BILL NUMBER: SB 90	CHAPTERED  10/13/01

	CHAPTER  796
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 13, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 12, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 13, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 2, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 4, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Dunn
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Correa and Frommer)

                        JANUARY 16, 2001

   An act to add Section 21390 to the Government Code, relating to
public employees' retirement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 90, Dunn.  Public employees' retirement:  local safety member
benefits.
   Under the Public Employees' Retirement Law, service retirement
benefits for local safety members shall not exceed 75% or, in some
cases, 85% of final compensation.
   This bill would increase this benefit to 90% of final compensation
for local safety members who retire on or after January 1, 2002.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 21390 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   21390.  Notwithstanding Sections 21362, 21362.2, 21363, 21363.1,
21369, 21370, and 21389, for local safety members who retire on or
after January 1, 2002, and with respect to all local safety service
rendered to a contracting agency that is subject to any of those
sections, the benefit limit shall be 90 percent of final
compensation.