The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) establishes county retirement systems and defines the rights and benefits of their members. Current law prohibits a county or district from providing retirement benefits for some, but not all, general members within the same group.
SB 301 clarifies and affirms this rule by prohibiting any county or district whose officers and employees are members of a CERL retirement system from excluding any employee, group, or classification from system membership, except for those legally defined as excludable officers and employees.
SB 301 defines “excludable officers and employees” as individuals whose tenures qualify as temporary, seasonal, intermittent, or part-time, as determined by the retirement board, or those excluded under Sections 31552 or 31553 of the Government Code.
SB 301 declares that this provision is declaratory of existing law.
(SB 301 adds Section 31566 to the Government Code.)