Jacqui Irwin
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 42
Author
The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) authorizes counties to establish retirement systems pursuant to its provisions for the purpose of providing pension, disability, and other benefits to county and district employees. CERL defines compensation earnable for purposes of its provisions, with particular application to the calculation of final compensation and the determination of pension amounts and other benefits. Existing law, the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013, prescribes various limitations on public employees, employers, and retirement systems concerning, among other things, the types of remuneration that may be included in compensation that is applied to pensions. This bill, which would apply only in Ventura County, would provide that compensation and compensation earnable include flexible benefits plan allowances paid by a county or a district on behalf of its employees as part of a cafeteria plan, as specified, if certain conditions are met. Among these conditions, the bill would require that the retirement system included the flexible benefit plan allowance as part of compensation earnable as of July 30, 2020, that the employer and employee paid contributions to the retirement system based on the flexible benefit plan allowance, and that the employer and employee continue to pay those contributions as the employee earns this allowance. The bill would apply these provisions to eligible members who retire on or before December 31, 2025. For members who retire after December 31, 2025, to the extent the retirement system excludes any remuneration, as described above, from the definition of compensation or compensation earnable, the bill would require the retirement system to refund contributions to the member, and to credit contributions to the employer, that were made based on the excluded remuneration in accordance with requirements under the Internal Revenue Code. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Ventura.
Vetoed by Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 10.).
From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 31).
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 6056.)
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 4954.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From inactive file.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
Ordered to second reading.
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Limón.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 12).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 9. Page 1649.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (May 20).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (April 14).
From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB826 | HTML |
| 02/16/21 - Introduced | |
| 04/19/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/21/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/22/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/14/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/31/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/03/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/02/22 - Enrolled |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/12/21- Assembly Natural Resources | |
| 05/11/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/24/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 07/09/21- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 07/12/21- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 07/14/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/01/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/05/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/22/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/30/22- Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 08/31/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 10/03/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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