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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 22014.

22014. “Fireman” as used in this part means any employee of the Division of Forestry, Department of Conservation, employed to perform duties now performed under the following titles: State Forester; all classes of rangers; all classes of deputy state foresters; all classes of fire prevention and law enforcement officers; all classes of foresters; all classes of forestry foreman; all classes of forestry trainees; all classes of forestry equipment and civil engineers; forestry superintendent, conservation camps; forest firetruck driver; forestry fireman; forest firefighter; equipment maintenance foreman or forestry equipment operator; or employed in any other position the principal duties of which consist of active fire suppression, and any employee of a public agency other than the state or University of California in a position designated as a fireman’s position by the board for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 678, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 22014.1.

22014.1. “Fireman” as used in this part also means any officer or employee of a county having a population in excess of 5,000,000 who is employed by the forestry division of the county fire department and whose principal duties consist of active fire suppression for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 678, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 22014.5.

22014.5. “Fireman” as used in this part includes persons employed as “campus firefighter” and other persons employed in positions described in Section 20412 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 678, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 22015.

22015. “Member,” with respect to any retirement system, for the purposes provided in Section 218 (d)(6)(E) of the Social Security Act, shall include in addition to a member of the system any nonmember in a position in which he may elect membership.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 662.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 22016.

22016. For the purposes of this part, persons employed by a county superintendent of schools and whose salaries are paid from the county school service fund are county employees, except that in any county where it has been determined by the board that the office of the county superintendent of schools is a separate public agency, in which case such persons are employees of the county superintendent of schools. The cost of any elections and the employer’s contribution for such employees under this part are proper charges against the county school service fund and such contribution shall be requisitioned and paid to the state as provided in Section 22550.5 of this code.
This section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, preexisting law and all action heretofore taken by a county board of supervisors for coverage under the federal system of employees of the county superintendent of schools whose salaries are paid from the county school service fund, in accordance with state and federal law, is hereby ratified, confirmed and validated.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 120.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 22017.

22017. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state and any public agency may establish a separate object of appropriation or a subobject of appropriation within salaries and employee benefits for the payment of compensation to employees who are on approved leaves of absence on account of sickness. The amount of compensation to be paid to employees under this object or subobject shall be that established by statute, salary ordinance or statement, except that no compensation shall be paid when an employee is on authorized leave without pay even though such leave may be on account of sickness.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 491.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 22018.

22018. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, to the extent possible, members of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan earn credit towards Medicare coverage.
(b) In accomplishing the goal specified in subdivision (a), the board shall make available to school districts, community college districts, and county superintendents of schools information concerning the procedure for earning credit for social security coverage for school related service not credited under the Teachers’ Retirement Law.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 519, Sec. 32. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups › ARTICLE 2 - Designation of Special Groups › Section 22100.

22100. (a) For all purposes under this part, the following group of employees shall constitute a separate coverage group: civilian employees of National Guard units of the state who are employed pursuant to Section 90 of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916 (32 U.S.C. Sec. 42), and paid from funds allotted to those units by the Department of Defense.
(b) The Adjutant General may enter into an agreement with the board pursuant to Section 22203 for the purpose of obtaining coverage under the federal system for these employees.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 300. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups › ARTICLE 2 - Designation of Special Groups › Section 22125.

22125. For all purposes of this part relating to Section 218(c) of the Social Security Act, employees in any class or classes of positions covered by a retirement system excluded from the agreement pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of Section 218(c) of the Social Security Act at the time it is made applicable to such retirement system and to which the agreement does not already apply shall constitute a separate retirement system coverage group.
For the purposes of the referendum among eligible retirement system employees in such retirement system coverage group as required by Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this part and Section 218(d) of the Social Security Act, each such class shall constitute a separate retirement system.
(Added by renumbering Section 22150 by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1993.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups › ARTICLE 2 - Designation of Special Groups › Section 22126.

