BILL NUMBER: AB 1448	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mullin

                        JANUARY 7, 2014

   An act to add Section 50034 to the Government Code, relating to
local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1448, as introduced, Mullin. Local government: part-time
elected officials: lifetime healthcare benefits.
   Existing law provides for the creation and regulation of cities,
counties, and cities and counties. Existing law permits these
agencies to form retirement and pension systems, and also permits
these agencies to become contracting members of the Public Employees'
Retirement System. Existing law permits a city, a county, and other
local governmental entities to provide compensation, including health
care benefits, to its elected officials.
   This bill would prohibit the legislative or governing body of a
city, county, city and county, school board, special district, or any
other entity of local government from granting lifetime healthcare
benefits to an elected official who serve part time.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 50034 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   50034.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the legislative body of
a city, county, city and county, school board, special district, or
any other entity of local government shall not grant lifetime
healthcare benefits to an elected official who serves part time.
   (b) This section applies only to an individual who assumes a term
of office commencing on or after January 1, 2015.