Section 110011 Of Chapter 2. Transitional Provisions From California Government Code >> Title 23. >> Chapter 2.
110011
. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this title,
the enactment of this title shall not be a cause for the employer or
any predecessor agency to modify or eliminate any existing memorandum
of agreement or understanding, or to modify existing wages,
benefits, or other terms and conditions of employment. Except to the
extent set forth in this title, the enactment of this title shall not
prevent the modification of existing wages, benefits, or terms and
conditions of employment through the meet and confer in good faith
process or, in those situations in which the employees are not
represented by a recognized employee organization, through
appropriate procedures.
(b) On the county implementation date, subject to Section 12306.15
of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the Statewide Authority shall
assume the predecessor agency's rights and obligations under any
memorandum of understanding or agreement between the predecessor
agency and a recognized employee organization that is in effect on
the county implementation date for the duration thereof. Absent
mutual consent to reopen, the terms of any transferred memorandum of
understanding or agreement shall continue until the memorandum of
understanding or agreement has expired. If a memorandum of
understanding or agreement between a recognized employee organization
and a predecessor agency has expired and has not been replaced by a
successor memorandum of understanding or agreement as of the county
implementation date, the Statewide Authority shall assume the
obligation to meet and confer in good faith with the recognized
employee organization.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except to the
extent set forth in this chapter and as limited by Section 110023,
the terms and conditions of any memorandum of understanding or
agreement between a predecessor agency and a recognized employee
organization in effect on the county implementation date shall not be
reduced, except by mutual agreement between the recognized employee
organization and the Statewide Authority.
(d) Nothing in this title shall be construed to relieve any
predecessor agency of its obligation to meet and confer in good faith
with a recognized employee organization pursuant to the
Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of
Division 4 of Title 1) until the county implementation date. Nothing
in this title shall permit the predecessor agency to meet and confer
after the Statewide Authority assumes the predecessor agency's
rights and obligations on the county implementation date.
(e) With the exception of all economic terms covered by Section
12306.15 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and notwithstanding any
other provision of law, beginning July 1, 2012, and ending on the
county implementation date as set forth in subdivision (a) of Section
12300.7 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, any alterations or
modifications to either current or expired memoranda of understanding
that were in effect on July 1, 2012, and any newly negotiated
memoranda of understanding or agreements reached after July 1, 2012,
shall be submitted for review to the State Department of Social
Services, hereafter referred to as the department. This review
requirement shall not begin until a county commences transition
pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 14132.275 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, and shall be performed by the department until the
Statewide Authority becomes operational, after which date the
Statewide Authority shall continue to perform this review
requirement. If, upon review, but not later than 180 days after the
county commences transition pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section
14132.275 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the department or
Statewide Authority reasonably determines that there are one or more
newly negotiated or amended noneconomic terms in the memorandum of
understanding or agreement to which it objects for a bona fide
business-related reason, the department or Statewide Authority shall
provide written notice to the signatory recognized employee
organization of each objection and the reason for it. Upon demand
from the recognized employee organization, the department, or the
Statewide Authority, those parties shall meet and confer regarding
the objection and endeavor to reach agreement prior to the county
implementation date. If an agreement is reached, it shall not become
effective prior to the county implementation date. If an agreement is
not reached by the county implementation date, the objectionable
language is deemed inoperable as of the county implementation date.
All terms to which no objection is made shall be deemed accepted by
the Statewide Authority. If the Statewide Authority or the department
fails to provide the 180 days' notice of objection, it shall be
deemed waived.