AB 178 — State teachers' retirement.

Summary

The Teachers' Retirement Law limits the amount of postretirement compensation that may be earned in specified types of employment by a retired member of the Defined Benefit Program without a reduction in the retirement benefits of the member. That law provides exemptions from this limit and until June 30, 2012, specifies that the limitation provisions do not apply to compensation earned by a member retired for service who has returned to work after retirement and, for at least 12 consecutive months, has not performed specified activities. This bill would extend the operation of that exemption until June 30, 2013. The bill also would exempt from the earnings limitation, until June 30, 2013, compensation paid to a retired member who has returned to work after the date of retirement as a trustee, administrator, or fiscal adviser approved pursuant to specified provisions by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, or a county superintendent of schools to address academic or financial weaknesses in a school district. The bill would specify the documentation required for any of those persons exercising that compensation exemption. The bill would additionally exempt from the earnings limitation an employee of a 3rd party which does not participate in a California public pension system if the activities performed by the person are not normally performed by employees of a public employer and it is for a limited-term assignment. The Teachers' Retirement Law limits the amount of compensation for certain creditable service activities by a retired member in one school year to be $22,000 adjusted by the percentage change in the average compensation earnable by active members of the Defined Benefit Program, from the 1998–99 fiscal year to the fiscal year ending in the previous calendar year.The bill would change that limit to be 12 of the median final compensation of all members who retired for service during the fiscal year ending in the previous calendar year. Existing law authorizes a retired member of the State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) to terminate his or her retirement allowance, reinstate as an active member, and later cancel the termination upon subsequently retiring, as specified. Existing law prescribes the conditions under which a STRS service retirement allowance becomes effective and requires, in this regard, that the effective date be at least one year following the date on which it is terminated pursuant to the above-described provision. This bill would eliminate the one-year waiting period after the termination. The bill would also prohibit a member who terminates his or her retirement allowance pursuant to that provision and retires within one year of reinstatement from electing a different option or different set of beneficiaries than were in effect at the time of the termination. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 07/17/12 - Chaptered Current pdf July 17, 2012
• Enrolled 07/05/12 - Enrolled pdf July 05, 2012
• Amended 06/19/12 - Amended Senate pdf June 19, 2012
• Amended 05/31/12 - Amended Senate pdf May 31, 2012
• Amended 03/22/11 - Amended Assembly pdf March 22, 2011
• Introduced 01/24/11 - Introduced pdf January 24, 2011
• AB178 View text html

Action History

1. July 17, 2012

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 135, Statutes of 2012.

2. July 17, 2012

   Approved by the Governor.

3. July 05, 2012

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:10 p.m.

4. July 05, 2012

   Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5612.).

5. July 05, 2012

   Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 5594.)

6. July 05, 2012

   Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 5594.)

7. July 05, 2012

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

8. July 05, 2012

   Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4282.).

9. July 02, 2012

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

10. June 28, 2012

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28).

11. June 26, 2012

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

12. June 19, 2012

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R.

13. June 14, 2012

    Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R.

14. June 04, 2012

    Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

15. June 04, 2012

    Withdrawn from committee.

16. May 31, 2012

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

17. June 28, 2011

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.

18. June 08, 2011

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

19. June 01, 2011

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

20. June 01, 2011

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1702.)

21. May 27, 2011

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

22. May 27, 2011

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27).

23. April 06, 2011

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

24. March 23, 2011

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

25. March 22, 2011

    Read second time and amended.

26. March 21, 2011

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 15).

27. February 03, 2011

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

28. January 25, 2011

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.

29. January 24, 2011

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Gorell · Primary
• Ma · Cosponsor

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