Title GOV, California Gov. Code

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a safety member who enters the system with credit for prior service and retires upon completion of 20 years of continuous service and a total of 25 years of service after attaining age 50 whose retirement allowance is less tha…

(a) This section may be made applicable in any county on the first day of the month after the board of supervisors of the county adopts, by majority vote, a resolution providing that this section shall become applicable in the county. (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of t…

This section shall apply in any county having a population in excess of 2,000,000. A safety member shall receive no credit for prior service subsequent to June 30, 1921, and prior to January 1, 1938, in calculating a retirement allowance pursuant to this article unless prior to J…

Any person who elects to become a safety member who was a former member of a retirement system established pursuant to Chapter 3 or Chapter 5 shall have his contributions to the retirement association for membership service prior to January 1, 1952, calculated by the same rates a…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a safety member may exercise the option of retiring upon completion of 25 years of service, and if such option is exercised, the safety member shall receive a retirement allowance equal to no less than 30 percent of his or…

If a member retires with credit for time during which he or she was not a safety member or a member of a system established pursuant to either Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 31900) or Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 32200), he or she shall receive for that time: (a) A reti…

For purposes of this article: (a) “Community plan” means a plan that meets all of the following requirements: (1) The plan was adopted by a local jurisdiction for a defined geographic area within its jurisdictional boundaries. (2) The plan serves as the land use element, pursuant…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 21168.9 of the Public Resources Code, in any order that results from an action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the acts or decisions of the local jurisdiction, in adopting an update to a community plan on the grounds of nonco…

This article does not do either of the following: (a) Affect or alter the obligation for the approval of a development project that is consistent with an approved community plan to comply with Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (b) Except as…

This article applies to a development project for which an application has been filed with, and accepted as complete by, the local jurisdiction on or before January 1, 2036. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 228, Sec. 2. (SB 611) Effective October 1, 2025.)

The Legislature finds and declares that the expedited approval of development projects to address the state’s ongoing housing and homelessness crisis and to provide economic opportunities is a matter of statewide concern and is not a municipal affair as that term is used in Secti…

(a) Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage of a member, after joining the retirement system as a party to the proceeding pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 2060) of Part 1 of Division 6 of the Family Code, the court shall include in the judgment or a cou…

Benefits enumerated in this article shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013, whichever is applicable. (Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 247, Sec. 42. (AB 1380) Effective January 1, 2014.)

“Nonmember,” as used in this article, means the spouse or former spouse, or child or other dependent as ordered by the court, of a member, who as a result of petitioning the court for the division of community property, has been awarded a distinct and separate account reflecting …

(a) The nonmember who is awarded a separate account shall have the right to a refund of the accumulated contributions and interest credited in the separate account of the nonmember. (b) The nonmember shall file an application on a form provided by the system to obtain the refund.…

(a) The nonmember who is awarded a separate account may redeposit accumulated contributions and interest previously refunded to the member in accordance with the determination of the court required by Section 31685. (b) The nonmember may redeposit only those accumulated contribut…

(a) The nonmember shall have the right to purchase service credit pursuant to the determination of the court required by Section 31685. (b) The nonmember may purchase only that service credit that the court has determined to be the community property share of the nonmember spouse…

A nonmember shall be retired upon his or her written application to the board if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The member or nonmember has attained the minimum age prescribed by the applicable service retirement formula of the member. (b) On the date of retirement,…

Retirement shall be effective and the retirement allowance shall begin to accrue as of the date designated in the nonmember’s application as the effective date of retirement, or the day following the date of court order dividing the community property of the member and nonmember,…

(a) If the nonmember retires before the member retires, “final compensation” means the highest average annual compensation earnable by the member during the three consecutive years, or one year where applicable, prior to the date the nonmember retires. The nonmember may designate…

A nonmember entitled to receive a retirement allowance shall receive a retirement allowance based on the service retirement formula applicable to the service credited to the nonmember. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 670, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)

If a member becomes disabled, the combined benefit payments to both the member and nonmember shall not exceed the amount that would otherwise be paid to the member alone. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 670, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)

(a) Under no circumstances shall a retirement plan be required to make payments in any manner that will result in an increase in the amount of benefits provided under the plan. (b) All benefits determined pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 2610) of Division 7 of the Fami…

(a) The age factor applicable to the nonmember shall be based on the age of the nonmember at the time of his or her retirement. (b) The board shall adopt age factors as recommended by the actuary. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 670, Sec. 2 (1st text). Effective January 1, 1995.)

