BILL NUMBER: SB 58	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Knight

                        DECEMBER 19, 2014

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 58, as introduced, Knight. Public Employees' Retirement System.

   The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) prescribes a
comprehensive set of rights and duties for members of the Public
Employees' Retirement System (PERS) and provides those members with a
defined benefit based upon age, service credit, and final
compensation. PERL excludes certain persons from membership in PERS.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in the provisions
excluding certain persons from membership in PERS.
   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   a  California State University who is
otherwise fully employed and who serves as a teacher or in an
academic capacity in any 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.