BILL NUMBER: SB 1640	CHAPTERED  07/21/00

	CHAPTER   172
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 21, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 21, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   JULY 6, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JUNE 29, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 13, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 13, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Burton

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2000

   An act to add Section 31469.8 to the Government Code, relating to
county employees' retirement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1640, Burton.  County employees' retirement:  Marin County:
safety status.
   The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 authorizes counties to
provide safety member status to probation officers and specified
juvenile hall or juvenile home group counselors and group
supervisors.
   This bill would authorize the Board of Supervisors of Marin County
to meet and confer pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act with the
appropriate recognized employee organization to reach agreement on
any conditions to be required of employees or the employee
organization seeking to have safety status made applicable to those
specified employees.  The bill would require any payments made by
county employees on behalf of the employer to cover all or part of
the increased cost of safety retirement to be determined upon
actuarial advice from the retirement board's actuaries, and approved
by the board of retirement.
   The bill would not be operative until the Marin County Board of
Supervisors, by resolution adopted by majority vote, makes it
applicable.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 31469.8 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   31469.8.  (a) In a county of the 18th class, as defined by
Sections 28020 and 28039, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes
of 1971, the board of supervisors may meet and confer pursuant to the
Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500)
of Division 4 of Title 1) with a recognized employee organization
that represents county employees who are not safety members because
the board of supervisors has not made Section 31469.4 applicable in
the county, and endeavor to reach agreement on any conditions to be
required of employees or an employee organization seeking to have
Section 31469.4 made applicable.  The conditions shall include, but
not be limited to, whether the employees shall be required to pay all
or part of the following:
   (1) The increase in the employer's normal cost contributions.
   (2) Any increase of the employer's unfunded actuarial accrued
liability in excess of what it would have accrued if the employees
had remained miscellaneous members.
   (3) Any increase in the employer's normal cost contributions or
unfunded actuarial liability attributable to employees who have
become safety members electing to purchase credit as a safety member
pursuant to Section 31639.7 for the time served in an eligible
position prior to becoming a safety member.
   (b) Any payments made by employees on behalf of the employer to
cover the increased cost of safety retirement shall be as determined
upon actuarial advice from the retirement board's actuaries, and
shall be approved by the board of retirement.
   (c) This section shall not be operative in the county until the
date on which the board of supervisors, by resolution adopted by a
majority vote, makes the provisions of this section applicable in the
county.
  SEC. 2.  Due to unique facts and circumstances applicable to Marin
County, the Legislature finds and declares that a general statute
cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article
IV of the California Constitution.  Therefore, this special
legislation is necessarily applicable to only Marin County.