of the following:SEC. 3.
Section 14221.3 is added to the Unemployment Insurance Code, to read:14221.3.
(a) For the purpose of preparing the local plan pursuant to Section 14221, the local board shall consider the economic impact of the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720) of Division 6 of the Water Code) and other government actions taken to restrict groundwater pumping or to limit surface water supplies.SEC. 4.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(a)There is in the department the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation. The commission shall be composed of eight voting members. Four voting members shall represent organized labor, and four voting members shall represent employers. Not more than one employer member shall represent public agencies. Two of the employer and two of the labor members shall be appointed by the Governor. The Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint one employer and one labor representative. The public employer representative shall be appointed by the Governor. An
action of the commission
is not valid unless agreed to by a majority of the membership and by not less than two members representing organized labor and two members representing employers.
(b)The commission shall select one of the members representing organized labor to chair the commission during the 1994 calendar year, and thereafter the commission shall alternatively select an employer and organized labor representative to chair the commission for one-year terms.
(c)The initial terms of the members of the commission shall be four years, and they shall hold office until the appointment of a successor. However, the initial terms of one employer and one labor member appointed by the Governor shall expire on December 31, 1995; the initial terms of the members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules shall expire December 31, 1996; the initial terms of the members
appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly shall expire on December 31, 1997; and the initial term of one employer and one labor member appointed by the Governor shall expire on December 31, 1998. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment to the unexpired term.
(d)The commission shall meet every other month and upon the call of the chair. Meetings shall be open to the public. Members of the commission shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day of their actual attendance at meetings of the commission and other official business of the commission and shall also receive their actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred in the performance of their duty as a member. Payment of per diem and traveling expenses shall be made from the Workers’ Compensation Administration Revolving Fund, when appropriated by the Legislature.