53200-53210
GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 53200-53210
53200. As used in this article:
(a) "Local agency" means a county, city, school district,
district, municipal corporation, political subdivision, public
corporation, or other public agency of the state.
(b) "Group life insurance" and "group policies of life insurance"
includes "group annuities", and "group annuity contracts."
(c) "Legislative body" means the board of supervisors of a county
or city, or the governing board, by whatever name called, of a school
district, district, municipal corporation, political subdivision,
public corporation, or other public agency of the state.
(d) "Health and welfare benefit" means any one or more of the
following: hospital, medical, surgical, disability, legal expense or
related benefits including, but not limited to, medical, dental,
life, legal expense, and income protection insurance or benefits,
whether provided on an insurance or a service basis, and includes
group life insurance as defined in subdivision (b) of this section.
(e) "Employees" or "officers and employees" mean all employees and
officers, including members of the legislative body, who are
eligible under the terms of any plan of health and welfare benefits
adopted by a local agency pursuant to this article.
53200.1. For the purposes of this article, employees employed by
the county superintendent of schools and whose salaries are paid from
the county school service fund are county employees. The employer's
contribution for such employees is a proper charge against the county
school service fund.
53200.2. For the purposes of this article, school district
employees whose salaries are paid through the county school service
fund, pursuant to the provisions of Section 13843 of the Education
Code, are county employees. The employer's contribution for such
employees shall be paid through the county school service fund in the
same manner as the salaries of such employees.
53200.3. For the limited purpose of the application of this
article, judges of the superior and municipal courts and the officers
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