Under existing law, counties and districts may provide retirement benefits to their employees pursuant to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) . CERL specifies the minimum ages and years of service that are required in order to become eligible for retirement. That law generally permits the board of supervisors of a county or the governing board of a district, by resolution adopted by majority vote and pursuant to a memorandum of understanding, as specified, to make certain formulas for the calculation of benefits for its members based on their classification.
California AB 329 (20112012) — County employees' retirement.
Under existing law, counties and districts may provide retirement benefits to their employees pursuant to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) . CERL specifies the minimum ages and years of service that are required in order to become eligible for retirement. That law generally permits the board of supervisors of a county or the governing board of a district, by resolution adopted by majority vote and pursuant to a memorandum of understanding, as specified, to make certain formulas for the calculation of benefits for its members based on their classification.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
2011-02-24 Referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. referral-committee
2011-03-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. referral-committee
2011-03-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 30). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-03-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-04-04 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 812.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-04-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-04-14 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
2011-05-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-27 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1136.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-27 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2011-06-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2011-06-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-06-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 26, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/38f8c445-9647-481d-bf9a-b875a1cb6d69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).