California Assembly Bill AB1783 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1783AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 23, 2014 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer FEBRUARY 18, 2014 An act to amend Section 19635 of the Government Code, relating to public employees. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1783, as amended, Jones-Sawyer. Public employees:  rights.   adverse actions.  Existing law requires notice of any adverse action against any state employee for any cause for discipline based on any civil service law to be served within 3 years after the cause for discipline, upon which the notice is based, first arose. Existing law provides that an adverse action based on fraud, embezzlement, or the falsification of records is valid if notice of the adverse action is served within 3 years after the discovery of the fraud, embezzlement, or falsification. This bill would  , beginning January 1, 2016,  require that notice of any adverse action for discipline, other than for fraud, embezzlement, or falsification of records, be served and the investigation completed within  one year from   2 years after  the time the  discovery of the  cause for discipline arose. 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 19635 of the Government Code is amended to read: 19635. (a) Except as  otherwise  provided in subdivision (b), no adverse action shall be valid against any state employee for any cause for discipline based on any civil service law of this state, unless notice of the adverse action is served and the investigation is completed within  one year   two years  after the  discovery of the  cause for discipline arose. (b) Adverse action based on fraud, embezzlement, or the falsification of records shall be valid, if notice of the adverse action is served within three years after the discovery of the fraud, embezzlement, or falsification.  SEC. 2.   This act shall become operative on January 1, 2016.