Status: From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act permits an employer to elect to participate in the prefunding of health care coverage for annuitants. Under that law, if an employer elects to participate in the prefunding of health care coverage for annuitants, the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System determines the contribution rate for that employer. That law requires the board of administration to notify each employer that provides retirement benefits through the Public Employees' Retirement System of that employer's contribution rate, regardless of whether that employer participates in the prefunding of health care coverage. This bill would revise and recast those provisions to permit the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System to authorize an employer to participate in the prefunding of health care coverage and other postemployment benefits for annuitants. The bill would require a participating employer to contract with the board of administration regarding specified terms and conditions of the prefunding of health care coverage and other postemployment benefits.
Position: Support
Status: From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to make available for issuance the California memorial license plate. Additional fees other than the base fees are required for the issuance, renewal, retention, or transfer of California memorial license plates. Existing law requires 85% of the additional revenue derived from the issuance, renewal, transfer, and substitution of California memorial license plates to be deposited in the Antiterrorism Fund. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, 1/2 of the money in the fund is required to be allocated to the Office of Emergency Services to be used solely for antiterrorism activities, as defined, and 1/2 of the money in the fund is required to be used solely for antiterrorism activities. Eligible activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and training additional law enforcement, fire protection, and public health personnel, and response training for existing and additional law enforcement, fire protection, and public health personnel. This bill would appropriate $5,000,000 from the fund. $2,500,000 of that money would be appropriated to the Office of Emergency Services for disbursement in the 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10 fiscal years to the California Fire Fighter Joint Apprenticeship Program. The program would be required to expend that money to develop , in cooperation with the State Fire Marshall, antiterrorism training courses and reimburse fire agencies for antiterrorism training activities. The remaining $2,500,000 would be appropriated to the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training for expenditure in the 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10 fiscal years. The commission would be required to expend that money to develop antiterrorism training courses and reimburse local law enforcement agencies and eligible state law enforcement agencies for antiterrorism training activities.
Position: Watch
Status: Read third time, amended. To second reading.
The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 sets forth the membership composition for boards of retirement and board of investments, as specified. Under that law, the retirement board in specified counties is comprised of 9 members and, unless there is no eligible candidate, an alternate member who is the candidate for the 7th member from the group of safety members under specified provisions that is not represented by a board member who received the highest number of votes for all candidates in that group. Under that law, the alternate member shall vote as a member of the retirement board only if the 2nd, 3rd, 7th, or 8th member is absent from a board meeting or if there is a vacancy on the board with respect to those members, as specified. This bill would , unless prohibited by a resolution or regulation of the board, provide that the alternate member shall have the same rights, privileges, responsibilities, and access to closed sessions as the 2nd, 3rd, 7th, or 8th member and permit the alternate member to hold positions on committees of the board independent of the 2nd, 3rd, 7th, or 8th member and permit the alternate member to participate in the deliberations of the board or its committees whether or not the 2nd, 3rd, 7th, or 8th member is present. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Position: Watch