Public employment: merit system: waiver.

The California Constitution establishes the State Personnel Board and requires the board to, among other things, enforce the civil service statutes, prescribe probationary periods and classifications, adopt rules authorized by statute, and review disciplinary actions. Existing law requires the board to establish and maintain, by regulation, standards on a merit basis for local agencies, as specified, necessary for proper and efficient administration, and to assure state conformity with applicable federal requirements. Existing law authorizes the board to waive administration of all or part of a local agency merit system under specified conditions. This bill would prohibit, in Orange County, any administrative waiver of merit system standards, as described above, if an audit finds the county to be out of compliance with a merit-based personnel system. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Orange.