Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 305, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 1997.
within the scope of active law enforcement service.
California Government Code — §§ 20390-20416
Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 305, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 1997.
within the scope of active law enforcement service.
Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 70, Sec. 104. (AB 141) Effective July 12, 2021.
“State peace officer/firefighter member” means:
designated as peace officers as defined in Sections 830.2 and 830.3 of the Penal Code.
0984) who have been designated as peace officers as defined in Sections 830.2 and 830.3 of the Penal Code.
Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 159, Sec. 112. Effective January 1, 2002.
“State peace officer/firefighter member” also includes officers and employees with the following class titles:
A member
who is employed in a position that is reclassified to state peace officer/firefighter pursuant to this section may make an irrevocable election in writing to remain subject to the service retirement benefit and the normal rate of contribution applicable prior to reclassification by filing a notice of the election with the board within 90 days after notification by the board. A member who so elects shall be subject to the reduced benefit factors specified in Section 21353 or 21354.1, as applicable, only for service also included in the federal system.
Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 555, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000.
“State peace officer/firefighter member” also means:
Sections 830.2, 830.3, and 830.5 of the Penal Code.
Any person so designated may elect, within 90 days of notification by the board, to remain subject to the service retirement benefit and the normal rate of contribution applicable prior to the effective date that this section is applicable to the member by filing an irrevocable notice of election with the board. A member who so elects shall be subject to the reduced benefit factors specified in Section 21353 or 21354.1, as applicable, only for service also included in the federal system.
Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 971, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2000.
“State peace officer/firefighter member” also includes the employees of a California State University police department, established pursuant to Section 89560 of the Education Code, who have been designated as peace officers as defined in Section 830.2 of the Penal Code, and who are (a) members represented by Public Safety Unit No. 8, or (b) members excluded from the definition of employee in Section 3562 or are supervisory employees as defined in Section 3580.3, provided that these employees have responsibility for the direct supervision of the state peace
officer/firefighter members represented in Public Safety Unit No. 8. The Trustees of the California State University shall notify this system when employees meet these conditions and whenever a state peace officer/firefighter member ceases to meet the conditions.
Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 402, Sec. 12. Effective September 11, 2000.
“State peace officer/firefighter member” means all members who are full-time permanent employees represented in Corrections Unit No. 6, Protective Services and Public Safety Unit No. 7, and Firefighters Unit No. 8 and are employed in class titles that are designated as peace officer as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code or are firefighters whose principal duties consist of active firefighting/fire suppression.
A member who is employed in a position that is
reclassified from state miscellaneous to state peace officer/firefighter pursuant to this section, may make an irrevocable election in writing to remain subject to the miscellaneous service retirement benefit and the normal rate of contribution by filing a notice of the election with the board within 90 days of notification by the board. A member who so elects shall be subject to the reduced benefit factors specified in Section 21353 or 21354.1, as applicable, only for service also included in the federal system.
Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 906, Sec. 40. Effective January 1, 1997.
employee organization pursuant to the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 3560) of Division 4 of Title 1.
Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 364, Sec. 6. (SB 112) Effective September 27, 2019.
“State peace officer/firefighter member” also includes:
A member who is reclassified from state miscellaneous to state peace officer/firefighter pursuant to this section may make an irrevocable election in writing to remain subject to the miscellaneous service retirement benefit and
the normal rate of contribution by filing a notice of the election with the board within 90 days of notification by the board. A member who so elects shall be subject to the reduced benefit factors specified in Section 21353 or 21354.1, as applicable, only for service included in the federal
system.
Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 113. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.
“State peace officer/firefighter member” also includes:
(A) Responsibility for the direct supervision of state peace officer/firefighter personnel specified in Sections 20391, 20392,
20393, and 20395.
(B) Conducting investigations or audits of investigatory practices and other audits of, or in, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
(C) Administration of programs of an agency, department, or other organizational unit that is primarily responsible for active law enforcement or active firefighting/fire suppression.
member” shall not include persons whose primary responsibilities are limited to personnel administration, budgeting, public affairs, data processing or information technology, governmental relations, or legal support, or administration or oversight of these responsibilities.
not meet the criteria in subdivision (a) if those individuals have been continuously employed in positions in the Office of the Inspector General that were deemed to come within the “state peace officer/firefighter member” classification pursuant to this section prior to April 1, 2011, or prior to the first day of the first pay period following the enactment of the act that added this subdivision if that act is enacted after April 1, 2011.
Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.
“State safety member,” includes persons employed in the Department of Fish and Game in connection with its warden service, whose principal duties consist of active law enforcement service, including immediate supervision by persons employed to perform the duties performed under the titles of Chief and Assistant Chief of Warden Service, and Captain of Patrol Boats, except those whose principal duties are those of a telephone operator, clerk, stenographer, machinist, mechanic, assistant fish and game warden, or otherwise clearly do not fall within the scope of active
law enforcement service, even though the person is subject to occasional call, or is occasionally called upon, to perform duties within the scope of active law enforcement.
Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 457, Sec. 11. Effective September 21, 1999.
Trainees; all classes of forestry equipment and civil engineers; Forestry Superintendent, Conservation Camps; Fire Apparatus Engineer; Fireman, C.D.F.; Firefighter (Seasonal); Equipment Maintenance Foreman; Heavy Fire Equipment Operator. However, “state safety members” shall not include members employed in classes other than those set forth in this section whose principal duties are clerical or such as otherwise clearly do not fall within the scope of active fire suppression.
Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 305, Sec. 32. Effective January 1, 1997.
“State safety member” means all persons within the Department of Justice designated as peace officers and performing investigative duties and whose principal duties consist of active law enforcement, but excluding clerical personnel or those whose principal duties are that of telephone operator, machinist, mechanic, security officer, or otherwise clearly not within the scope of active law enforcement, even though the person is subject to occasional call, or is occasionally called upon to perform duties within the scope of active law enforcement.
Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1152, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.
Attorney General, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, or any other similar classification or title.
that does not provide benefits greater than those benefits provided under Section 21363.1.
Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.
“State safety member” shall also include those persons while employed by the San Francisco Port Authority prior to their transfer to the San Francisco Port Commission whose principal duties consisted of active law enforcement and who were peace officers, as defined in former Section 830.35 of the Penal Code, as amended by Chapter 460 of the Statutes of 1979, but excluding any person whose principal duties did not clearly fall within the scope of active law enforcement even though the person is subject to occasional call, or is called upon occasionally, to perform
duties within the scope of active law enforcement.
Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 241, Sec. 14. (SB 857) Effective January 1, 2026.
“State safety member” shall also include officers and employees in (a) the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation employed to perform the duties now performed in positions with the following class titles: Deputy Director, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Deputy Director, Institutions, Camps and Program Services Division; Deputy Director, Parole and Community Services; Warden; Warden—San Quentin; Superintendent II and III, Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation; Deputy Superintendent; Correctional Administrator; Program Administrator, Correctional Institution; all classes of Correctional Program Supervisor; Correctional Captain; Correctional Lieutenant; Correctional Sergeant; Correctional Officer; all classes of Women’s Correctional Supervisor; Assistant Deputy Director, Parole and Community Services; all classes of Parole Administrator, Adult Parole; all classes of Parole Agent, Adult Parole; Assistant Director, Investigations and Law Enforcement Liaison; Senior Special Agent; Special Agent; all classes of Women’s Parole Agent; Medical Facility Superintendent; Superintendent, California Institution for Women; all classes of Correctional Counselor; Chief and Assistant Chief Transportation Officer, (b) the Department of the Youth Authority employed to perform the duties now performed in positions with the
following class titles: Director, Department of the Youth Authority; Chief, Division of Parole and Community Services; Deputy Chief, Division of Parole and Community Services; Program Administrator, Correctional School; Assistant Superintendent, Correctional School; all classes of Superintendent, Correctional School; Youth Authority Camp Superintendent; Assistant Superintendent, Youth Authority Camp; Chief, Division of Institutions; Treatment Team Supervisor; all classes of Transportation Officers, Youth Authority; Security Officer; all classes of Group Supervisors; all classes of Parole Agent, Youth Authority; all classes of Youth Counselor; Supervisor Community Treatment Programs; Correctional Casework Training Supervisor; Correctional Casework Trainee; all classes of Correctional Counselor, (c) the Board of Prison Terms employed to perform duties now performed in positions with the following class
titles: all classes of Parole Agent; all classes of Correctional Counselor and the Chief of Investigation, (d) the Youthful Offender Parole Board employed to perform duties now performed in
positions with the following class titles: all classes of Parole Agent, and (e) the California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Authority employed to perform duties now performed in positions with the following class titles: Director; Deputy Director, Administration; Deputy Director, Marketing; and Deputy Director, Workforce Development.
Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.
Notwithstanding Section 20401 “state safety member” shall include persons employed as members of a state college police department who meet the minimum standards of competence established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 13500) of Title 4 of Part 4 of the Penal Code, except those members employed under class titles of Parking Officer and Campus Guard.
Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 797, Sec. 3. (AB 248) Effective January 1, 2024.
safety membership category if the Department of Human Resources and the State Personnel Board approve the inclusion of the classifications. The inclusion shall not be effective until notice of the inclusion has been received by the board.
Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 115. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.
Notwithstanding Section 20405, this section shall apply to state employees in state bargaining units that have agreed to these provisions in a memorandum of understanding between the state employer and the recognized employee organization, as defined in Section 3513, state employees who are excluded from the definition of “state employee” by subdivision (c) of Section 3513, and officers or employees of the executive branch of state government who are not members of the civil service.
Resources agrees to their inclusion, and officers and employees whose classifications or positions have been designated as subject to state safety membership pursuant to Section 19816.21. For employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the effective date of safety membership shall be the date on which the department and the employees’ exclusive representative reach agreement by memorandum of understanding pursuant to Section 3517.5 or any later date specified in the memorandum of understanding. For employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the Department of Human Resources shall determine the effective date of safety membership.
department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report that contains the classes or positions that are eligible for state safety membership under this section.
Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 116. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.
A member who made the election to remain under the miscellaneous or industrial retirement benefit, as provided in Section 20405.1, may elect to be subject to the state safety formula within 90 days of notification by the board. The election, which shall be provided by the board on and after January 1, 2000, shall be filed with the board. Past service that would have been credited as a safety member, but for the member’s election to remain under the miscellaneous or industrial formula, shall be credited under the safety formula. This section shall apply to state employees in state bargaining units that have agreed to this provision in a memorandum of understanding, or authorized by the Director of Human Resources for classifications of state employees that are excluded from the definition of state employee by
paragraph (c) of Section 3513.
Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 117. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.
Facility.
Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.
“State safety member” also includes persons employed by the state to perform lifeguard services and whose principal duties consist of active protection, rescue, and rendition of aid or assistance to persons injured or imperiled at beaches and lakes, streams, dams, reservoirs, or other bodies of open water, but not including swimming pools, and including members employed to perform duties performed under the titles of “District Aquatic Supervisor,” “Lifeguard Supervisor,” and “Lifeguard” or equivalent successor classes, some of which (including the maintenance of
peace and order and the apprehension of law violators) are customarily performed by police or peace officers, and whose other duties (such as resuscitation work involving the use of special equipment in cases having no connection with their principal duties) that in other areas are customarily performed by firemen, and other and further duties that do not come directly within any of the above classifications but are essential to the safety and security of the public, other than persons employed under those titles on a seasonal basis, but excluding clerical, maintenance personnel, and others who do not fall within the scope of active lifeguarding or lifesaving services as described in this section even though those persons are subject to occasional call or are occasionally called upon to perform duties within the scope of active lifeguarding or lifesaving.
Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 440, Sec. 27. (AB 1488) Effective September 22, 2012.
“State safety member” also includes officers and employees with the State Department of State Hospitals and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in the following classifications:
“State safety member” also includes an officer or employee of the State Department of State Hospitals at Patton State Hospital or Atascadero State Hospital, the State Department of State Hospitals Psychiatric Program of California Medical Facility at Vacaville, or any other state hospital that is deemed a forensic facility, who either is excluded from the definition of state employee in subdivision (c) of Section 3513 or is a nonelected officer or employee of the executive branch of government who is not a member of the civil service. An officer or employee may be a state safety member under this paragraph only if the person has responsibility for the direct supervision of state safety personnel specified in the classifications listed in this section and if the State
Personnel Board determines that these officers and employees meet the state safety membership criteria established pursuant to Section 18717. The Department of Human Resources shall determine which classes meet the above conditions and report its findings to the Public Employees’ Retirement System, whereupon the change in membership categories shall take effect.
