Bill Text: CA AB2250 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public employees' retirement: safety members.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-14 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2250 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2250-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2250	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Harkey

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 20391 of the Government Code, relating to
public employees' retirement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2250, as introduced, Harkey. Public employees' retirement:
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. That law defines a "state peace
officer/firefighter" in terms of employees employed by specified
state departments in specified job classifications and provides
higher retirement benefit formulas and higher employer and employee
contribution rates for state peace officer/firefighter members than
for other members.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the
definition of "state peace officer/firefighter."
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 20391 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   20391.  "State peace officer/firefighter member" means:
   (a) All persons in the Board of Prison Terms, the Department of
Consumer Affairs, the Department of Developmental Services, the
Department of Health Services, the Department of Toxic Substances
Control, the Horse Racing Board, the Department of Industrial
Relations, the Department of Insurance, the Department of Mental
Health, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Social
Services employed with the class title of Special Investigator (Class
Code 8553), Senior Special Investigator (Class Code 8550), and
Investigator Assistant (Class Code 8554) who have been designated as
peace officers as defined in Sections 830.2 and 830.3 of the Penal
Code.
   (b) All persons in the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
employed with the class title Investigator Trainee, Alcoholic
Beverage Control (Class Code 7553), Investigator I, Alcoholic
Beverage Control, Range A and B (Class Code 7554), and Investigator
II, Alcoholic Beverage Control (Class Code 7555) who have been
designated as peace officers as defined in Sections 830.2 and 830.3
of the Penal Code.
   (c) All persons within the Department of Justice who are state
employees  ,  as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 3513
 ,  and who have been designated as peace officers and
performing investigative duties.
   (d) All persons in the Department of Parks and Recreation employed
with the class title of Park Ranger (Intermittent) (Class Code 0984)
who have been designated as peace officers as defined in Sections
830.2 and 830.3 of the Penal Code.
   (e) All persons in the Franchise Tax Board who have been
designated as peace officers in subdivision (s) of Section 830.3 of
the Penal Code.
   (f) A member who is employed in a position that is reclassified to
state peace officer/firefighter pursuant to this section may make an
irrevocable election in writing to remain subject to the service
retirement benefit and the normal rate of contribution applicable
prior to reclassification by filing a notice of election with the
board within 90 days of notification by the board. A member who so
elects shall be subject to the reduced benefit factors specified in
Section 21353 or 21354.1, as applicable, only for service included in
the federal system.                          
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