BILL NUMBER: SB 1696	CHAPTERED  09/19/00

	CHAPTER   495
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 19, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 16, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 25, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 10, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 18, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 3, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Ortiz

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2000

   An act to add Section 31678.2 to the Government Code, relating to
county employees' retirement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1696, Ortiz.  County employees' retirement:  retroactive
benefit increases.
   The existing County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 authorizes
adoption of various formulae for calculation of retirement allowances
and provides that a member's allowance shall be calculated under any
one formula only for the period of time that the formula was in
effect in the county.
   This bill would (1) authorize a board of supervisors or governing
body of a district to apply any formula retroactively to service
credit earned during a designated period prior to the adoption of the
formula and (2) subject to approval by the employee representatives,
authorize collection of additional contributions attributable to
that formula during the designated period, as specified.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 31678.2 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   31678.2.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 31678 or any other provision
of this chapter, a board of supervisors or a governing body of a
district may, by resolution adopted by majority vote, make any
section of this chapter prescribing a formula for calculation of
retirement benefits applicable to service credit earned on and after
the date specified in the resolution, which date may be earlier than
the date the resolution is adopted.
   (b) A resolution adopted pursuant to this section may, if approved
in a memorandum of understanding executed by the board of
supervisors and the employee representatives, require members to pay
all or part of the contributions by a member or employer, or both,
that would have been required if the section or sections specified in
subdivision (a), as adopted by the board or governing body, had been
in effect during the period of time designated in the resolution.
The payment by a member shall become part of the accumulated
contributions of the member.
   (c) This section shall only be applicable to members who retire on
or after the effective date of the resolution described in
subdivision (a).