Bill > AB171

This bill: 1. Revises various state employment provisions, including those related to payroll cycles, emergency appointments, and new employee orientations, to accommodate the implementation of a uniform payroll cycle that is not monthly. It also appropriates funds to supplement the state's payment to the Public Employees' Retirement Fund. 2. Authorizes the Department of Industrial Relations to make emergency appointments exceeding 60 working days until December 1, 2026, and requires the department to report on its usage of this authority and develop a process to streamline hiring. 3. Extends the operation of provisions granting exclusive employee representatives access to new employee orientations until June 30, 2027. 4. Requires payments to state employees through the uniform payroll system on June 30 to be dated July 1, with some exceptions. 5. Appropriates $337 million from the General Fund to supplement the state's payment to the Public Employees' Retirement Fund and specifies how the funds must be allocated. 6. Exempts the Department of Industrial Relations from the Administrative Procedure Act when establishing or adjusting annual registration and renewal fees for contractors. 7. Requires contractors and subcontractors for certain housing development projects that are not public works to register with the Department of Industrial Relations. 8. Changes the timeline for the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board to act on petitions for reconsideration from the date of filing to the date a trial judge transmits a case to the board. 9. Extends the deadline for the majority of funds in the Community Economic Resilience Fund Program to be used for economic development grants from June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2028.

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