22126. Notwithstanding Section 22009.1, each retirement system which covers positions of policemen or firemen, or both, and other positions shall constitute a separate retirement system with respect to the positions of policemen or firemen, or both, covered by the system. Policemen and firemen shall vote separately from the other members of the system.
If the federal system is extended to any fireman’s or policeman’s position it shall be extended to them as a unit without any division of their separate retirement systems.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1353.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups › ARTICLE 2.5 - Division of Retirement Systems › Section 22150.

22150. Unless otherwise provided in this article, the board shall authorize a division of a retirement system upon the request of any public agency having employees in positions covered by the system or upon authorization of the Legislature. An election among members of the system shall not be required. A retirement system as defined in subdivisions (d) and (f) of Section 22009.1 shall be divided pursuant to this article only if the division is otherwise authorized by the Legislature. The board shall designate the person to conduct the division, as defined in subdivision (m) of Section 22009.1, of a retirement system.
For purposes of this section and all coverage procedures under this part subsequent to division of the retirement system defined in subdivision (g) of Section 22009.1 the University of California shall be deemed to be a public agency.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 328, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups › ARTICLE 2.5 - Division of Retirement Systems › Section 22151.

22151. The division shall be conducted in accordance with Section 218(d)(7) of the Social Security Act and applicable federal and board rules and regulations by the person or body designated under Article 2, Chapter 2 of this part to conduct a referendum in the system to be divided.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 777.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups › ARTICLE 2.5 - Division of Retirement Systems › Section 22151.1.

22151.1. A county superintendent of schools whose employees are deemed county employees may request a division and give notice of a division in anticipation of a finding that his office is a separate public agency. Upon such request, the county superintendent’s office shall be deemed to be a public agency for purposes of this article.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 316.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups › ARTICLE 2.5 - Division of Retirement Systems › Section 22152.

22152. Upon receiving evidence satisfactory to him with respect to any division of a retirement system that the conditions specified in Section 218(d)(7) of the Social Security Act have been met, the Governor or any other state official now or hereafter authorized by federal law, shall so certify to the federal agency.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 777.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups › ARTICLE 2.5 - Division of Retirement Systems › Section 22152.7.

22152.7. Notwithstanding the provisions contained in a charter of any chartered city, the legislative body of such a city may by ordinance provide that employees may either add or combine old age, survivors, and disability insurance with any existing pension system. The board subsequent to the passage of such an ordinance may, pursuant to this part, divide the retirement system of such city for coverage of members of such system under the federal system upon terms and conditions as the board and legislative body may determine.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1515.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups › ARTICLE 2.5 - Division of Retirement Systems › Section 22155.

22155. Whenever, on the request of the governing body of a public agency, a retirement system has been divided pursuant to this article, the board, on the request of the governing body, shall execute in conformity with Section 218 of the Social Security Act and applicable federal regulations a modification to the agreement providing for transfer to the system as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (m) of Section 22009.1 created by the division, the position of any member included in the system, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (m) of Section 22009.1, who requests a transfer pursuant to Section 218(d)(6)(F) of the Social Security Act and board rules.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 328, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups › ARTICLE 2.5 - Division of Retirement Systems › Section 22156.

22156. (a) A division of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan is hereby authorized by the Legislature to provide Medicare coverage for employees of a public agency, as defined in Section 22009.03, upon the request of the public agency.
(b) The division authorized by subdivision (a) shall be conducted pursuant to this article.
(c) A member of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan on whose behalf a request is made pursuant to subdivision (a) may elect to be covered by Medicare, pursuant to Section 218 of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 418), and applicable federal regulations if all of the following apply:
(1) The member was employed in a position covered by the plan on March 31, 1986.
(2) The member has not since been mandated into Medicare coverage due to the enactment of Public Law 99-272.
(3) The member is in a position covered or the member is eligible to elect to be covered by the retirement system on the date of the division.
(d) The public agency shall immediately make an application pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 22200) of this part for Medicare coverage for those members who have elected to receive Medicare coverage.
(e) The effective date of the coverage may be retroactive, but not earlier than the last day of the sixth calendar year preceding the year in which the agreement or modifications, as the case may be, is submitted to the Commissioner of Social Security.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 328, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 1 - Applications for Coverage › Section 22200.

