Opinion No. (2000)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General ANTHONY M. SUMMERS Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE DEBORAH V. ORTIZ, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. May Cooperative Personnel Services perform examination, training, and management consulting services for its members and non-members with respect to the employment of personnel? 2. May Cooperative Personnel Services perform examination and related services for state agencies with respect to the issuance of professional and vocational licenses? CONCLUSIONS 1. Cooperative Personnel Services may perform examination, training, and management consulting services for its members and non-members with respect to the employment of personnel. 2. Cooperative Personnel Services may not perform examination and related services for state agencies with respect to the issuance of professional or vocational licenses. ANALYSIS Cooperative Personnel Services ("CPS") is a joint powers agency whose members are the California State Personnel Board ("Board"), the County of Sacramento ("Sacramento"), the County of Sonoma ("Sonoma"), the City and County of San Francisco ("San Francisco"), the City of Anaheim…