BILL NUMBER: AB 2839	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 11, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and
Social Security (Correa (Chair), Pescetti (Vice Chair), Honda, and
Knox)   Assembly Member Firebaugh 

                        MARCH 2, 2000

   An act to add Section 24202.6 to the Education Code, relating to
the State Teachers' Retirement System.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2839, as amended,  Committee on Public Employees,
Retirement and Social Security   Firebaugh  .
State Teachers' Retirement System:  benefits.
   The State Teachers' Retirement Law prescribes retirement benefits
for defined members.
   This bill would prescribe a 2% at age 55 retirement formula for
members who retire on or after January 1, 2001.
   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 24202.6 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   24202.6.  (a) A member who retires for service on or after January
1, 2001, shall receive a service retirement allowance consisting of
both of the following:
   (1) An annual allowance payable in monthly installments to equal
the fraction of one-fiftieth of the member's final compensation set
forth opposite the member's age at retirement, taken to the preceding
completed quarter year, in the following table, multiplied by the
number of years of credited service:


  Age at
retirement                                  Fraction
   50 ...................................    0.550
   50 1/4 ...............................    0.573
   50 1/2 ...............................    0.595
   50 3/4 ...............................    0.618
   51 ...................................    0.640
   51 1/4 ...............................    0.663
   51 1/2 ...............................    0.685
   51 3/4 ...............................    0.708
   52 ...................................    0.730
   52 1/4 ...............................    0.753
   52 1/2 ...............................    0.775
   52 3/4 ...............................    0.798
   53 ...................................    0.820
   53 1/4 ...............................    0.843
   53 1/2 ...............................    0.865
   53 3/4 ...............................    0.888
   54 ...................................    0.910
   54 1/4 ...............................    0.933
   54 1/2 ...............................    0.955
   54 3/4 ...............................    0.978
   55 ...................................    1.000
   55 1/4 ...............................    1.008
   55 1/2 ...............................    1.016
   55 3/4 ...............................    1.024
   56 ...................................    1.032
   56 1/4 ...............................    1.040
   56 1/2 ...............................    1.048
   56 3/4 ...............................    1.055
   57 ...................................    1.063
   57 1/4 ...............................    1.071
   57 1/2 ...............................    1.079
   57 3/4 ...............................    1.086
   58 ...................................    1.094
   58 1/4 ...............................    1.102
   58 1/2 ...............................    1.110
   58 3/4 ...............................    1.118
   59 ...................................    1.125
   59 1/4 ...............................    1.134
   59 1/2 ...............................    1.141
   59 3/4 ...............................    1.149
   60 ...................................    1.157
   60 1/4 ...............................    1.165
   60 1/2 ...............................    1.173
   60 3/4 ...............................    1.180
   61 ...................................    1.188
   61 1/4 ...............................    1.196
   61 1/2 ...............................    1.203
   61 3/4 ...............................    1.211
   62 ...................................    1.219
   62 1/4 ...............................    1.227
   62 1/2 ...............................    1.235
   62 3/4 ...............................    1.243
   63 and over ..........................    1.250

   (2) An annuity that shall be the actuarial equivalent of the
accumulated annuity deposit contributions standing to the credit of
the member's account at the time of retirement.
   (b) In  computing   calculating the
amounts described in subdivision (a), the age of the member on the
last day of the month in which the retirement allowance begins to
accrue or the later date as provided in Section 24204 shall be used.