22200. The board is hereby authorized on behalf of the state to administer and to maintain in full force and effect the agreement entered into between the state and the Federal Security Administrator on March 9, 1951, and all modifications thereof heretofore made.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 83, Sec. 81. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 1 - Applications for Coverage › Section 22201.

22201. The board shall, upon application by any public agency except the state, in accordance with the provisions of this part execute on behalf of the state an agreement with the federal agency for the coverage of employees of such public agency under the federal system in conformity with the provisions of Section 218 of the Social Security Act and applicable federal regulations.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1353.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 1 - Applications for Coverage › Section 22201.7.

22201.7. The board shall upon the request of the legislative or governing body of any public agency, other than a school district, made after affirmative, secret vote of a majority of the eligible employees of the public agency in the class to be excluded, execute a modification to the agreement in conformity with federal law and regulations to exclude from coverage in any coverage group of such agency service in any class or classes of part-time positions.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 110.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 1 - Applications for Coverage › Section 22202.

22202. With respect to employees in the coverage group defined in subdivision (a) of Section 22100, the application shall be deemed to be made by a public agency if made by the Adjutant General. With respect to employees in positions covered by the retirement system set forth in subdivision (d) of Section 22009.1, the application shall be deemed to be made by a public agency if made by the Teachers’ Retirement Board. With respect to employees in positions covered by the retirement system set forth in subdivision (g) of Section 22009.1, the application shall be deemed to be made by a public agency if made by the Regents of the University of California. With respect to employees in the coverage group defined in subdivision (l) of Section 22009.1, the application shall be deemed to be made by a public agency if made by the governing body of the public agency, as defined in Section 22009.03.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 328, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 1 - Applications for Coverage › Section 22203.

22203. Notwithstanding Section 22201, before the board shall execute on behalf of the state an agreement with the federal agency as provided in this chapter, the public agency and the board shall enter into a written agreement, that shall include provisions not inconsistent with this part that the board deems necessary in the administration of the federal system as it affects the state and the public agency and its employees.
For the purposes of this section, the state shall not be deemed to be a public agency, but nevertheless an agreement entered into pursuant to this part by the board and the Teachers’ Retirement Board or the Adjutant General or the Regents of the University of California or the governing body of a public agency, as defined in Section 22009.03, shall be deemed to be entered into by the board and a public agency.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 328, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 1 - Applications for Coverage › Section 22204.

22204. The agreement between the state and the federal agency shall include each coverage group or retirement system coverage group as to which formal request for the inclusion is made by the legislative or governing body of the employing public agency pursuant to this chapter, prior to the effective date of the agreement. For the purposes of this section, the state shall not be deemed to be a public agency, but nevertheless any formal request for the inclusion made by the Teachers’ Retirement Board upon authorization by the Legislature or by the Regents of the University of California, or by the Adjutant General, shall be deemed to be made by the governing body of an employing public agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 673, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 1 - Applications for Coverage › Section 22205.

22205. The legislative or governing body of every public agency having employees who are in positions not covered by any retirement system may, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the eligible employees of such public agency or of any coverage group thereof, make formal application to the board for inclusion of such eligible employees in the said agreement.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1441.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 1 - Applications for Coverage › Section 22206.

22206. The legislative or governing body of every public agency having employees in positions covered by a retirement system who are ineligible to become members of such retirement system may upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the eligible employees of any coverage group of such public agency of which the employees who are ineligible to be members of such retirement system are a part, make formal application to the board for inclusion of the eligible employees of such coverage group in the said agreement; provided, that the terms of the agreement do not already apply to said positions.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1353.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 1 - Applications for Coverage › Section 22207.

