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CA Govt Code § 20471 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20471.

20471.  Approval of the contract shall be by ordinance adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the governing body, not less than 20 days after the adoption of the resolution of intention, or by ordinance adopted by a majority vote of the electorate of the public agency voting thereon.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 20471.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20471.1.

20471.1.  Notwithstanding Section 20471, and except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 20469.1, approval of a proposed joint contract by a trial court and county shall be by ordinances or resolutions adopted by both the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the governing body of a county and the presiding officer of the trial court, not less than 20 days after the latest adoption of the notices of intention. The resolution of the presiding officer of the trial court and the resolution or ordinance of the governing body of the county which approve the joint contract must be adopted within 30 days of each other.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1010, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Govt Code § 20472 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20472.

20472.  Errors in any contract may be corrected through amendments approved by the adoption of suitable resolutions by the contracting parties. Excluded employees may be included by groups through amendments approved in the manner prescribed for the approval of the contracts, except that if there were no members of an excluded group when the contract was entered into, an election among the employees is not required. Additional benefits for prior service provided in this part but not included in a contract, may be included through amendments so approved except that an election among employees is not required.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 20473 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20473.

20473.  Investigations and valuations necessary to adjust the agency’s contributions on account of changed benefits or conditions of retirement shall be made in the manner prescribed for valuations and investigations to determine the approximate and actual contributions. Amendments in the contract necessary because of those valuations and investigations shall be approved in the manner prescribed for the approval of the contracts, except that an election among employees is not required.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 20474 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20474.

20474.  Whenever by any provision of law an election is given to contracting agencies to subject themselves and their employees to provisions of this part otherwise not applicable to contracting agencies and their employees, and no other means of making the election is expressly provided, any contracting agency may make the election by amendment to its contract with the board approved in the manner provided for the approval of the contracts including an election among the employees affected unless the amendment only adds benefits without affecting members’ contributions, in which case the election among the employees is not required. An amendment to a joint contract that has been approved by the governing body of the county shall be deemed approved by the presiding officer of the trial court located within the county. The amendment shall specify the date upon which the agency and its employees shall become subject to the provisions. That date shall not be earlier than the first day following the approval of the contract pursuant to Section 20471, except that if the rate of the employer’s contributions changes, the effective date shall not be earlier than the first day of the pay period following the approval. Any election made by amendment to the contract shall be irrevocable until the contract is terminated. However, benefits provided by the amendment may be increased or improved from time to time by further amendment to the contract. From and after the date specified in the amendment to the contract the provisions, as they are in effect at the time of election and as they may be amended in the future, shall apply to the contracting agency and to its employees, and the rights, privileges, duties, liabilities, and responsibilities of the contracting agency and of each of its employees included in this system shall be governed thereby.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1010, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Govt Code § 20475 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20475.

20475.  Notwithstanding Section 20474, a contracting agency may amend its contract or previous amendments to its contract, without election among its employees, to reduce benefits, to terminate provisions that are available only by election of the agency to become subject thereto, to provide different benefits or provisions or to provide a combination of those changes with respect to service performed after the effective date of the contract amendment made pursuant to this section, if the contracting agency has fully discharged all of the obligations imposed by Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 with respect to the contract amendments, and if the amendment provides that:(a) The contract amendments apply uniformly with respect to all members within each of the following classifications: local miscellaneous members, local police officers, local firefighters, county peace officers, local sheriffs, local safety members, school safety members, or all local safety members other than local police officers, local firefighters, county peace officers, local sheriffs, local safety members, or school safety members.(b) A member shall be subject to the contract as amended only if, after the effective date of the contract amendment, the member either (1) receives service credit for the first time within a classification, or (2) the member returns to service within a classification following termination of membership as provided for in subdivision (b) of Section 20340 unless the member has redeposited or elects prior to 90 days after returning to service to redeposit contributions pursuant to Section 20750, in which case the member shall not be subject to the contract amendment.Amendments to the contract and amendments of previous amendments to the contract may be effected pursuant to this section only once during any three-year period with respect to each of the classifications.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 130, Sec. 20. (AB 966) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Govt Code § 20476 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20476.

