BILL NUMBER: SB 921	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 12, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Ashburn

                        FEBRUARY 1, 2010

    An act relating to the Public Employees' Medical and
Hospital Care Act.   An act to amend Section 358 of the
Streets and Highways Code, relating to highways. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 921, as amended, Ashburn.  Public Employees' Medical
and Hospital Care Act: employer contributions: Shasta County.
  State Highway Route 58: relinquishment.  
   Existing law gives the Department of Transportation full
possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes
the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a
process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the
California Transportation Commission. Existing law authorizes the
commission to relinquish certain state highway segments to local
agencies. Existing law authorizes the commission to relinquish to the
City of Bakersfield or the County of Kern the portion of State
Highway Route 58 that is located within the city limits of the City
of Bakersfield under certain conditions.  
   This bill would, instead, authorize the commission to relinquish
to the City of Bakersfield or the County of Kern the portion of State
Highway Route 58 that is located within the jurisdiction of the city
or county under certain conditions.  
   Existing law requires the Board of Administration of the Public
Employees' Retirement System to administer the Public Employees'
Medical and Hospital Care Act. Existing law permits a contracting
agency to elect to be subject to the act for its employees and
annuitants, provided that the contracting agency and each employee or
annuitant contribute a portion of the cost of providing the benefit
coverage afforded under the health benefit plan approved or
maintained by the board in which the employee or annuitant may be
enrolled. Existing law specifies that the employer contribution of a
contracting agency begins on the effective date of enrollment and is
the amount fixed from time to time by resolution of the governing
body of the agency.  
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would enable Shasta County and a collective
bargaining unit, by agreement in a memorandum of understanding, to
permit the county, a contracting agency under the Public Employees'
Medical and Hospital Care Act, to make an employer contribution for
employees first hired on or after the effective date of the
memorandum of understanding at a rate that may differ from the
employer contribution rate for current employees and annuitants.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 358 of the   Streets
and Highways Code   is amended to read: 
   358.  (a) Route 58 is from:
   (1) Route 101 near Santa Margarita to Route 33.
   (2) Route 33 to Route 43.
   (3) Route 43 to Route 99.
   (4) Route 99 to Route 15 near Barstow via Bakersfield and Mojave.
   (b) Upon a determination by the commission that it is in the best
interests of the state to do so, the commission may, upon terms and
conditions approved by it, relinquish to the City of Bakersfield or
the County of Kern the portion of Route 58 that is located within the
 city limits   jurisdiction  of that city
 or county  if the city or county agrees to accept it. The
following conditions shall apply upon relinquishment:
   (1) The relinquishment shall become effective on the date
following the county recorder's recordation of the relinquishment
resolution containing the commission's approval of the terms and
conditions of the relinquishment.
   (2) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, the
relinquished portion of Route 58 shall cease to be a state highway.
   (3) The portion of Route 58 relinquished under this subdivision
shall be ineligible for future adoption under Section 81.
   (4) For the portion of Route 58 that is relinquished under this
subdivision, the City of Bakersfield or the County of Kern shall
install and maintain within the jurisdiction of the city  or
county  signs directing motorists to the continuation of Route
58. 
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would enable Shasta County and a collective
bargaining unit, by agreement in a memorandum of understanding, to
permit the county, a contracting agency under the Public Employees'
Medical and Hospital Care Act, to make an employer contribution for
employees first hired on or after the effective date of the
memorandum of understanding at a rate that may differ from the
employer contribution rate for current employees and annuitants.