CA AB 143
Title: State government.
Author: House Budget Committee
Summary
AB 143, as amended, Committee on Budget. State government. (1) Existing law, the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a state body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend any meeting of a state body. The act authorizes meetings through teleconference under specified conditions, including, among others, that each teleconference location be accessible to the public and that at least one member of the state body be physically present at the location specified in the notice of the meeting.Prior to July 1, 2023, existing law authorized, subject to specified notice and accessibility requirements, a state body to hold public meetings through teleconferencing and suspended certain requirements of the act, including the requirements referenced above.This bill, until December 31, 2023, would reinstate the above-described authorization for a state body to hold public meetings through teleconferencing.(2) Existing law establishes a State Allocation Board and sets forth its powers and duties, including, among other things, requiring the board to apportion funds to eligible school districts pursuant to the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998, as provided. Under existing law, the board consists of the Director of Finance, the Director of General Services, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 3 Senators appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and 3 Assembly Members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, as provided.This bill would instead vest the power of appointment for Senators to the board in the President pro Tempore of the Senate.(3) Existing unemployment compensation disability law requires workers to pay contribution rates based on wages received in employment for payment into the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund, a special fund in the State Treasury. Under existing law, those funds are continuously appropriated for the purpose of providing disability benefits and making payment of expenses in administering those provisions. Existing law authorizes the Director of Employment Development to increase or decrease the rate of worker contributions, up to a certain amount, if the director determines the adjustment is necessary to reimburse the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund for disability benefits paid or estimated to be paid or to prevent the accumulation of funds in excess of those needed to maintain an adequate fund balance.Under existing law, until January 1, 2024, the remuneration of a worker over a specified amount is not subject to the contribution levels described above. Under that law, specifically, the worker contribution provision does not apply, until January 1, 2024, to that part of a worker’s remuneration which, after remuneration with respect to employment equal to 4 times the maximum weekly benefit for each calendar year specified, multiplied by 13 and divided by 55%, has been paid to an individual by an employer, is paid to the individual by the employer. Under existing law, that law is repealed as of January 1, 2024.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change by, in lieu of repealing the provision, providing that the remuneration limitation described above does not apply with respect to wages paid on or after January 1, 2024.(4) Existing law requires the Department of Industrial Relations, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to establish a Women in Construction Priority Unit, to be overseen by the Director of Industrial Relations, to coordinate and help ensure collaboration across the department’s divisions, and maximize state and federal funding to support women and nonbinary individuals in the construction workforce. Existing law sets forth the duties of the unit, which include providing resources for employers and project owners to improve construction worksite culture.This bill would specify that preapprenticeship programs are eligible for resources provided by the unit.(5) Existing law establishes specif
Status
Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R.
Bill Documents
CA AB 143 - 08/29/23 - Amended Senate
08/29/23 - CA AB 143 (08/29/23 - Amended Senate)
CA AB 143 - 02/01/23 - Amended Assembly
02/01/23 - CA AB 143 (02/01/23 - Amended Assembly)
CA AB 143 - 01/09/23 - Introduced
01/09/23 - CA AB 143 (01/09/23 - Introduced)