BILL NUMBER: SB 1263	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Vargas

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend Sections 11553 and 11553.5 of the Government Code,
relating to the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1263, as introduced, Vargas. Unemployment Insurance Appeals
Board: annual salary.
   Existing law requires that an annual salary of $81,635, to be
increased as specified, be paid to the Chairperson of the
Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. Existing law establishes the
annual salary for each member of the board at $79,122, to be
increased, as specified.
   This bill would delete the salary provisions for the chairperson
and members of the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.
   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 11553 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   11553.  (a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of
eighty-one thousand six hundred thirty-five dollars ($81,635) shall
be paid to each of the following: 
   (1) Chairperson of the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.
 
   (2) 
    (1)  Chairperson of the Agricultural Labor Relations
Board. 
   (3)
    (2)  President of the Public Utilities Commission.

   (4) 
    (3)  Chairperson of the Fair Political Practices
Commission. 
   (5) 
    (4)  Chairperson of the Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission. 
   (6) 
    (5)  Chairperson of the Public Employment Relations
Board. 
   (7) 
    (6)  Chairperson of the Workers' Compensation Appeals
Board. 
   (8) 
    (7)  Administrative Director of the Division of
Industrial Accidents. 
   (9)
    (8)  Chairperson of the State Water Resources Control
Board.
   (b) The annual compensation provided by this section shall be
increased in any fiscal year in which a general salary increase is
provided for state employees. The amount of the increase provided by
this section shall be comparable to, but shall not exceed, the
percentage of the general salary increases provided for state
employees during that fiscal year.
   (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), any salary increase is
subject to Section 11565.5.
  SEC. 2.  Section 11553.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   11553.5.  (a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of
seventy-nine thousand one hundred twenty-two dollars ($79,122) shall
be paid to the following:
   (1) Member of the Agricultural Labor Relations Board.
   (2) Member of the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission.
   (3) Member of the Public Utilities Commission.
   (4) Member of the Public Employment Relations Board. 
   (5) Member of the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. 

   (6) 
    (5)  Member of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.

   (7) 
    (6)  Member of the State Water Resources Control Board.
   (b) The annual compensation provided by this section shall be
increased in any fiscal year in which a general salary increase is
provided for state employees. The amount of the increase provided by
this section shall be comparable to, but shall not exceed, the
percentage of the general cost-of-living salary increases provided
for state employees during that fiscal year.
   (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), any salary increase is
subject to Section 11565.5.