(a) State employees shall be responsible for the purchase of uniforms required as a condition of employment. The state shall provide for an annual uniform allowance to state employees for the replacement of uniforms worn on a full-time basis, and an annual uniform allowance to state employees for the replacement of uniforms worn on a part-time basis, in amounts agreed upon in a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a), the state shall provide any employee, who is either excluded from the definition of state employee in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, or is a nonelected officer or employee of the executive branch of government who is not a member of the civil service, an annual uniform allowance for the replacement of uniforms worn on a full-time basis, and an annual uniform allowance for the replacement of uniforms worn on a part-time basis, in amounts determined by the department.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 109, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1994.)