If an employee covered by Chapter 9.6 (commencing with Section 3250) holds a conscientious objection described in subdivision (c) of Section 3502.5 or declines membership in the recognized employee organization and requests individual representation in a discipline, grievance, arbitration, or administrative hearing from the recognized employee organization, the recognized employee organization may charge the employee for the reasonable cost of the representation. This section applies only to the above proceedings where the recognized employee organization does not exclusively control the process.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 412, Sec. 1. (AB 2556) Effective January 1, 2023.)

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Terms Used In California Government Code 3503.1

  • Employee organization: means either of the following:

    California Government Code 3501

  • Process: includes a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature. See California Government Code 22
  • Recognized employee organization: means an employee organization which has been formally acknowledged by the public agency as an employee organization that represents employees of the public agency. See California Government Code 3501
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
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