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HEARING - Consider Recommendations from the Legislative Program Committee meeting of
June 17, 2002, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)
a) Receive a brief update on the status of the State Budget, and a copy of a letter to Governor Gray
Davis, supporting the Budget Conference Committee's action to restore Williamson Act subvention
funding;
b) Oppose AB 2701 (Wyman, R-Phelan) which would exempt from sales and use tax the retail
sale of tangible personal property on Indian reservations;
c) Oppose SB 1975 (Johnson, R-Irvine), unless amended to require the statewide direct primary
election be held in June. In its current form, SB 1975 retains the existing presidential primary
election date of the first Tuesday in March, but moves the date of the statewide direct primary
election from March to August;
d) Oppose SB 362 (Soto, D-Pomona). SB 362 would prohibit the adoption of any retirement
benefits for some, but not all, general members or safety members or for any subgroup. Although
designed to insure equity in retirement benefits, SB 362 would limit the Board's ability to adopt
benefit as appropriate. Further, if in negotiations, one group is unwilling to accept a benefit level,
SB 362 would prohibit the Board from adopting the benefit for other groups that may want to
accept the benefit;
e) Support AB 2004, if amended to clarify that the employee is responsible for the full cost (the
intent is to minimize the cost to the employer to the extent the law allows) of purchasing additional
retirement service credit. (Correa, D-Santa Ana). AB 2004 would authorize a county board of
supervisors, in counties operating retirement systems under the County Employees' Retirement
Law of 1937 ('37 Act), to allow active members of the retirement system to purchase up to five
years of additional service retirement credit;
f) Oppose SB 1521 (Kuehl, D-Santa Monica). SB 1521 would require the Director of the
Governor's Office o...
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