BILL NUMBER: AB 2291	CHAPTERED  09/19/00

	CHAPTER   486
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 19, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 16, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 10, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   MAY 8, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Florez

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2000

   An act to amend Section 31520.5 of the Government Code, relating
to county employees' retirement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2291, Florez.  County employees' retirement:  Kern County board
of retirement.
   Under the existing County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, in
specified counties, including the counties of Ventura and Kern, the
board of retirement of the county retirement system consists of 9
members, including one elected retired member and one elected
alternate member, as specified.  However, the board of retirement in
Ventura County is authorized to appoint an alternate retired member
in specified circumstances.
   This bill would extend that authority to the board of retirement
in Kern County.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 31520.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   31520.5.  Notwithstanding Section 31520.1, the board of retirement
of a county of the 13th or 14th class, as defined by Sections 28020,
28034, and 28035, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of
1971, may, by majority vote, appoint, from a list of nominees
submitted by an organization consisting solely of retired members, an
alternate retired member to the office of the eighth member, who
shall serve until the expiration of the current term of the current
eighth member and thereafter the alternate retired member shall be
elected by the retired members of the association in the same manner
and at the same time as the eighth member is elected.  The term of
office of the alternate retired member shall run concurrently with
the term of office of the eighth member.  The alternate retired
member shall vote as a member of the board only in the event the
eighth member is absent from a board meeting for any cause.  If there
is a vacancy with respect to the eighth member, the alternate
retired member shall fill that vacancy until a successor qualifies.
The alternate retired member shall be entitled to the same
compensation as the eighth member only in the event the alternate
retired member is present and acting for the eighth member during the
entire meeting.  In the event that this section is made applicable
in any county, by the appointment of an alternate eighth member, the
alternate safety member shall not sit and act for the eighth member.