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  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. The bill
would require private matching funds before any appropriation to the
State Department of Education for those purposes is encumbered. The
bill would require  , if the orientation is developed,  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.
   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 shall  , to the extent that moneys may be encumbered
pursuant to subdivision (b),  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.
   (b) Moneys, or a portion of moneys, appropriated to the State
Department of Education by the Legislature for the development of the
orientation pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be encumbered
unless the total amount encumbered is matched by private funds.
Moneys appropriated that are not matched by private funds shall
revert to the General Fund.
  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, shall  , if the employee
training described in Section 33319.4 of the Education Code is
developed,  certify annually to the department that the employee
has completed  this  employee training  developed
pursuant to Section 33319.4 of the Education Code  .
   (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 such 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.