Jasper

The county of Tuolumne took proceedings to participate in, and to make its employees members of, the State Retirement System, hereinafter called “system.” When the statutory proceedings had been completed, the county entered into the statutory “contract” with the Board of Administration of the system, hereinafter called “board.” This action was brought by certain taxpayers of the county to obtain a court decree adjudging that the contract was void because of certain alleged irregularities in the proceedings. Section 20450 of the Government Code provides that any public agency, such as a county, may participate in and make all or part of its employees members of the system by proceedings leading to a contract between its governing body and *673 the board. The following sections provide that when the governing body of a public agency desires to consider the participation of the agency in the system it shall ask the board for a quotation of approximate contribution to the system which would be required of the agency for such participation. When the agency has received this information and if it then desires to participate its governing body is required to adopt a resolution giving…