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In -A - to Legislative Bill Action ................................ ............................... tion and licensing of new non - Indian gambling establishments (i.e., card club.:) from January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2010. SB 81 1 also authorizes the California Gambling Control Commission to renew a gambling license for a period of up to two years. Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: Signed, Chapter 799, Statutes of 2003; Position: Op- pose. SB 824 (Scott). Firearms. SB 824 allows licensing authorities to impose greater security requirements than required in state law to autho- rize firearms dealers to: require employees of dealers to obtain background checks involving a Certificate of Eligibility; and, specifically requires that dealers prohibit specified employees from possessing firearms or having access to firearms. Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: Signed, Chap- ter 502, Statutes of 2003; Position: Support. SB 911 (Alpert). Local Emergency Tele- phone Systems, 911 Administrative Board. SB 911 creates a State 911 Advisory Board appointed by the Govemor to advise the Telecommunica- tions Division of specified subject areas. Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: Signed, Chapter 631, Statutes of 2003; Position: Support. Compensation. This package included significant workers' compensation reform. Staff: Amy Brown; Status: Signed, Chaititers 635 and 639 Statutes of 2003; Position: Support. AB 719 (Negrete- McLeod) Public Employ- ees Retirement: Retirement Benefits - AB 719 elects to make additional 5 years of service credit under PERS to be paid for by the employee. This dill does not require a contract amendment. Staff: Amy Brown; Status: Signed, Chapter 838, Statutes of 2003; Position: Neutral. SB 2 (Burton) Employer Required Health Care Benefit. This bill requires employers to provide health care to their full -time employees. Full -time is defined as working over 100 hours per month for over three consecutive months. Staff: Amy Brown; Status: Signed, Chapter 673, Statutes of 2003; Position: Neutral. AB 1082 Laird) Public Employees Health Care Benefits: Domestic Partners. This bill provides domestic partnership benefits for hetero- sexual couples through PERS. Staff: Amy Brown; Status: Signed, Chapter 764, Statutes of 2003; Position: Support. HUMAN RESOURCES SB 440 (Burton). Employer - employee relations, law enforcement officers and firefighters. SB 440 requires that the binding interest arbitration award for police and firefighters be overturned only by unanimous vote of the elected body. Staff: Amy Brown; Status: Signed, Chapter 877, Statutes of 2003; Position: Op- pose. AB 457 (Negrete- McLeod) Public Employ- ees Retirement. Early Retirement. This bill would have offered a golden handshake for local agencies under the CalPERS system, whereby 2 years of additional service credit would be offered, and /or two years of age. Staff: Amy Brown; Status: Vetoed; Position: Neutral. SB 227 /228(Alarcon/Vargas) Workers' AB 1544 (Simitian). Mail Ballot Elections. AB 1544 allows cities with a population of 100,000 Visit the League's Official Web Site-- www.cacities.org AB 1321 (Oropeza) Public Employees Retirement System: Reports to Contracting Agencies. This bill requires PERS to provide actuarial information in a more timely fashion to contracting agencies who request it. Staff: Amy Brown; Status: Signed, Chapter 848, Statutes of 2003; Position: Support. AB 274 (Koretz) Employment. The bill would limit an employer's ability to enforce any adverse employee actions within 90 days after an em- ployee makes a complaint to the Labor Commis- sioner. Staff: Amy Brown; Status: Vetoed; Position: Oppose. ELECTIONS PRIORITY FOCUS /PAGE 7