California Assembly Bill AB1323 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1323AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 14, 2009 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal FEBRUARY 27, 2009  An act relating to state government.   An act to add Section 14236.5 to the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to workforce development.  LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1323, as amended, Bonnie Lowenthal.  Business, Transportation and Housing Agency.   Workforce development: one-stop career centers: job information.   The federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provides for workforce investment activities, including activities in which states may participate. Existing law contains various programs for job training and employment investment, including work incentive and employment training outreach programs. Existing law, the California Workforce Investment Act, declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to deliver comprehensive workforce services to jobseekers, students, and employers through a system of one-stop career centers to, among other things, make job outreach, intake, job search and placement assistance, and other related services available in one location.   Existing law provides for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits to eligible unemployed persons during the period that the person is unemployed, and requires the Employment Development Department to implement and administer the unemployment compensation program.   This bill would require the department to ensure that information is posted or otherwise made available at all state one-stop career centers regarding any jobs that have been or will be created in this state as a result of economic stimulus funding provided to the state pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or from the proceeds from the sale of state General Fund infrastructure bonds.   The Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing has the power of general supervision over, and is directly responsible to the Governor for, the operations of each department, office, and unit within the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency.   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to require the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing to consider job creation when prioritizing infrastructure projects.  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 14236.5 is added to the   Unemployment Insurance Code   , to read:   14236.5. The department shall ensure that information is posted or otherwise made available at all state one-stop career centers regarding any jobs that have been or will be created in this state as a result of economic stimulus funding provided to the state pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), or from the proceeds from the sale of state General Fund infrastructure bonds.   SECTION 1.   It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to require the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing to consider job creation when prioritizing infrastructure projects.