BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1658
Author: Lieu (D)
Amended: 3/1/10 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE PUBLIC EMP. & RET. COMMITTEE : 6-0, 6/14/10
AYES: Correa, Ashburn, Corbett, Ducheny, Hollingsworth,
Liu
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 5/13/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : County employees retirement: service credit:
safety member
SOURCE : Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers
Assoc.
Association of Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs
Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department
DIGEST : This bill allows former Los Angeles Office of
Public Safety employees who are now employed in the Los
Angeles County Sheriffs Department, to consolidate their
service form both departments as safety service in the Los
Angeles County Employees Retirement Association. Employees
who elect to do so will pay the entire cost of
consolidating the service.
ANALYSIS :
Existing Law
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1.Establishes the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937
('37 Act), covering 20 county retirement associations,
including the Los Angeles Employees Retirement
Association (LACERA).
2.Allows a general member of a '37 Act county retirement
system, whose position is converted to a safety position,
to receive safety retirement credit for some or all
service in that position if the employee pays the
difference in cost of the member contributions and
interest he or she paid as a general member and the cost
required to fund the service as safety service.
This bill allows a former employee of the Los Angeles
Office of Public Safety, which was consolidated with the
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, to receive some or all of
his or her service with the Office of Public Safety as
safety service if the employee pays the entire cost (i.e.,
employer and employee contributions and interest) of
converting the general service to safety service.
Comments
According to the author's office, "In 2009, the Los Angeles
County Board of Supervisors consolidated the County's
Office of Public Safety into the Sheriff's Department.
Those employees of the Office of Public Safety who become
deputy sheriffs will have two different retirement
benefits. As employees of the Office of Public Safety,
they paid into a General LACERA retirement for their years
of employment; yet, as deputy sheriffs, they will receive
Safety LACERA retirement from their year of employment in
the Sheriff's Department.
"AB 1658 provides a way for these officers, at their own
cost, to have their retirement benefits reflect the risk
and duties they daily perform."
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/15/10)
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Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association
(co-source)
Association of Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs (co-source)
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (co-source)
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Department, a co-sponsor of this bill,
"Providing the opportunity for these members to receive
service credit is appropriate and the right thing to do.
Their service is appreciated and they should have the
option to fully fund their safety retirement."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block,
Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Charles
Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De
La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer,
Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines,
Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey,
Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries,
Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,
Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas,
Saldana, Silva, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland,
Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines,
Yamada, John A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Caballero, Norby, Skinner, Vacancy
CPM:cm 6/15/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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