BILL NUMBER: SB 217 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 20, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Senator Yee
Senators Yee and Romero
( Coauthors: Senators
DeSaulnier and Denham )
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
An act to add Sections 71090.3 and 89500.5 to, and to add Article
2 (commencing with Section 92010) to Chapter 1 of Part 57 of Division
9 of Title 3 of, the Education Code, relating to public
postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 217, as amended, Yee. Public postsecondary education: executive
officer compensation.
Existing law establishes the University of California, which is
administered by the Regents of the University of California, the
California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of
the California State University, and the California Community
Colleges, which is administered by the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges, as the 3 segments of public
postsecondary education in this state. Existing law authorizes the
regents, the trustees, and the board to employ officers and other
employees.
This bill would prohibit the trustees and the board from
increasing the monetary compensation , as defined,
of , or approving a monetary bonus for,
any executive officer, as defined, of their respective segments in
any fiscal year in which mandatory systemwide student fees
of those segments are increased from the amount of mandatory
systemwide student fees charged the General Fund
appropriation to the respective segment in the annual Budget Act is
less than, or equal to, the General Fund appropriation to that
segment in the annual Budget Act for the immediately
preceding fiscal year. The bill would request the regents to not
increase the monetary compensation of , or approve a
monetary bonus for, any executive officer, as defined, of the
University of California, in any fiscal year in which
mandatory systemwide student fees of the university are increased
from the amount of mandatory student fees charged the
General Fund appropriation to the University of California
in the annual Budget Act is less than, or equal to, the
General Fund appropriation to the university in the annual
Budget Act for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
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 71090.3 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
71090.3. (a) The board of governors shall not increase the
monetary compensation of , or approve payment of a
monetary bonus to, any executive officer in any fiscal year in
which mandatory enrollment fees charged pursuant to Section
76300 are increased from the amount of mandatory enrollment fees
charged in the amount of General Fund moneys
appropriated to the California Community Colleges in the annual
Budget Act is less than, or equal to, the amount of the
General Fund moneys appropriated to the California Community Colleges
in the annual Budget Act for the immediately preceding fiscal
year.
(b) As used in this section, "executive officer" includes, but is
(b) As used in this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(1) "Executive officer" includes, but
is not limited to, the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges, an executive vice chancellor, a senior vice chancellor, the
general counsel of the colleges, and the president of an
individual campus. colleges.
(2) "Monetary compensation" includes, but is not limited to, a
salary, a vehicle allowance, and a housing allowance.
(c) Subdivision (a) shall apply only to executive officers that
enter into or renew a contract for employment with the California
Community Colleges on or after January 1, 2010.
SEC. 2. Section 89500.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:
89500.5. (a) The trustees shall not increase the
compensation of monetary compensation of, or approve
payment of a monetary bonus to, any executive officer in any
fiscal year in which mandatory systemwide student fees of
the university are increased from the amount of mandatory systemwide
student fees charged in the the amount of General Fund
moneys appropriated to the California State University in the annual
Budget Act is less than, or equal to, the amount of
General Fund moneys appropriated to the California State University
in the annual Budget Act for the immediately preceding fiscal
year.
(b) As used in this section, "executive officer" includes, but is
(b) As used in this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(1) "Executive officer" includes, but
is not limited to, the Chancellor of the California State
University, a vice chancellor or of the
university, an executive vice chancellor of the university, the
general counsel of the university, the trustees' secretary,
or a president of a campus.
president of a campus, and a managerial employee as defined in
Section 3562 of the Government Code.
(2) "Monetary compensation" includes, but is not limited to, a
salary, a vehicle allowance, and a housing allowance.
(c) Subdivision (a) shall apply only to executive officers that
enter into or renew a contract for employment with the California
State University on or after January 1, 2010.
SEC. 3. Article 2 (commencing with Section 92010) is added to
Chapter 1 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code,
to read:
Article 2. Executive Compensation
92010. (a) The Regents of the University of California are
requested to not increase the compensation of
monetary compensation of, or approve payment of a monetary bonus to,
any executive officer in any fiscal year in which
mandatory systemwide student fees of the university are increased
from the amount of mandatory systemwide student fees charged in the
immediately preceding the amount of General Fund
moneys appropriated to the University of California in the
annual Budget Act is less than, or equal to, the amount of General
Fund moneys appropriated to the University of California in the
immediately preceding fiscal year.
(b) As used in this section, "executive officer" includes, but is
(b) As used in this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(1) "Executive officer" includes, but
is not limited to, the President of the University of
California, the chancellor of an individual campus, a vice president
of the university, the treasurer or of the
university, the assistant treasurer of the university, the
general counsel of the university, and the regents'
secretary and a managerial employee as defined in Section 3562
of the Government Code .
(2) "Monetary compensation" includes, but is not limited to, a
salary, a vehicle allowance, and a housing allowance.
(c) Subdivision (a) shall apply only to executive officers that
enter into or renew a contract for employment with the University of
California on or after January 1, 2010.