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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20046.5.

20046.5. “Industrial” with respect to state miscellaneous members also means death or disability on or after January 1, 1995, resulting from an injury that is a direct consequence of a violent act perpetrated on his or her person by a patient or client of the State Department of State Hospitals at Metropolitan State Hospital or Napa State Hospital if:
(a) The member was performing his or her duties within a treatment ward at the time of the injury, or
(b) The member was not within a treatment ward but was acting within the scope of his or her employment at the hospital and is regularly and substantially as part of his or her duties in contact with the patients or clients, and
(c) The member at the time of injury was employed in a state bargaining unit for which a memorandum of understanding has been agreed to by the state employer and the recognized employee organization to become subject to this section, or
(d) The member was either excluded from the definition of state employee in subdivision (c) of Section 3513 or was a nonelected officer or employee of the executive branch of government who was not a member of the civil service.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 440, Sec. 24. (AB 1488) Effective September 22, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20047.

20047. “Industrial” with respect to state miscellaneous members also means death or disability after January 1, 1993, resulting from an injury that is a direct consequence of a violent act perpetrated on his or her person by a patient or client of the State Department of State Hospitals at Patton State Hospital or Atascadero State Hospital, an inmate at the State Department of State Hospitals Psychiatric Program at California Medical Facility at Vacaville, or a patient at any other state hospital which is deemed a forensic facility if:
(a) The member was performing his or her duties within a treatment ward at the time of the injury, or
(b) The member was not within a treatment ward but was acting within the scope of his or her employment at the hospital and is regularly and substantially as part of his or her duties in contact with the patients or clients, and
(c) The member at the time of injury was employed in a state bargaining unit for which a memorandum of understanding has been agreed to by the state employer and the recognized employee organization to become subject to this section, or
(d) The member was either excluded from the definition of state employee in subdivision (c) of Section 3513 or was a nonelected officer or employee of the executive branch of government who was not a member of the civil service.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 440, Sec. 25. (AB 1488) Effective September 22, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20047.5.

20047.5. “Industrial,” with respect to state miscellaneous members, means death or disability on or after January 1, 2002, or the date agreed to in the memorandum of understanding between the state employer and the recognized employee organization, resulting from an injury that is a direct consequence of a violent act perpetrated on his or her person by a patient or client of the State Department of Developmental Services, at Porterville Developmental Center, Canyon Springs Community Facility, or Sierra Vista Community Facility, if both of the following apply:
(a) The member either (1) was performing his or her duties within a treatment ward at the time of the injury, or (2) was not within a treatment ward but was acting within the scope of his or her employment at the hospital and is regularly and substantially as part of his or her duties in contact with the patients or clients.
(b) The member, at the time of injury, was either (1) employed in a state bargaining unit for which a memorandum of understanding has been agreed to by the state employer and the recognized employee organization to become subject to this section, (2) excluded from the definition of “state employee” in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, or (3) a non-elected officer or employee of the executive branch of government who was not a member of the civil service.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 238, Sec. 7. Effective September 13, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20048.

20048. “Industrial,” with respect to state industrial members, means death or disability resulting from an injury that is a direct consequence of a violent act perpetrated on his or her person by an inmate of a state prison, correctional school or facility of the Department of Corrections or the Department of the Youth Authority, or a parolee therefrom, if:
(a) The member was performing his or her duties within the prison, correctional school or facility of the Department of Corrections or the Department of the Youth Authority.
(b) The member was not within the prison, correctional school or facility of the Department of Corrections or the Department of the Youth Authority, but was acting within the scope of his or her employment and is regularly and substantially as part of his or her duties in contact with those inmates or parolees.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20049.

20049. “Labor policy or agreement” means any written policy, agreement, memorandum of understanding, legislative action of the elected or appointed body governing the employer, or any other document used by the employer to specify the payrate, special compensation, and benefits of represented and unrepresented employees.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20050.

20050. “Local safety service” means state service rendered as a local firefighter, local police officer, county peace officer, local safety officer, or positions defined as local safety member in Sections 20421 and 20422 except as provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 20890) and Article 4 (commencing with Section 20990) of Chapter 11.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20051.

20051. “Month,” except as otherwise expressly provided, means a period commencing on any day of a calendar month and extending through the day preceding the corresponding day of the succeeding calendar month, if there is any corresponding day, and if not, through the last day of the succeeding calendar month.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20052.

20052. “Net earnings” means the earnings of the retirement fund less the amounts specified in Sections 20173 and 20174.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20053.

