BILL NUMBER: SB 217	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee

                        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 introduced, 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 compensation of 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 in the
immediately preceding fiscal year. The bill would request the regents
to not increase the compensation of 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 in 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
compensation of 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
immediately preceding fiscal year.
   (b) As used in this section, "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.
   (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
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 fiscal year.
   (b) As used in this section, "executive officer" includes, but is
not limited to, the Chancellor of the California State University, a
vice chancellor or an executive vice chancellor of the university,
the general counsel of the university, the trustees' secretary, or a
president of a campus.
   (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 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 fiscal year.
   (b) As used in this section, "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 the assistant treasurer of the
university, the general counsel of the university, and the regents'
secretary.
   (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.