Section 20677.94 - Adjustment of rate(a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.9 and 20683, effective July 1 ,2026, the normal rate of contribution for state safety members who are represented by State Bargaining Unit 19 described in Section 20677.9 shall remain in effect unless the board has determined that both of the following conditions have been met:(1) The total normal cost rate has increased or decreased by more than 1 percent from the 2025-26 fiscal year total normal cost.(2) Fifty percent of the new normal cost rate, rounded to the nearest one-quarter of 1 percent, is greater or less than the normal contribution rates established in Section 20677.9.(b) If the board determines that the requirements of paragraph (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) have been met, the normal contribution rate for state safety members who are represented by State Bargaining Unit 19 shall be adjusted to 50 percent of the normal cost rate rounded to the nearest one-quarter of 1 percent on July 1 of the fiscal year after the determination.(c)(1) Each year thereafter, the rate shall only be adjusted if the board determines that the total normal cost rate increases or decreases by more than 1 percent of payroll above the total normal cost rate in effect at the time the employee contribution rate was last adjusted.(2) Employee contributions shall continue to be a percentage of pensionable compensation in excess of three hundred and seventeen dollars ($317) per month paid to the member.(d) 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 and until approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.(e) Consistent with the normal rate of contribution for all members identified in this section, the Director of the Department of Human Resources may exercise 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 2023 ch 197 (SB 148),s 14, eff. 9/13/2023.