Senate Bill No. 1235

Introduced by Senator De León

February 18, 2016

An act to amend Section 20001 of the Government Code, relating to public employees’ retirement.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1235, as introduced, De León. Public employees’ retirement.

The Public Employees’ Retirement Law specifies that its purpose is to provide a means for public employees who become superannuated or otherwise incapacitated to be replaced by more capable employees and, to that end, provide a retirement system consisting of retirement compensation and death benefits.

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to those provisions.

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 20001 of the Government Code is
amended to read:

20001.  

The purpose of this part is to effect economy and
efficiency in the public service by providing a means begin delete whereby end delete begin insert by
which end insert employees who become superannuated or otherwise
incapacitated may, without hardship or prejudice, be replaced by
more capable employees, and to that end provide a retirement
system consisting of retirement compensation and death benefits.