Section 22899 Of Article 8. Contracting Agency Contributions From California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 8.
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. (a) The contributions required of a contracting agency,
along with contributions withheld from salaries of its employees,
shall be forwarded monthly, no later than the 10th day of the month
for which the contribution is due. The contributions shall be
credited to the Public Employees' Contingency Reserve Fund as
specified by Section 22910.
(1) Deferrals or contributions paid by a contracting agency shall
be paid through an electronic funds transfer method prescribed by the
board. This payment requirement is effective upon declaration by the
board.
(2) A contracting agency that is unable, for good cause, to comply
with paragraph (1), may apply to the board for a waiver that allows
the agency to pay in an alternate manner as prescribed by the board,
but not by credit card payment.
(3) For the purpose of this subdivision, "electronic funds
transfer" has the same meaning as that set forth in Section 20027.5.
(b) A county superintendent of schools shall draw requisitions
against the county school service fund and the funds of the
respective school districts for the amount equal to the total of the
employer contributions and the employee contributions deducted from
compensation paid from those funds. The amounts shall be deposited in
the county treasury to the credit of the contract retirement fund
established pursuant to Section 20617. The county superintendent
thereafter shall draw his or her requisitions against the fund in
favor of the board which, when allowed by the county auditor, shall
constitute warrants against the fund and shall forward the warrants
to the board in accordance with this section.
(c) If a contracting agency fails to remit the contributions when
due, the agency may be assessed interest at an annual rate of 10
percent and the costs of collection, including reasonable legal fees,
when necessary to collect the amounts due. In the case of repeated
delinquencies, the contracting agency may be assessed a penalty of 10
percent of the delinquent amount. That penalty may be assessed once
during each 30-day period that the amount remains unpaid.
Additionally, the contracting agency may be required to deposit
one-month's premium as a condition of continued participation in the
program.