(a) (1) If the contract has been in effect for at least five years and was approved by an ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing body of the contracting agency, the governing body may terminate it by completing all of the following:

(A) Adopting a resolution giving notice of intention to terminate.

(B) Notifying, in writing, the contracting agency’s past and present employees, who are members, former members, or retired members of the system, within 30 days of the adoption of the resolution giving notice of intention to terminate.

(i) Within seven days of receipt of the resolution noticing the contracting agency’s intention to terminate, 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.

(ii) Within 14 days of receipt of the contact information data described in clause (i), the contracting agency shall provide written notice to past employee members, former members, and retired members of the adoption of the resolution giving notice of intention to terminate.

(iii) The contracting agency shall not be liable for failure to provide the notice required pursuant to this subparagraph to a member if the contact information data received for that member is incomplete or incorrect.

(C) Adopting an ordinance or resolution terminating the contract, not less than 90 days and not more than one year after the system’s receipt of the resolution giving notice of intention to terminate, by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the governing body.

(2) Termination shall be effective with board approval on the date designated in the ordinance or resolution terminating the contract, provided that the effective date of termination shall not be earlier than the date the governing body adopts the ordinance or resolution terminating the contract.

(b) (1) If the contract is a joint contract and the joint contract has been in effect for at least five years, the contract may be terminated by completing all of the following:

(A) Adopting trial court and county resolutions giving notice of intention to terminate.

(B) Notifying, in writing, the trial court’s and county’s past and present employees, who are members, former members, or retired members of the system, within seven days of the adoption of the resolutions giving notice of intention to terminate.

(i) Within seven days of receipt of the trial court and county resolutions noticing their intention to terminate, the board shall provide each contracting agency with contact information data in its possession for the purpose of providing its 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.

(ii) Within 14 days of receipt of the contact information data described in clause (i), each contracting agency shall provide written notice to its past employee members, former members, and retired members of the adoption of the resolution giving notice of intention to terminate.

(iii) A contracting agency shall not be liable for failure to provide the notice required pursuant to this subparagraph to a member if the contact information data received for that member is incomplete or incorrect.

(C) Adopting ordinances or resolutions terminating the joint contract, not less than 90 days and not more than one year after the system’s receipt of the resolution giving notice of intention to terminate, by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the governing body of the county, and by the presiding officer of the trial court.

(2) Termination shall be effective with board approval on the date designated in the ordinance terminating the contract, provided that the effective date of termination shall not be earlier than the date the governing body of the county and the presiding officer of the trial court adopts or approves the ordinance or resolution terminating the contract, whichever is later.

(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 732, Sec. 2. (SB 1022) Effective January 1, 2019.)