Skip to main content

Gov. Code, § 22902 · Article 8. Contracting Agency Contributions

Gov. Code, § 22902

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “district” shall mean the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the district may make contributions for postretirement health benefits for its unrepresented employees, including members of the district board of directors to the extent that they are eligible for contributions under existing law, and members of any unit of employees whose terms and conditions of employment are determined through collective bargaining. Those contributions shall be subject to the following:

(1) Credited years of service that the employee worked with the district.

(2) An agreement with all represented employees regarding postretirement health coverage mutually agreed upon through collective bargaining.

(3) Contributions for postretirement health benefits for the district’s unrepresented employees, including members of the district board of directors to the extent that they are eligible for contributions under existing law, may only be made in accordance with the eligibility criteria and schedule below.

(c) An agreement reached pursuant to subdivision (b) shall provide that employer contributions for postretirement health benefits for employees shall be made in the following percentages for the applicable credited years of service:

Credited Years of Service Percentage of Employer Contribution

10 50

11 60

12 70

13 80

14 90

15 100

(d) An agreement reached pursuant to subdivision (b) shall authorize full employer contributions for postretirement health benefits for those employees who retire for disability with five years of credited service with the district.

(e) (1) This section shall only apply to district employees first hired on or after January 1, 2014, and to directors who first serve as a director on or after January 1, 2014.

(2) This section shall apply to employees whose terms and conditions of employment are determined through collective bargaining only if the agreement is expressly incorporated by reference into, or made a part of, a memorandum of understanding.

(f) This section is not applicable to any employee who retires before the effective date of the memorandum of understanding referenced in paragraph (2) of subdivision (e). In the event that the memorandum of understanding establishes a retroactive effective date, this section shall apply only to retirements occurring on or after the effective date of this section.

(g) The district shall provide, in the manner prescribed by the board, a notification of each agreement established pursuant to this section or personnel action incorporating or applying this section, and any additional information necessary to implement this section.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 216, Sec. 1. (AB 2582) Effective January 1, 2015.

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=22902.
Text hash
sha256 156bc552c5dd93dcdffecd2407cdbc41c9908dce676aef2d8525947fc9f851d0
Composed by
compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section

Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.