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Legislative Bill Action ability for interoperabili~ or other shared use. it is effective date unless the member elects within go certainly appropriate for California to review public days of returning to servica to redeposit the with- safety spectrum interoperability, and then develop drawn contributions---in which case, the member a system in collaboration with all parties that would return to the tier he or she was edginally in. maximizes public safety services. By requiring the This contract amendment may be done without an Committee to recommend the purchase of equip- employee eleven, but may not be done more than ment that will enable the migration to accepted once every three years per employee classifica- industry standards for interoperability consistent tion. Existing law prohibits local agencies from with the public safety digital communications amending its contract with CalPERS to reduce standards, this effort will lead to the development employee benef~s for existing employees. How- of cutting-edge systems. Staff: Natasha Foeman, ever, a second tier, which applies to prospective Status: GevDesk, Position: REQUEST FOR employees only, may provide a lesser or different SIGNATURE. level of optional benef~s than exists for employees in the first tier. AB 669., Hertzberg, Non-Emergency Tele- phone Number System AB 669 would permit AB 2792 would restrict local agency authority every city or joint powers authority that operates a to amend certain sections of contracts that ara not Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) to establish already subject to collective bargaining. The a "3-1-1" non-emergency telephone number restriction would reduce the flexibility local agen- system in their jurisdiction. A non-emergency ' cies have in creating a second tier of benefits and telephone number system is intended to provide offering benefits to a member who separates from access to public safety agencies and to all other service and retums in the specified amount of services provided by a local public agency such as time. Staff: Amy Brown, Status: GovDesk, street maintenance and animal control. Staff: Position: REQUEST FOR VETO. Natasha Foeman, Status: GovDesk, Position: REQUEST FOR SIGNATURE. AB 2833 (Pescetti). Public Employees Retirement. AB 2833 would mandate minimum HUMAN RESOURCES industrial disability benefits that significantly ex- ceed currant law. it would add a higher minimum base for industrial disability retirement. That would AB 2792 (Negrete McLeod). Public Em- be the equivalent of a 3% at age 50, or 3% at age ployees' Retirement. Contracting Agencies. 55 retirement benefit. As a disability benefit, this AB 2792 would prohibit contracting agencies under would be tax free, unlike the normal term retire- the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) merit. The minimum benefits guaranteed byAB from amending a contract without the consent of 2833 significantly exceeds minimum benefits the employees' bargaining unit. Existing law providec~ by many local agencies. The cost for allows a CalPERS local contracting agency to these benefits would be substantial, and pose an amend its contract with CalPERS in order to unfounded, but reimbursable local agency man- create a second tier of benefits, subject to certain date. In addition, these tax-sheltered benefits restrictions. For example, the second tier can only would serve as an incentive for abuse. Staff: Amy apply to employees who are hired after the con- Brown, Status: GovDesk, Position: REQUEST tract effective date or those who change member- FOR VETO. ship classification after the contract amendment date. In addition, a member who separated from service and withdrew his or her accumulated contributions would be in the second tier if the member returns to service after the contract PAGE 14/PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site--www.cacities.org