BILL NUMBER: AB 144	CHAPTERED  08/04/03

	CHAPTER  171
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 4, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 3, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 21, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 17, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Correa
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Harman, Maddox, and Spitzer)

                        JANUARY 17, 2003

   An act to amend Section 31470.10 of the Government Code, relating
to county employees' retirement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 144, Correa.  County employees' retirement:  safety membership.

   Under the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, all welfare
fraud investigators and administrators budgeted within the Orange
County Human Services Agency's Special Investigation Unit are
ineligible for safety membership benefits.
   This bill would authorize the county board of supervisors of that
county to make all welfare fraud investigators and administrators
within the county eligible for those benefits.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 31470.10 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   31470.10.  Notwithstanding Section 31470.2, all welfare fraud
investigators and administrators budgeted within Orange County shall
be eligible, regardless of which county department actually
supervises or funds them, and shall receive those benefits upon a
majority vote of the board of supervisors.