BILL NUMBER: SB 625	CHAPTERED  09/12/03

	CHAPTER  371
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 12, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 11, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 28, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 10, 2003

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

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to amend Section 20090.1 of the Government Code, relating
to the Public Employees' Retirement System.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 625, Committee on Public Employment and Retirement.  Public
Employees' Retirement:  Board of Administration.
   Existing law authorizes the Director of the Department of
Personnel Administration to designate a deputy director of the
department, who is exempt from civil service, to act in the director'
s place on any state board, commission, or committee of which the
director is a member.  The director is a member of the Board of
Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
   This bill would additionally authorize the director to designate a
deputy, employed under the director's authority, to act in the
director's place on that Board of Administration.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 20090.1 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   20090.1.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, the member of the board who is an elected official of a
contracting agency appointed by the Governor, pursuant to subdivision
(e) of Section 20090, may designate a deputy, who is employed under
the official's authority, to act in his or her place and stead on the
board or any of its committees.  The deputy, while sitting on the
board or any of its committees, may exercise the same powers that the
elected official could exercise if he or she were personally
present.  The elected official shall be responsible for the acts of
the deputy acting under this designation.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
the Director of the Department of Personnel Administration may
designate a deputy, who is employed under the director's authority,
to act in his or her place and stead on the board or any of its
committees.  The deputy, while sitting on the board or any of its
committees, may exercise the same powers that the director could
exercise if he or she were personally present.  The director shall be
responsible for the acts of the deputy acting under this
designation.