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Legislative Bill Action
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<br /> the needs of their unique first-responder constituency, the contract effective date or who change membership
<br /> Although recent amendments removed this "requirement" classification after the contract amendment date. In
<br /> and now make it permissive for firefighters, peace officer~, addition, a member who separated from service and
<br /> and emergency medical technicians and paramedics to withdrew his or her accumulated contributions would be
<br /> receive instruction based on the curriculum established by the second tier if the member returns to service after the
<br /> their respective advisor~ body. The bill simply encourages contract effective date unless the member elects within 90
<br /> all first-responders to participate in the training. SB 1350 days of returning to service to redeposit ~he withdrawn
<br /> alse requires that the Office of Emergency Services to contributions- in which case, the member would return to
<br /> contract with the California Fire Fighter Joint Apprentice- the tier he or she was originally in. This contract amend-
<br /> ship Program for the development of a fire service course of ment may occur without an employee election bu~ may not
<br /> instruction for firefighters and paramedics responding to occur more than once every three years per employee
<br /> terrorist incidents, Also, the contract requires that in order classification, Existing law prohibits local agencies from
<br /> for state, local, and regional fire agencies to seek reimburse- amending their contract with CalPERS to reduce employee
<br /> merits for training, they must contract with the California benefits for existing employees. However, a second tier,
<br /> Fire Fighter Joint Apprenticeship Program. The bill still which applies to prospective employees only, may provide a
<br /> allows local agencies to seek training from third party lesser or different level of optional benefits than exists for
<br /> educational institutions (i.e., community colleges OES, etc.) employees in the first tier,
<br /> if the local agency has first contracted with the California
<br /> Fire Fighter Joint Apprenticeship Program to get the reim-. AB 2792 would restrict local agency authority to amend
<br /> bursement before seeking training from the educational certain sections of contracts that are not already subject to
<br /> insti[utions, Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsApps, collective bargaining. The restriction would reduce the
<br /> Position: Review and Comment. flexibility local agencies have in creating a second tier of
<br /> benefits and offering benefits to a member who separates
<br /> SB 1807 (Chesbro). Firearms. ~ lowers the from service and returns in the specified amount of time.
<br />evidence threshold necessary for a law enforcement agency Staff: Amy Brown, Status: SenFIr, Position: Oppose.
<br />to retain control, and ultimately destroy a firearm lawfully
<br />confiscated during a domestic violence incident. This bill SUPPORT A LEAGUE POSITION!
<br />requires the petitioner to show by a preponderance of the
<br />evidence (,ather than by clear and convincing evidence)that HERE'S WHO TO CONTACT:
<br />the return of the firearm or other deadly weapon would Address correspondence to: (Committee name)
<br />result in endangering the victim or the person reporting the
<br />assault or threat. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsmFIr, State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814
<br />Position: Support. ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
<br /> (AsApps): Steinberg (D)(Chair), Bates (R)(Vice Chair),
<br />HUMAN RESOURCES Alquist (D), Aroner (D), Ashburn (R), Cohn (D), Corbett
<br /> (D), Correa (D), Daucher (R), Diaz (D), Firebaugh
<br />AB 2792 (Negrete-McLeed). Public Employees Goldberg (D), Maldonado (R), Negrete McLeod (D),
<br />Retirement. Contracting Agencies. AB 2792 prohibits Robert Pacheco (R), Papan (D), Pavley (D), Runner (R),
<br />contracting agencies under the Public Employees' Retire- Simitian (D), Washin¢on (D), Wiggins (D), Wright (D),
<br />ment System (PERS) from amending a contract without the Zettel (R), and vacancy. Phone: 916/319-2081.
<br />consent of the employees' bargaining unit. Existing law
<br />allows a CalPERS local contracting agency to amend its For legislators' phone numbers, addresses and ~rnail
<br />contract with CaIPERS in order to create a second tier of ple~e see the League's Web site ~
<br />benefits, subject to certain restrictions. For example, the listed under "Resources"
<br />second tier can only apply to employees who are hired after
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