AB 537: Public employees’ benefits.
- Session Year: 2015-2016
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2015-02-23
Existing law permits the Board of Administration of the Public Employees Retirement System to authorize an employer to participate in the prefunding of health care coverage and other postemployment benefits for annuitants.
This bill would prohibit a public agency, state employer, employee organization, or public employee from entering into a memorandum of understanding that provides postemployment health care benefits without a strategy for permanently prefunding members postemployment health care benefits.
(a)Notwithstanding any other law, a public agency, employee organization, or public employee shall not enter into a memorandum of understanding on or after January 1, 2016, that provides postemployment health care benefits without a strategy for permanently prefunding members postemployment health care benefits pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 22940) of Chapter 1 or Part 5 of Division 5 of Title 2.
(b)If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling, except that upon expiration of the memorandum of understanding or other collective bargaining agreement, this section shall be controlling and shall not be superseded by a subsequent memorandum of understanding or other collective bargaining agreement.
SEC. 2.Section 3523.4 is added to the Government Code, to read:3523.4.(a)Notwithstanding any other law, the state employer, employee organization, or state employee shall not enter into a memorandum of understanding on or after January 1, 2016, that provides postemployment health care benefits without a strategy for permanently prefunding members postemployment health care benefits pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 22940) of Chapter 1 or Part 5 of Division 5 of Title 2.
(b)If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling, except that upon expiration of the memorandum of understanding, this section shall be controlling shall may not be superseded by a subsequent memorandum of understanding or other collective bargaining agreement.
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| Feb 23, 2015 | Read first time. To print. |
| Feb 24, 2015 | From printer. May be heard in committee March 26. |
| Mar 5, 2015 | Referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. |
| Mar 19, 2015 | In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. |
| Jan 31, 2016 | Died pursuant to Article IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. |
| Feb 1, 2016 | From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. |
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