California Health and Safety Code 13962 – (a) Upon receipt of a petition proposing an employee relations …
(a) Upon receipt of a petition proposing an employee relations system for employees of the district, signed by at least 10 percent of the registered voters of the district, the district board shall either adopt an ordinance providing for the employee relations system, or adopt an ordinance subject to the approval of the voters of the district.
(b) District employees may circulate the petitions described in subdivision (a) at any time when they are not on duty.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 13962
- District: means a fire protection district created pursuant to this part or created pursuant to any law which this part supersedes. See California Health and Safety Code 13802
- District board: means the board of directors of a district. See California Health and Safety Code 13802
- Employee: means any personnel of a district, including any regular or call firefighter hired and paid on a full-time or part-time basis, or any volunteer firefighter. See California Health and Safety Code 13802
- Employee relations system: as used in this chapter means a civil service system or a merit system. See California Health and Safety Code 13961
(c) If the question is submitted to the voters at a general district election, the notice required by § 12112 of the Elections Code shall contain a statement of the question to appear on the ballot. If the question is submitted to the voters at a special election, the notice of election and ballot shall contain a statement of the question.
(d) The question placed before the voters shall call for a “Yes” or “No” vote and shall be in substantially the following form:
“Shall the ordinance of the Board of Directors of the ______ (name of the district), adopting an employee relations system for the employees of the district, be approved?”
(e) If a majority of the voters voting on the question approve of the question, the ordinance shall go into effect.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 588, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2007.)