BILL NUMBER: AB 1428	CHAPTERED  10/12/03

	CHAPTER  850
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 12, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 11, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 9, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 4, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 9, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 5, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to amend Section 20092 of the Government Code, relating to
the Public Employees' Retirement System.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1428, Levine.  The Public Employees' Retirement System.
   Under the Public Employees' Retirement Law, each employing agency
that employs an elected member of the Board of Administration of the
Public Employees' Retirement System, and that employs a person to
replace the member during board meetings or other specified duties,
is reimbursed from the Public Employees' Retirement Fund for the
costs incurred by employing  the replacement, not to exceed 25% of
the member's total annual compensation.
   This bill would delete the requirement that the reimbursement for
costs not exceed 25% of the member's total annual compensation but
would limit reimbursement to direct and reasonable costs.  The bill
would also make the reimbursement for costs incurred in employing a
replacement operative retroactively, as of February 1, 2003.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 20092 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   20092.  Each employing agency that employs an elected member of
the board and that employs a person to replace the member during
attendance at meetings of the board, or meetings of committees or
subcommittees of the board, or when serving as a panel member of this
system, or when carrying out other powers or duties as may be
approved by the board, shall be reimbursed from the retirement fund
for the direct and reasonable costs incurred by employing a
replacement.  Reimbursement for the costs incurred in employing a
replacement pursuant to this section shall be operative on February
1, 2003.