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          Bill No:  AB 1458
          Author:   Huber (D)
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE PUBLIC EMPLOY. & RETIRE. COMM.  :  5-0, 6/11/12
          AYES:  Negrete McLeod, Walters, Gaines, Padilla, Vargas

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  74-0, 4/26/12 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Joint Legislative Retirement Committee

           SOURCE  :     Author


          DIGEST  :    This bill deletes the Joint Legislative 
          Retirement Committee (JLRC) from statute.

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law establishes the JLRC.  The JLRC 
          was created in 1963 to, "study and review the benefits, 
          programs, actuarial condition, practices, investments and 
          procedures of, and all legislation relating to the 
          retirement system for public officers and employees in this 
          state and the trends and developments in the field of 
          retirement." 

           Comments

           According to the author, "California is a complex and 
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          dynamic state that needs support of a responsive 
          government. It is imperative that entities no longer of use 
          to the people are removed from statute to ensure that 
          government is streamlines, efficient, and effective." 

          The author goes on to point out that the JLRC has not met 
          in at least 20 years and that this is one of five bills 
          sponsored by  Assemblymember Huber relative to deleting 
          nonexistent government entities.  The other bills are AB 
          737, AB 1457, AB 1459, and AB 1460. 

          At the end of the last legislative year, the Joint 
          Conference Committee on Public Employee Pensions was 
          created and tasked with crafting "responsible, 
          comprehensive legislation to reform state and local pension 
          systems in a manner that reflects both the legitimate needs 
          of public employees and the fiscal circumstances of state 
          and local governments." Additionally, public retirement 
          issues are currently under the jurisdiction of this 
          Committee and the Senate Public Employment and Retirement 
          Committee. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes   
          Local:  No


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  74-0, 4/26/12
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, 
            Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, 
            Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, 
            Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, 
            Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Beth 
            Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Grove, 
            Hagman, Hall, Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill, Huber, 
            Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Knight, Lara, Logue, Bonnie 
            Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, 
            Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, 
            Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, 
            Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, 
            Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Cedillo, Furutani, Halderman, Harkey, 
            Jones, Smyth









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