California Assembly Bill AB1821 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1821INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Ma FEBRUARY 11, 2010 An act to amend Section 21570 of the Government Code, relating to the Public Employees' Retirement System. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1821, as introduced, Ma. Public Employees' Retirement System: preretirement death benefits. The Public Employees' Retirement Law provides preretirement death benefits for the surviving spouse or children, or both, as specified, of state members and specified school members not covered by the federal Social Security Act. That law prescribes various allowances for preretirement death benefits, but specifies that a person is prohibited from receiving more than one allowance, as specified. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 21570 of the Government Code is amended to read: 21570. No person shall receive more than one allowance under this article and that allowance shall be the largest  of the  monthly  allowances   allowance  to which he or she would otherwise be entitled.