BILL NUMBER: SB 503	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 6, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Vargas

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend  Section   Sections 31680.1
and  75506.5 of  , and to add Section 21220.4 to,  the
Government Code, relating to judges' retirement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 503, as amended, Vargas. Judges' retirement.
   The Judges' Retirement System II Law authorizes any judge to
elect, by written election filed with the board at any time prior to
retirement, to make contributions, and receive service credit for,
all of the time he or she served as a full-time subordinate judicial
officer, prior to becoming a judge, excluding any period of time for
which the judge is receiving, or is entitled to receive, a retirement
allowance from any other public retirement system.
   This bill would limit that written election to a one-time written
election. The bill would also authorize the judge to make
contributions to, and receive service credit for, any number of whole
years or all of the time he or she served as a full-time subordinate
judicial officer. 
   The Public Employees' Retirement Law prohibits a person who has
retired under the Public Employees' Retirement System from thereafter
being employed by the state, the university, a school employer, or a
contracting agency, except as specified.  
   The bill would provide that an additional requirement for
employment of a retired member, that would be established by SB 27,
would not apply to any subordinate judicial officer whose position,
upon retirement, is converted to a judgeship, as specified, and he or
she returns to work in the converted position, and the employer is a
trial court, or to any person taking office as a judge of a court of
record pursuant to a specified provision of the California
Constitution. The bill would specify that this provision would only
become operative if SB 27 is enacted and takes effect on or before
January 1, 2012.  
   Existing law authorizes a person who has retired under the County
Employees Retirement Law of 1937 to serve as a juror, election
officer, field deputy for registration of voters, member of the board
of the association, or temporarily as a judge when assigned by the
Chairman of the Judicial Council, and receive any fees payable for
that service without reinstatement.  
   This bill would additionally authorize a person who has retired to
serve as a subordinate judicial officer when that position has been
converted to a judgeship, as specified. The bill would specify that
this provision would only become operative if AB 340 is enacted and
takes effect on or before January 1, 2012. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 21220.4 is added to the 
 Government Code  , to read:  
   21220.4.  Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of
Section 21220 and Section 21220.3, the requirement that a retired
member observe a 180-day separation in service before rendering
services for compensation for an employer that participates in this
system shall not apply to any of the following:
   (a) Any subordinate judicial officer whose position, upon
retirement, is converted to a judgeship pursuant to Section 69615,
and he or she returns to work in the converted position, and the
employer is a trial court.
   (b) Any person taking office as a judge of a court of record
pursuant to Article VI of the California Constitution. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 31680.1 of the  
Government Code   is amended to read: 
   31680.1.  Any person who has retired under this chapter may,
without reinstatement from retirement or loss or interruption of
benefits under this chapter, serve as a juror, election officer,
field deputy for registration of voters, member of the board of the
association  , a subordinate judicial officer when that position
has been converted to a judgeship pursuant to Section 69615,  or
temporarily as a judge when assigned by the Chairman of the Judicial
Council and receive any fees payable for  such 
 that  service.
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 3.   Section 75506.5
of the Government Code is amended to read:
   75506.5.  (a) Any judge may make a one-time written election,
filed with the board at  any time prior to   the
time of  retirement, to make contributions to, and receive
service credit for, any number of whole years or all of the time he
or she served as a full-time subordinate judicial officer, as defined
in Section 71601, prior to becoming a judge, excluding any period of
time for which the judge is receiving, or is entitled to receive, a
retirement allowance from any other public retirement system.
   (b) A judge electing to receive credit for service pursuant to
this section shall, at the time of filing his or her election, pay
into the Judges' Retirement Fund II, a sum equal to the actuarial
present value of the increase in benefits due to the additional
service. The amount shall be determined by the board in accordance
with this section.
   SEC. 4.    Section 1 of this act shall become
operative only if Senate Bill 27 of the 2011-12 Regular Session is
enacted and takes effect on or before January 1, 2012, and that bill
amends S   ection 21220 of the Government Code. 
   SEC. 5.    Section 2 of this act shall become
operative only if Assembly Bill 340 of the 2011-12 Regular Session is
enacted and takes effect on or before January 1, 2012, and that bill
amends Section 31680.9 of the Government Code.