Section 20474 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 1.
20474
. Whenever by any provision of law an election is given to
contracting agencies to subject themselves and their employees to
provisions of this part otherwise not applicable to contracting
agencies and their employees, and no other means of making the
election is expressly provided, any contracting agency may make the
election by amendment to its contract with the board approved in the
manner provided for the approval of the contracts including an
election among the employees affected unless the amendment only adds
benefits without affecting members' contributions, in which case the
election among the employees is not required. An amendment to a joint
contract that has been approved by the governing body of the county
shall be deemed approved by the presiding officer of the trial court
located within the county. The amendment shall specify the date upon
which the agency and its employees shall become subject to the
provisions. That date shall not be earlier than the first day
following the approval of the contract pursuant to Section 20471,
except that if the rate of the employer's contributions changes, the
effective date shall not be earlier than the first day of the pay
period following the approval. Any election made by amendment to the
contract shall be irrevocable until the contract is terminated.
However, benefits provided by the amendment may be increased or
improved from time to time by further amendment to the contract. From
and after the date specified in the amendment to the contract the
provisions, as they are in effect at the time of election and as they
may be amended in the future, shall apply to the contracting agency
and to its employees, and the rights, privileges, duties,
liabilities, and responsibilities of the contracting agency and of
each of its employees included in this system shall be governed
thereby.