Section 20401.5 Of Article 3. Safety Member Classification—state From California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 3.
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. (a) "State safety member" also includes state prosecutors
and state public defenders.
(b) For purposes of this part, "state prosecutor" means a state
officer or employee who meets all of the following criteria:
(1) He or she is employed by the Department of Justice, Office of
the Attorney General.
(2) His or her job classification is Chief Assistant Attorney
General, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Supervising Deputy
Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, or any other similar
classification or title.
(3) His or her effective date of retirement is on or after the
date the state employer and the bargaining unit elect to be subject
to this section as provided in subdivision (f).
(c) For purposes of this part, "state public defender" means a
state officer or employee who meets all of the following criteria.
(1) He or she is employed by the Office of the State Public
Defender.
(2) His or her job classification is State Public Defender, Senior
Deputy State Public Defender, Supervising Deputy State Public
Defender, Deputy State Public Defender, or any other similar
classification or title.
(3) His or her effective date of retirement is on or after the
date the state employer and the bargaining unit elect to be subject
to this section as provided in subdivision (f).
(d) Past state miscellaneous service performed by a state
prosecutor or state public defender who becomes a state safety member
pursuant to this section shall be converted to state safety service
if the past service was rendered in a position that has subsequently
been reclassified as a state safety position pursuant to this
section. Any unfunded liability resulting from this section shall be
paid by the employer.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, state
prosecutors and state public defenders shall be subject to the
benefit formula contained in Section 21369.1, or any other benefit
formula applicable to state safety members that does not provide
benefits greater than those benefits provided under Section 21363.1.
(f) This section does not apply to any officers or employees
described in subdivision (b) or (c) who are members of State
Bargaining Unit 2 unless and until the state employer and the
bargaining unit elect to be subject to this section by amendment to
or by express provision in a memorandum of understanding entered into
between the parties.
(g) This section does not apply to any officer or employee
described in subdivision (b) or (c) who dies prior to the date the
state employer and the bargaining unit elect to be subject to this
section as provided in subdivision (f).