Bill Text: CA AB590 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Public employees’ retirement: membership election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-07-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 108, Statutes of 2017. [AB590 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB590-Enrolled.html

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Enrolled  July 06, 2017

Passed  IN  Senate  July 03, 2017

Passed  IN  Assembly  May 18, 2017

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 590

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Introduced by Assembly Member Medina

February 14, 2017

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An act to amend Section 20309 of the Government Code, relating to public employees’ retirement.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 590, Medina. Public employees’ retirement: membership election.

The Public Employees’ Retirement Law permits a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) who is employed by a school employer, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, or the State Department of Education to elect to have specified service excluded from coverage by the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan and instead be subject to coverage by PERS, as specified.

This bill would limit the application of that option to a member of PERS who was employed by a school employer, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, or the State Department of Education within 120 days before the member’s date of hire to perform service that requires membership in the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 20309 of the Government Code is amended to read:

20309.

 (a) A member of the system described in subdivision (b) who subsequently is employed to perform service subject to coverage by the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan, may elect to retain coverage by this system for that subsequent service. An election to retain coverage under this system shall be submitted in writing by the member to the system on a form prescribed by the system, and a copy of the election shall be submitted to the State Teachers’ Retirement System, within 60 days after the member’s date of hire to perform service that requires membership in the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan. A member who elects to retain coverage under this system pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be a school member while employed by a school employer.

(b) This section shall apply to a member of the system who either (1) was employed by a school employer, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, or the State Department of Education within 120 days before the member’s date of hire to perform service that requires membership in the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan or (2) has at least five years of credited service under this system.

(c) Any election made pursuant to this section shall become effective as of the first day of employment in the position that qualified the member to make an election.