BILL NUMBER: AB 1206	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jerome Horton
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Bermudez  ) 

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to add Section 1227 to the Government Code, relating to
public employment relations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1206, as amended, Jerome Horton.  Public employment relations:
peace officers.
   The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act and the Ralph C. Dills Act, which
governs public agency employer-employee relations and state
employer-employee relations, respectively, permit a public agency
employee representative of a recognized employee organization and a
state employee representative of a recognized employee organization
reasonable time off without loss of compensation or other benefits
when formally meeting and conferring with representatives of the
public employer on matters within the scope of representation.

   This bill would require the appointing authority to grant to any
person who is a peace officer under specified provisions of existing
law, upon request, a leave of absence without loss of compensation
for the purpose of enabling the peace officer to serve as an elected
officer of any employee organization, or any statewide or national
public employee organization with which the local or state employee
organization is affiliated. The bill would provide that compensation
during the leave would include retirement fund contributions required
of the appointing authority as employer. The peace officer would
earn full service credit during the leave of absence and would pay
member contributions to the Public Employees' Retirement System. The
bill would provide that following the state's or local agency's
payment of the peace officer for the leave of absence, the state or
local agency shall be reimbursed by the employee organization to
which the peace officer is an elected officer for all compensation
paid the peace officer on account of the leave.  
   This bill would, upon the request of a recognized employee
organization representing peace officers, require the employer to
administer an employee time bank, as described, to be used by members
of the employee organization for the purposes of carrying out the
business of that employee organization. The bill would provide that
members of a recognized employee organization may contribute sick
leave time, vacation time, annual leave time, or other hourly time to
the employee time bank account for use by employee organization
members for employee organization business. The bill would specify
that all costs associated with the administration of the employee
time bank, are to be borne by the employee organization. 
   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 1227 is added to the   Government
Code   , to read:  
   1227.  (a) Upon the request of a recognized employee organization
representing peace officers, the employer shall administer an
employee time bank to be used by members of the employee organization
for the purposes of carrying out the business of that employee
organization.
   (b) Employer and employee policies and procedures regarding
employee leave, shall not be affected by this section.
   (c) All costs associated with the administration of the employee
time bank, shall be borne by the employee organization.
   (d) As used in this section, an employee time bank is an account
administered by an employer wherein members of a recognized employee
organization may contribute sick leave time, vacation time, annual
leave time, or other hourly time to the account for use by employee
organization members for employee organization business.
   (e) The employee time bank shall be in addition to the release
time without loss of compensation granted to representatives of an
exclusive representative by Section 3505.3 or 3518.5, as appropriate.
   
  SECTION 1.  Section 1227 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   1227.   (a) The appointing authority shall grant to any person who
is a peace officer for the purposes of Chapter 4.5 (commencing with
Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, upon request, a
leave of absence without loss of compensation for the purpose of
enabling the peace officer to serve as an elected officer of any
employee organization, or any statewide or national public employee
organization with which the local or state employee organization is
affiliated.
   (b) The leave shall include, but is not limited to, absence for
purposes of attendance by the peace officer at periodic, stated,
special, or regular meetings of the body of the organization on which
the peace officer serves as an officer. Compensation during the
leave shall include retirement fund contributions required of the
appointing authority as employer. The peace officer shall earn full
service credit during the leave of absence and shall pay member
contributions to the Public Employees' Retirement System as
prescribed in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 20671) of Part 3 of
Division 5 of Title 2.
   (c)  Following the state's or local agency's payment of the peace
officer for the leave of absence, the state or local agency shall be
reimbursed by the employee organization to which the peace officer is
an elected officer for all compensation paid the peace officer on
account of the leave. Reimbursement by the employee organization
shall be made within 10 days after its receipt of the state's or
local agency's certification of payment of compensation to the peace
officer.
   (d) The leave of absence without loss of compensation provided for
by this section is in addition to the released time without loss of
compensation granted to representatives of an exclusive
representative by Section 3505.3 or 3518.5, as appropriate.