{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"20790","citation":"Gov. Code, § 20790","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 5. PERSONNEL [18000. - 22980.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-5"},{"name":"PART 3. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM [20000. - 21716.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-5/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 9. Employer Contributions [20790. - 20842.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-5/part-3/chapter-9"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 906, Sec. 91.   Effective January 1, 1997.","effective":"1997-01-01","html":"<p>Except as provided in Section <a href=\"/gov/20815\">20815</a>, “employer” for purposes of this chapter means any contracting agency, except a contracting agency on and after the effective date of the contracting agency’s election to be subject to any amendment of this part that provides that it is inapplicable to a contracting agency until the agency elects to be subject thereto.</p>","text":"Except as provided in Section 20815, “employer” for purposes of this chapter means any contracting agency, except a contracting agency on and after the effective date of the contracting agency’s election to be subject to any amendment of this part that provides that it is inapplicable to a contracting agency until the agency elects to be subject thereto.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/employer-contributions-20790","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}