20476.  Whenever any provision of this part requires action by ordinance, action by resolution is authorized, except with respect to cities and counties, if the governing body of the public agency is authorized to take action by resolution.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 20477 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20477.

20477.  If the head of a public agency is an individual, rather than a board or other governing body, all actions required or permitted by this part to be taken by ordinance may be taken by order of the individual, and every action required by this part to be taken by a public agency governed by a governing body shall be taken by a public agency governed by an individual.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 20478 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20478.

20478.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the board of directors of a metropolitan water district, or the governing body of any other public agency, shall adopt any order, motion, resolution or ordinance, required under the provisions of this part to be adopted by a majority vote or by a two-thirds vote or by any other specified vote, by an affirmative vote as constitutes under the provisions of the Metropolitan Water District Act (Chapter 209 of the Statutes of 1969), or the statute creating or authorizing the organization of any other public agency, a majority vote or a two-thirds vote or other specified vote, as the case may be, of the board or body.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 906, Sec. 55. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Govt Code § 20479 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20479.

20479.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1, no contract or contract amendment shall be made to provide retirement benefits for some, but not all members of the following membership classifications: local miscellaneous members, local police officers, local firefighters, county peace officers, local sheriffs, local safety officers, or school safety members.No contract or contract amendments shall provide different retirement benefits for a subgroup, including, but not limited to, bargaining units or unrepresented groups, within those membership classifications.This section does not preclude changing membership classification from one membership classification to another membership classification or exclusion of groups of members by contract.For purposes of this section, “benefit” shall not be limited to the benefits set forth in Section 20020.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 130, Sec. 21. (AB 966) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Govt Code § 20479.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20479.5.

20479.5.  Notwithstanding Section 20479, where a memorandum of understanding entered prior to August 11, 1988, provided a different retirement benefit formula for a subgroup of employees in a member classification, that contracting agency may, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding, amend its contract to provide the same retirement formula applicable to that subgroup to all or part of the contracting agency’s other employees in the same member classification.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 882, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Govt Code § 20480 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20480.

20480.  (a) An out-of-class appointment by a contracting agency employer or a school employer shall not exceed a total of 960 hours in each fiscal year.(b) A contracting agency employer or school employer shall track the hours worked by an employee serving in an out-of-class appointment and report that service to the system no later than 30 days following the end of each fiscal year.(c) The compensation for an appointment described in subdivision (a) shall be pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or a publicly available pay schedule.(d) (1) An employer who violates this section shall pay penalties to the system according to the following:(A) An amount of money equal to three times the employee and employer contributions that would otherwise be paid to the system for the difference between the compensation paid for an appointment described in subdivision (a) and the compensation that would have been paid and reported to the system, but for the vacancy, for the position in accordance with a publicly available pay schedule applicable to the vacant position, for the entire period or periods the member serves in an out-of-class appointment.(B) Reimbursement for administrative expenses incurred in responding to this situation.(2) Penalties paid to the system pursuant to this subdivision are not normal contributions or additional contributions that would stand to the credit of a member’s individual account.(e) The member shall bear no liability, obligations, or expense as a result of the unlawful actions of the employer with respect to this section.(f) For purposes of this section, “out-of-class appointment” means an appointment of an employee to an upgraded position or higher classification by the employer or governing board or body in a vacant position for a limited duration.(g) For purposes of this section, “vacant position” refers to a position that is vacant during recruitment for a permanent appointment. “Vacant position” does not refer to a position that is temporarily available due to another employee’s leave of absence.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 767, Sec. 1. (AB 2696) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Govt Code § 20481 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20481.

20481.  All members of a local system included by contract in this system thereupon become subject to this part and cease to be members of the local system. Payments being made to persons who have retired or their survivors or beneficiaries under the local system on the effective date of the contract, or any subsequent amendment thereto, shall be continued and paid by this system at the rates existing on that date under the local system unless the agency elects in its contract or by amendment thereto to provide a recalculation of retirement allowances for persons retired under the local system on the basis of the provisions of the contract. The liability for those payments shall be included in the computation of the prior service liability of the contracting agency. All members of the local system who are members under provisions continuing membership after termination of service shall be deemed members of this system under Section 20731 with credit in this system for all of the service with regard to which membership was continued under the local system.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 793, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Govt Code § 20482 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20482.

