BILL NUMBER: SB 221	CHAPTERED  07/17/07

	CHAPTER  74
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 17, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 17, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 14, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 3, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 24, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 9, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Runner

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2007

   An act to amend Section 9350.6 of the Government Code, relating to
the Legislators' Retirement System.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 221, Runner. Legislators' Retirement System: compensation.
   The Legislators' Retirement Law permits the Insurance Commissioner
or an elective officer of the state whose office is provided for by
the Constitution, other than a judge or Member of the Senate or
Assembly, to become a member of the Legislators' Retirement System
and receive a retirement allowance based upon the highest
compensation received by that Insurance Commissioner or elective
officer while he or she was serving in office.
   This bill would provide that the retirement allowance of a member
of the Legislators' Retirement System who is a member of that
retirement system as the Insurance Commissioner or an elective
officer of the state whose office is provided for by the
Constitution, other than a judge or Member of the Senate or Assembly,
and who enters the system on or after January 1, 2008, shall be
based on the highest average salary that was earnable by the person
during any consecutive 12-month period of service.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 9350.6 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   9350.6.  (a) "Compensation" and "salary" mean the remuneration
paid in cash out of funds controlled by the state, excluding mileage,
reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of official
duties, any per diem allowance paid in lieu of those expenses and as
limited by Section 9359.05.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, for
purposes of computing a retirement allowance or benefit of a Member
of the Legislature, the salary used shall be the highest salary
received by the Member of the Legislature while in office.
   (c) For purposes of calculating a retirement allowance or benefit
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 9359.1 for a person who first
enters this system on or after January 1, 2008, as the Insurance
Commissioner or as an elective officer of the state whose office is
provided for by the Constitution other than a judge or a Member of
the Senate or Assembly, the compensation or salary used shall be the
highest average salary received by the member during any consecutive
12-month period of service.