Bill Text: CA SB606 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 606 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Public employees' retirement: benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-31 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB606 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB606-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 606	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Vargas

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 20909 of the Government Code, relating to
public employees' retirement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 606, as introduced, Vargas. Public employees' retirement:
benefits.
   The Public Employees' Retirement Law calculates service retirement
allowances, in part, based on years of credited service. Members of
the Public Employees' Retirement System may receive service credit
for public service not otherwise subject to credit, upon payment of
specified additional contributions. Existing law authorizes specified
members of that system, including employees or officers of the
state, the university, a school employer, or a contracting agency and
certain legislative employees, to elect to make additional
contributions and receive up to 5 years of additional retirement
service credit, as defined, subject to specified limitations.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision.
   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 20909 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   20909.  (a) A member who has at least five years of credited state
service, may elect, by written notice filed with the board, to make
contributions pursuant to this section and receive not less than one
year, nor more than five years, in one-year increments, of additional
retirement service credit in the retirement system.
   (b) A member may elect to receive this additional retirement
service credit at any time prior to retirement by making the
contributions as specified in Sections 21050 and 21052. A member may
not elect additional retirement service credit under this section
more than once.
   (c) For purposes of this section, "additional retirement service
credit" means time that does not qualify as public service, military
service, leave of absence, or any other time recognized for service
credit by the retirement system.
   (d) Additional retirement service credit elected pursuant to this
section may not be counted to meet the minimum qualifications for
service or disability retirement or for health care benefits, or any
other benefits based upon years of service credited to the member.
   (e)  This section  only applies   shall only
apply  to the following members:
   (1) A member while he or she is employed in state service at the
time of the additional retirement service credit election.
   (2) A member of the system defined in Section 20324.
   (f) For purposes of this section, "state service" means service as
defined in Section 20069.