BILL NUMBER: SB 2094	CHAPTERED  09/15/02

	CHAPTER  546
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 15, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 13, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 12, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 8, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Public Employment and Retirement
(Senators Soto (Chair), Karnette, and Romero)

                        MARCH 14, 2002

   An act to amend Section 21023.5 of the Government Code, relating
to public employees' retirement, and making an appropriation
therefor.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 2094, Committee on Public Employment and Retirement.  Public
employees' retirement:  public service.
   Under the Public Employees' Retirement Law, service retirement
allowances are calculated, in part, based on years of credited
service.  Members may, under existing law, elect to receive service
credit for public service as a volunteer in the Peace Corps or the
AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) program.  Member
contributions to the Public Employees' Retirement System are
deposited in the Public Employees' Retirement Fund, a continuously
appropriated fund.
   This bill would provide that members of the Public Employees'
Retirement System may elect to receive service credit for public
service as a volunteer in any other AmeriCorps program.  By
increasing the amount of employee contributions to the Public
Employees' Retirement Fund, the bill would make an appropriation.
   Appropriation:  yes.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 21023.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   21023.5.  (a) "Public service" for purposes of this article also
means time served, not to exceed three years, as a volunteer in the
Peace Corps, AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America), or
AmeriCorps.
   (b) This section shall not apply to any contracting agency nor to
the employees of any contracting agency until the agency elects to be
subject to this section by contract or by amendment to its contract
made in the manner prescribed for approval of contracts.
   (c) Any member electing to receive credit for service under this
section shall make the contributions as specified in Sections 21050
and 21052.  This section applies to past and future service in the
Peace Corps, AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America), or
AmeriCorps.