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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS sE
Contra
Costa
FROM: r
Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
DATE: April 9 , 1990 ^;;-, -�_"' County
SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: SB 2025 (Boatwright)
SPECIFIC REOUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECORDATION:
Indicate that the Board of Supervisors continues to be in SUPPORT
of SB 2025 by Senator Boatwright which would allow an employee of
a 1937 Act County who is laid off due to a reduction in force a
period of one year within which to obtain employment with another
public agency which has reciprocal retirement benefits with a
1937 Act County' s retirement system providing the reemployment
occurs on or after January 1, 1989.
BACKGROUND:
On March 6, 1990 the Board of Supervisors voted to support SB
2025 by Senator Boatwright. The bill was amended on March 21,
1990 .
Under current law an employee who leaves employment with a 1937
Act County, such as Contra Costa County has 90 days within which
to enter employment with another public agency which has
reciprocal retirement benefits with the employee' s prior
retirement system, thereby allowing the employee to leave his or
her retirement contributions on deposit and to defer his or her
retirement until he or she retires from the subsequent employer.
During the lay-offs which occurred in the County in 1989 at least
one employee was laid off and it required more than 90 days
before the employee was able to obtain employment with another
Yes
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
y RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
/` APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON April 17 , 1990 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
x UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: ATTESTED APR 17 1990
Please See Page 2 . PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BYy" "� DEPUTY
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public employer which has reciprocal retirement benefits with the
Contra Costa County retirement . system. As a result, the employee
was unable to leave his retirement contributions on deposit and
take advantage of the deferred retirement privileges to which he
would have been entitled if he had obtained such employment
within 90 days.
The employee asked the Contra Costa County Retirement Board to
sponsor legislation which would extend the period of time within
which to obtain employment with another public employer so that
he could leave his contributions on deposit with Contra Costa
County and take advantage of the deferred retirement and other
privileges to which an employee is entitled when he or she
obtains employment with another public agency which has such a
reciprocal arrangement with Contra Costa County.
The Retirement Board agreed to sponsor SB 2025 by Senator
Boatwright. As amended March 21, 1990, SB 2025 would allow an
employee one year, rather than 90 days, within which to obtain
employment with another public agency which has reciprocal
retirement benefits with a 1937 Act County' s retirement system.
However, this provisions is only available to an employee who was
laid off because of a reduction in force and only when the
reemployment occurred on or after January 1 , 1989 . As amended
March 21, 1990 , the bill constitutes a state-reimbursable,
state-mandated local program and provides that reimbursement may
be sought through the Commission on State Mandates.
The March 21, 1990 amendments applied the bill to all 1937 Act
counties rather than just Contra Costa County, substituted one
year for 365 days, made the January 1, 1989 date apply to the
date of reemployment rather than the date of lay-off , and changed
the existing reinstatement period to 90 days rather than 180
days.
Since the bill provides a mechanism by which the increased costs
of the bill can be recovered from the state and since the bill is
being sponsored by the Retirement Board it appears to be
appropriate for the Board of Supervisors to indicate its
continuing support for SB 2025.
cc: Senator Daniel E. Boatwright
County Administrator
Retirement Administrator
County Counsel
Auditor-Controller
Mr. Jerry Pando, c/o Richmond Fire Department
Les Spahnn, SRJ. Jackson, Barish & Associates