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Senate Bill 1357 (Craven – 1987)

Chapter 1356, Statutes of 1987

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Senate Bill 1357 was a single-section bill that only added section 1241 to the Government Code.  (See Exhibit A, #1c)  Senate Bill 1357 has an unusual procedural history.  (See Exhibit A, #2)  Senator Campbell introduced the bill on March 6, 1987 to only amend Government Code section 11552 to set state officer salary increases on March 6, 1987.  (See Exhibit A, #1a)  The bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Public Employment and Retirement in March but was withdrawn from that Committee without any action and sent back to Senate Rules Committee on June 11, 1987.  (See Exhibit A, #2) The bill was in the Rules Committee until September 10, 1987.  (Id.)  At this time Senate Bill 1357 was gutted and the provision to enact Government section 1241 was added.  (See Exhibit A, #1b)  Senator Campbell was also replaced by Senator Craven as the author of the bill by the September 10th amendment.  (Id.)  At that time Senator Craven was the Vice Chair of the Senate Rules Committee which might account for his authorship of the bill.  (See Exhibit A, #2)

Then in only two days, September 10 and 11, 1987, with all ordinary rules for Committee hearing and reference to file suspended, the Senate and the Assembly unanimously passed the measure.  (See Exhibit A, #2)  Senate Bill 1357 was then sent to Governor Deukmejian who signed the bill on September 29, 1987 and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on that same date as Chapter 1356, Statutes of 1987.  (See Exhibit A, #1c and #2)

The Third Reading Analysis prepared by the Office of Senate Floor Analyses provides the following digest of Senate Bill 1357 as it was last amended on September 10, 1987:

DIGEST: This bill adds a new section to the Government Code clarifying the terms “salary” and “compensation” with respect to public officers or employees.
(See Exhibit A, #3)