(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the commission shall enter into a contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, and the board shall enter into that contract, to include all of the employees of the commission in that retirement system, and the employees shall be entitled to substantially similar health benefits as are state employees pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 22750) of Division 5 of Title 2.
(b) For purposes of providing retirement benefits, the commission may contract with the retirement system of which the employees of the county are members, in lieu of contracting with the board.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) or (b), to the extent that the commission contracts with the county or other agencies to utilize employees of the county or other agencies as employees of the commission, the commission need not establish any retirement benefits program for those employees.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 69, Sec. 26. Effective June 24, 2004.)
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