Section 3504.5 Of Chapter 10. Local Public Employee Organizations From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 10.
3504.5
. (a) Except in cases of emergency as provided in this
section, the governing body of a public agency, and boards and
commissions designated by law or by the governing body of a public
agency, shall give reasonable written notice to each recognized
employee organization affected of any ordinance, rule, resolution, or
regulation directly relating to matters within the scope of
representation proposed to be adopted by the governing body or the
designated boards and commissions and shall give the recognized
employee organization the opportunity to meet with the governing body
or the boards and commissions.
(b) In cases of emergency when the governing body or the
designated boards and commissions determine that an ordinance, rule,
resolution, or regulation must be adopted immediately without prior
notice or meeting with a recognized employee organization, the
governing body or the boards and commissions shall provide notice and
opportunity to meet at the earliest practicable time following the
adoption of the ordinance, rule, resolution, or regulation.
(c) The governing body of a public agency with a population in
excess of 4,000,000, or the boards and commissions designated by the
governing body of such a public agency shall not discriminate against
employees by removing or disqualifying them from a health benefit
plan, or otherwise restricting their ability to participate in a
health benefit plan, on the basis that the employees have selected or
supported a recognized employee organization. Nothing in this
section shall be construed to prohibit the governing body of a public
agency or the board or commission of a public agency and a
recognized employee organization from agreeing to health benefit plan
enrollment criteria or eligibility limitations.