Title GOV — California Gov. Code

In granting the approval specified in Sections 53202 and 53202.1 the local agency or governing board shall give preference to such health benefit plans as do not terminate upon retirement of the employees affected, and which provide the same benefits for retired personnel as for …

School districts and community college districts may join with other school districts or community college districts, or any combination of those districts, in providing for the payment of health and welfare benefits by entering into a pooling arrangement under a joint exercise o…

Subject to any applicable limitations of Section 53205 the legislative body may authorize payments to the trustees of a fund established to procure insurance pursuant to Insurance Code Sections 10202.8 or 10270.5 (a)(4) and may deduct from the employees’ compensation amounts for …

Any law prohibiting, restricting, or limiting the assignment of or order for wages or salary does not prohibit, restrict, or limit the powers conferred in this article nor the power of officers or employees to authorize and approve payment of charges for health and welfare benefi…

This article does not require an officer or employee of a local agency to accept or join in any plan of health and welfare benefits or to authorize deductions from their wages or salaries for any portion of the costs thereof.

Notwithstanding any statutory limitation upon compensation or statutory restriction relating to interest in contracts entered into by any local agency, any member of a legislative body may participate in any plan of health and welfare benefits permitted by this article.

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section, to provide a uniform limit on the health and welfare benefits for the members of the legislative bodies of all political subdivisions of the state, including charter cities and charter counties. The Legislature fin…

Amendments made in this article by the Legislature at the 1957 Regular Session, including, but not limited to, the repeal of Government Code Sections 53203 and 53204, are intended to enlarge the classification of service-type organizations eligible for pay roll deductions and emp…

The legislative body of a county may authorize payment from funds under its jurisdiction of all or such portion as it may elect of the premiums or other charges for hospital, medical, surgical, disability, death benefits, or related benefits whether provided on an insurance or a …

As used in this article, “local agency” means a county, city, public district, joint powers agency, or any public or municipal corporation.

Each local agency may establish for its officers and employees a deferred compensation plan. Participation in such plan shall be by written agreement between such officers and employees and the governing body of the local agency which shall provide for deferral of a portion of su…

(a) Each deferred compensation plan established pursuant to this article shall conform with the requirements promulgated under the federal Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 (Public Law 103-188). Those requirements include, but are not limited to, the holding of assets in …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a participant in a deferred compensation plan may also participate in a public retirement system, and, in ascertaining the amount of compensation of such participant for purposes of computing the amount of his contributions or benefits …

A county or city and county that pays the salaries, either in whole or in part, of judges of the superior courts and the officers and attachés of those courts may allow the judges, officers, and attachés to participate in any deferred compensation plan established pursuant to thi…

“Local agency” as used in this article means a city, city and county, district, school district, municipal or public corporation, political subdivision, or other public agency of the State, or any instrumentality of one or more of any such agencies.

The legislative body of a local agency may establish a pension trust funded by individual life insurance contracts, individual annuities, group policies of life insurance, or group annuities, or any one or combination of them, or by any other investment authorized by this article…

It is the intent of the Legislature, consistent with the mandate of the voters in passing Proposition 21 at the June 5, 1984, Primary Election, to allow the board of any retirement system governed by this article to invest in any form or type of investment deemed prudent by the b…

A county that has established a pension trust pursuant to this article may contract with the courts within the county, and with other local agencies within the county, to permit the officers and employees of those courts and local agencies to participate in any plan under the cou…

The legislative body shall employ investment counsel or trust companies or trust departments of banks to render service in connection with its investment program.

The legislative body of the local agency shall report annually to the beneficiaries and potential beneficiaries of the pension trust on the status of the trust. The report shall include a description of securities held and a comprehensive report of transactions involving the inve…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article and except as otherwise expressly restricted by the California Constitution and by law, the legislative body, trust, or other body, authorized to make investments for a pension trust, may invest, or delegate the authority to in…

The assets of the pension trust are trust funds and shall be held for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to participants in the pension or retirement system and their beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the system. The legislative body, trus…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary, separate rates of contribution for male and female employees shall not be maintained or established nor shall different allowances or benefits for male or female employees be maintained or established.

