Article 2. Designation Of Special Groups of California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.

(a) For all purposes under this part, the following group of employees shall constitute a separate coverage group: civilian employees of National Guard units of the state who are employed pursuant to Section 90 of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916 (32 U.S.C. Sec. 42), and paid from funds allotted to those units by the Department of Defense.
  (b) The Adjutant General may enter into an agreement with the board pursuant to Section 22203 for the purpose of obtaining coverage under the federal system for these employees.

For all purposes of this part relating to Section 218(c) of the Social Security Act, employees in any class or classes of positions covered by a retirement system excluded from the agreement pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of Section 218(c) of the Social Security Act at the time it is made applicable to such retirement system and to which the agreement does not already apply shall constitute a separate retirement system coverage group. For the purposes of the referendum among eligible retirement system employees in such retirement system coverage group as required by Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this part and Section 218(d) of the Social Security Act, each such class shall constitute a separate retirement system.

Notwithstanding Section 22009.1, each retirement system which covers positions of policemen or firemen, or both, and other positions shall constitute a separate retirement system with respect to the positions of policemen or firemen, or both, covered by the system. Policemen and firemen shall vote separately from the other members of the system. If the federal system is extended to any fireman's or policeman's position it shall be extended to them as a unit without any division of their separate retirement systems.