Status: From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R.
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 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
Status: Read second time. Amended. To second reading.
Existing law creates the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority with specified powers and duties relative to the development of a plan for implementation and operation of a water transit system on San Francisco Bay. Existing law requires that the primary focus of the authority and the plan be to provide new or expanded water transit services and related ground transportation terminal access services that were not in operation as of June 30, 1999. This bill would instead require that the primary focus of the authority and the plan be to operate a comprehensive regional public water transit system and to coordinate waterborne transit emergency response activities.
Position: Watch