Local agency employment contracts: maximum cash settlement.
Existing law requires all employment contracts between an employee and a local agency employer to contain a provision that provides for the amount of a cash settlement that may be paid out if the contract is terminated, as specified. Existing law provides that the maximum settlement that an employee can receive is an amount equal to the monthly salary of the employee multiplied by the number of months left on the unexpired term of the contract, or, if the unexpired terms of the contract is greater than 18 months, an amount equal to the monthly salary of the employee multiplied by 18.
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AB 215
California AB 215 (20152016)
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Local agency employment contracts: maximum cash settlement.
California AB 215 (20152016) — Local agency employment contracts: maximum cash settlement.
Existing law requires all employment contracts between an employee and a local agency employer to contain a provision that provides for the amount of a cash settlement that may be paid out if the contract is terminated, as specified. Existing law provides that the maximum settlement that an employee can receive is an amount equal to the monthly salary of the employee multiplied by the number of months left on the unexpired term of the contract, or, if the unexpired terms of the contract is greater than 18 months, an amount equal to the monthly salary of the employee multiplied by 18.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 215 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading — 78–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Alejo — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-03 From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
2015-02-09 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2015-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2015-05-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2015-05-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1761.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-06-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 2. Page 1908.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-06-18 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2053.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-08-18 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2015-08-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2015-09-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-09-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 240, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/50759a4d-dec9-43a2-b178-edfc51b1f589. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).