Bill Text: CA SB410 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Civil service: veterans’ hiring preference: active duty members.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)

Status: (Passed) 2017-09-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 237, Statutes of 2017. [SB410 Detail]

Download: California-2017-SB410-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Senate  March 20, 2017

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 410

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Introduced by Senator Nguyen

February 15, 2017

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An act to amend Section 18979 18976 of the Government Code, relating to veterans.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 410, as amended, Nguyen. Veterans’ preference. Civil service: veterans’ hiring preference.

The State Civil Service Act prescribes a comprehensive civil service personnel system for the state and specifically provides certain preferences for veterans. The act grants to a person retired from the United States military, honorably discharged from active military duty with a service-connected disability, or honorably discharged from active duty eligibility for civil service examinations for which they meet the minimum qualifications for the classification. The act requires that, in evaluating minimum qualifications, related military experience be considered state civil service experience in a comparable class, based on the duties and responsibilities assigned. The act also requires that request for and proof of eligibility for the veterans’ preference be submitted by the veteran to the Department of Human Resources or the designated appointing authority conducting the employment examination, subject to rules promulgated by the Department of Human Resources in consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

This bill would authorize the Department of Human Resources or the designated appointing authority to use a signed document by the applicant’s commanding officer of the military to verify that applicant’s military service.

The State Civil Service Act contains various provisions establishing preferences for the appointment of veterans. The act requires that in making appointments to positions performing the duties of disabled veterans’ outreach program representatives appointments be made in the following order of preference: (1) any disabled veteran and (2) any veteran.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this preference provision.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NOYES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 18976 of the Government Code is amended to read:

18976.

 (a) Request for and proof of eligibility for veterans’ preference shall be submitted by the veteran to the department or designated appointing authority conducting the employment examination. The procedures and time of filing the request shall be subject to rules promulgated by the department, in consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

(b) Subject to rules promulgated by the department pursuant to subdivision (a), the department or designated appointing authority may use a document signed by an applicant’s commanding officer of the military to verify that applicant’s military service.

SECTION 1.Section 18979 of the Government Code is amended to read:

18979.

(a)In making appointments to positions performing the duties of disabled veterans’ outreach program representatives in the disabled veterans’ outreach program or a successor program of the Employment Development Department, appointments shall be made in the following order of preference:

(1)Any disabled veteran.

(2)Any veteran.

(b)For purposes of this section, “disabled veteran” and “veteran” have the same meaning as those terms are defined in Section 4211 of Title 38 of the United States Code.

(c)A person who does not meet the criteria specified in subdivision (a) shall not be appointed to the position of disabled veterans’ outreach program representative.