BILL NUMBER: AB 1665	CHAPTERED  08/09/01

	CHAPTER  168
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 9, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 8, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 21, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 10, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ashburn

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2001

   An act to amend Section 31520.5 of the Government Code, relating
to county employees' retirement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1665, Ashburn.  County retirement boards: alternate members.
   Under the existing County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, in
specified counties, the board of retirement of the county retirement
system consists of 9 members, including one elected retired member
and one elected alternate member, as specified.  However, the  boards
of retirement in the Counties of Ventura and Kern are authorized to
appoint, and the retired members of those counties may subsequently
elect, an alternate retired member in specified circumstances.
   This bill would extend that authority to the boards of retirement
in all of those counties with 9-member retirement boards.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 31520.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   31520.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 31520.1, in any county
subject to Articles 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) and 7.5
(commencing with Section 31662.2), the board of retirement may, by
majority vote, appoint, from a list of nominees submitted by an
organization consisting solely of retired members, an alternate
retired member to the office of the eighth member, who shall serve
until the expiration of the current term of the current eighth member
and thereafter the alternate retired member shall be elected
separately by the retired members of the association in the same
manner and at the same time as the eighth member is elected.
   (b) The term of office of the alternate retired member shall run
concurrently with the term of office of the eighth member.  The
alternate retired member shall vote as a member of the board only in
the event the eighth member is absent from a board meeting for any
cause.  If there is a vacancy with respect to the eighth member, the
alternate retired member shall fill that vacancy until a successor
qualifies.  The alternate retired member shall be entitled to the
same compensation as the eighth member only if the alternate retired
member is present and acting for the eighth member during the entire
meeting.
   (c) If this section is made applicable in any county, by the
appointment of an alternate eighth member, the alternate safety
member shall not sit and act for the eighth member.