18990-18993

GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 18990-18993




18990.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule,
persons employed by the Legislature for two or more consecutive years
shall be eligible to apply for promotional civil service
examinations, including examinations for career executive
assignments, for which they meet the minimum qualifications as
prescribed by the class specification. Persons receiving passing
scores shall have their names placed on promotional lists resulting
from these examinations or otherwise gain eligibility for
appointment. In evaluating minimum qualifications, related
legislative experience shall be considered state civil service
experience in a class deemed comparable by the State Personnel Board,
based on the duties and responsibilities assigned.
   (b) In cases where promotional examinations are given by more than
one department for the same classification, the employee shall
select one department in which to compete. Once this selection is
made, it cannot be changed for the duration of the promotional list
established from the examination in which the employee participated.
Employees may transfer list eligibility between departments in the
same manner as provided for civil service employees.
   (c) Employees who meet the requirements of this section, are
employed by the Legislature, and who resign or are released from
service, shall be eligible to take promotional civil service
examinations for one year following their resignation or release in
accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b).
   (d) Employees who meet the requirements of this section, are
employed by the Legislature, and who resign or are released from
service, shall be eligible to take examinations for career executive
assignments indefinitely following their resignation or release in
accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b).
   (e) Employees who meet the requirements of this section, are
employed by the office of the Auditor General or the office of the
Legislative Analyst as of January 1, 1992, and who resign or are
released from service due to a force reduction of the Legislature
before January 1, 1994, shall be eligible to take promotional civil
service examinations, including career executive assignments, for
three years following their resignation or release in accordance with
subdivisions (a) and (b).
   (f) An employee who establishes eligibility on a promotional civil
service list, either pursuant to subdivision (c) or (e) or prior to
having resigned or having been released in a manner to which
subdivision (c) or (e) would apply, shall maintain that eligibility
for the duration of that particular list.(g) This section shall
remain in effect only until January 1, 2013, and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1, 2013, deletes or extends that date.



18990.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule,
persons employed by the Legislature for two or more consecutive years
shall be eligible to apply for promotional civil service
examinations, including examinations for career executive
assignments, for which they meet the minimum qualifications as
prescribed by the class specification. Persons receiving passing
scores shall have their names placed on promotional lists resulting
from these examinations or otherwise gain eligibility for
appointment. In evaluating minimum qualifications, related
legislative experience shall be considered state civil service
experience in a class deemed comparable by the State Personnel Board,
based on the duties and responsibilities assigned.
   (b) In cases where promotional examinations are given by more than
one department for the same classification, the employee shall
select one department in which to compete. Once this selection is
made, it cannot be changed for the duration of the promotional list
established from the examination in which the employee participated.
Employees may transfer list eligibility between departments in the
same manner as provided for civil service employees.
   (c) Employees who meet the requirements of this section, are
employed by the Legislature, and who resign or are released from
service, shall be eligible to take promotional civil service
examinations, including examinations for career executive
assignments, for one year following their resignation or release in
accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b).
   (d) Employees who meet the requirements of this section, are
employed by the office of the Auditor General or the office of the
Legislative Analyst as of January 1, 1992, and who resign or are
released from service due to a force reduction of the Legislature
before January 1, 1994, shall be eligible to take promotional civil
service examinations, including career executive assignments, for
three years following their resignation or release in accordance with
subdivisions (a) and (b).
   (e) An employee who establishes eligibility on a promotional civil
service list, either pursuant to subdivision (c) or (d) or prior to
having resigned or having been released in a manner to which
subdivision (c) or (d) would apply, shall maintain that eligibility
for the duration of that particular list.
   (f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2013.




18991.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, persons
retired from the United States military, honorably discharged from
active military duty with a service-connected disability, or
honorably discharged from active duty, shall be eligible to apply for
promotional civil service examinations, including examinations for
career executive assignments, for which they meet the minimum
qualifications as prescribed by the class specification. Persons
receiving passing scores shall have their names placed on promotional
lists resulting from these examinations or otherwise gain
eligibility for appointment. In evaluating minimum qualifications,
related military experience shall be considered state civil service
experience in a class deemed comparable by the State Personnel Board,
based on the duties and responsibilities assigned.
   (b) In cases where promotional examinations are given by more than
one department for the same classification, the employee shall
select one department in which to compete. Once this selection is
made, it cannot be changed for the duration of the promotional list
established from the examination in which the employee participated.
Employees may transfer list eligibility between departments in the
same manner as provided for civil service employees.



