Chapter 15 - Employee Contributions

California Education Code — §§ 22900-22909

Sections (12)

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 123, Sec. 13. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2016.

By accepting employment to perform creditable service, a person consents to make contributions pursuant to Sections 22901 and 22901.7 for service and compensation credited under this part.

§ 22901

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 559, Sec. 15. (AB 1381) Effective January 1, 2014. Deemed operative January 1, 2013, by Sec. 1 of Ch. 559.

(a)Each member of the Defined Benefit Program shall contribute to the retirement fund an amount equivalent to 8 percent of the member’s creditable compensation, unless he or she is a member subject to the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013.

(b)Each member subject to the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 shall contribute to the retirement fund an amount equivalent to the percentage of the member’s creditable compensation calculated as follows:

(1)An initial percentage equal to 50 percent of the normal cost rate of benefits applicable to members subject to the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013,

rounded to the nearest quarter of 1 percent. The normal cost rate shall be adopted by the board.

(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), once established, the percentage described in paragraph (1) shall not be adjusted on account of a change to the normal cost rate, as adopted by the board, unless the normal cost rate increases or decreases by more than 1 percent of payroll above or below the normal cost rate in effect at the time the percentage is first established or, if later, the normal cost rate in effect at the time of the last adjustment.

(3)Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 7522.30 of the Government Code, this subdivision shall not be subject to the collective bargaining process.

(c)Notwithstanding Section 22905, any member contributions for service performed during the 2010–11 school year with a

service period ending after December 31, 2010, shall be credited pursuant to subdivision (a).

§ 22901.3

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 7. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.

(a)Notwithstanding Section 22901, the normal rate of contribution for a “state employee,” as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 3513 of the Government Code, who is a member of the Defined Benefit Program, may be established by a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5 of the Government Code. The memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if the provisions of the memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions may not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.

(b)The Director of Human Resources may establish the normal rate of contribution for a state employee who is a member of

the Defined Benefit Program who is excepted from the definition of “state employee” in subdivision (c) of Section 3513 of the Government Code, and an officer or employee of the executive branch of state government who is not a member of the civil service. The normal rate of contribution shall be the same for all members identified in this subdivision. The contribution rate shall be effective the beginning of the pay period indicated by the Director of Human Resources but shall be no earlier than the beginning of the pay period following the date the board receives notification.

§ 22901.7

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 47, Sec. 5. (AB 1469) Effective June 24, 2014. Adding action may become inoperative under conditions prescribed by Stats. 2014, Ch. 47, Sec. 13, subds. (b), (c), and (d).

(a)Commencing July 1, 2014, the amount of contributions required under subdivision (a) of Section 22901 and Section 22901.3 as it applies to a member who is not subject to the Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 shall increase by the percentage of the member’s compensation that is creditable to the Defined Benefit Program as follows:

(1)On July 1, 2014, by 0.15 percent.

(2)On July 1, 2015, by 1.20 percent.

(3)On July 1, 2016, by 2.25 percent.

(b)Commencing July 1, 2014, the amount of contributions required under subdivision (b) of

Section 22901 and Section 22901.3 as it applies to members who are subject to the Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 shall increase by the following percentages of the member’s compensation that is creditable to the Defined Benefit Program as follows:

(1)On July 1, 2014, by 0.15 percent.

(2)On July 1, 2015, by 0.56 percent.

(3)On July 1, 2016, by 1.205 percent.

(c)The act adding this section establishes the improvement factor provided pursuant to Sections 22140 and 22141 as a vested benefit pursuant to a contractually enforceable promise and a comparable new advantage in exchange for the contribution increases made pursuant to this section.

§ 22902

Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 110. Effective January 1, 1999.

Members’ accumulated retirement contributions and those other contributions required for credited service under this part shall be in the amounts required based on rates of contribution applicable for the years included in that period.

§ 22903

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 123, Sec. 14. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2016.

Notwithstanding Sections 22901, 22901.3, 22901.7, 22956, and 23000, the state and each school district, community college district, county board of education, and county superintendent of schools, may pick up, for the sole purpose of deferring taxes, as authorized by Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Sec. 414(h)(2)) and Section 17501 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, all of the contributions required to be paid under this part by a member of the Defined Benefit Program, provided that the contributions are deducted from the creditable compensation of the

member.

§ 22904

Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 112. Effective January 1, 1999.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state may pick up all or a portion of the contributions required to be paid under this part by a state employee who is a member of the Defined Benefit Program, provided that the contributions are deducted from the creditable compensation of the member. The pickup of member contributions shall be through a salary reduction program pursuant to Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.A. Sec. 414(h)(2)). These contributions shall be reported as employer-paid member contributions, and shall be credited to the account of the member.

§ 22905

§ 22906

Repealed and added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1021, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2001.

A member’s contributions that were made with respect to service that was erroneously credited under the Defined Benefit Program shall be returned to the member if the contributions for that service cannot be credited under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program pursuant to this part.

§ 22907

Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 114. Effective January 1, 1999.

Accumulated retirement contributions credited under this part to the account of a member whose date of birth is changed in the records of the system after December 31, 1979, shall be adjusted to the proper amount based on the correct birth date by either of the following methods:

(a)A refund of the excess contributions plus credited interest from the end of the school year in which contributions were overpaid because of the incorrect birth date.

(b)Payment by the member of the contributions due to the plan under this part plus regular interest from the end of the school year in which the contributions were underpaid to the date of payment.

§ 22908

Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 893, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.

(a)Subject to rules prescribed by the board, any member may elect to make annuity deposit contributions for the purpose of providing additional retirement income. However, on and after January 1, 1983, the system shall not accept any annuity deposit contributions.

(b)Accumulated annuity deposit contributions may be withdrawn as provided in Section 23107.

§ 22909

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 755, Sec. 24. (SB 1220) Effective January 1, 2015.

(a)Notwithstanding Sections 22901, 22956, and 23000, an employer may pay all or a portion of the contributions required to be paid by a member of the Defined Benefit Program. Where the member is included in a group or class of employment in which no members are subject to the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013, the payment shall be for all members in the group or class of employment. The payments shall be credited to member accounts pursuant to Section 22905. The employer shall report contributions to the system as if the member and the employer were paying the contributions in accordance with this part, notwithstanding this section. For purposes of this chapter, the member’s contributions shall be considered to be the percentage

of the member’s creditable compensation that would have been paid pursuant to this chapter, notwithstanding this section. Notwithstanding Section 22119.2, contributions paid pursuant to this section may not be included in creditable compensation.

(b)Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of an employer to periodically increase, reduce, or eliminate the payment by the employer of all or a portion of the contributions required to be paid by members of the Defined Benefit Program, as authorized by this section.

(c)This section shall only apply to an employer that is picking up members’ contributions pursuant to Section 22903 or 22904.

(d)As of January 1, 2013, this section shall not apply if the group

or class of employment includes members who are subject to the Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013. If the terms of a written agreement with an exclusive representative or a written employment agreement that is in effect on January 1, 2013, would be impaired by this subdivision, this subdivision shall not apply to the employer and members subject to that written agreement until the expiration of that written agreement. A renewal, amendment, or any other extension of that written agreement shall be subject to the requirements of this subdivision.

(e)As of January 1, 2014, this section shall not apply if the group or class of employment does not include members who are subject to the Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013. If the terms of a written agreement with an exclusive representative or a written employment agreement that

is in effect on January 1, 2014, would be impaired by this subdivision, this subdivision shall not apply to the employer and members subject to that written agreement until the expiration of that written agreement. A renewal, amendment, or any other extension of that written agreement shall be subject to the requirements of this subdivision.