BILL NUMBER: AB 288	CHAPTERED  03/24/99

	CHAPTER   7
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   MARCH 24, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   MARCH 24, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   MARCH 11, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   MARCH 1, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   FEBRUARY 18, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wesson

                        FEBRUARY 4, 1999

   An act to add Section 31461.4 to, the Government Code, relating to
county employee retirement, and declaring the urgency thereof, to
take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 288, Wesson.  County employee retirement:  benefits.
   The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 prescribes the
definition of "compensation" and "compensation earnable" for purposes
of calculating retirement benefits for certain Los Angeles County
employees.
   This bill would authorize the board of supervisors to elect to
exclude specified cafeteria or flexible benefit plan contributions
from these definitions.
   The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 31461.4 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   31461.4.  (a) This section applies only to a county of the first
class, as defined by Section 28020, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the
Statutes of 1971, and Section 28022, as amended by Chapter 43 of the
Statutes of 1961.
   (b) Notwithstanding Sections 31460 and 31461, neither
"compensation" nor "compensation earnable" shall include any
increase, made on or after January 1, 1996, in cafeteria or flexible
benefit plan contributions for any member represented by a certified
employee organization, nor shall they include any increase in
cafeteria or flexible benefit plan contributions made on or after
January 1, 1995, for any member not represented by a certified
employee organization, provided that the nonrepresented member waives
the applicability of Sections 31460 and 31461 in writing prior to
receiving any cash payment based on the increase.
   (c) This section shall not be operative in the county until the
time as the board of supervisors shall, by resolution adopted by a
majority vote, make the provisions of this section applicable in the
county.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order for negotiated benefit increases to be received in the
current fiscal year, the act will take effect immediately.