AB 1626 (Galgiani)
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SACRS
2009 Legislation
2009
Legislative Committee Members
Richard Stensrud, Chair; Sacramento, Administrator
Charnel Benner, Marin; Administrator
Yves Chery, Los Angeles, Trustee
Chuck Conrad, Alameda; Administrator
Art Goulet, Ventura; Trustee
David Muir, Los Angeles; General Counsel
Bill Pollacek, Contra Costa; Treasurer/Tax Collector
Annette St. Urbain, San Joaquin; Administrator
Tracy Towner, Ventura; Trustee
Julie Wyne, Orange; Assistant CEO & General Counsel
Contributors:
Cynthia Lau, LACERA
AB 446 (Niello)
Additional Retirement Credit Report
• Requires PERS to produce a report on the use
of Additional Retirement Credit
• Intent language stating the existence of
widespread public concern about ARC time was
deleted
• Passed Assm. PERS Committee on consent
• Status: Pending hearing in the Assembly
Appropriations Committee
AB 609 (Conway)
1937 Act Administrative Expenditure
Cap Placeholder
• SACRS Sponsored Bill
• Contains intent language to examine the
advisability of linking administrative
expenditures with system asset levels
• Consultative process with ‘37 Act stakeholders
to precede development of final language
• Status: Passed Assembly PERS Comm
May 6, 2009
AB 850 (De La Torre)
Conflict of Interests;
3rd Part Liability
• Adds to existing conflict of interest prohibitions
for public officials the act of knowingly inducing
or conspiring to create financial gain from a
state or local government contract
• Status: Pending hearing in Assembly
Appropriations Committee
AB 1034 (Huffman) Marin County
Independent District
• Extends Independent District status to
Marin CERA
• Bill Not Heard this session
• Status: Assembly PERS Committee – 2-year bill
AB 1136 (Fong)
Optional Settlements
• Allows revocation of optional settlements to
provide for a spousal benefit if the member was
1) Married for less than 1 year or unmarried at
the date of retirement and;
2) Retired before optional settlements were made
available in that county
• Sponsored by CRCEA
• Status: Passed the Assembly PERS Comm on
May 6, 2009
AB 1354 (Fong)
Federal Tax Conformity
SACRS Sponsored Bill
Conforms the ’37 Act to federal IRS Sec. 415
limits for benefit distributions
Further federal tax conformity language to
be added to this measure
• Status: Passed Assembly PERS Comm on
consent May 6, 2009
AB 1355 (Fong)
Survivor’s Allowances
• SACRS Sponsored measure
• Adds reference to appropriate code sections for
alternative method for calculating survivor
allowances for those receiving both ’37 Act and
Social Security on a non-integrated basis
• Status: Passed Assembly PERS Committee on
consent on May 6, 2009
AB 1406 (Emmerson)
Independent District Expansion
• Sponsored by San Bernardino County
Employees Retirement Association
• Extends independent district status to whole
organization
• OCERS amended out at first hearing: SBCERA
only
• Status: Passed Assembly PERS Comm
May 6, 2009
SB 11 (Negrete McLeod)
San Bernardino County Health
Benefits
• Allows San Bernardino County Retirement
System to establish a trust for the acceptance
of OPEB contributions from any local agency
• Re-run of AB 1586 (Negrete-McLeod) of 2008 –
caught in mass vetoes during budget delay last
year
• Status: Passed Senate Floor 31-3 on May 6
SB 345 (Negrete McLeod) Safety
Member Death Benefits
• For San Bernardino only, adjusts survivor
benefits if the member dies in the line of duty
prior to a scheduled salary increase
• Mirrors CalPERS practice
• Sponsored by San Bernardino County Deputy
Sheriffs Assoc
• Status: Senate Floor vote pending
SB 414 (Correa) Retirement Board
Alternate Members
• Deletes the authority of a retirement board to prohibit
participation of alternate members
• Requires BOR to fill vacancies of 2nd, 3rd, 7th and 8th members
• Requires BOR to appoint alternate retired member if vacancy
occurs and establishes process to fill Board of Investments
vacancies
• Re-run of AB 2526 (Berryhill) which failed in 2008.
• Bill not heard in 2009
• Sponsor: CRCEA
Status: Senate PERS
SB 538 (Sen PERS Comm)
Safety Officer Mandatory
Retirement
• Allows for a medical certification, in LA County
only, to determine if a safety member returning
from disability leave is subject to mandatory
retirement
• Sponsored by CA Professional Firefighters
• Status: Passed Senate, awaiting Assembly
committee assignment
Worker’s Compensation
Legislation
AB 128 (Coto)
Worker’s Compensation: Cancer
Presumption
•Extends from 3 months per year of service to 1
year per year of service the time after retirement
that cancer can be presumed to be work-related
•Sponsored by CA Assoc of Hwy Patrolmen and
CA Professional Firefighters
•Opposed by CSAC, LA and Orange Counties,
Rural Counties
•Status: Re-referred to Assembly Appropriations
AB 1227 (Feuer)
Worker’s Compensation: Leaves of
Absences
• Extends exisitng 4850 time to safety officers
within the ’37 Act, CalPERS and LA City Police
and Fire
• Adds school district & CA community college
police and park rangers to those eligible for
4850 time.
• Expressly excludes City and County of San
Francisco
• PORAC sponsored
• Status: Pending in Assm. Appropriations Comm
SB 186 (DeSaulnier) Worker’s
Compensation Pre-designation of
Physician
• Maintains law to allow employees to pre-
designate physician in the event of WC injury
• Law scheduled to sunset December 31, 2009
• Repeals report due to Legislature on 12/31/08
from Division of Workers Compensation on
physician pre-designation
• Sponsored by Cal Fed of Labor and Firefighters
• Status: Passed Senate 29-10; awaiting
Assembly committee assignment