BILL NUMBER: SB 1263INTRODUCED 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.