BILL NUMBER: AB 837INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Roger Hernndez FEBRUARY 26, 2015 An act to add Section 92611.3 of the Education Code, relating to the University of California. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 837, as introduced, Roger Hernndez. University of California: employee salaries. Under existing law, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, is one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Under existing law, the regents have all the powers necessary or convenient for the administration of the university, including the power to employ officers and employees of the university, but are subject to such legislative control as may be necessary to ensure the security of university funds. This bill would express findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to salaries paid to some officers and employees of the University of California. The bill would prohibit the University of California, as a condition of the receipt of state funding in the annual Budget Act, from paying any of its employees or officers a salary that exceeds $500,000 in any fiscal year. 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. The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) The California Constitution states that the University of California is subject to such legislative control as may be necessary to ensure the security of its funds. (b) There is substantial public concern about the high salaries paid, out of taxpayer dollars, to some University of California officers and employees. SEC. 2. Section 92611.3 is added to the Education Code, to read: 92611.3. As a condition of the receipt of state funding in the annual Budget Act, the University of California shall not pay any of its employees or officers a salary that exceeds five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in any fiscal year.