California Government Code 20037.13 – (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, for the purposes …
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, for the purposes of determining any pension or benefit with respect to benefits based on service with the state, “final compensation” means the highest annual compensation that was earnable by the state member during any consecutive 36-month period of employment preceding the effective date of his or her retirement or the date of his or her last separation from state service if earlier.
(b) This section shall only apply to a member appointed to a career executive assignment, as defined in Section 18546, who at the time of appointment meets one or more of the following criteria:
Terms Used In California Government Code 20037.13
- compensation: means the remuneration paid out of funds controlled by the employer in payment for the member's services performed during normal working hours or for time during which the member is excused from work because of any of the following:
California Government Code 20630
- Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
(1) He or she previously had, but does not currently have, permanent status in the civil service.
(2) He or she is a person described in Section 18990 who was not, within the past 12 months, employed by the Legislature for two or more consecutive years.
(3) He or she is a person described in Section 18992 who was not, within the past 12 months, holding a nonelected exempt position in the executive branch.
(c) A state entity that employs a person described in subdivision (b) in a career executive assignment shall notify the Controller of this person’s employment status and the Controller shall forward this information to the system.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 415, Sec. 19. (AB 2375) Effective January 1, 2017.)