BILL NUMBER: AB 2841	CHAPTERED  07/24/00

	CHAPTER   203
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 24, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 24, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   JULY 6, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   MAY 11, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 27, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 3, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social
Security (Assembly Members Correa (Chair), Pescetti (Vice Chair),
Briggs, Honda, and Knox)

                        MARCH 2, 2000

   An act to amend Section 31582 of the Government Code, relating to
county employees' retirement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2841, Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social
Security.  County employees' retirement:  employer contributions.
   Under the existing County Employees Retirement Law of 1937,
employer contributions with respect to safety members and all other
members of a retirement association are based on the total amount of
compensation paid to those members during a specified period, as
certified by the county auditor.
   This bill would specify that those contributions shall be based on
the compensation earnable, as defined in existing law, paid to those
members.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 31582 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   31582.  (a) The county auditor shall certify to the board at the
end of each month or at the end of each pay period the compensation
earnable, as defined in Section 31461, paid to all safety members of
the retirement association covered by Article 7.5 (commencing with
Section 31662) and the compensation earnable, as defined in Section
31461, paid to all other members of the retirement association, and
the auditor shall thereupon transfer from the appropriation to the
retirement fund the percentage of this amount determined pursuant to
Sections 31453, 31453.5 and 31454.  Until that determination, the
amount of the transfer shall be 23.77 percent of the compensation
earnable, as defined in Section 31461, paid to all safety members
covered by Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 31662) and 8.85
percent of the compensation earnable, as defined in Section 31461,
paid to all other members.
   (b) The board of supervisors may authorize the county auditor to
make an advance payment of all or part of the county's estimated
annual contribution to the retirement fund, provided that the payment
is made within 30 days after the commencement of the county's fiscal
year.  If the advance is only a partial payment of the county's
estimated annual contribution, transfers from the appropriation to
the retirement fund shall be made at the end of each month or at the
end of each pay period until the total amount estimated for the year
is contributed.  This amount shall be adjusted at the end of the
fiscal year to reflect the actual contribution required for that
year.