(a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.9 and 20683, effective July 1, 2021, the normal contribution rates for state safety members who are represented by State Bargaining Unit 18 shall be adjusted in accordance with this section when both of the following occur:
(1) The total normal cost rate for the category in effect for the 2016–17 fiscal year has increased by 1 percent.
(2) Fifty percent of that normal cost rate, rounded to the nearest one-quarter of 1 percent, is greater than the normal contribution rate established in Section 20677.9.
(b) On July 1 of the fiscal year that the board determines that the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) have been met, the normal rate of contribution for state safety members who are represented by State Bargaining Unit 18 shall be adjusted to 50 percent of the normal cost rate rounded to the nearest one-quarter of 1 percent, but not to increase by more than 1 percent.
(c) Each year thereafter, the rate shall only be adjusted if the board determines the total normal cost rate increases by more than 1 percent of payroll above the total normal cost rate in effect at the time the employee contribution rate was last adjusted. The increase to the employee contribution in any given fiscal year shall not exceed 1 percent per year.
(d) The normal rate of contribution established pursuant to this section shall be applied to the compensation in excess of three hundred seventeen dollars ($317) per month paid to a member whose service is not included in the federal system.
(e) Consistent with the normal rate of contribution for all members identified in this section, the Director of the Department of Human Resources may exercise their discretion to establish the normal rate of contributions for a state employee who is excepted from the definition of “state employee” in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, and an officer or employee of the executive branch of state government who is not a member of the civil service. The normal rate of contribution shall be the same for all members identified in this subdivision. The contribution rate shall be effective at the beginning of the pay period indicated by the Director of the Department of Human Resources but shall be no earlier than the beginning of the pay period following the date the board receives notification.
(f) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if the provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless and until approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 23, Sec. 13. (AB 119) Effective June 29, 2020.)