This PML is superseded by the HR Manual and is no longer active.
PML Number
2002-071
Title
New Edition of the California State Restriction of Appointments (SROA) Policy and Procedure Manual.
Date Issued
November 1, 2002
Owner
Classification and Compensation DIvision
Contact
Barbara Birt
Statewide SROA Coordinator
(916) 324-0448
barbarabirt@dpa.ca.gov
Signed By
Michael T. Navarro, Chief of Classification and Compensation Division
Content
The purpose of this memorandum is to distribute a new edition of the California State Restriction of Appointments (SROA) Policy and Procedure Manual.  This new edition of the SROA Manual supersedes all previous Personnel Management Liaisons (PML) Memoranda and policy memoranda pertaining to the SROA Program.  
Minor changes clarifying the SROA process and procedures are included in this new edition of the SROA Manual.  Major changes to the SROA process include:
•	Surplus status will end at the point in time an appointing power (l) notices the employee that he/she is no longer Surplus and (2) the appointing power requests that the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) remove the employee's Surplus status.  If a job offer is made with a specific start date and an employee accepts it prior to an appointing power completing both of these steps, the employee is still considered to be on Surplus status.
•	DPA is rescinding all departmental delegations to determine whether or not employees possess the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for appointment to the Staff Services Manager I pay level and above.  Consequently, all requests for exemptions from hiring SROA/Surplus employees must be submitted to DPA for approval.
•	The contracts for Bargaining Units (BU) 2 and 9 include a clause typically referred to as "Super SROA."  This clause provides:
"Departments filling vacancies shall offer positions to employees facing layoff, demotion in lieu of layoff, or mandatory geographic transfer, who meet the minimum qualifications for the vacancy being filled, provided that the vacancy is equivalent in salary and responsibility and in the same geographic area and bargaining unit."
The "Super SROA" hiring restrictions are explained in detail in Subsection V.E.5 of this SROA Manual.
We hope that this new edition of the SROA Manual provides improved policy direction in the administration of the SROA program.  Questions concerning the SROA process or procedures should be directed to the contact of this PML, listed above.