18992.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule,
persons holding, for two or more consecutive years, nonelected exempt
positions in the executive branch of government as defined in
subdivisions (c), (e), (f), (g), (i), and (m) of Section 4 of Article
VII of the Constitution and excluding those positions for which the
salaries are set by statute, shall be eligible to apply for
promotional civil service examinations, including, but not limited
to, examinations for career executive assignments for which they meet
the minimum qualifications as prescribed by the class specification.
Persons receiving passing scores shall have their names placed on
promotional lists resulting from these examinations or otherwise gain
eligibility for appointment. In evaluating minimum qualifications,
related exempt experience shall be considered state civil service
experience in a class deemed comparable by the State Personnel Board,
based on the duties and responsibilities assigned.
   (b) In cases where promotional examinations are given by more than
one department for the same classification, the employee shall
select one department in which to compete. Once this selection is
made, it cannot be changed for the duration of the promotional list
established from the examination in which the employee participated.
Employees may transfer list eligibility between departments in the
same manner as provided for civil service employees.
   (c) Employees who meet the requirements of this section and who
resign or are released from exempt employment of the executive branch
of government shall be eligible to take promotional civil service
examinations for one year following their resignation or release in
accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b).
   (d) Employees who meet the requirements of this section and who
resign or are released from exempt employment of the executive branch
of government shall be eligible to take examinations for career
executive assignments indefinitely following their resignation or
release in accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b).
   (e) An employee who establishes eligibility on a promotional civil
service list, either pursuant to subdivision (c) or prior to having
resigned or having been released in a manner to which subdivision (c)
would apply, shall maintain that eligibility for the duration of
that particular list.(f) This section shall remain in effect only
until January 1, 2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a
later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013,
deletes or extends that date.



18992.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule,
persons holding, for two or more consecutive years, nonelected exempt
positions in the executive branch of government as defined in
subdivisions (c), (e), (f), (g), (i), and (m) of Section 4 of Article
VII of the Constitution and excluding those positions for which the
salaries are set by statute, shall be eligible to apply for
promotional civil service examinations, including, but not limited
to, examinations for career executive assignments for which they meet
the minimum qualifications as prescribed by the class specification.
Persons receiving passing scores shall have their names placed on
promotional lists resulting from these examinations or otherwise gain
eligibility for appointment. In evaluating minimum qualifications,
related exempt experience shall be considered state civil service
experience in a class deemed comparable by the State Personnel Board,
based on the duties and responsibilities assigned.
   (b) In cases where promotional examinations are given by more than
one department for the same classification, the employee shall
select one department in which to compete. Once this selection is
made, it cannot be changed for the duration of the promotional list
established from the examination in which the employee participated.
Employees may transfer list eligibility between departments in the
same manner as provided for civil service employees.
   (c) Employees who meet the requirements of this section and who
resign or are released from exempt employment of the executive branch
of government shall be eligible to take promotional civil service
examinations, including examinations for career executive
assignments, for one year following their resignation or release in
accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b).
   (d) An employee who establishes eligibility on a promotional civil
service list, either pursuant to subdivision (c) or prior to having
resigned or having been released in a manner to which subdivision (c)
would apply, shall maintain that eligibility for the duration of
that particular list.
   (e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2013.




18993.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
legislative or nonelected exempt executive branch employee who is
appointed to a career executive assignment pursuant to Section 18990
or 18992, shall be eligible to compete in his or her department's
promotional examinations for which he or she meets the minimum
qualifications. When such an employee's career executive assignment
is terminated by the appointing power, he or she shall have the right
to request a deferred examination for any promotional eligible list
for his or her department in existence at the time of the appointment
termination if he or she meets the minimum qualifications specified
for the promotional examination.
   (b) A request for a deferred examination pursuant to subdivision
(a) shall be made no later than 10 days after the effective date of
the termination of the career executive assignment. The department
shall administer the deferred examination within 30 days of the date
of the request.