BILL NUMBER: AB 676	CHAPTERED  09/29/03

	CHAPTER  560
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 4, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 3, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nakanishi

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2003

   An act to add Section 21025.5 to the Government Code, relating to
public employees' retirement, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 676, Nakanishi.  Public employees' retirement:  service credit.

   Under existing law, service retirement benefits for members of the
Public Employees' Retirement System are calculated, in part, based
on the member's years of credited service.  Members of the system
may, under existing law, receive service credit for public service,
as defined, upon payment of specified additional contributions.
Those contributions are deposited in the Public Employees' Retirement
Fund, a continuously appropriated fund.
   This bill would authorize active or retired school members of the
system to receive credit for service rendered during a specified
period for an independent data processing center, subject to certain
conditions and upon payment of specified additional contributions.
By increasing contributions to the Public Employees' Retirement Fund,
the bill would make an appropriation.
   Appropriation:  yes.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 21025.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   21025.5.  (a) "Public service" with respect to a school member or
a retired school member also means service rendered on or after June
30, 1977, and prior to June 30, 1982, to an independent data
processing center formed pursuant to former Article 2 (commencing
with Section 10550) of Chapter 6 of Part 7 of Title 1 of the
Education Code, as it read on December 31, 1990, if all of the
following conditions are met:
   (1) The member was a school member prior to employment with the
independent data processing center.
   (2) The member returned to school employment following termination
of his or her employment with the independent data processing
center.
   (3) The member received a refund of the contributions he or she
made to the system during his or her employment with the independent
data processing center.
   (b) A retirement allowance of a retired school member who elects
to receive service credit for public service pursuant to this section
shall be increased only with respect to the allowance payable on and
after the first day of the month following the date the election is
received.
   (c) A member may elect to receive credit for public service
pursuant to this section at any time.
   (d) Any member electing to receive credit for service under this
section shall make the contributions as specified in Sections 21050
and 21052.