BILL NUMBER: AB 719	CHAPTERED  07/18/05

	CHAPTER  64
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 18, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 18, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 1, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 11, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Canciamilla

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2005

   An act to add Section 31520.12 to the Government Code, relating to
county employees' retirement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 719, Canciamilla  County retirement boards: alternate members.
   The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 sets forth the
membership composition requirements for the board of retirement of
counties subject to certain provisions regarding safety members. The
4th, 5th, 6th, and 9th members are required to be qualified electors
of the county who are not connected with the government, except that
one may be a member of the county board of supervisors. Existing law
authorizes a retirement board, in specified instances, to appoint an
alternate retired member to the office of the 8th member of the
board.
   This bill would permit the Board of Supervisors in Contra Costa
County, by resolution adopted by majority vote, to appoint an
alternate member for the 4th, 5th, 6th, or 9th member of the board of
retirement. The bill would require that the alternate member have
the same compensation, term of office, except as specified, and
voting privileges as his or her counterpart, as specified. The bill
would prohibit an alternate member from serving for a supervisor who
has been appointed as the 4th, 5th, 6th, or 9th member until service
of this type is approved by a majority of the electors in the county.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 31520.12 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   31520.12.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 31520.1, and subject to the
limitations of subdivision (c), in any county subject to Articles
6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) and 7.5 (commencing with Section
31662), the board of supervisors may, by resolution adopted by
majority vote, appoint an alternate member for the fourth, fifth,
sixth, and ninth members. The term of office of the alternate member
shall run concurrently with the term of office of the ninth member.
The alternate member shall vote as a member of the board only in the
event the fourth, fifth, sixth, or ninth member is absent from a
board meeting for any cause. If there is a vacancy with respect to
the fourth, fifth, sixth, or ninth member, the alternate member shall
fill that vacancy until a successor qualifies.
   (b) The alternate member for the fourth, fifth, sixth, or ninth
member shall be entitled to the same compensation as the fourth,
fifth, sixth, or ninth member for attending a meeting, pursuant to
Section 31521, whether or not the fourth, fifth, sixth, or ninth
member attends the meeting.
   (c) If the board of supervisors appoints a supervisor as the
fourth, fifth, sixth, or ninth member, an alternate member appointed
pursuant to subdivision (a) may not serve as an alternate for that
supervisor member unless service by an alternate member for an
appointed supervisor member is approved by the majority of the
electors in the county.
   (d) This section shall apply only to a county of the ninth class,
as defined in Sections 28020 and 28030.