20053. “Normal contributions” means contributions required to be paid by a member at the normal rates of contribution fixed by the law, by contract, or by contract amendment, but does not include additional contributions.
“Normal contributions” also includes contributions required to be paid by a member that are in fact paid on behalf of a member by an employer as defined in Section 20030.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20054.

20054. “Pension” means payments for life derived from contributions made from employer controlled funds.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20055.

20055. (a) “Prior service” as applied to a state member who while employed on a part-time basis became a member because of amendments of the laws governing this system or because of a change in his or her employment status to at least a half-time basis, means all state service rendered by him or her prior to the time he or she became a member.
(b) As applied to other members, “prior service” means all state service rendered by:
(1) A university member prior to August 27, 1937.
(2) A state member other than a university member, prior to January 1, 1932.
(3) A local member or school member prior to the effective date of the contract under which he or she became a member.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20056.

20056. “Public agency” means any city, county, district, other local authority or public body of or within this state.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20057.1.

20057.1. To qualify as a “public agency” within the meaning of this part, any organization that qualifies under amendments to the definitions of “public agency” effective on or after January 1, 2002, shall also obtain a written advisory opinion from the United States Department of Labor stating that the organization is an agency or instrumentality of the state or a political subdivision thereof within the meaning of Sections 1001 et seq. of Title 29 of the United States Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 793, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20058.

20058. (a) “Retirement system” or “this system” means the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
(b) As used in this code and in every other statute heretofore or hereafter enacted, or in every contract heretofore or hereafter entered into under any provisions of law, the term “State Employees’ Retirement Law” shall be construed to refer to and mean the “Public Employees’ Retirement Law”; the term “State Employees’ Retirement System” shall be construed to refer to and mean the “Public Employees’ Retirement System”; and the term “State Employees’ Retirement Fund” shall be construed to refer to and mean the “Public Employees’ Retirement Fund.”
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20059.

20059. “Regular interest” means interest at the annual interest rate for purposes of crediting of interest, compounded annually.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20060.

20060. “Retirement” means the granting of a retirement allowance under this part.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20061.

20061. “Retirement allowance” means the service retirement allowance or the disability retirement allowance.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20062.

20062. “Retirement fund” means the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund continued in existence by this part.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20062.5.

20062.5. “Risk pool” means the combination of assets and liabilities with respect to one or more contracting agencies for the purpose of pooling actuarial experience and setting the employer contribution rates pursuant to Section 20840.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1133, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20063.

20063. (a) “School employer” means a county superintendent of schools, other than the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools and the San Diego County Superintendent of Schools, that has entered into a contract with the board pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 20610) and any school district or community college district that was a contracting agency on July 1, 1983, excluding that portion of a contract with the Los Angeles City Unified School District and the Los Angeles Community College District that pertains to local police officers, as defined in Section 20430, on July 1, 1983, and excluding a school district or a community college district, as defined in subdivision (i) of Section 20057, that entered into a contract with the board on or after January 1, 1990, and whose employees are school safety members, as defined in Section 20444.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), “school employer” may not include any county office of education, school district, or community college district that participates in a risk pool.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1133, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20064.

20064. “School safety service” includes service rendered as a school safety member in employment with a school district or community college district, as defined in subdivision (i) of Section 20057.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20065.

20065. An employee is “serving on a part-time basis” when he or she engages in his or her duties for less time than is required of employees serving on a full-time basis, even though he or she is subject to call at any time.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20065.5.

20065.5. All references to “spouse,” “surviving spouse,” or “marriage” in this part apply equally to a domestic partner or domestic partnership, as defined in Section 297 of the Family Code, and all rights and responsibilities granted to a spouse or surviving spouse shall be granted equally to a domestic partner to the extent provided by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 833, Sec. 2. (SB 987) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20066.

20066. “State peace officer/firefighter service” means service rendered as a state peace officer/firefighter member only while receiving compensation for that service, except as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 20990) of Chapter 11. It also includes service rendered in an employment in which persons have since become state peace officer/firefighter members.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20067.

20067. “State peace officer/firefighter service,” with respect to a member who becomes a state peace officer/firefighter member pursuant to Section 20394, also includes service prior to July 1, 1986, as an employee of the California State University.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20068.

