BILL NUMBER: SB 217 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Yee FEBRUARY 23, 2009 An act to add Sections 71090.3 and 89500.5 to, and to add Article 2 (commencing with Section 92010) to Chapter 1 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of, the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 217, as introduced, Yee. Public postsecondary education: executive officer compensation. Existing law establishes the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, which is administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law authorizes the regents, the trustees, and the board to employ officers and other employees. This bill would prohibit the trustees and the board from increasing the compensation of any executive officer, as defined, of their respective segments in any fiscal year in which mandatory systemwide student fees of those segments are increased from the amount of mandatory systemwide student fees charged in the immediately preceding fiscal year. The bill would request the regents to not increase the compensation of any executive officer, as defined, of the University of California, in any fiscal year in which mandatory systemwide student fees of the university are increased from the amount of mandatory student fees charged in the immediately preceding fiscal year. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 71090.3 is added to the Education Code, to read: 71090.3. (a) The board of governors shall not increase the compensation of any executive officer in any fiscal year in which mandatory enrollment fees charged pursuant to Section 76300 are increased from the amount of mandatory enrollment fees charged in the immediately preceding fiscal year. (b) As used in this section, "executive officer" includes, but is not limited to, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, an executive vice chancellor, a senior vice chancellor, the general counsel of the colleges, and the president of an individual campus. (c) Subdivision (a) shall apply only to executive officers that enter into or renew a contract for employment with the California Community Colleges on or after January 1, 2010. SEC. 2. Section 89500.5 is added to the Education Code, to read: 89500.5. (a) The trustees shall not increase the compensation of any executive officer in any fiscal year in which mandatory systemwide student fees of the university are increased from the amount of mandatory systemwide student fees charged in the immediately preceding fiscal year. (b) As used in this section, "executive officer" includes, but is not limited to, the Chancellor of the California State University, a vice chancellor or an executive vice chancellor of the university, the general counsel of the university, the trustees' secretary, or a president of a campus. (c) Subdivision (a) shall apply only to executive officers that enter into or renew a contract for employment with the California State University on or after January 1, 2010. SEC. 3. Article 2 (commencing with Section 92010) is added to Chapter 1 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read: Article 2. Executive Compensation 92010. (a) The Regents of the University of California are requested to not increase the compensation of any executive officer in any fiscal year in which mandatory systemwide student fees of the university are increased from the amount of mandatory systemwide student fees charged in the immediately preceding fiscal year. (b) As used in this section, "executive officer" includes, but is not limited to, the President of the University of California, the chancellor of an individual campus, a vice president of the university, the treasurer or the assistant treasurer of the university, the general counsel of the university, and the regents' secretary. (c) Subdivision (a) shall apply only to executive officers that enter into or renew a contract for employment with the University of California on or after January 1, 2010.