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8A Page 8 'Slate Budget' Continued from Page 1... In order to pass the budget. a two-thirds majority vote is needed. A solution to the impasse could see Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger "blue pencil" (delete) the budget line Items in disagreement. Another option is to take a set of Assembly bills, amend them with a new budget proposal, and then send them to the Assembly for a concurrence vote. At press time, on Friday, July 27, the Senate is on-call, meaning Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata can call the Senate to the floor at any time. League staff will be monitoring budget advances and will issue a more detailed update on the League Web site as information becomes available. Once a budget is passed, the next edition of Priority Focus following the budget's passage will contain a detailed rundown on the impacts it has on cities. 'WorkOnl' Compensation' Continued from Page 1... . AS 553 (Hernandez). AB 553 would exclusively authorize the Public Employees Relations Board (PERB) to determine, under the Meyers MlIias Brown Act (MMSA), whether to seek from a court of competent jurisdiction injunctive relief involving employee strikes, work stoppages, or lockouts. This bill seeks to expand PERB authority into areas in which it has no existing authority or expertise. In addition, AS 553 would directly pre-empt existing litigation; usurp city and county authority over matters involving public health and safety and add unacceptable delays to seeking injunctive relief to protect the public health and safety. . AS 220 (Bass). AS 220 attempts to duplicate the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights (POBAR). The bill would permit firefighters to engage in specified political activities and provide procedures and conditions tor the investigation and interrogation of an employee that could lead to punitive action. AB 220 is unnecessary and burdensome. Firefighters are not the subject of investigations and interrogations to the same extent as peace officers. Firefighters already have substantial procedural and due process rights and collective bargaining rights. This bill would impose substantial unfunded mandated costs on local government. . AS 419 (Lieber). Although AS 419 was included in the June 22 edition of Priority Focus, it is being re--listed in this update due to its severe negative impacts on cities. The bill deletes the restriction that limits disability compensation tor injuries received on the job to safety employees who are members of PERS. In addition, the bill eliminates the provision that public safety employees be members of one of the retirement systems in order to receive this benefit. This Is a very bad carve- out on behalf of public safety. . AB 1496 (SWanson). AB 1496 would impose harsh restrictions on the use of temporary and contract employees. The bill eliminates what Is permitted in current law and requires inclusion of all employees within the civil service or merit system with two exceptions: . Apprentices or technical experts on a temporary wor1< basis or; . Substitute or short term employees paid for less than 50 percent of work days in a fiscal year The bill competes with authority to limit temporary employment already granted local agency pension systems (i.e. CaIPERS). AS 1496 is costly and unnecessary as most of the provisions are subject to local agency collective bargaining. Fortunately, the Senate Local Government Committee saw this bill as troublesome and made it a two-year bill. 2