Any person so designated pursuant to this section may elect, within 90 days of notification by the board, to remain subject to the miscellaneous service retirement benefit and contribution rate by filing an irrevocable notice of election with the board. A member who so elects shall be subject to the reduced benefit factors specified in Section 21353 or 21354.1, as applicable, only for service also included in the federal system.
Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 440, Sec. 28. (AB 1488) Effective September 22, 2012.
Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 440, Sec. 29. (AB 1488) Effective September 22, 2012.
“State safety member” also includes officers and employees with the State Department of State Hospitals or the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in the following classifications:
“State safety member” also includes an officer or employee of the State Department of State Hospitals at Patton State Hospital or Atascadero State Hospital, who either is excluded from the definition of state employee in subdivision (c) of Section
3513, or is a nonelected officer or employee of the executive branch of government who is not a member of the civil service. An officer or employee may be a state safety member under this paragraph only if the person has responsibility for the supervision of state safety personnel specified in the classifications listed in this section and if the State Personnel Board determines that these officers and employees meet the state safety membership criteria established pursuant to Section 18717. The Department of Human Resources shall determine which classes meet the above conditions and report its findings to this system, whereupon the change in membership categories shall take effect.
Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 555, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2000.
Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 95. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.
“State safety member” also includes all persons in the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the Board of Parole Hearings, the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Department of Developmental Services, the Department of Health Care Services, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, the California Horse Racing Board, the Department of Industrial Relations, the Department of Insurance, the State Department of State Hospitals, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and the Department of Social Services employed with the class title of Special Investigator (Class Code 8553), Senior Special Investigator (Class Code 8550), Investigator Trainee (Class Code 8555) and Investigator Assistant (Class Code 8554), Supervising Special Investigator I (Class Code 8548), Special Investigator II (Class Code 8547), and persons in the class of State Park Ranger
(Intermittent) (Class Code 0984) in the Department of Parks and Recreation, who have been designated as peace officers as defined in Sections 830.2 and 830.3 of the Penal Code.
Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 906, Sec. 48. Effective January 1, 1997.
“State safety member” also includes members employed in the positions with the classification of Vocational Instructor (Barber Shop Practices) (Correctional Facility) (Class Code 2441).
Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 906, Sec. 49. Effective January 1, 1997.
“State safety member” shall also include persons employed to perform full-time active firefighting duties performed on April 1, 1972, under the titles of “institution fire chief,” “institution fireman,” and “campus firefighter” by state agencies other than the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 906, Sec. 50. Effective January 1, 1997.
“State safety member” shall also include persons employed under the title of “campus firefighter” who performed active firefighting duties for the state on April 1, 1973, and who, on January 1, 1979, performed those duties for a local agency providing fire protection under contract to the state.
Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 906, Sec. 51. Effective January 1, 1997.
“State safety member” also includes members employed in the Department of Parks and Recreation in the following classifications: State Park Ranger Trainee, State Park Ranger I, State Park Ranger II, State Park Ranger III, State Park Ranger IV, and State Park Technician.
“State safety member” also includes members employed in the Military Department in the following classifications: Firefighter Guard, Supervising Firefighter Guard, and Chief Firefighter Guard.
“State safety
service,” with respect to a member who becomes a state safety member pursuant to this section, shall also include service with the specified departments prior to April 1, 1982.
Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 906, Sec. 52. Effective January 1, 1997.
“State safety member” also includes members employed in the Department of Parks and Recreation in the following classifications: Manager I, State Park; Manager II, State Park; Manager III, State Park; Manager IV, State Park; and Manager V, State Park. New incumbents to these classes who are not peace officers, shall receive the training required by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training within two years of appointment.
“State safety service,” with respect to a member who becomes a state safety member
pursuant to this section, shall also include service prior to September 22, 1982.
Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.
“State safety member” includes all persons specified in this article by employer, classification, or duties performed, except persons in those classes defined as state peace officer/firefighter members.