2011 California Code
Government Code
TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000 - 22980]
ARTICLE 1. Disciplinary Proceedings
Section 19583.51

(a) Effective January 1, 1996, notwithstanding Section 19583.5, this section shall only apply to state employees in State Bargaining Unit 5. Any person, except for a current ward of the Division of Juvenile Facilities, a current inmate of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or a current patient of a facility operated by the State Department of Mental Health, with the consent of the board or the appointing power may file charges against an employee requesting that adverse action be taken for one or more causes for discipline specified in this article. Any request of the board to file charges pursuant to this section shall be filed within one year of the event or events that led to the filing. The employee against whom the charges are filed shall have a right to answer as provided in this article. In all of these cases, a hearing shall be conducted in accordance with this article and if the board finds that the charges are true it shall have the power to take any adverse action as in its judgment is just and proper.

(b) This section shall not be construed to supersede Section 19682.

(c) Any adverse action, as defined by Section 19576.1, that results from a request to file charges pursuant to this section, is subject to the appeal procedures in Section 19576.1.

(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 282. Effective January 1, 2007.)