20482.  Subject to the approval of the board as in the case of all other employees, the contracting agency may elect to continue the local system and to place under this system only a portion of the members of the local system.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 20483 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20483.

20483.  If all members of the local system become members of this system, the operation of the local system shall be discontinued as of the date provided for in the contract, and if only a part of the members become members of this system, the operation of the local system shall be so discontinued with respect to that part.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 20484 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20484.

20484.  Notwithstanding Section 20483, if a member of a local system, which is also a reciprocal system pursuant to Section 20351, elects to join this system as permitted by Section 20504, the operation of the local system shall continue.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 20485 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20485.

20485.  It is the intent of the Legislature that contracting agencies in conjunction with recognized local employee organizations, develop alternative retirement plans that provide benefits under a defined contribution program.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 20486 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20486.

20486.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 20484, a contracting agency that continued the local system for members who elected to become members of this system prospectively pursuant to Section 20504 may transfer to this system the cash and securities to the credit of the local system and held on account of persons who became members of this system. The transfer of cash and securities shall be made pursuant to Section 20530. The service credited under the local system shall be credited under this system as prior service.(b) This section shall not apply to the employees of any contracting agency nor to any contracting agency unless and until the contracting agency elects to be subject to this section by amendment to its contract with the board, made pursuant to Section 20474.(Added by renumbering Section 20521.1 by Stats. 1996, Ch. 906, Sec. 57. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Govt Code § 20487 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 20487.

20487.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no contracting agency or public agency that becomes the subject of a case under the bankruptcy provisions of Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 901) of Title 11 of the United States Code shall reject any contract or agreement between that agency and the board pursuant to Section 365 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar provision of law; nor shall the agency, without the prior written consent of the board, assume or assign any contract or agreement between that agency and the board pursuant to Section 365 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar provision of law.(Added by renumbering Section 20486 (as added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 502) by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1002, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Govt Code § 20500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 2 - Contract Provisions|Section 20500.

20500.  The contract may include any provisions consistent with this part and necessary in the administration of this system as it affects the public agency and its employees.Whenever in this part an election is given to contracting agencies to subject themselves and their employees to provisions of this part otherwise not applicable to contracting agencies and their employees by amendment to their contracts with the board, any contract made after the effective date of the provision giving the election may include any provisions necessary to give effect to the election of the contracting agency.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 20501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 2 - Contract Provisions|Section 20501.

20501.  Contracts with school employers may include school district employees in this system only with respect to service rendered in a status in which they are not eligible for membership in the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 519, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Govt Code § 20502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 2 - Contract Provisions|Section 20502.

20502.  (a) (1) The initial contract shall include in this system all firefighters, police officers, county peace officers, local sheriffs, and other employees of the contracting agency, except as exclusions in addition to the exclusions applicable to state employees may be agreed to by the agency and the board. The contract shall not provide for the exclusion of some, but not all, firefighters, police officers, county peace officers, or local sheriffs. The exclusions of employees, other than firefighters, police officers, county peace officers, or local sheriffs, shall be based on groups of employees such as departments or duties, and not on individual employees.(2) The exclusions of groups shall not be made by amendments to contracts. An amendment to a contract to enumerate or clarify provisions related to groups of employees in a manner that does not expand those already subject to exclusion shall not be considered an exclusion prohibited by this paragraph.(3) Membership in this system is compulsory for all employees included under a contract.(b) This section shall not be construed to supersede Sections 20303 and 20305.(c) The changes to this section made by the act adding this subdivision shall apply to a contract entered into, amended, or extended on and after January 1, 2021.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 223, Sec. 2. (AB 2967) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Govt Code § 20503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 5 - Contract Members of System|ARTICLE 2 - Contract Provisions|Section 20503.

20503.  Notwithstanding Section 20055, a contracting agency may amend its contract to remove exclusions prospectively only, and without creating liability for prior service.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)