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          SENATE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT & RETIREMENT    BILL NO: AB 1206
          Nell Soto, Chair              Hearing date: June 27, 2005
          AB 1206 (Jerome Horton)    as amended June 13, 2005       
          FISCAL:   YES

           MMBA:  REQUIRED RELEASE TIME FOR UNION ACTIVITY
           
           HISTORY  :

              Sponsor:  Peace Officers Research Association of  
          California (PORAC)

              Prior legislation:  none

           ASSEMBLY VOTES  :

              PER & SS             4-2       4/20/05
              Appropriations       13-5      4/27/05
              Assembly Floor       52-24     5/19/05
           
          SUMMARY  :
          
          Would require local government agencies to administer an  
          employee time bank for peace officers.


           BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS  :

          1)   Existing law  

           Existing law, the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (MMBA)  , which  
          governs local public agency employer-employee relations,  
          permits a local public agency 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.

          2)   This bill  :

            a)  requires local government agencies, upon the request of  
            a recognized employee organization exclusively representing  
            peace officers, to administer an employee time bank for use  
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            by members of the employee organization for the purposes of  
            carrying out the business of that employee organization,

            b)  authorizes members of a recognized peace officer  
            employee organization to contribute sick leave time,  
            vacation time, annual leave time, or other hourly time to  
            the employee time bank for use by employee organization  
            members for employee organization business, 

































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            c)  provides that the employee time bank shall be in  
            addition to the release time without loss of compensation  
            granted to employee representatives when formally meeting  
            and conferring with the public agency on matters within the  
            scope of representation, and

            d)  provides that existing employer and employee policies  
            regarding employee leave shall not be affected by  this  
            bill  .


           FISCAL EFFECT  :
          
           This bill  provides that costs associated with the  
          administration of the employee time bank are to be borne by  
          the employee organization.


           COMMENTS  :

          1)   Arguments in support  

          According to the sponsor, PORAC, the time banks established  
          pursuant to  this bill  will allow peace officers to receive  
          compensation for duties performed while acting as a  
          representative or officer of a public employee organization  
          that presently are not eligible for compensation, such as  
          legislative business.

          2)   SUPPORT  :

               American Federation of State, County and Municipal  
          Employees (AFSCME)
               California Correctional Peace Officers Association  
          (CCPOA)
               Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs (ALADS)
               Los Angeles County Police Officers Union
               Riverside Sheriffs' Association  

          3)  OPPOSITION  :

               Department of Finance
               National Right to Work Committee in California
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               Department of Personnel Administration (DPA)



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