Article 9. Career Executive Assignments of California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 2.6. >> Chapter 2.5. >> Article 9.
It is the purpose of this article to encourage the
development and effective use of well-qualified and carefully
selected executives. In order to carry out this purpose, the State
Personnel Board shall establish by rule a merit system specifically
suited to the selection and placement of executive personnel. The
department shall be responsible for salary administration, position
classification, and for the motivation and training of executive
personnel. For the purpose of administering this system there is
established herewith a category of civil service appointment called
"career executive assignments." The department shall designate
positions of a high administrative and policy influencing character
for inclusion in or removal from this category subject to review by
the State Personnel Board, except that the department shall not so
designate a position in which there is an incumbent already appointed
under the provisions of this part governing employees other than
career executives.
The provisions of this part governing the examination,
selection, classification, and tenure of employees in the regular
civil service shall not apply to "career executive assignments"
unless provided for by State Personnel Board rule. The provisions of
this part relating to punitive actions shall apply to all employees
serving in career executive assignments, except that termination of a
career executive assignment as provided for in Section 19889.3 is
not a punitive action. State Personnel Board rules shall, at a
minimum, afford all employees whose career executive assignments are
terminated by the appointing power a right of appeal to the State
Personnel Board for restoration of his or her assignment when he or
she alleges that the termination was for reasons prohibited in
Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 19680) of Part 2.
(a) Eligibility for appointment to positions in the career
executive assignment category shall be established as a result of
competitive examinations. All candidates shall meet such minimum
qualifications as the State Personnel Board may determine are
requisite to the performance of high administrative and policy
influencing functions.
(b) No person employed in a career executive assignment shall be
deemed to acquire as a result of such service any rights to or status
in positions governed by the provisions of this part relating to the
civil service other than the category of career executive
assignment, except as provided by State Personnel Board rule.
In accordance with State Personnel Board rules, the
following shall apply when an appointing power terminates a career
executive assignment:
(a) An employee who at the time of his or her appointment to a
career executive assignment was employed by the state and had
permanent civil service status shall, if he or she so desires, be
reinstated to a civil service position that is (1) not a career
executive assignment and (2) that is at least at the same salary
level as the last position that he or she held as a permanent or
probationary employee. If the employee had completed a minimum of
five years of state service, he or she may return to a position that
is (1) at substantially the same salary level as the last position in
which he or she had permanent or probationary status or (2) at a
salary level that is at least two steps lower than that of the career
executive position from which the employee is being terminated.
(b) Article 5 (commencing with Section 19140) of Chapter 5 of Part
2 shall apply to an employee who at the time of his or her
appointment to a career executive assignment was not employed by the
state but who had previously worked for the state and gained
permanent civil service status.
(c) (1) An employee who at the time of his or her appointment to a
career executive assignment was from outside civil service shall
have the right to request a deferred examination for any open
eligible list that his or her appointing power or the department has
in existence at the time of the termination of the career executive
assignment and for which he or she meets the minimum qualifications
of the class to which he or she seeks appointment. Whether the
employee takes a deferred examination or other open civil service
examination, for purposes of evaluating whether he or she meets the
minimum qualifications of the class to which he or she seeks
appointment, related experience gained in a career executive
assignment shall be considered as state civil service experience in a
comparable class.
(2) A request for a deferred examination pursuant to paragraph (1)
shall not be made later than 10 days after the effective date of the
termination of the career executive assignment. The department or
its designee shall administer the deferred examination within 30 days
of the date of the request.