California Senate Bill SB921 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 921AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 12, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Senator Ashburn FEBRUARY 1, 2010  An act relating to the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act.   An act to amend Section 358 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to highways.  LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 921, as amended, Ashburn.  Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act: employer contributions: Shasta County.   State Highway Route 58: relinquishment.   Existing law gives the Department of Transportation full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law authorizes the commission to relinquish certain state highway segments to local agencies. Existing law authorizes the commission to relinquish to the City of Bakersfield or the County of Kern the portion of State Highway Route 58 that is located within the city limits of the City of Bakersfield under certain conditions.   This bill would, instead, authorize the commission to relinquish to the City of Bakersfield or the County of Kern the portion of State Highway Route 58 that is located within the jurisdiction of the city or county under certain conditions.   Existing law requires the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System to administer the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act. Existing law permits a contracting agency to elect to be subject to the act for its employees and annuitants, provided that the contracting agency and each employee or annuitant contribute a portion of the cost of providing the benefit coverage afforded under the health benefit plan approved or maintained by the board in which the employee or annuitant may be enrolled. Existing law specifies that the employer contribution of a contracting agency begins on the effective date of enrollment and is the amount fixed from time to time by resolution of the governing body of the agency.   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would enable Shasta County and a collective bargaining unit, by agreement in a memorandum of understanding, to permit the county, a contracting agency under the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act, to make an employer contribution for employees first hired on or after the effective date of the memorandum of understanding at a rate that may differ from the employer contribution rate for current employees and annuitants.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  . State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 358 of the   Streets and Highways Code   is amended to read:  358. (a) Route 58 is from: (1) Route 101 near Santa Margarita to Route 33. (2) Route 33 to Route 43. (3) Route 43 to Route 99. (4) Route 99 to Route 15 near Barstow via Bakersfield and Mojave. (b) Upon a determination by the commission that it is in the best interests of the state to do so, the commission may, upon terms and conditions approved by it, relinquish to the City of Bakersfield or the County of Kern the portion of Route 58 that is located within the  city limits   jurisdiction  of that city  or county  if the city or county agrees to accept it. The following conditions shall apply upon relinquishment: (1) The relinquishment shall become effective on the date following the county recorder's recordation of the relinquishment resolution containing the commission's approval of the terms and conditions of the relinquishment. (2) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, the relinquished portion of Route 58 shall cease to be a state highway. (3) The portion of Route 58 relinquished under this subdivision shall be ineligible for future adoption under Section 81. (4) For the portion of Route 58 that is relinquished under this subdivision, the City of Bakersfield or the County of Kern shall install and maintain within the jurisdiction of the city  or county  signs directing motorists to the continuation of Route 58.  SECTION 1.   It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would enable Shasta County and a collective bargaining unit, by agreement in a memorandum of understanding, to permit the county, a contracting agency under the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act, to make an employer contribution for employees first hired on or after the effective date of the memorandum of understanding at a rate that may differ from the employer contribution rate for current employees and annuitants.