22207. The legislative or governing body of every public agency having employees in positions covered by a retirement system who are ineligible to become members of such retirement system may in the case of any coverage group to which said agreement already applies, and upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the eligible employees in any coverage group of such public agency of which the employees who are ineligible to be members of such retirement system are a part, make formal application to the board for inclusion of the eligible employees of such coverage group in the said agreement; provided, that the terms of the agreement do not already apply to said positions; and provided, that on the effective date specified in said agreement relating to the coverage of such employees under the federal system, such employees are ineligible to be members of any retirement system.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1353.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 1 - Applications for Coverage › Section 22207.5.

22207.5. Whenever an affirmative vote of a majority of the eligible employees in any coverage group is required as a condition of an application under this article, such requirement shall be deemed satisfied by the signatures of a majority of such eligible employees on a written petition to the legislative or governing body requesting such application. For the purposes of such requirement an employee shall be an eligible employee in each coverage group of a public agency in which he is employed and which is included in a separate application of the public agency.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 465.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 1 - Applications for Coverage › Section 22207.6.

22207.6. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the board may execute a modification of the agreement, in conformity with the provisions of Section 218 of the Social Security Act and applicable federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to include the services of employees of a public agency which has ceased to exist if, with respect to all such services, all taxes required of an employer and an employee under Sections 3101 and 3111 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 were reported and paid by the public agency to the Internal Revenue Service in the mistaken belief that such reporting and payment established coverage for such employees and a refund of such taxes has not been requested or made.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 257.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 1 - Applications for Coverage › Section 22208.

22208. With respect to each retirement system coverage group, the legislative or governing body of every public agency having employees in positions covered by a retirement system, may, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of eligible retirement system employees of the retirement system coverage group at a referendum conducted in accordance with Article 2 (commencing with Section 22300) of this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated by the board pursuant to this part, make formal application to the board for the inclusion of the employees in each retirement system coverage group in the agreement.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 328, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 1 - Applications for Coverage › Section 22209.

22209. At the request of a public agency, or as otherwise permitted by the board, any class or classes of positions covered by a retirement system which may be excluded from coverage under the federal system pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of Section 218(c) of the Social Security Act, and to which the agreement does not already apply, may be excluded from the agreement at the time it is made applicable to such retirement system; except that such exclusion shall not include any services to which Section 218(c)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act is applicable.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 83, Sec. 82. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 1 - Applications for Coverage › Section 22212.

22212. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, the board shall execute a modification of the agreement in conformity with the provisions of Section 218 of the Social Security Act and applicable federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to include the services of employees in positions covered by the Judges’ Retirement System, when a majority of the eligible retirement system employees in positions covered by such system at a referendum conducted by the board pursuant to Article 2 of this chapter and Section 218(d) of the Social Security Act have voted in favor of inclusion in the federal system.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1441.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 1 - Applications for Coverage › Section 22215.

22215. All acts and proceedings heretofore taken under this part by or on behalf of the state or any other public agency for inclusion of its employees in the federal system and all modifications to the agreement executed by the board pursuant to such acts and proceedings are hereby confirmed, validated and declared legally effective. This provision shall operate to supply such legislative authorization as may be necessary to validate such acts, proceedings, and modifications based thereon as the Legislature could have provided for inclusion of such employees in the federal system.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1180.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 2 - Retirement System Referendums › Section 22300.

22300. Unless otherwise provided in this article the board shall authorize a referendum among the eligible employees of any retirement system coverage group upon the request of the legislative or governing body of any public agency having employees in such retirement system coverage group.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1353.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 2 - Retirement System Referendums › Section 22301.

22301. In the case of employees in positions covered by a retirement system as set forth in subdivision (i) of Section 22009.1, such request may be made by such officials as the board deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this part as they relate to such system.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 662.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 2 - Retirement System Referendums › Section 22302.

