BILL NUMBER: AB 1175	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 13, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 21, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bocanegra

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

    An act to add Section 22875.6 to the Government Code,
relating to public employee benefits.   An act to amend
Section 486 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to  
cooperative agreements. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1175, as amended, Bocanegra.  Public employee benefits:
postemployment health care.   Food and agriculture:
cooperative agreements: agricultural inspector associates.  

   Existing law authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to
enter into cooperative agreements with county boards of supervisors
and other specified entities for certain purposes. Existing law
prohibits the secretary from entering into a cooperative agreement
with a county of the first class for agricultural inspector services
if the agreement requires that the county provide year-round services
unless not less than 66% of the agricultural inspector aids not
afforded protections as permanent employees employed under the
cooperative agreement are afforded protections as permanent employees
under the county's civil service or other personnel system. 

   This bill additionally would prohibit the secretary from entering
into a cooperative agreement with a county of the first class for
agricultural inspector services unless not less than an unspecified
percent of the agricultural inspector associates not afforded
protections as permanent employees employed under the cooperative
agreement are afforded protections as permanent employees.  

   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for a county of the first class.
 
   The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA),
which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public
Employees' Retirement System, establishes provisions governing
postemployment health care benefits for members and their families
that vest upon meeting certain requirements. Existing law also
establishes various postemployment health care benefits under other
benefit systems, including those offered by counties, districts, and
cities.  
   This bill would, if the governing board of the designated local
authority for the former redevelopment agency within the County of
Los Angeles acts to dissolve that authority, require the governing
board to identify the entity responsible for assuming the enforceable
obligation of the authority for the amount necessary to fully
compensate for the postretirement health benefit costs of specified
personnel.  
   The bill would include findings and declarations regarding the
necessity of a special statute. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 486 of the   Food and
Agricultural Code   is amended to read: 
   486.  Notwithstanding Section 482, the secretary may not enter
into a cooperative agreement with a county of the first class, as
defined in Section 28020 of the Government Code, for agricultural
inspector services if the cooperative agreement requires that the
county provide year-round services, unless not less than 66 percent
of the agricultural inspector aides  and ____ percent of the
agricultural inspector associates  not afforded protections as
permanent employees employed under the cooperative agreement are
afforded protections as permanent employees under the county's civil
service or other personnel system.
   SEC. 2.    The Legislature finds and declares that a
special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made
applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the
California Constitution because of the unique circumstances of
agricultural inspector associates in a county of the first class.
 
  SECTION 1.   Section 22875.6 is added to the
Government Code, to read:
   22875.6.  If the governing board of the designated local
authority, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section
34173 of the Health and Safety Code, for the former redevelopment
agency in Los Angeles acts to dissolve the designated local
authority, the governing board shall identify the entity responsible
for assuming the enforceable obligation of the authority, as
described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 34171 of the
Health and Safety Code, for the amount necessary to fully compensate
for the postretirement health benefit costs of the former personnel
of the authority and the former redevelopment agency. The identified
entity shall be considered the employer of the former personnel of
the authority and the former redevelopment agency for purposes of
making ongoing contributions for premium payments pursuant to this
part.  
  SEC. 2.    The Legislature finds and declares that
a special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made
applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the
California Constitution because of the following: Due to the
circumstances that established a unique designated local authority
for the former redevelopment agency of Los Angeles that does not
consist of the city or county, and the unique contractual
relationship between the designated local authority and CalPERS, a
special law is necessary.