California Assembly Bill AB89 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 89AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 14, 2011 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hill JANUARY 6, 2011 An act to add Section 7503.5 to the Government Code, relating to retirement. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 89, as amended, Hill. Retirement: public employees. The Public Employees' Retirement Law creates the Public Employees' Retirement System, which provides a defined benefit to its members based on age at retirement, service credit, and final compensation, as defined. The State Teachers' Retirement Law and the retirement laws for county employees and city employees also provide for a defined benefit based on age at retirement, service credit, and final compensation. This bill would specify that, notwithstanding any other law, for the purposes of determining a retirement benefit paid to a person who first becomes a member of a public retirement system on or after January 1, 2012, the  maximum salary,   total  compensation  , or payrate  upon which  a defined  retirement  benefits   benefit  shall be based shall not exceed an amount set forth in a specified provision of the Internal Revenue Code.  The bill would also prohibit a public employer from making contributions to any qualified public retirement plan based on any portion of compensation that exceeds that amount.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 7503.5 is added to the Government Code, to read: 7503.5.  (a)    Notwithstanding any other law, for the purposes of determining a retirement benefit paid to a person who first becomes a member of a public retirement system on or after January 1, 2012, the  maximum salary,   total  compensation  , or payrate  upon which  a defined  retirement  benefits   benefit  shall be based shall not exceed the amount specified in Section 401(a)(17) of Title 26 of the United States Code, or it successor.  (b) A public employer shall not make employer contributions to any qualified public retirement plan or plans on behalf of an employee who first becomes a member of the retirement system on or after January 1, 2012, based on that portion of the amount of total compensation that exceeds the amount specified in Section 401(a)(17) of Title 26 of the United States Code, or its successor.