BILL NUMBER: AB 2612	CHAPTERED  09/26/02

	CHAPTER  882
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 26, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 25, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 9, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Maldonado

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2002

   An act to amend Section 53216.2 of the Government Code, relating
to public employees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2612, Maldonado.  Public employees:  pension trusts.
   Existing law provides that the legislative body of a local agency
may establish a pension trust for the benefit of its officers and
employees.  Pursuant to these provisions, a county that has created a
pension trust for its officers and employees may contract with the
courts and other local agencies within the county to permit the
officers and employees of the courts and local agencies to
participate in the county's pension trust plan.  These provisions
also require the contracting court or local agency to determine if
participation in the plan shall be optional or compulsory for its
officers and employees.
   This bill would delete that latter requirement.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 53216.2 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   53216.2.  A county that has established a pension trust pursuant
to this article may contract with the courts within the county, and
with other local agencies within the county, to permit the officers
and employees of those courts and local agencies to participate in
any plan under the county's pension trust.