Bill Text: CA AB513 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: California Individual Assistance Act.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2023-09-01 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB513 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB513-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 513

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Introduced by Assembly Member Rodriguez

February 07, 2023

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An act to amend Section 3512 of the Government Code, relating to state employment.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 513, as introduced, Rodriguez. State employment: labor negotiations.

Existing law, the Ralph C. Dills Act, grants to state employees the right to form employee organizations for the purpose of representing their members in negotiating terms and conditions of employment with the state and prescribes definitions and procedures in this regard. Existing law states the purpose of these provisions and prohibits construing them to contravene the spirit or intent of the merit system in state employment.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the above-described provisions regarding construction of the Ralph C. Dills Act.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 3512 of the Government Code is amended to read:

3512.

 It is the purpose of this chapter to promote full communication between the state and its employees by providing a reasonable method of resolving disputes regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment between the state and public employee organizations. It is also the purpose of this chapter to promote the improvement of personnel management and employer-employee relations within the State of California by providing a uniform basis for recognizing the right of state employees to join organizations of their own choosing and be represented by those organizations in their employment relations with the state. It is further the purpose of this chapter, in order to foster peaceful employer-employee relations, to allow state employees to select one employee organization as the exclusive representative of the employees in an appropriate unit, and to permit the exclusive representative to receive financial support from those employees who receive the benefits of this representation.

Nothing in this

This chapter shall not be construed to contravene the spirit or intent of the merit principle in state employment, nor to limit the entitlements of state civil service employees, including those designated as managerial and confidential, provided by Article VII of the California Constitution or by laws or rules enacted pursuant thereto.