20068. (a) “State safety service” means service rendered as a state safety member only while receiving compensation for that service, except as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 20990) of Chapter 11. It also includes service rendered in an employment in which persons have since become state safety members and service rendered prior to April 1, 1973, and falling within the definition of warden, forestry, and law enforcement service under this chapter prior to April 1, 1973. “State safety service” pursuant to this subdivision does not include service as an investigator prior to April 1, 1973, within the Department of Justice of persons who prior to April 1, 1973, were classed as miscellaneous members.
(b) “State safety service” with respect to a member who becomes a state safety member pursuant to Section 20405 shall also include service prior to the date on which he or she becomes a state safety member as an officer or employee of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
(c) “State safety service” with respect to a member who becomes a state safety member pursuant to Sections 20409 and 20410 shall also include service in a class specified in these sections or service pursuant to subdivision (a), prior to September 27, 1982.
(d) “State safety service,” with respect to a member who becomes a state safety member pursuant to Sections 20414 and 20415, shall also include service prior to September 22, 1982, as an officer or employee of the Department of Parks and Recreation or the Military Department.
(e) “State safety service” does not include service in classes specified in Section 20407 prior to January 1, 1989.
(f) “State safety service” does not include service in classes specified in Section 20408 prior to January 1, 1990.
(g) “State safety service,” with respect to a member who becomes a state safety member pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 20405.1, shall also include service rendered in an employment in which persons have since become state safety members, as determined by the Department of Human Resources pursuant to that section.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 110. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20069.

20069. (a) “State service” means service rendered as an employee or officer (employed, appointed, or elected) of the state, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the officers and employees of its governing body, the university, a school employer, or a contracting agency, for compensation, and only while he or she is receiving compensation from that employer therefor, except as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 20990) of Chapter 11.
(b) “State service,” solely for purposes of qualification for benefits and retirement allowances under this system, shall also include service rendered as an officer or employee of a county if the salary for the service constitutes compensation earnable by a member of this system under Section 20638.
(c) “State service,” except for purposes of qualification for health or dental benefits, shall also include compensated service rendered by an officer, warrant officer, or a person of the enlisted ranks of the California National Guard who has elected to become a member pursuant to Section 20326 and who has not canceled his or her membership pursuant to Section 20327.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 130, Sec. 12. (AB 966) Effective January 1, 2010. Note: This section was amended on Nov. 2, 2004, by initiative Prop. 71.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20069.1.

20069.1. “Trial court” shall have the same meaning as the term is defined in the Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 71600) of Title 8).
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1010, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20070.

20070. “1959 survivor allowance” means the allowance provided for in Sections 21571, 21572, 21573, 21574, 21574.5, and 21574.7.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 793, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 20071.

20071. “University” means the University of California and includes The Regents of the University of California as defined and authorized by Section 9 of Article IX of the California Constitution.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › ARTICLE 3 - Penalties › Section 20085.

20085. (a) It is unlawful for a person to do any of the following:
(1) Make, or cause to be made, any knowingly false material statement or material representation, to knowingly fail to disclose a material fact, or to otherwise provide false information with the intent to use it, or allow it to be used, to obtain, receive, continue, increase, deny, or reduce any benefit administered by this system.
(2) Present, or cause to be presented, any knowingly false material statement or material representation for the purpose of supporting or opposing an application for any benefit administered by this system.
(3) Knowingly accept or obtain payment from this system with knowledge that the recipient is not entitled to the payment under the provisions of this part and with the intent to retain the payment for personal use or benefit.
(4) Knowingly aid, abet, solicit, or conspire with any person to do an act prohibited by this section.
(b) For purposes of this section, “statement” includes, but is not limited to, any oral or written application for benefits, report of family relationship, report of injury or physical or mental limitation, hospital records, test results, physician reports, or other medical records, employment records, duty statements, reports of compensation, or any other evidence material to the determination of a person’s initial or continued eligibility for a benefit or the amount of a benefit administered by this system.
(c) A person who violates any provision of this section is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.
(d) A person violating any provision of this section may be required by the court in a criminal action to make restitution to this system, or to any other person determined by the court, for the amount of the benefit unlawfully obtained, unless the court finds that restitution, or a portion of it, is not in the interests of justice. Any restitution order imposed pursuant to this section shall be satisfied before any criminal fine imposed under this section may be collected.
(e) The provisions provided by this section are cumulative and shall not be construed as restricting the application of any other law.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 369, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 2 - Administration of System › ARTICLE 1 - The Board of Administration › Section 20090.

20090. The Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System is continued in existence. It consists of:
(a) One member of the State Personnel Board, selected by and serving at the pleasure of the State Personnel Board.
(b) The Director of Human Resources.
(c) The Controller.
(d) The Treasurer.
(e) An official of a life insurer and an elected official of a contracting agency, appointed by the Governor.
(f) One person representing the public, appointed jointly by the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Committee on Rules.
(g) Six members elected under the supervision of the board as follows:
(1) Two members elected by the members of this system from the membership thereof.
(2) A member elected by the active state members of this system from the state membership thereof.
(3) A member elected by and from the active local members of this system who are employees of a school district or a county superintendent of schools.
(4) A member elected by and from the active local members of this system other than those who are employees of a school district or a county superintendent of schools.
(5) A member elected by and from the retired members of this system.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 111. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 2 - Administration of System › ARTICLE 1 - The Board of Administration › Section 20090.1.

