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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 2476
Author: Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social
Security Cmte.
Amended: 5/23/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT & RETIREMENT COMM : 5-0, 6/23/14
AYES: Torres, Walters, De Le�n, Gaines, Steinberg
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 5/15/14 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT : Public employees retirement and health benefits
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill makes technical corrections to the Public
Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) in order to
clarify the Legislature's intent in enacting PEPRA and to assist
affected employers and retirement systems in implementation of
PEPRA.
ANALYSIS : Existing law:
1.Establishes comprehensive public employee pension reform
through enactment of PEPRA (and related statutory changes)
that apply to all public employers and public pension plans on
and after January 1, 2013, excluding the University of
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California and charter cities and counties that do not
participate in a retirement system governed by state statute.
2.Prohibits a person who retires on or after January 1, 2013,
from returning to work as a retired annuitant for a period of
180 days after retirement unless the action is approved in an
open meeting by the governing body of the employer, (or by the
California Department of Human Resources if a state retiree),
as specified.
3.Permits a retired judge to be appointed to a court of record
without reduction or loss of retirement benefits, as
specified.
4.Requires public officials and employees to forfeit pension and
related benefits, as specified, if they are convicted of a
felony in carrying out official duties, in seeking an elected
office or appointment, or in connection with obtaining salary
or pension benefits.
This bill:
1.Clarifies that, for legislative employees, the Senate
Committee on Rules or the Assembly Rules Committee makes the
certification necessary in order to bring a retired annuitant
back to fill a critically needed position before the person
has been retired for 180 days.
2.Clarifies that, for employees of the California State
University (CSU), the Trustees of the CSU make the
certification necessary in order to bring a retired annuitant
back to fill a critically needed position before the person
has been retired for 180 days.
3.Clarifies the provision under which a retired judge is exempt
from restrictions of PEPRA with regard to working after
retirement by citing the specific statutory program for such
employment.
4.Clarifies terminology in the sections governing forfeiture of
benefits when a member of a public retirement system has been
convicted of a felony, as specified.
Comments
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According to the author, "The bill enacting PEPRA, AB 340
(Furutani), Chapter 296, Statutes of 2012, passed at the end of
the 2012 session as a conference committee report following over
a year of meetings, hearings, and various legislative efforts
relative to comprehensive pension reform. Due to the scope of
the bill and its complexity, and the requirement that a
conference report may not be amended once in print, a number of
provisions needed to be clarified. Last year's bill, SB 13
(Beall), Chapter 528, Statutes of 2013, made a number of
clarifying changes to PEPRA but additional minor clarifications
are necessary. This bill will provide employers and retirement
system administrators with better guidelines for fully
implementing the requirements of AB 340."
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 5/15/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez,
Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian,
Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. P�rez, V.
Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas,
Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron,
Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Mansoor, Vacancy
JL:nl 8/6/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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