Section 20677.8.

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 20681 and 20694, effective with the beginning of the September 2010 pay period, the normal rate of contribution for patrol members shall be 10 percent of the compensation in excess of eight hundred sixty-three dollars ($863) per month paid to those members.

(b) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if the provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.

(c) Consistent with the normal rate of contribution for all members identified in this subdivision, the Director of the Department of Personnel Administration may exercise his or her discretion to establish the normal rate of contribution for a related state employee who is excepted from the definition of "state employee" in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, and an officer or employee of the executive branch of state government who is not a member of the civil service.

(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 162, Sec. 14. Effective August 23, 2010.)