SECTIONS 26639.5-26639.7 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 26639.5-26639.7

26639.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board
of supervisors of Solano County may commence public hearings
regarding the consolidation of court-related services. Within 30 days
of the commencement of public hearings as authorized by this
section, the board shall make a final determination as to the most
cost-effective and most efficient manner of providing consolidated
services.
(b) Concurrently, an election may be conducted among all of the
judges of the superior and municipal courts of that county to provide
an advisory recommendation to the board of supervisors as to the
preferred agency, either the marshal or the sheriff, under which
court-related services and the service of civil and criminal process
may best be provided. The outcome shall be determined by a simple
majority of votes cast. The vote of the judges shall then be
forwarded to the board of supervisors prior to the close of the
public hearing, and the board of supervisors shall take into
advisement the recommendation of the judges provided by the election
report. The consolidation shall occur pursuant to the board's
determination.

26639.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
marshal, sheriff, and all personnel of the marshal's office or
personnel of the sheriff's office affected by a consolidation of
court-related services and the service of civil and criminal process
under this article shall become employees of that consolidated office
at their existing or equivalent classifications, salaries, and
benefits, and except as may be necessary for the operation of the
agency under which court services and the service of civil and
criminal process are consolidated, shall not be involuntarily
transferred out of the consolidated office during a period of four
years following the consolidation.
(b) Permanent employees of the marshal's office or sheriff's
office on the effective date of consolidation under this article
shall be deemed qualified, and no other qualifications shall be
required for employment or retention. Probationary employees of the
marshal's office or the sheriff's office on the effective date of a
consolidation under this article shall retain their probationary
status and rights, and shall not be deemed to have transferred so as
to require serving a new probationary period.
(c) All county service or service by employees of the marshal's
office or the sheriff's office on the effective date of a
consolidation under this article shall be counted toward seniority in
the consolidated office, and all time spent in the same, equivalent,
or higher classification shall be counted toward classification
seniority.
(d) No employee of the marshal's office or the sheriff's office on
the effective date of a consolidation under this article shall lose
peace officer status, be demoted, or otherwise be adversely affected
as a result of the consolidation.

26639.7. (a) This article shall remain in effect only until January
1, 2018, and as of that date is repealed unless a later enacted
statute, which is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends
that date.
(b) The repeal of this article does not affect any right or
benefit to which a person was entitled on the date of repeal.