22302. In the case of employees in positions covered by the retirement system set forth in subdivision (d) of Section 22009.1, the Teachers’ Retirement Board shall conduct the referendum; if the referendum is authorized by the Legislature.
In the case of employees in positions covered by the retirement system set forth in subdivision (g) of Section 22009.1 the board shall authorize the referendum upon the request of the Regents of the University of California and the regents shall conduct the referendum.
In the case of employees in positions covered by the retirement system set forth in subdivision (l) of Section 22009.1, the board shall authorize the referendum upon the request of the governing body of a public agency, as defined by Section 22009.03.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 328, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 4 - FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSURANCE › CHAPTER 2 - Agreements for Coverage › ARTICLE 2 - Retirement System Referendums › Section 22303.

22303. In the case of employees in positions covered by the retirement systems set forth in subdivision (f) of Section 22009.1, the board shall conduct each such referendum; provided, that each such referendum is authorized by the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1300.)
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22304. The referendum shall be conducted, and the Governor or any other state agency or state official now or hereafter authorized by federal law shall designate an agency or individual to supervise its conduct, in accordance with the requirements of Section 218(d) of the Social Security Act, on the question of whether service in positions covered by a retirement system established by the State or by a political subdivision or agency thereof should be excluded from or included under an agreement under this chapter. The notice of referendum required by Section 218(d)(3)(C) of the Social Security Act to be given to employees shall contain or shall be accompanied by a statement, in such form and such detail as the agency or individual designated to supervise the referendum shall deem necessary and sufficient to inform the employees of the rights and benefits which will accrue to them and their dependents and survivors, and the liabilities to which they will be subject if their services are included under an agreement under this part. Such statement shall include a general explanation of the modification, if any, of the existing retirement plan that may result therefrom. It is not intended that any modification of any existing retirement plan must result, nor that a plan of maintaining full benefits of the local system together with full benefits of the federal system shall be precluded.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1441.)
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22305. Upon receiving evidence satisfactory to him that with respect to any referendum the conditions specified in Section 218(d)(3) of the Social Security Act have been met, the Governor or any other state official now or hereafter authorized by federal law shall so certify to the federal agency.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1441.)
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22307. If for any reason it is determined that any eligible retirement system employee was not given an opportunity to vote in the referendum conducted with respect to the retirement system of which he was a member at the time of the referendum, or that an employee who was permitted to vote in such referendum was not an eligible retirement system employee at that time, such determination shall not invalidate the results of such referendum if a majority of the eligible retirement system employees under such retirement system voted in such referendum in favor of inclusion under the federal system.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1441.)
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22308. This article does not apply to a retirement system composed of the positions of members of a divided system who desire coverage under the federal system as defined in subdivision (m) of Section 22009.1 and wherever in this part the conduct of a referendum is made a condition, the condition shall be fully satisfied by compliance with Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 22150) of Chapter 1 as to that retirement system.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 328, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 2006.)
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22500. The board shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry into effect the provisions of this part in conformity with Section 218 of Title II of the Social Security Act and federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto, including, but not limited to, the conditions, method and procedure to be followed in the conduct of the referendums provided for in Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1441.)
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22501. The board, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may designate other state agencies to perform work, furnish services, materials, or equipment, or otherwise assist in the administration of this part in accordance with this code relating to interagency services and the payment therefor now or hereafter made.
The proportionate share of amounts charged to the board by such agencies pursuant to such designation by the board, and, notwithstanding Section 11044, charges for all legal services rendered by the office of the Attorney General to the board pursuant to this part, shall be assessed against each public agency under the agreement, in accordance with the provisions of Section 22551.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 49.)
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22502. Agreements as defined in Section 22006, and all applications and agreements and contracts and any amendments thereto between the board and the Adjutant General, the Teachers’ Retirement Board, the Regents of the University of California, and any public agency, except the state, executed by the board pursuant to this part are hereby excepted from the provisions of Section 13370, and of any other statutory provision that would otherwise require the approval of any of those agreements and contracts and any amendments thereto by any other state officer or agency.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 519, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 2004.)
