BILL NUMBER: AB 2909	CHAPTERED  09/26/02

	CHAPTER  889
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 26, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 25, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 28, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 9, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wiggins

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2002

   An act to amend Section 20463 of, and to repeal Section 20464 of,
the Government Code, relating to public employees' retirement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2909, Wiggins.  Public employees' retirement:  contracting
agencies.
   Existing law authorizes the governing body of a public agency to
ask the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement
System for a quotation of the approximate contribution that would be
required of the agency if it elected to participate in the system.
   This bill would additionally authorize a recognized employee
organization that represents employees of the public agency to ask
for that quotation.
   Existing law also authorizes a recognized employee organization
that represents employees of a public agency to ask the board for a
quotation of the approximate contribution that would be required of
the agency if a specific change were made to the agency's contract
with the system, if the organization pays for the quotation.
   This bill would additionally authorize the governing body of the
public agency to ask for that quotation and would eliminate the
requirement that the employee organization pay for the quotation.
The bill would require the governing body of the public agency to
provide each employee organization representing employees that will
be affected by a proposed participation or change with a copy of the
quotation within 5 days of receipt of the quotation.
   The bill would also require an employee organization to provide a
public agency that will be affected by the proposed participation or
change with a copy of a quotation within 5 days of receipt of a
requested quotation.
   The bill would also authorize the board to establish limits on the
number of quotations it will provide for each contract and the fees,
if any, to be assessed for each quotation provided.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 20463 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   20463.  (a) The governing body of a public agency, or an employee
organization, recognized under Chapter 10 (commencing with Section
3500) of Division 4 of Title 1, that represents employees of the
public agency, that desires to consider the participation of the
agency in this system or a specific change in the agency's contract
with this system,  may ask the board for a quotation of the
approximate contribution to this system that would be required of the
agency for that participation or change.
   (b) If the governing body of a public agency requests a quotation,
it shall provide each employee organization representing employees
that will be affected by the proposed participation or change with a
copy of the quotation within five days of receipt of the quotation.
   (c) If an employee organization requests a quotation, the employee
organization shall provide the public agency that will be affected
by the proposed participation or change with a copy of the quotation
within five days of receipt of the quotation.
   (d) The board may establish limits on the number of quotations it
will provide for each contract and the fees, if any, to be assessed
for each quotation provided.  The limits and fees established by the
board shall be applied in the same manner to a public agency or an
employee organization.
  SEC. 2.  Section 20464 of the Government Code is repealed.