BILL NUMBER: AB 85	CHAPTERED  10/12/03

	CHAPTER  830
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 12, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 11, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 9, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 27, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 16, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 23, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wiggins

                        JANUARY 6, 2003

   An act to amend Section 31640.5 of the Government Code, relating
to county employees' retirement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 85, Wiggins.   County employees' retirement:  continuous
service.
   The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 prescribes the method
for calculating service credit for service that was temporary,
seasonal, intermittent, or part time.  Eligibility for various
retirement benefits under that law is based, in part, on a member's
years of continuous service.
   This bill would provide that service credit based on temporary,
seasonal, intermittent, or part-time service by a member would be
credited as continuous service by the member.  The bill would state
that its provisions are declaratory of existing law.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 31640.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   31640.5.  Where service for which a member receives credit, either
prior to or during membership, is on a tenure which is temporary,
seasonal, intermittent, or part time only, the member shall receive
credit as continuous service for that proportion of the time he or
she held the position as the time he or she actually was engaged in
the performance of the duties of the position bears to the time
required to perform the same duties in a full-time position.
   A "year of service" in the position shall be construed to mean the
time during which the member has earned one full year of credit,
calculated as provided in this section.
  SEC. 2.  The provisions of this act are declaratory of existing
law.