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Legal counsel briefs ISERS on county‑appointed seat eligibility, PEPRA and pending state bills
Summary
ISERS legal counsel reported May 21 that ambiguity remains over whether a county retiree may fill a county‑appointed trustee seat under County Employees Retirement Law; counsel summarized split interpretations among county retirement systems and flagged pending state bills AB 569 and SB 853.
ISERS legal counsel briefed trustees on May 21 about an eligibility question for county‑appointed trustee seats after an appointed candidate, Kathleen Lang, resigned when she learned she was not eligible to be an elector of the county because she is not a U.S. citizen.
Counsel said the statutory language in the County Employees Retirement Law (cited at section 31520.1 in materials provided) requires that a county‑appointed seat not be occupied by someone “connected in capacity” with…
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