BILL NUMBER: SB 1132	CHAPTERED  07/30/01

	CHAPTER  120
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 30, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 28, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 16, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 14, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 18, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Karnette

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2001

   An act to add Section 31522.4 to the Government Code, relating to
county retirement systems.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1132, Karnette.  County retirement systems:  administration:
Los Angeles County.
   The County  Employees Retirement Law of 1937 authorizes county
retirement boards and, if applicable, boards of investment to appoint
an administrator who shall be a county employee subject to the
county salary ordinance or resolution but who shall not be subject to
county civil service or merit system rules, who shall serve at the
pleasure of the board or boards, and who may be dismissed at will
without specific charges, reasons, or cause.
   This bill would authorize the board of retirement and the board of
investment of Los Angeles County to additionally appoint, subject to
those terms of employment, assistant administrators, persons next in
line of authority to assistant administrators, chief legal officers,
chief deputy legal officers, chief investment officers, and
investment officers next in line of authority to chief investment
officers.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 31522.4 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   31522.4.  (a) In a county in which the board of retirement or both
the board of retirement and the board of investment have appointed
personnel pursuant to Sections 31522.1 and 31522.2, the respective
board or boards may elect to appoint assistant administrators,
persons next in line of authority to assistant administrators, chief
legal officers, chief deputy legal officers, chief investment
officers, and investment officers next in line of authority to chief
investment officers as provided for in this section.  These positions
designated by the board or boards shall not be subject to county
charter, civil service, or merit system rules.  The persons appointed
shall be county employees and their positions shall be included in
the salary ordinance or salary resolution adopted by the board of
supervisors for the compensation of county officers and employees.
The persons appointed shall be directed by, shall serve at the
pleasure of, and may be dismissed at the will of, the appointing
board or boards.  Specific charges, a statement of reasons, or good
cause shall not be required as a basis for dismissal of the persons
so appointed by the appointing board or boards.
   (b) This section shall not apply to any person who was an
assistant administrator, person next in line of authority to an
assistant administrator, chief legal officer, chief deputy legal
officer, chief investment officer, or investment officer next in line
of authority to a chief investment officer and was included in the
county civil service or was subject to merit system rules on December
31, 2001, unless that person consents to make this section
applicable to him or her.
   (c) This section shall only apply to a county of the first class,
as defined by Section 28020, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the
Statutes of 1971, and Section 28022, as amended by Chapter 43 of the
Statutes of 1961.