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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Cwtra
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DATE: May 6. 1986 Cp^
SUBJECT: Legislation: Senate Bill 2108 (Dills)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position in opposition to SB 2108 by Senator Dills.
BACKGROUND:
Under current law applicable to counties under the County
Employees Retirement Law of 1937, if specified safety, fire,. or
law enforcement members develop heart trouble, the heart trouble
is presumed to arise out of and in the course of employment.
SB 2108 has been introduced by Senator Dills . SB 2108 would
extend this presumption to retired safety, fire, and law enforce-
ment members who develop heart trouble within five years of the
date of their service retirement and allows the retired member to
apply for conversion from service retirement to disability
retirement within four months after the medical diagnosis of the
heart trouble. If granted, the disability retirement allowance
can only be paid prospectively.
While SB 2108 provides that . claims for the increased costs
resulting from this increased presumption can be submitted
through the existing process; such procedures are lengthy and
time-consuming and do not guarantee reimbursement. Failure to be
fully reimbursed for these increased costs by the State would
eventually result in higher costs to the retirement system and,
therefore, to all employees and the employer.
As a result of these potential increased costs and the fact that
heart trouble is not necessarily employment related, it is
recommended that the Board of Supervisors oppose SB 2108 .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT] _ YES SIGNATURE:
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE -W✓�""--
X APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S): � �a�'�FiC-C- . Ail/4( 9[/wj�___
ACTION OF BOARD ON May 13, 1986 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVI ON THE DATE SHOWN.
County Administrator
cc: Retirement Administrator ATTESTED _ /
Director of Personnel PHIL BATCH OR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Senator Dills SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Kathy Snodgrass , Jackson/Barish
BY v il'U"'L�9'l�/ ,DEPUTY
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