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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Laird</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add Section 20222.6 to the Government Code, relating to public employees’ retirement. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>The Public Employees’ Retirement System.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>The Public Employees’ Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) for the purpose of providing pension benefits to specified public employees and prescribes the rights and duties of members and annuitants of the system. PERL vests management and control of PERS in the Board of Administration. PERL authorizes the board, during the course of an audit, to require each state employer, school employer, including each school district represented by a school employer, and contracting agency to provide information as deemed necessary by the board to determine eligibility for, and the correctness of, retirement benefits, reportable compensation, enrollment in, and reinstatement to this system. PERL requires the board, before initiating an audit, to notify the subject of the audit of the estimated time required to completion.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would require the board, before initiating an audit, to list specific information about the audit on its internet website and provide written notice to the affected state employer, school employer, including each school district represented by a school employer, or contracting agency. The bill would require an affected employer to forward the written notice of the intended audit to the exclusive representative or representatives, if any, of members that may be affected by the audit, and provide the names of any members affected by the final audit, as specified, to the board and the exclusive representative or representatives, if any. The bill would specify the distribution and certification of the distribution of the final audit report between these entities.</html:p>
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Section 20222.6 is added to the
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(a)
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Before initiating an audit pursuant to Section 20222.5, the board shall list on the system’s internet website the state employer, school employer, including each school district represented by a school employer, or contracting agency subject to the audit and the purpose and scope of the intended audit.
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(b)
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Before initiating an audit pursuant to Section 20222.5, the board shall provide written notice of the intended audit to the affected state employer, school employer, including each school district represented by a school employer, or contracting agency, and this notice shall apprise the state agency, school employer, or contracting agency of the purpose and scope of the intended audit.
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(c)
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Within three working days of receiving notice of the intended audit, the affected state employer, school employer, or contracting agency shall forward written notice of the intended audit, including the purpose and scope of the intended audit, to the exclusive representative or representatives, if any, of members that may be affected by the audit. The state agency, school employer, or contracting agency shall certify to the board that they have provided notice of the intended audit to the exclusive representative or representatives, if any, in compliance with this subdivision.
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(d)
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Within 60 days, the state agency, school employer, or contracting agency shall provide the board and the exclusive representative a list of the names of any members affected by the final audit report. The list of names provided to the exclusive representative shall only include the names of members in positions or classifications represented by the
exclusive representative.
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(e)
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The board shall, upon issuance of the final audit report, provide to the audited state agency, school employer, or contracting agency a copy of the final audit report. Within three working days of receiving a copy of the final audit report, the affected state employer, school employer, or contracting agency shall forward a copy of the final audit report to the exclusive representative or representatives, if any, of members that may be affected by the audit. The state agency, school employer, or contracting agency shall certify to the board that they have provided the final audit report to the exclusive representative or representatives, if any, in compliance with this subdivision. Certification under this subdivision shall not be subject to penalty of perjury.
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(f)
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Except as provided in this section, this section does not confer additional rights upon
the exclusive representative, including, but not limited to, due process rights.
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