BILL NUMBER: AB 799	CHAPTERED  08/30/99

	CHAPTER   259
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   AUGUST 30, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   AUGUST 30, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 19, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 16, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JULY 8, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 28, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 6, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Keeley

                        FEBRUARY 24, 1999

   An act to add and repeal Section 20480 of the Government Code,
relating to county peace officers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 799, Keeley.  County peace officers:  retirement:  Monterey
County.
   The Public Employees' Retirement Law prohibits any contract or
contract amendment between the Public Employees' Retirement System
and any contracting agency from providing different retirement
benefits for any subgroup within specified local membership
classifications, including county peace officers.  County peace
officers are defined to include, among others, the sheriff, specified
officers or employees of the sheriff's office, and specified
employees in the district attorney's office of a contracting agency.

   This bill would authorize the County of Monterey to provide
pension and other benefits , as specified, to certain sworn personnel
in the sheriff's and district attorney's offices, according to
specified formulas, which benefits would be different from the
benefits provided to other county peace officers.  The bill would
provide for the repeal of these provisions on January 1, 2002.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 20480 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   20480.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 20479, for those county peace
officers described in subdivision (b), the combined current and prior
service pensions may be calculated according to the formula provided
in Section 21362; survivor benefits may be provided pursuant to
Sections 21624, 21626, and 21628; final compensation may be
calculated according to Section 20042; and preretirement death
benefits may be provided pursuant to Section 21573 or any other
statute that provides a higher level of benefits.
   (b) This section shall apply only to sworn personnel in the
sheriff's office and the district attorney's office including the
following classifications:
   (1) Correctional Sergeant.
   (2) Deputy Sheriff-Corrections.
   (3) Deputy Sheriff-Operations.
   (4) Undersheriff.
   (5) Sheriff's Investigative Sergeant.
   (6) Sheriff's Sergeant.
   (7) Correctional Lieutenant.
   (8) Sheriff's Lieutenant.
   (9) Sheriff's Captain.
   (10) Sheriff's Chief Deputy.
   (11) Sheriff.
   (12) District Attorney Investigator I.
   (13) District Attorney Investigator II.
   (14) District Attorney Investigator III.
   (15) Supervising District Attorney Investigator.
   This section shall also apply to any classifications created in
the future that shall be occupied by sworn law enforcement personnel
in the sheriff's department or the district attorney's office.
   (c) This section shall not apply to the employees of any
contracting agency nor to any agency unless and until the contracting
agency elects to be subject to the provisions of this section by
amendment to its contract with the board, made as provided in Section
20474, or by express provision in its contract with the board.
   (d) This section shall only be applicable to the County of
Monterey.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect until January 1, 2002, and
as of that date is repealed.