BILL ANALYSIS Ó ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 1458| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ CONSENT Bill No: AB 1458 Author: Huber (D) Amended: As introduced Vote: 21 SENATE PUBLIC EMPLOY. & RETIRE. COMM. : 5-0, 6/11/12 AYES: Negrete McLeod, Walters, Gaines, Padilla, Vargas SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8 ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 4/26/12 - See last page for vote SUBJECT : Joint Legislative Retirement Committee SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill deletes the Joint Legislative Retirement Committee (JLRC) from statute. ANALYSIS : Existing law establishes the JLRC. The JLRC was created in 1963 to, "study and review the benefits, programs, actuarial condition, practices, investments and procedures of, and all legislation relating to the retirement system for public officers and employees in this state and the trends and developments in the field of retirement." Comments According to the author, "California is a complex and CONTINUED AB 1458 Page 2 dynamic state that needs support of a responsive government. It is imperative that entities no longer of use to the people are removed from statute to ensure that government is streamlines, efficient, and effective." The author goes on to point out that the JLRC has not met in at least 20 years and that this is one of five bills sponsored by Assemblymember Huber relative to deleting nonexistent government entities. The other bills are AB 737, AB 1457, AB 1459, and AB 1460. At the end of the last legislative year, the Joint Conference Committee on Public Employee Pensions was created and tasked with crafting "responsible, comprehensive legislation to reform state and local pension systems in a manner that reflects both the legitimate needs of public employees and the fiscal circumstances of state and local governments." Additionally, public retirement issues are currently under the jurisdiction of this Committee and the Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 4/26/12 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Beth Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Knight, Lara, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez NO VOTE RECORDED: Cedillo, Furutani, Halderman, Harkey, Jones, Smyth AB 1458 Page 3 DLW:d 6/26/12 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED **** END ****