State of California

  M E M O R A N D U M

  REFERENCE CODE:
  2004-027

  DATE:  
  June 29, 2004
  
  TO:
  Accounting Officers  
  Budget Officers  
  Personnel 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  
  FAX: (916) 323-4723    
  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 
  July 1, 2004, the rate for attorney services will increase 
  to $139 per hour, which follows the Attorney Generals Office 
  new fee schedule.  The billing rate for paralegal services 
  will remain at $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 the DPAs 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 the 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.)
    
  Sincerely,        


  K. William Curtis, Chief Counsel  
  Legal Division Division          




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