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STATUTES OF CALIFORNIA

AND DIGESTS OF MEASURES

2000

Constitution of 1879 as Amended

Measures Submitted to Vote of Electors,
Primary Election, March 7, 2000

and General Election, November 7, 2000

General Laws, Amendments to the Codes, Resolutions,
and Constitutional Amendment passed by the
California Legislature

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CHAPTER 874

An act to add Section 25950 to the Education Code, and to add Article 10 (commencing with Section 22878) to Chapter 1 of Part 5 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to health benefits, and making an appropriation therefor.

[Approved by Governor September 28, 2000. Filed with

Secretary of State September 29, 2000.]

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 25950 is added to the Education Code, to read: 25950. On or before April 1, 2001, the board shall report to the Legislature on a prescription drug program and a program to provide health benefits to retired members. The report shall include an analysis of all potential methods of financing and administering the programs. These shall include, but are not limited to, (1) the system providing those health benefits under contracts with carriers or other entities that administer health benefits plans, (2) reimbursing employers for the costs of providing those health benefits to retired employees, and (3) crediting employers and employing agencies, against the amount contributed pursuant to Section 22950, a monthly amount, adjusted annually, for each retiree the employer or employing agency certifies is enrolled in one or more health care benefits programs administered or sponsored by the employer or employing agency. The report shall include an estimate of the fiscal impact of each program on the system, including administration and program costs, and recommended statutory language to implement each program.

SEC. 2. Article 10 (commencing with Section 22878) is added to Chapter 1 of Part 5 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to

read:

forth

Article 10. Provisions for Schools and Agencies

22878. The provisions of this part apply to schools and agencies, as these terms are defined in this article. The purpose of this article is to set provisions which may only be used by schools and agencies, as those terms are defined in this article. If schools and agencies choose to follow the provisions of this article, all conflicting provisions of this part shall be superseded. This article shall not apply to any other employer, employee, annuitant, or family member who has, or elects to have, health care coverage pursuant to this part.

22878.1. The definitions in this part shall govern the interpretation of terms in this article, except that the following definitions shall govern the interpretation of these specific terms as used in this article:

(a) "School" means any contracting agency that is a special district, school district, county board of education, personnel commission of a school district, a county superintendent of schools, or a community college district.

(b) “Agency” means any contracting agency, as defined in Section 20022, any county or special district subject to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 31450) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 3) and any contracting agency that is a public body or agency within California not covered by the Public Employees' Retirement System or subject to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 31450) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 3), that provides a retirement system for its employees funded wholly or in part by public funds.

22878.2. (a) A school or agency may by resolution filed with the board deem all permanent or regular employees, except members of the State Teachers' Retirement System, who have an appointment of six months or longer but who are employed on a less than half-time basis, to be employees subject to this part.

(b) An agency or school with employees who are members of the State Teachers' Retirement System may by resolution filed with the board deem any of the following to be employees subject to this part:

(1) Regular, permanent, probationary, or temporary employees or substitutes who have an appointment for a semester, or for six months, or for half of the school year or longer, but are employed on a less than a half-time basis.

(2) Substitutes who have an appointment for 100 days or more in the school year.

22878.3. As used in this part, the term “annuitant" shall include: (a) A family member of a deceased retired member of the State Teachers' Retirement System who retired within 120 days of separation from employment, and who prior to his or her death, received a retirement allowance that did not provide for a survivor allowance to family members and who elects coverage as an annuitant prior to January 1, 2003. This subdivision shall not apply to any family member of a retired member of the State Teachers' Retirement System who retired on or after January 1, 2003 from a school contracting under this part prior to January 1, 2001.

(b) A family member of a deceased retired member of the State Teachers' Retirement System who retired within 120 days of separation from employment, who retired before the member's school elected to contract for health benefit coverage under this part, and who, prior to his

or her death, received a retirement allowance that did not provide for a Survivor allowance to family members and who elects coverage as an innuitant within one calendar year from the date that the member's chool elected to contract for health benefit coverage under this part. SEC. 3. At the request of the Teachers' Retirement Board, the Public mployees' Retirement System may submit a proposal to administer a ealth benefits program for retired members of the State Teachers' etirement System and their dependents.

CHAPTER 875

An act to amend Sections 1777.5, 1777.7, and 3099 of the Labor Code, ating to employment, and making an appropriation therefor.

[Approved by Governor September 28, 2000. Filed with
Secretary of State September 29, 2000.]

people of the State of California do enact as follows:

ECTION 1. Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code is amended to read: 77.5. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the employment of erly registered apprentices upon public works.

Every apprentice employed upon public works shall be paid the iling rate of per diem wages for apprentices in the trade to which she is registered and shall be employed only at the work of the craft de to which he or she is registered.

Only apprentices, as defined in Section 3077, who are in training apprenticeship standards that have been approved by the Chief of Vision of Apprenticeship Standards and who are parties to written tice agreements under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section of Division 3 are eligible to be employed at the apprentice wage 7public works. The employment and training of each apprentice e in accordance with either (1) the apprenticeship standards and tice agreements under which he or she is training or (2) the rules gulations of the California Apprenticeship Council.

When the contractor to whom the contract is awarded by the state political subdivision, in performing any of the work under the t, employs workers in any apprenticeable craft or trade, the tor shall employ apprentices in at least the ratio set forth in this and may apply to any apprenticeship program in the craft or trade provide apprentices to the site of the public work for a certificate ng the contractor under the apprenticeship standards for the ment and training of apprentices in the area or industry affected.

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