California Assembly Bill AB2604 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2604INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Williams FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act to amend Section 3501 of the Government Code, relating to public employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2604, as introduced, Williams. Local public employee organizations. The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act authorizes a local public agency to adopt reasonable rules and regulations after consultation in good faith with representatives of an employee organization or organizations for the administration of employer-employee relations under the act. The act delegates jurisdiction to the Public Employment Relations Board to resolve disputes and enforce the statutory duties and rights of local public agency employers and employees, including processing unfair labor charges. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 3501 of the Government Code is amended to read: 3501. As used in this chapter: (a) "Employee organization" means either of the following: (1) Any organization that includes employees of a public agency and that has as one of its primary purposes representing those employees in their relations with that public agency. (2) Any organization that seeks to represent employees of a public agency in their relations with that public agency. (b) "Recognized employee organization" means an employee organization  which   that  has been formally acknowledged by the public agency as an employee organization that represents employees of the public agency. (c) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, "public agency" means every governmental subdivision,  every  district,  every  public and quasi-public corporation,  every  public agency  ,   and  public service corporation  ,   and every  town, city, county, city and county  ,  and municipal corporation,  whether incorporated or not and whether chartered or not   regardless of whether incorporated or chartered  . As used in this chapter, "public agency" does not mean a school district or a county board of education or a county superintendent of schools or a personnel commission in a school district having a merit system as provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 45100) of Part 25 and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 88000) of Part 51 of the Education Code or the State of California. (d) "Public employee" means any person employed by any public agency, including employees of the fire departments and fire services of counties, cities, cities and counties, districts, and other political subdivisions of the state,  excepting   except for  those persons elected by popular vote or appointed to office by the Governor of this state. (e) "Mediation" means effort by an impartial third party to assist in reconciling a dispute regarding wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment between representatives of the public agency and the recognized employee organization or recognized employee organizations through interpretation, suggestion and advice. (f) "Board" means the Public Employment Relations Board established pursuant to Section 3541.