Legal Opinion

City of Sacramento v. Public Employees' Retirement System

California Court of Appeal

Decided February 16, 1994No. C013994PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

from a judgment which declares that a 1987 amendment to the Public Employees’ Retirement Law, relating to enhanced pension benefits, applies to its employees without its election.

Sacramento, as an agency contracting with the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS), is subject to the Public Employees’ Retirement Law. Under that law employees classified as “local safety members” (§ 20019), 1 including “local firemen” (§ 20021), are entitled to enhanced pension benefits (§ 21252.01).

In 1987 the Legislature amended section 20021, expanding the class of “local firemen” from “active”…

2Cases cited24 opinions

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3Cited by43 opinions

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