BILL NUMBER: AB 455	CHAPTERED  06/28/99

	CHAPTER   42
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JUNE 28, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JUNE 28, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   JUNE 21, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   MAY 20, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ashburn

                        FEBRUARY 16, 1999

   An act to amend Section 31678.1 of the Government Code, relating
to county employee retirement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 455, Ashburn.  County employees' retirement.
   The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 limits the application
of specified alternative retirement allowance calculations and
provides that in Kern County these limitations are only applicable to
persons who first became members of the retirement system on and
after January 1, 1996.
   This bill would change that date to January 1, 1994.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 31678.1 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   31678.1.  (a) In a county of the 14th class, as defined by Section
28020, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of 1971, and
Section 28035, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of 1971,
Section 31678 shall only be applicable to persons who first became
members of the retirement system on and after January 1, 1994.
   (b) This section shall not be operative in that county until the
board of supervisors, by resolution, adopted by a majority vote,
makes this section applicable in that county.
   (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this section shall
only apply to members who retire on or after January 1,  1994.