BILL NUMBER: AB 933	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Allen

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 20404.5 to the Government Code, relating to
public employments, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 933, as introduced, Allen. Public employment benefits: state
safety members.
   The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public
Employees' Retirement System (PERS), which provides a defined benefit
to its members based on age at retirement, service credit, and final
compensation. Under PERL employees belong to various membership
categories, which include state safety members. PERL includes
specified employees of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation within the state safety member classification. Member
contributions are deposited in the Public Employees' Retirement Fund,
a continuously appropriated fund. State safety members generally
make higher levels of contribution than state miscellaneous members.
   This bill would additionally include within the state safety
member classification any person employed at a state prison or state
hospital. The bill would make an appropriation by increasing the
amount of employee contributions to the continuously appropriated
Public Employees' Retirement Fund.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 20404.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   20404.5.  "State safety member" shall also include any person
employed at a state prison or state hospital.