County employees' retirement: electronic signatures.

The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 provides a comprehensive set of benefits for county and district employees who are members of a retirement system subject to that law and establishes county retirement boards for the administration of benefits authorized under that law and authorizes each board to include specified provisions, by regulation, with respect to the administration of benefits. This bill would permit a county retirement board to include a provision for the use and acceptance of electronic signatures, as specified, within the regulations. This bill would also establish the County Retirement System Dental Care Program and authorize a retired member of a county retirement system to enroll in a dental program offered pursuant to those provisions, subject to meeting eligibility requirements and payment of premiums. The bill would authorize the board of retirement to contract with a 3rd-party administrator to provide dental care to the retired member, his or her survivors, and his or her eligible dependents. The bill would specify that those dental benefits could be revised or discontinued at any time. The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) vests the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System with management and control of the system. PERL authorizes the board to adjust retirement payments due to errors or omissions, as specified. This bill would similarly authorize a county retirement system in Los Angeles County to adjust retirement payments due to errors or omissions using the same standards and period of limitations found in PERL.