Bill Text: CA SB280 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Public employees: compensation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB280 Detail]
Download: California-2015-SB280-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 280 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 15, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Senator Stone
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
An act to amend Section 12480 of add
Section 12470.5 to the Government Code, relating to public
employees.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 280, as amended, Stone. Public employees: compensation.
Existing law requires the Controller, in conformity with an
accounting system prescribed by the Department of Finance, to install
and operate a uniform state payroll system for state agencies.
This bill would require the Controller, as part of the development
and implementation of a new uniform state payroll system on and
after January 1, 2016, to include in the design of the system an
Internet Web site portal that allows a state employee to view and
print his or her pay warrant electronically.
Existing law authorizes officers and employees of the state to
authorize the direct deposit by electronic fund transfer of their
salary or wages, after any withholding required by law and authorized
deductions, into an account at the financial institution of their
choice under a program for direct deposit by electronic transfer
known as the State of California Sure Pay Plan.
This bill would require the employing agency to provide a secure
electronic method, as defined, for officers and employees enrolled in
direct deposit to receive a statement of earnings and deductions,
and would prohibit the distribution of paper copies of those
statements.
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 12470.5 is added to the
Government Code , to read:
12470.5. The Controller, as part of the development and
implementation of a new uniform state payroll system on and after
January 1, 2016, shall include in the design of the system an
Internet Web site portal that allows a state employee to view and
print his or her pay warrant electronically.
SECTION 1. Section 12480 of the Government Code
is amended to read:
12480. (a) Officers and employees of the state may authorize the
direct deposit by electronic fund transfer of their salary or wages,
after any withholding required by law and authorized deductions, into
an account at the financial institution of their choice under a
program for direct deposit by electronic transfer established
pursuant to Section 12481. The direct deposit shall discharge the
obligation of the Controller with respect to the drawing and issuance
of warrants for the salaries or wages of the state officers and
employees authorizing the direct deposit.
(b) The employing agency shall provide a secure electronic method
for officers and employees enrolled in direct deposit to receive a
statement of earnings and deductions. Paper copies of those
statements shall not be distributed. As used in this subdivision,
"secure electronic method" means either delivery of the statement by
email or access to an Internet Web site portal.