20090.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the member of the board who is an elected official of a contracting agency appointed by the Governor, pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 20090, may designate a deputy, who is employed under the official’s authority, to act in his or her place and stead on the board or any of its committees. The deputy, while sitting on the board or any of its committees, may exercise the same powers that the elected official could exercise if he or she were personally present. The elected official shall be responsible for the acts of the deputy acting under this designation.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Director of Human Resources may designate a deputy, who is employed under the director’s authority, to act in his or her place and stead on the board or any of its committees. The deputy, while sitting on the board or any of its committees, may exercise the same powers that the director could exercise if he or she were personally present. The director shall be responsible for the acts of the deputy acting under this designation.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 112. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 2 - Administration of System › ARTICLE 1 - The Board of Administration › Section 20091.

20091. The members of the board appointed by the Governor pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 20090, the public member appointed jointly by the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 20090, and any retired person serving on the board pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 20090 shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for every day or portion thereof of actual attendance at meetings of the board or any meeting of any committee of the board of which committee the person is a member and which meeting is conducted for the purpose of carrying out the powers and duties of the board, together with their necessary traveling expenses incurred in connection with performance of their official duties.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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20092. Each employing agency that employs an elected member of the board shall be reimbursed by the retirement fund in an amount equal to the salary and benefits paid to the elected board member by the employing agency for the percentage of the elected board member’s regular work schedule during which the elected board member is on leave from the employing agency to attend meetings or activities of the board, or meetings of committees or subcommittees of the board, or when serving as president or vice president of the board or chair or vice chair of a committee or subcommittee of the board, or when carrying out other powers or duties as may be approved by the board, or to otherwise fulfill his or her responsibilities to the system.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 778, Sec. 1. (SB 215) Effective January 1, 2014.)
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20093. The members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred through service on the board.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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20094. The counsel to the board shall notify each new member of the board upon his or her assumption of office and each member of the board annually that he or she is subject to the gift provisions of Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 89500) of Title 9.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 291. Effective January 1, 2007.)
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20095. The term of office of members of the board is four years expiring on January 15 in the order fixed by law. The board shall hold special elections to fill vacancies which occur during the term of elected members of the board. If at the time a vacancy occurs, the unexpired term is less than two years, the new member elected to fill that vacancy shall hold office for a period equal to the remainder of the term of the vacated office plus four years.
The Governor or the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Committee on Rules, as the case may be, shall fill a vacancy of a member appointed pursuant to subdivision (e) or (f) of Section 20090 by the appointment of a person having the requisite qualifications for the remainder of the vacated term of office.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, any person elected to the board under Section 20090 shall be entitled to hold that office until the end of the term.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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20096. The board shall cause ballots to be distributed to each active and retired member of the system in advance of each election, and shall provide for the return of the voted ballots to the board without cost to the member, and shall develop election procedures. The results shall be certified by the Secretary of State. The board may require all persons who perform election duties to certify, under penalty of perjury, that they properly performed those duties.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 724, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 1997.)
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20096.3. If an incumbent member of the board, holding a board seat described in subdivision (g) of Section 20090, does not deliver his or her completed nomination documents to the election coordinator for reelection by the applicable filing deadline for candidates for the seat, any otherwise eligible person other than the person who was the incumbent on the filing deadline shall have until 10 days after the filing deadline to file nomination documents for the same office. This section is not applicable if there is no incumbent eligible to be elected or if the notice of election states that the incumbent does not intend to be a candidate for reelection.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1139, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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20096.5. Candidates for board seats described in subdivision (g) of Section 20090, including incumbent board members running for reelection, shall file campaign statements with the Secretary of State and the board pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 84200) of Chapter 4 of Title 9.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 440, Sec. 1. (AB 1028) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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20097. The board shall maintain its office in the City of Sacramento. A quorum of the board is seven members. The board shall elect a president from its membership.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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20098. (a) The board shall appoint and, notwithstanding Sections 19825, 19826, 19829, and 19832, shall fix the compensation of an executive officer, a general counsel, a chief actuary, a chief investment officer, a chief financial officer, a chief operating officer, a chief health director, and other investment officers and portfolio managers whose positions are designated managerial pursuant to Section 18801.1.
