California Government Code

§ 31485.16

GOV § 31485.16 Effective Jul 15, 2010Div. 4 · Title 3 · Part 3 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in a county of the fourth class, as defined in Sections 28020 and 28025, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of 1971, the board of supervisors may, by resolution adopted by majority vote, as part of any negotiated memorandum of understanding with a bargaining unit that represents safety employees, require a safety employee of that bargaining unit or unrepresented safety employee hired after approval of the resolution, to elect in writing, either the pension calculation stated in Section 31664 or the pension calculation stated in Section 31664.2. The election shall be made within 45 calendar days of beginning employment with the county. If a new safety employee does not elect the pension calculation stated in Section 31664.2 within 45 days of beginning employment, the new safety employee shall be deemed to have elected the pension calculation stated in Section 31664. Once made, a safety employee under this section shall not be permitted to rescind his or her election.

(b)The resolution described in subdivision (a) may provide a different formula or calculation of retirement benefits for new members of other safety bargaining units or other unrepresented safety employees hired after approval of the resolution, by making any section of this chapter applicable to those different safety bargaining units or unrepresented employees, within the safety member classification, pursuant to a negotiated memorandum of understanding as described in Section 3505.1.

(c)The resolution described in subdivision (a) may provide a different formula or calculation of safety retirement benefits for new safety members in one bargaining unit than that which is provided for new safety members of other bargaining units or new unrepresented safety members.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 81, Sec. 1. (AB 1667) Effective July 15, 2010.