BILL NUMBER: SB 292	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pan

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act to amend Section 20300 of the Government Code, relating to
public employees' retirement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 292, as introduced, Pan. Public Employees' Retirement System:
membership: exclusions.
   The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public
Employees' Retirement System (PERS), which provides a defined benefit
to its members based on age at retirement, service credit, and final
compensation. Existing law defines "member" for purposes of PERL and
excludes certain people from membership in PERS.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 20300 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   20300.  The following persons are excluded from membership in this
system:
   (a) Inmates of state or public agency institutions who are allowed
compensation for the service they are able to perform.
   (b) Independent contractors who are not employees.
   (c) Persons employed as student assistants in the state colleges
and persons employed as student aides in the special schools of the
State Department of Education and in the public schools of the state.

   (d) Persons employed as teacher assistants pursuant to Section
44926 of the Education Code.
   (e) Participants, other than staff officers and employees, in the
California Conservation Corps.
   (f) Persons employed as participants in a program of, and whose
wages are paid in whole or in part by federal funds in accordance
with, Section 1501 et seq. of Title 29 of the United States Code.
This subdivision does not apply with respect to persons employed in
job classes that provide eligibility for patrol or safety membership
or to the career staff employees of an employer.
   (g) All persons who are members in  any   a
 teachers' retirement system, as to the service in which they
are members of  any   a  teachers'
retirement system.
   (h) Except as otherwise provided in this part, persons rendering
professional legal services to a city, other than the person holding
the office of city attorney, the office of assistant city attorney,
or an established position of deputy city attorney.
   (i) A person serving the university as a teacher in university
extension, whose compensation for that service is established on the
basis of class enrollment, either actual or estimated, with respect
to that service.
   (j) A person serving a California State University as a teacher in
extension service, whose compensation for that service is
established on the basis of class enrollment, either actual or
estimated, with respect to that service.
   (k) A teacher or academic employee of the university or any
California State University who is otherwise fully employed and who
serves as a teacher or in an academic capacity in  any
  a  summer session or intersession, for which he
or she receives compensation specifically attributable to that
service in summer session or intersession, with respect to that
service.
   (  l  ) A person who is employed under the California
Senate Fellows, the Assembly Fellowship, the Judicial Administration
Fellowship, or the Executive Fellowship programs.
   (m) Board members of the State Compensation Insurance Fund,
including those appointed by the Governor.