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Chapter 4. Deferred Compensation of California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 2.6. >> Chapter 4.
(a) The department may establish for officers and employees
a deferred compensation plan. Participation in such plan shall be by
written agreement between such officers and employees and the state
which shall provide for deferral of a portion of such officers' or
employees' wages. Officers and employees may authorize deductions to
be made from their wages for the purpose of participating in such
deferred compensation plan.
(b) 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 such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(b) 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 such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the
Freedom of Financial Choice Act.
(b) The department shall permit officers and employees participating in a tax-deferred savings plan established by the department under this chapter or Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 19999.5) to invest in a range of investment options including, but not limited to, stocks and bonds listed with and traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or the National Market System sponsored by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system (NASDAQ), or any successor association, annuities, and shares or units of open-ended registered investment companies. However, the department may limit the number of banks, mutual fund companies, investment brokers, life insurance companies, and other financial institutions offering investments under the plans as necessary to ensure the continued qualification of the plan under the Internal Revenue Code and the cost-efficient and timely administration of the plans.
(c) No fiduciary of a plan established by the department under this chapter or Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 19999.5) shall be liable for any loss that results from any individual investment choice made by a participant of a plan, except that this subdivision shall not extend to any malfeasance or misfeasance by any fiduciary of a plan established by the department under this chapter or Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 19999.5).
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Deferred Compensation Plan Fund (0915) is exempt from the application of Article 2 (commencing with Section 11270) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 3.
(b) The department shall permit officers and employees participating in a tax-deferred savings plan established by the department under this chapter or Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 19999.5) to invest in a range of investment options including, but not limited to, stocks and bonds listed with and traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or the National Market System sponsored by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system (NASDAQ), or any successor association, annuities, and shares or units of open-ended registered investment companies. However, the department may limit the number of banks, mutual fund companies, investment brokers, life insurance companies, and other financial institutions offering investments under the plans as necessary to ensure the continued qualification of the plan under the Internal Revenue Code and the cost-efficient and timely administration of the plans.
(c) No fiduciary of a plan established by the department under this chapter or Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 19999.5) shall be liable for any loss that results from any individual investment choice made by a participant of a plan, except that this subdivision shall not extend to any malfeasance or misfeasance by any fiduciary of a plan established by the department under this chapter or Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 19999.5).
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Deferred Compensation Plan Fund (0915) is exempt from the application of Article 2 (commencing with Section 11270) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 3.
