BILL NUMBER: SB 134	CHAPTERED  10/05/07

	CHAPTER  290
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 5, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 5, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 6, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 4, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 28, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 28, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cedillo

                        JANUARY 25, 2007

   An act to add Section 31663.15 to the Government Code, relating to
county employees' retirement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 134, Cedillo. County employees' retirement: mandatory
retirement.
   The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 provides a
comprehensive set of rights and benefits for county and district
employees who are members of a retirement system subject to that law.
That law permits a county to require sheriffs, undersheriffs, and
marshals who are safety members to be retired at 60 years of age or
70 years of age.
   This bill would, upon approval of a resolution by the board of
supervisors in Los Angeles County, make that requirement inapplicable
to specified safety members in that county if a physician employed
or approved by the county certifies that the safety member is capable
of performing his or her assigned duties pursuant to standards set
forth by his or her employer. The bill would also provide that these
provisions apply to a specified safety member who reinstates from
retirement. The bill would provide that the resolution of the board
of supervisors may designate a date, which may be prior to the date
of the resolution or the effective date of these provisions, upon
which the resolution and these provisions shall be operative in Los
Angeles County.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 31663.15 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   31663.15.  (a) Sections 31662.4, 31662.6, 31662.8, and 31663 shall
not apply to a person who is an active safety member described in
Section 31469.3 or 31470.4 if a physician employed or approved by the
county certifies that the safety member is capable of performing his
or her assigned duties pursuant to standards set forth by the member'
s employer.
   (b) This section shall also apply to a member who reinstates from
retirement pursuant to Section 31680.8.
   (c) This section applies only to a county of the first class, as
defined by Section 28020, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes
of 1971, and Section 28022, as amended by Chapter 43 of the Statutes
of 1961.
   (d) This section shall not be operative in any county until the
board of supervisors shall, by resolution adopted by a majority vote,
make this section and Section 31680.8 applicable in the county. The
resolution of the board of supervisors may designate a date, which
may be prior to the date of the resolution or the effective date of
this section, upon which the resolution and this section shall be
operative in the county.