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22503. The board may delegate to the executive officer authority to perform any act within the power of the board itself to perform under this part. 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 the executive officer to act personally.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 637, Sec. 9.)
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22550. For the purposes of this article, the term “public agency” includes the Board of Regents of the University of California.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1441.)
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22550.5. A school district whose employees in positions covered under a retirement system, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 22009.1, are included in the agreement, shall be subject to all obligations and liabilities imposed on a public agency under this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 728, Sec. 9.)
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22551. (a) The board may charge or assess a public agency, and the public agency shall pay and reimburse the state at the times and in the amounts as the board may determine, the public agency’s proportionate share of all costs incurred by the state in the administration of the federal system as it affects the public agency and its employees. The charges and assessments may differ from public agency to public agency. The charges or assessments shall be determined by the board in a manner approved by the Department of Finance and may be charged or assessed either in arrears or on the basis of anticipated costs not to exceed one year in advance.
(b) A penalty of 50 percent of the amount charged or assessed shall be added to each charge or assessment that is delinquent 90 days after a notice of the charge or assessment was mailed by the board. The total amount of the charge, assessment, and penalty that remains unpaid after 120 days shall accrue interest at the rate of 7 percent per annum. The charges, assessments, penalties, and interest collected shall be paid into the Treasury and credited as revenue to the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance Revolving Fund for use by the board upon appropriation by the Legislature pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 22600.
(c) For charges and assessments levied on state departments and agencies pursuant to this section, the Controller shall transfer funds from those departments and agencies into the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance Revolving Fund based on a schedule provided by the board and approved by the Department of Finance.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 24, Sec. 18. (SB 83) Effective June 27, 2019.)
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22552. The board may charge or assess each public agency and each public agency shall pay and reimburse the state at such times and in such amounts as the board may determine, the approximate cost to the state of any and all work and services relating to a division under Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 22150) of Chapter 1 or the referendum provided by Article 2 (commencing with Section 22300) of Chapter 2 and requested by the agency. The charges or assessments shall be determined by the board in a manner approved by the Department of Finance.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 51.)
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22553. Each public agency included in the agreement between the board and the federal agency pursuant to the provisions of this part shall be liable for the contributions required of an employer under the provisions of Section 3111 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and the portion required to be withheld from the salaries and wages of the employees as required under the provisions of Section 3101 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1441.)
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22554. Every public agency included in the agreement between the board and the federal agency may withhold from wages and salaries paid by them to officers and employees covered by the said agreement that portion required to be withheld from the salaries and wages of employees under the provisions of Section 3101 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, including contributions due on wages paid for services previously performed after the effective date of coverage where retroactive coverage has been requested by the public agency.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1441.)
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22555. Every public agency included in the agreement shall upon written request of the board pay to the board moneys that the state may be obligated to pay or forfeit to the federal government by reason of any failure on the part of any public agency for any cause or reason to pay contributions, interest, penalties, or other amounts required by the agreement and federal regulations adopted at the time and in amounts as required by the agreement or federal regulations. The board, in lieu of collection from the public agency, may offset any sum that does not exceed one dollar ($1) from excess moneys in the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance Revolving Fund that are subject to transfer between the fund and the appropriation available for support of the board as provided in Section 22603.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 24, Sec. 19. (SB 83) Effective June 27, 2019.)
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22556. A public agency on whose behalf the board has made advances of money pursuant to Section 22601 shall reimburse the state the amount of the advances, with interest at the rate of 7 percent per annum from the time of the advance, unless the amount of interest, if charged, would be less than one dollar ($1). The interest when collected shall be paid into the Treasury and credited as revenue to the General Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 24, Sec. 20. (SB 83) Effective June 27, 2019.)
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22557. No statute of this State shall limit the time within which the board may enforce the payment of any amount payable to this State by a public agency pursuant to the provisions of this part by civil action or any other remedy.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1441.)