(b) The executive officer, deputy executive officers, and the assistant executive officers may administer oaths.
(c) When fixing the compensation for the positions specified in subdivision (a), the board shall be guided by the principles contained in Sections 19826 and 19829, consistent with its fiduciary responsibility to its members to recruit and retain highly qualified and effective employees for these positions.
(d) The annual percentage increase in salary that may be paid pursuant to this section to a person who served as chief health director or as chief operating officer on January 1, 2018, and who does not separate from service in the position prior to the date on which the increase is applied, shall not exceed either of the following:
(1) Ten percent for the 2018–19 fiscal year.
(2) Five percent for any fiscal year subsequent to the 2018–19 fiscal year.
(e) When a position specified in subdivision (a) is filled through a general civil service appointment, it shall be filled from an eligible list based on an examination that was held on an open basis, and tenure in the position shall be subject to Article 2 (commencing with Section 19590) of Chapter 7 of Part 2. In addition to the causes for action specified in that article, the board may take action under the article for causes related to its fiduciary responsibility to its members, including the employee’s failure to meet specified performance objectives.
(f) An individual who held a position designated in subdivision (a), or was a member of the board, a deputy executive officer, or an assistant executive officer, shall not, for a period of two years after leaving that position, for compensation, act as agent or attorney for, or otherwise represent, any other person, except the state, by making any formal or informal appearance before, or any oral or written communication to, the Public Employees’ Retirement System, or any officer or employee thereof, if the appearance or communication is made for the purpose of influencing administrative or legislative action or any action or proceeding involving the issuance, amendment, awarding, or revocation of a permit, license, grant, contract, or sale or purchase of goods or property.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 916, Sec. 1. (AB 2415) Effective January 1, 2019.)
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20099. The board may appoint a committee of one or more of its members to perform any act within the power of the board itself to perform. The board may also delegate authority to the executive officer to perform those acts. Except where the board, in delegating authority to a committee or the executive officer, provides that the committee or the executive officer may act finally, all acts of the committee or the executive officer shall be reported to the board, at its next regular meeting, and shall be subject to review and ratification or reversal by the board.
Reversal by the board of any act of the committee or the executive officer shall be effective as of the date fixed by the board, but payment of benefits prior to board action shall not be affected by that action, except for such recovery of amounts paid from the person to whom they were paid as the board may direct.
The executive officer may delegate to his or her subordinates any act or duty unless the board by motion or resolution recorded in the minutes has required him or her to act personally.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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20100. The board shall adopt a policy for providing education to board members. The policy, at a minimum, shall do the following:
(a) Identify appropriate topics for board member education, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Fiduciary responsibilities.
(2) Ethics.
(3) Pension fund investments and investment program management.
(4) Actuarial matters.
(5) Pension funding.
(6) Benefits administration.
(7) Disability evaluation.
(8) Fair hearings.
(9) Pension fund governance.
(10) New board member orientation.
(b) Establish a means for determining the programs, training, and educational sessions that qualify as board member education.
(c) Require that all board members receive a minimum of 24 hours of board member education within the first two years of assuming office and for every subsequent two-year period the board member continues to hold membership on the board.
(d) Require the board to maintain a record of board member compliance with the policy. The policy and an annual report on board member compliance shall be placed on the system’s Internet Web site.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 140, Sec. 1. (AB 1163) Effective January 1, 2015.)
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20120. The management and control of this system is vested in the board.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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20121. The board may make such rules as it deems proper.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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20122. Each member and each person retired is subject to this part and the rules adopted by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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20123. Subject to this part and its rules, the board shall determine and may modify benefits for service and disability.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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20124. The board shall adjust the payment of benefits payable pursuant to this part, as necessary, in order to maximize the benefits available to members who are subject to the limits of Section 415 of Title 26 of the United States Code. Those adjustments shall include, but are not limited to, cost-of-living adjustments, cost-of-living banks, temporary annuities, survivor continuance benefits, or any combinations thereof.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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20125. The board shall determine who are employees and is the sole judge of the conditions under which persons may be admitted to and continue to receive benefits under this system.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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20126. Refusal by this system to admit liability pursuant to any provision of this part shall not be considered arbitrary or capricious action or conduct within the meaning of Section 800, or any other provision of law.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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20127. The board may require a member to provide evidence of his or her entitlement to benefits under the federal system.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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20128. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may require a member or beneficiary to provide information it deems necessary to determine this system’s liability with respect to, and an individual’s entitlement to, benefits prescribed by this part.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)