Opinion No. (2000)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General CLAYTON P. ROCHE Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE TONY STRICKLAND, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY, has requested an opinion on the following question: May the board of trustees of a school district extend health and welfare benefits to current members of the district's personnel commission? CONCLUSION The board of trustees of a school district may extend health and welfare benefits to current members of the district's personnel commission. ANALYSIS The Legislature has enacted a comprehensive statutory scheme (Gov. Code, §§ 53200 - 53210 ) 1 authorizing the legislative body of local agencies, including school districts, to provide health and welfare benefits to their officers and employees. We are asked whether the board of trustees of a school district may extend health and welfare benefits to current members of the district's personnel commission. We conclude that it may do so. The health and welfare benefits in question are defined in subdivision (d) of Section 53200 as follows: "`Health and welfare benefit' means any one or more of the following: hospital, medical, surgical, disability, legal expense or related benefits including,…