CA Govt Code § 19829.9851 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 2 - Administration of Salaries|ARTICLE 3 - Salary Classification|Section 19829.9851.

19829.9851.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340, for the 2023–24 fiscal year, if the Budget Act of 2023 is not enacted by July 1, 2023, for the memorandum of understanding entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Unit 5 (effective July 1, 2019, to July 3, 2024, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 6 (effective July 3, 2020, to July 2, 2023, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 16 (effective July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2023, inclusive), and State Bargaining Unit 19 (effective July 2, 2020, to July 1, 2023, inclusive), there is hereby continuously appropriated to the Controller from the General Fund, unallocated special funds, including, but not limited to, federal funds and unallocated nongovernmental cost funds, and any other fund from which state employees are compensated, the amount necessary for the payment of compensation and employee benefits to state employees covered by the above memoranda of understanding until the Budget Act of 2023 is enacted. The Controller may expend an amount no greater than necessary to enable the Controller to compensate state employees covered by the above memoranda of understanding for work performed between July 1, 2023, of the 2023–24 fiscal year and the enactment of the Budget Act of 2023.(b) If the memorandum of understanding entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Unit 5 (effective July 1, 2019, to July 3, 2024, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 6 (effective July 3, 2020, to July 2, 2023, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 16 (effective July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2023, inclusive), and State Bargaining Unit 19 (effective July 2, 2020, to July 1, 2023, inclusive), is in effect and approved by the Legislature, the compensation and contribution for employee benefits for state employees represented by these bargaining units shall be at a rate consistent with the memorandum of understanding referenced above, unless otherwise provided for by the Budget Act or other legislative enactment.(c) Expenditures related to any warrant drawn pursuant to subdivision (a) are not augmentations to the expenditure authority of a department. Upon the enactment of the Budget Act of 2023, these expenditures shall be subsumed by the expenditure authority approved in the Budget Act of 2023 for each affected department.(d) This section shall only apply to an employee covered by the terms of the State Bargaining Unit 5 (effective July 1, 2019, to July 3, 2024, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 6 (effective July 3, 2020, to July 2, 2023, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 16 (effective July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2023, inclusive), and State Bargaining Unit 19 (effective July 2, 2020, to July 1, 2023, inclusive), memorandum of understanding. Notwithstanding Section 3517.8, this section shall not apply after the term of the memorandum of understanding has expired. For purposes of this section, the memorandum of understanding for State Bargaining Unit 5 expires on July 3, 2024, the memorandum of understanding for State Bargaining Unit 6 expires on July 2, 2023, the memorandum of understanding for State Bargaining Unit 16 expires on July 1, 2023, and the memorandum of understanding for State Bargaining Unit 19 expires on July 1, 2023.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 279, Sec. 7. (SB 165) Effective September 23, 2021.)