Section 26504 Of Chapter 6. Contributions From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 14. >> Chapter 6.
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. The employer may enter into a collective bargaining
agreement to pay a different employer contribution rate and a
different employee contribution rate, provided all of the following
conditions are met:
(a) The sum of the employee contributions and employer
contributions for each participant shall equal or exceed 8 percent of
salary.
(b) The employee contribution rate may exceed the employer
contribution rate but in no event shall the employer contribution
rate be less than 4 percent.
(c) The employee contribution rate shall not be less than the
employer contribution rate. If the terms of a collective bargaining
agreement that is in effect on January 1, 2014, would be impaired by
this subdivision, this subdivision shall not apply to the employer
and participants subject to that contract until the expiration of
that contract. A renewal, amendment, or any other extension of that
contract shall be subject to the requirements of this subdivision.
(d) The employee contribution rate and employer contribution rate
shall be the same for each participant employed by the employer.
(e) The employee contribution rate and employer contribution rate
shall be in one-quarter percent increments.
(f) The employee contribution rate and employer contribution rate
as determined under the collective bargaining agreement shall become
effective on the first day of the plan year following notification to
the system and shall remain in effect for at least one plan year.
However, the employee contribution rate and the employer contribution
rate as determined under the collective bargaining agreement may
become effective as of the first day of the plan year in which notice
is given if it is so provided in the collective bargaining agreement
and if a lump-sum contribution is made to the plan equal to the
additional employee and employer contributions, if any, that would
have been required if the contribution rates had been in effect on
the first day of the plan year. Interest shall be credited at the
minimum interest rate with respect to the lump-sum contribution
commencing with the first month after the contribution is made.
(g) The employer has filed notice of the employee contribution
rate and the employer contribution rate on a form prescribed by the
system.