Section 22455.5 Of Chapter 9. Member And Employer Duties From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 13. >> Chapter 9.
22455.5
. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the federal
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-508) requires all
public employers to provide their employees with either social
security coverage or membership in a qualified retirement plan.
(b) Employers shall make available criteria for membership,
including optional membership, in a timely manner to all persons
employed to perform creditable service subject to coverage by the
Defined Benefit Program, and shall inform part-time and substitute
employees, within 30 days of the date of hire, or by March 1, 1995,
whichever is later, that they may elect membership in the plan's
Defined Benefit Program at any time while employed. Written
acknowledgment by the employee shall be maintained in employer files
on a form provided by this system.
(c) Employers shall be liable to the plan for employee and
employer contributions and interest with respect to the Defined
Benefit Program from the date of hire, or March 1, 1995, whichever is
later, in addition to system administrative and audit costs, if an
audit or a member's complaint reveals noncompliance. However, no
employer shall be liable for employee contributions for service
performed prior to January 1, 1995.