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This bill makes several changes to the State Personnel Management System as it relates to the Office of the Public Defender. It places the deputy public defender and district public defenders in the executive and management service of the State Personnel Management System, respectively, and requires assistant public defenders to be in the professional service and may only be terminated or disciplined for cause. The bill also requires the State Labor Relations Board to accrete assistant public defenders, intake specialists, and investigators into an existing bargaining unit, and all other positions in the Office of the Public Defender into appropriate existing bargaining units. The bill further specifies that appointees or employees transferred to the State Personnel Management System or assigned to a bargaining unit cannot receive a decrease in pay or benefits as a result of the transfer or assignment. The bill takes effect on October 1, 2022.

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