ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions

Heading of Article 1 added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1441.

§§ 22000–22018 · 46 sections

§ 22000 It is the policy of the Legislature that the protection afforded employees in positions covered by a retirement system on the date an agreement under this part…
§ 22001 All liabilities and obligations created by Chapter 46 of the Statutes of 1950, Third Extraordinary Session, and amendments thereto or by Chapter 10 of the…
§ 22002 Unless the context otherwise requires the definitions and general provisions set forth in this chapter govern the constructions of this part.
§ 22003 Whenever reference is made in this part to any federal law or regulation or part thereof, the reference applies to all amendments thereto now or hereafter made.
§ 22004 “Board” shall have the following meanings: Until July 1, 1955, “board” means the Director of Finance. On and after July 1, 1955, “board” means the Board of…
§ 22005 “Federal agency” means the Department of Health and Human Services or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the predecessor or successor in function…
§ 22006 “Agreement” means the agreement or any modification thereof now, heretofore or hereafter executed by the board with the federal agency pursuant to this part or…
§ 22007 “Eligible employee” means an employee whose services may under the provisions of Section 218 of Title II of the Social Security Act and this part be brought…
§ 22008 “Eligible retirement system employee” for the purposes of any referendum with respect to any retirement system has the meaning given the term “eligible…
§ 22009 “Public agency” means the state, any city, county, city and county, district, municipal or public corporation or any instrumentality thereof, or boards and…
§ 22009.01 “Public agency” also includes any nonprofit corporation formed for the purpose of operating a coliseum or sports arena for the general recreational purposes of…
§ 22009.02 “Public agency” also includes a county superintendent of schools whose office the board has determined to be fiscally independent. As to such office, the…
§ 22009.03 “Public agency” also includes a school district, a county superintendent of schools, and a regional occupational center or program established pursuant to…
§ 22009.1 “Retirement system” includes: (a) A pension, annuity, retirement or similar fund or system established by a public agency and covering only positions of that…
§ 22010 “Coverage group” has the meaning given that term by Section 218(b)(5) of Title II of the Social Security Act and federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
§ 22011 “Retirement system coverage group,” with respect to any retirement system, means all employees designated as a coverage group in Section 218(d)(4) of the…
§ 22012 “Federal system” means the insurance system established under Title II of the Social Security Act.
§ 22013 “Policeman” as used in this part includes members of the California Highway Patrol, state safety members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System employed by…
§ 22013.1 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons employed in the Department of Fish and Game in connection with its warden service, whose principal…
§ 22013.2 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes members of the Department of the California Highway Patrol who are designated as peace officers under…
§ 22013.3 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Section 20403 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of the Social…
§ 22013.4 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons designated by Section 31470.6 as persons whose principal duties consist of “active law enforcement” for…
§ 22013.5 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons employed as members of a state university or state college police department who are peace officers and…
§ 22013.6 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Sections 20438 and 31469.4 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A)…
§ 22013.7 “Policeman” or “fireman,” as used in this part, also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Sections 20414, 20423.3, 20423.5, and 20441 for the…
§ 22013.75 “Policeman,” as used in this part, also includes persons employed in positions identified in Section 20407 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of the…
§ 22013.76 “Policeman,” as used in this part, also includes persons employed in positions identified in Section 20408 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of the…
§ 22013.77 “Policeman,” as used in this part, also includes persons designated as peace officers by subdivision (e) of Section 20391 for the purposes of Section…
§ 22013.78 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons currently employed in classifications listed in Sections 20401.5, 20423.6, 31469.2, 45311, and 53217.6…
§ 22013.8 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons employed in classifications listed in Sections 20405 and 20405.1, for the purposes of Section…
§ 22013.85 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons employed in the classification listing in Section 20411 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of the…
§ 22013.9 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Section 20406 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of the Social…
§ 22013.95 “Policeman” or “fireman,” as used in this part, also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Section 20393 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)…
§ 22013.955 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons employed in the classifications set forth in Section 20397 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of…
§ 22013.96 “Policeman” or “fireman,” as used in this part, also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Section 20395, as amended in 1984 for the purposes of…
§ 22013.97 “Policeman” or “fireman,” as used in this part, also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Section 20398 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A)…
§ 22013.98 For purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 418(d)(5)(A)): (a) “Fireman,” as used in this part, also includes any employee…
§ 22013.10 “Policeman” as used in this part, also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Section 20415 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of the Social…
§ 22013.11 “Policeman” or “fireman,” as used in this part, also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Sections 20409 and 20410 for the purposes of Section…
§ 22014 “Fireman” as used in this part means any employee of the Division of Forestry, Department of Conservation, employed to perform duties now performed under the…
§ 22014.1 “Fireman” as used in this part also means any officer or employee of a county having a population in excess of 5,000,000 who is employed by the forestry…
§ 22014.5 “Fireman” as used in this part includes persons employed as “campus firefighter” and other persons employed in positions described in Section 20412 for the…
§ 22015 “Member,” with respect to any retirement system, for the purposes provided in Section 218 (d)(6)(E) of the Social Security Act, shall include in addition to a…
§ 22016 For the purposes of this part, persons employed by a county superintendent of schools and whose salaries are paid from the county school service fund are…
§ 22017 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state and any public agency may establish a separate object of appropriation or a subobject of appropriation…
§ 22018 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, to the extent possible, members of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan earn credit towards Medicare coverage. (b)…