State of California

  M E M O R A N D U M

  REFERENCE CODE:
  2004-011
  
  DATE:
  April 21, 2004
  
  TO:
  Accounting Officers
  Personnel Officers  
  Budget Officers
  Personnel Transactions Supervisors
  
  FROM:
  Department of Personnel Administration
  Legal Division
 
  SUBJECT:
  Costs for Administration of Collective Bargaining LItigation and Arbitration
  
  CONTACT:
  David Rechs, Associate Governmental Program Analyst  
  (916) 327-1440  Email: daverechs@dpa.ca.gov

  The purpose of this memorandum is to notify departments of a rate
  change in legal services costs for the Department of Personnel
  Administration (DPA) Legal Division.  Effective April 1, 2004, 
  the rate for attorney services will increase to $132 per hour, which 
  follows the Attorney General's Office fee schedule.  The billing
  rate for paralegal services will also increase to $91 per hour. Costs 
  of all fees, including, but not limited to, filing fees, expert
  witnesses and consultant costs may be billed separately, as DPA
  determines.

  Government Code Section 19815.6 states that the Chief Counsel of 
  DPA, independent of the Attorney General, is authorized to represent
  the State in all legal matters in which DPA is interested, before
  any administrative agency or court of law.  Accordingly, all State
  departments and agencies will be represented by DPA's attorneys
  for injunctive relief and formal hearings before the Public Employment
  Relations Board, at arbitrations held pursuant to the provisions of 
  negotiated Memoranda of Understanding (MOU),and in all other labor law 
  and non-merit personnel matters in state and federal courts.  
  Representation by DPA attorneys will be mandated in such cases regardless 
  of whether the dispute arises at the departmental or DPA level.  
  (Budget Letter No. 01-04)    

  If you have any questions regarding this information, you 
  may contact David Rechs, Associate Governmental Program Analyst 
  at (916) 327-1440.