Under existing law, counties and districts may provide retirement benefits to their employees pursuant to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL). CERL specifies the minimum ages and years of service that are required in order to become eligible for retirement. That law generally permits the board of supervisors of a county or the governing board of a district, by resolution adopted by majority vote and pursuant to a memorandum of understanding, as specified, to make certain formulas for the calculation of benefits for its members based on their classification.

This bill would authorize the board of supervisors of the County of Sacramento, by resolution, adopted by majority vote, if authorized by a mutually agreed upon and negotiated memorandum of understanding with a bargaining unit that represents safety members, to require safety employees of that bargaining unit and unrepresented safety employees, first hired after approval of the resolution, to receive a specified pension calculation that applies to safety members and that computes final compensation based upon the average annual compensation earnable during a specified 3-year period.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.