Government Code § 21071 - California Law

Current Version

Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 91, Sec. 61. Effective July 3, 1998. Superseded on operative date of amendment by Stats. 1999, Ch. 555, as further amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 135.

(1)excluded from the definition of state employee in subdivision (c) of Section 3513; (2) employed by the executive branch of government who are not members of the civil service; or (3) included in the definition of state employee in subdivision (c) of Section 3513 shall

become subject to Section 21076.

(b)Any person who was a member on or before June 30, 1991, eligible to elect membership on or before June 30, 1991, or who was employed in any position on or before June 30, 1991, that would lead to membership as a state member, as defined in Section 20370, and who thereafter enters employment subject to Section 21076 shall be granted the rights provided in subdivision (c) of Section 21070, unless the person had earlier made an irrevocable election to be subject to Section 21076 or 21077. The one-year period in which to make the election provided in subdivision (c) of Section 21070 for any member who became a state member prior to January 1, 1994, shall commence with the mailing of a notice by the system to the member, of his or her election right. The effective date of the election shall be the date on which the member became a state miscellaneous or state industrial member. The member shall be obligated to

make the contributions specified in Section 20677.

(c)Effective on or after April 1, 1998, state miscellaneous or industrial members may elect to be subject to the service retirement formula prescribed in Section 21353.5, as an alternative to Second Tier membership under Section 21076. The election shall be provided to eligible members by the appointing authority, and, to be effective, an election must be filed with the board. Eligible members who must be in the employment of the state are defined as members in state bargaining units for which a memorandum of understanding has been agreed to by the state employer and the recognized employee organization to become subject to Section 21353.5. The effective date of a member’s election shall be the first day of the month following the date the election is filed with the system.

(d)This section shall not apply to state miscellaneous

members employed by the California State University or employees described in Section 20324.

Future Version

Amended (as amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 555) by Stats. 2000, Ch. 135, Sec. 72. Effective January 1, 2001. Pursuant to subd. (f), amendments are conditionally operative as prescribed in Section 21251.13. Section inoperative January 1, 2000, by subd. (e).

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), persons who first become state miscellaneous or state industrial members of the system on or after July 1, 1991, and who are (1) excluded from the definition of state employee in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, (2) employed by the executive branch of government and are not members of the civil service, or (3) included in the definition of state employee in subdivision (c) of Section 3513 shall become subject to Section 21076.

person had earlier made an irrevocable election to be subject to Section 21076 or 21077. The one-year period in which to make the election provided in subdivision (c) of Section 21070 for any member who became a state member prior to January 1, 1994, shall commence with the mailing of a notice by the system to the member of his or her election right. The effective date of the election shall be the date on which the member became a state miscellaneous or state industrial member. The member shall be obligated to make the contributions specified in Section 20677.

members who must be in the employment of the state are defined as members in state bargaining units for which a memorandum of understanding has been agreed to by the state employer and the recognized employee organization to become subject to Section 21353.5. The effective date of a member’s election shall be the first day of the month following the date the election is filed with the system.

(d)This section shall not apply to state miscellaneous members employed by the California State University or employees described in Section 20324.

(e)This section shall become inoperative on January 1, 2000.

(f)The amendments to this section enacted during the first year of the 1999–2000 Regular Session are subject to the limitations set forth in Section 21251.13.