Bill Text: CA SB525 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

California Senate Bill 525 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Public employees' retirement: eligibility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-31 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB525 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB525-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 525	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 21, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Walters
    (   Coauthor:   Senator   Runner
  ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Grove,   Harkey,   Jeffries,  
Mansoor,   and Silva   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to  amend Section 21190 of   add
Section 21352.5 to  the Government Code, relating to public
employees' retirement.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 525, as amended, Walters. Public employees' 
retirement: reinstatement.  retirement: eligibility.

   The Public Employees' Retirement Law provides a comprehensive set
of rights and benefits based upon age, service credit, and final
compensation to members of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
 Any person who has been retired under the system is
generally prohibited from being employed in any capacity unless he or
she is first reinstated from retirement, except as authorized.
Existing law authorizes a person who has been reinstated to
thereafter be employed by the state or by a contracting agency in
accordance with the laws governing that service, in the same manner
as a person who has not been so retired.   Existing law
prescribes different retirement formulas for different membership
classifications in the Public Employees' Retirement System, including
for state patrol members, state safety   members, state
peace officer/firefighter members, state industrial members, and
state miscellaneous members. These retirement formulas permit a
member to retire at 50 years of age with reduced benefits in
comparison to a later retirement. 
   This bill would  make a technical, nonsubstantive change
to that provision.   prohibit a state employee who
becomes a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System on and
after January 1, 2012, and who is not a state patrol member, a state
safety member, or state peace officer/firefighter member, from
retiring for service pr  ior to reaching 55 years of age.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 21352.5 is added to the 
 Government Code  , to read:  
   21352.5.  Notwithstanding any other law, a state employee who
becomes a member of the system on and after January 1, 2012, and who
is not a patrol member, a state safety member, or a state peace
officer/firefighter member, shall not be eligible for service
retirement prior to reaching 55 years of age.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 21190 of the Government Code
is amended to read:
   21190.  A person who has been retired under this system for
service may be reinstated from retirement by the board as provided in
this article, and thereafter that person may be employed by the
state or by a contracting agency in accordance with the laws
governing that service, in the same manner as a person who has not
been so retired.