(a) The employer contribution rate for a contracting agency, county office of education, school district, or community college district participating in a risk pool shall be determined by the actuary, taking into account the difference between the assets and liabilities that were brought into the risk pool with respect to the affected member classifications.

(b) The employer contribution rate for a contracting agency, county office of education, school district, or community college district participating in a risk pool may take into account the differences in the benefits provided by each employer to its members in the classification included in the risk pool.

Terms Used In California Government Code 20841

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10

(c) If a county office of education, school district, or community college district participates in a risk pool pursuant to this section and pays a contribution rate that differs from the rate established for school employers participating in a single account with respect to school members pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 20225, the actual rate of employer contributions made to the Public Employees’ Retirement System, for purposes of § 42238.12 of the Education Code, shall be deemed to be the contributions that the county office of education or the district would have paid had the county office of education or the district participated in a single account for school members pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 20225.

(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1133, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2003.)