Bill Text: CA SB698 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: California Council on Science and Technology Policy Fellows: status of services.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 112, Statutes of 2023. [SB698 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB698-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
April 24, 2023 |
Introduced by Senators Wilk and Portantino |
February 16, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 8924.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:8924.5.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the California Council on Science and Technology was organized as a nonprofit corporation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code in response to Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 162 (Resolution Chapter 148 of the Statutes of 1988). The council was uniquely established at the request of the Legislature for the specific purpose of offering expert advice to state government on public policy issues significantly related to science and technology. The establishment of the California Science and Technology Policy Fellowships as a professional development program is consistent with the Legislature’s intent in requesting the creation of the council and is expressly designed to fulfill the council’s mission of assisting state policymakers as they face increasingly complex decisions related to science and technology challenges confronting the state in the 21st century.(c)
(d)
SEC. 2.
Section 18000.7 is added to the Government Code, to read:18000.7.
(a) The services of a California Science and Technology Policy Fellow provided by the California Council on Science and Technology and duly authorized by an executed memorandum of understanding between the council and an executive branch agency or department are not compensation of a state elective or appointive officer for the purposes of this article.SEC. 3.
Section 18599.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:18599.5.
(a) The “state civil service” does not include a California Science and Technology Policy Fellow provided by the California Council on Science and Technology and duly authorized by an executed memorandum of understanding between the council and an executive branch agency or department.SEC. 4.
Section 89504 is added to the Government Code, to read:89504.
(a) The services of a California Science and Technology Policy Fellow provided by the California Council on Science and Technology and duly authorized by an executed memorandum of understanding between the council and an executive branch agency or department are not a gift to a state elective or appointive officer for the purposes of this article.(a)The Legislature finds and declares that the California Council on Science and Technology was organized as a nonprofit corporation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code in response to Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 162 (Resolution Chapter 148 of the Statutes of 1988). The council was uniquely established at the request of the Legislature for the specific purpose of offering expert advice to state government on public policy issues significantly related to science and technology. The establishment of the California Science and Technology Policy Fellowships as a professional development program is consistent with the Legislature’s intent in requesting the creation of the council and is expressly designed to fulfill the council’s mission of assisting state
policymakers as they face increasingly complex decisions related to science and technology challenges confronting the state in the 21st century.
(b)The services of a California Science and Technology Policy Fellow provided by the California Council on Science and Technology and duly authorized by the Senate Committee on Rules, the Assembly Committee on Rules, the Joint Committee on Rules, or an executed memorandum of understanding between the council and an executive branch agency or department are not compensation, a reward, or a gift to a Member of
the Legislature for purposes of paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 8920 or to any state elective or appointive officer for the purposes of any equivalent rule applicable to an executive branch agency or department.
(c)A California Science and Technology Policy Fellow provided by the California Council on Science and Technology and duly authorized by the Senate Committee on Rules, the Assembly Committee on Rules, the Joint Committee on
Rules, or an executed memorandum of understanding between the council and an executive branch agency or department is not an employee of either house of the Legislature or the state for purposes of this article.
(d)For purposes of this section, a California Science and Technology Policy Fellow is “duly authorized by the Senate Committee on Rules, the Assembly Committee on Rules, the Joint Committee on Rules, or an executed
memorandum of understanding between the council and an executive branch agency or department” only if both of the following requirements are satisfied:
(1)The California Science and Technology Policy Fellow has been selected according to criteria, and pursuant to a process, approved by the Senate Committee on Rules, the Assembly Committee on Rules, the Joint Committee on
Rules, or included in the executed memorandum of understanding between the council and an executive branch agency or department.
(2)The California Council on Science and Technology has executed an agreement with the Senate Committee on Rules, the Assembly Committee on
Rules, the Joint Committee on Rules, or an executive branch agency or department whereby the California Science and Technology Policy Fellow is bound to abide by standards of conduct, economic interest disclosure requisites, and other requirements specified by the Senate Committee on Rules, the Assembly Committee on Rules, the Joint Committee on Rules, or the state.