California · Government Code

GOV §20571: (a) If the contract has been in effect for at least five years and was approved by an ordinance adopted by a majority vote of the electorate, termination by the contracting agency may be effected not

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(a) If the contract has been in effect for at least five years and was approved by an ordinance adopted by a majority vote of the electorate, termination by the contracting agency may be effected not less than 90 days and not more than one year after authority has been granted by ordinance adopted by a majority vote of the electorate of the contracting agency voting thereon. (b) Termination shall be effective with board approval on the date designated in the ordinance terminating the contract, provided that the termination effective date shall not be earlier than the date of the vote of the electorate. (c) The contracting agency shall notify in writing its past and present employees and retirees, who are members, former members, or retired members of the system, of the pending vote of the electorate on the proposed termination of the contract at least 90 days before the date of the vote. (1) Within seven days of receipt of a request from the contracting agency to fulfill its duties under this subdivision, the board shall provide the contracting agency with contact information data in its possession for the purpose of providing past employee members, former members, and retired members the notice required by this subparagraph. The contact information data shall be provided to the contracting agency in an open format that is platform independent, machine readable, retrievable, downloadable, indexable, and electronically searchable by commonly used Internet search applications. (2) The contracting agency shall not be liable for failure to provide the notice required pursuant to this subparagraph to a past employee member, former member, or retired member if the contact information data received for that member is incomplete or incorrect.

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