In the case of a pension trust established pursuant to this article which provides for individual accounts and permits a participant or beneficiary to direct investments in his or her account, if a participant or beneficiary directs investments in his or her account, no person wh…

(a) Any former member who left the service of a local agency with established reciprocity, and who became a member of a county retirement system, a retirement system established under the Public Employees’ Retirement Law, or another reciprocal retirement system and who did not el…

From funds under its jurisdiction the legislative body may authorize payment to the trust of amounts equaling all or any portion of the moneys necessary to fund any pension trust established pursuant to this article. The legislative body may also authorize payment of amounts to c…

(a) On or after January 1, 2003, a member who is credited with less than the number of years of service required for vesting shall have the right to elect to leave accumulated contributions on deposit in the local agency’s retirement fund. Failure to make an election to withdraw …

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section, to provide a uniform limit on the pension trust benefits for the members of the legislative bodies of all political subdivisions of the state, including charter cities and charter counties. The Legislature finds an…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to recognize a public obligation to all those whose duties as local prosecutors, local public defenders, and local public defender investigators expose them to more than ordinary risks in their contribution to an ef…

Any law prohibiting, restricting, or limiting the assignment of or order for wages or salary does not prohibit, restrict, or limit the powers conferred in this article nor the power of officers or employees to authorize and approve payment of trust contributions by wage and salar…

A pension trust established pursuant to this article shall have trustees, agents or officers who shall carry on the business of the pension trust. The by-laws or declaration of trust shall prescribe the manner in which and the officers or agents by whom the pension trust may be c…

Unless the legislative body of the local agency specifically provides that a pension trust plan established pursuant to this article is compulsory upon the officers and employees of the local agency, it shall not be compulsory for an officer or employee of such agency to accept o…

The legislative body of the local agency which establishes a pension trust plan pursuant to the provisions of this article may provide for waiver of membership by prospective employees in the case of newly hired employees who have obtained the age of 60 years of age. Such legisla…

The legislative body of a local agency which establishes a pension trust plan pursuant to the provisions of this article may grant reciprocal retirement benefits to members who are entitled to retirement rights or benefits from other retirement systems established under this arti…

If a local legislative body establishes a pension trust pursuant to this article that provides for disability retirement or has established reciprocity with a retirement system that provides for disability retirement, the legislative body of the local agency, in determining wheth…

The legislative body of the local agency which establishes a pension trust plan pursuant to the provisions of this article may adopt any other provisions and regulations concerning such plan which are not specifically prohibited by statute.

The legislative body of a local agency which establishes a pension trust plan pursuant to the provisions of this article may contribute to a plan which is established pursuant to the Federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

(a) The Health Insurance Purchasing Alliance Program is hereby authorized. The program shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Health Insurance Purchasing Alliance Program pursuant to this article. (b) The governing bodies of any two or more counties that maintain …

The board of directors shall: (a) Negotiate and enter into contractual arrangements with health care insurance providers to provide health benefits coverage for the eligible employees and retirees of participating public agencies and their eligible dependents. (b) Act upon the re…

The Advisory Committee shall provide the board advice and assistance in determining the health insurance coverage needs of the participating public agencies and in the adoption of rules and regulations.

This article shall apply to districts other than school districts.

The legislative body of any district electing to adopt by resolution the procedures in this chapter shall, prior to an election of officers of the districts, prescribe the amounts of officials’ bonds of the officers of the district.

As an alternative or supplementary to the bonds required by this article, the legislative body may establish a master bond pursuant to Section 1481.

The legislative body of a district, other than a school district, may, by resolution, insure against losses caused by an employee or officer of the district in lieu of providing a bond or bonds. After the resolution is adopted, any requirements of law regarding faithful performan…

(a) An employee of a local agency may not be sworn into office as an elected or appointed member of the legislative body of that local agency unless he or she resigns as an employee. If the employee does not resign, the employment shall automatically terminate upon his or her bei…

This article shall not be construed to preempt Sections 35107 and 72103 of the Education Code.

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Local agency” means a city, city and county, county, district, municipal or public corporation, political subdivision, or other public agency of the state. (b) “Legislative body” means the board of supervisors of…

The legislative body of a county, city, municipal corporation, political subdivision, public district, or other public agency of the State may provide for the purchase of United States savings bonds or similar United States obligations by salary or wage deductions for officers an…

For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Governing body” means the board of supervisors in the case of a county or a city and county, the city council or board of trustees in the case of a city, and the board of directors or other go…

(a) When compensation is otherwise authorized by statute, a local agency may pay compensation to members of a legislative body for attendance at the following occurrences: (1) A meeting of the legislative body. (2) A meeting of an advisory body. (3) A conference or organized educ…