Bill Text: CA SB619 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: State employees: training: civics orientation.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-01-28 - In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. [SB619 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB619-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 619	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 6, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 6, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 16, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee
   (Coauthors: Senators Lara and Wyland)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Section 33319.4 to the Education Code, and to amend
Section 19995 of the Government Code, relating to state employees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 619, as amended, Yee. State employees: training: civics
orientation.
   Existing law requires the Department of Human Resources (CalHR) to
devise plans for and cooperate with appointing powers and other
supervising officials in the conduct of employee training programs so
that the quality of service rendered by persons in the state civil
service may be continually improved.
   This bill would require the State Department of Education, on or
before January 1, 2015, to develop and make available online a state
employee civics orientation on federal and state government, subject
to a determination by the Department of Finance that sufficient
private funding has been secured to support those activities. The
bill would require, if the orientation is developed as prescribed,
 an appointing power or other supervising official for an
employee hired, promoted, or reclassified after July 1, 2015, to
certify annually to CalHR that the employee has completed that
orientation.   an employee, upon hiring, promotion, or
reclassification after July 1, 2015, to complete that training and
submit a certification statement to the appointing power or other
supervising official. The bill would require the appointing power or
other supervising official to maintain the certification statement
for a period of 3 years and make it available to CalHR upon demand.

   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 33319.4 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   33319.4.  (a) On or before January 1, 2015, the State Department
of Education, if funding has been determined to be secured in
accordance with subdivision (b), shall develop and make available
online a state employee civics orientation on federal and state
government to facilitate a basic understanding of the
responsibilities and operation of the three branches of government
and the importance of civic engagement. The orientation shall include
practical examples and shall be updated as necessary.  The
orientation shall include a printable statement to identify the
participating employee and certify completion of the training. 
   (b) The online orientation described in subdivision (a) shall be
developed and made available pursuant to this section only after the
Department of Finance determines that private funds, in an amount
sufficient to fully support the activities described in subdivision
(a), have been deposited with the state. If the Department of Finance
determines that sufficient funding has been secured to support those
activities, the Department of Finance shall file a written statement
with the Secretary of the Senate, the Chief Clerk of the Assembly,
and the Legislative Counsel memorializing that this determination has
been made.
  SEC. 2.  Section 19995 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   19995.  (a) The department shall devise plans for and cooperate
with appointing powers and other supervising officials in the conduct
of employee training programs so that the quality of service
rendered by persons in the state civil service may be continually
improved.
   (b)  The appointing power or other supervising official
for an employee hired, promoted, or reclassified after July 1, 2015,
using existing processes and resources, if   If 
the employee training described in Section 33319.4 of the Education
Code is developed in accordance with that section,  shall
certify annually to the department that the employee has completed
this employee training.   an employee, upon hiring,
promotion, or reclassification after July 1, 2015, shall complete
that training and submit a certification statement to the appointing
power or other supervising official. The certification statement
shall be maintained by the appointing power or other supervising
official for a period of three years and shall be made available to
the department upon demand. 
   (c) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the
provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to
Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling
without further legislative action, except that if those provisions
of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds,
the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the
Legislature in the annual Budget Act.