This article shall not be operative in any county until the board of supervisors shall, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, make this article applicable in the county. (Added by renumbering Section 31685.96 (as added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 670, Sec. 2, 2nd text) by Stats. 2015…

(a) The board of supervisors of any county by ordinance, or the governing body of any district under the County Employees Retirement Law, by ordinance or resolution, may provide for the contribution by the county or district from its funds and not from the retirement fund, toward…

(a) In lieu of the benefits prescribed by Section 31691, the board of retirement may provide on behalf of a member who has retired, or an eligible surviving spouse who was married to the member prior to the date of retirement of the member, or, if there is no such spouse, the sur…

The board of retirement in a county of the first class may permit active members and their dependents to enroll in any plan authorized in Section 31691. The board shall have exclusive control over the plan benefits and administration to the same degree and to the same extent it o…

The adoption of an ordinance or resolution pursuant to Section 31691 shall give no vested right to any member or retired member, and the board of supervisors or the governing body of the district may amend or repeal the ordinance or resolution at any time except that as to any me…

In any county, district, or county retirement system providing benefits under this article, the county, district, or county retirement system shall provide any recognized retiree organization, as defined in Section 31471.5, that is recognized by the retirement system of the count…

This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) Federal, state, and local governments in California are investing in new and expanded transit systems in areas throughout the state, including Los Angeles County, the San Francisco Bay area, San Diego County,…

A city, county, or city and county may require a developer to enter into a development agreement pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 65864) of Chapter 4 to implement a density bonus specified in the transit village plan pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 65460.2.…

Any portion of a specific plan or redevelopment plan adopted prior to January 1, 2006, that conforms to the requirements set forth in Section 65460.2, as amended by Chapter 42 of the Statutes of 2004, may be declared a transit village plan by a city, county, or city and county if…

A city or county may prepare a transit village plan for a transit village development district that addresses the following characteristics: (a) A neighborhood centered around a transit station that is planned and designed so that residents, workers, shoppers, and others find it …

To increase transit ridership and to reduce vehicle traffic on the highways, local, regional, and state plans should direct new development close to the transit stations. These entities should provide financial incentives to implement these plans. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, …

A transit village development district shall include all land within not more than one-half mile of the main entrance of a transit station designated by the legislative body of a city, county, or city and county that has jurisdiction over the station area. (Amended by Stats. 2010…

A city or county establishing a district and preparing a plan pursuant to this article shall be eligible for available transportation funding. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 78, Sec. 3. (AB 2605) Effective January 1, 2017.)

An agency responsible for the preparation and adoption of the congestion management program may exclude district impacts from the determination of conformance with level of service standards pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 65089.3. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. E…

(a) A transit village plan shall be prepared, adopted, and amended in the same manner as a general plan, except for plans qualified as transit village plans pursuant to Section 65460.11. (b) A transit village plan may be repealed in the same manner as it is required to be amended…

No transit village plan may be adopted or amended unless the proposed plan or amendment is consistent with the general plan. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)

No local public works project may be approved, no tentative map or parcel map for which a tentative map was not required may be approved, and no zoning ordinance may be adopted or amended within an area covered by a transit village plan unless it is consistent with the adopted tr…

(a) The board of supervisors of a county or the governing body of a district or other public entity may, by ordinance or resolution and with the agreement of the board of retirement, provide for the contribution of funds by the county, a district, or other public entity into a Po…

(a) The retirement system shall separately account for the funds contributed to the Post-Employment Benefits Trust Account by each participating employer and the earnings and expenses related to the investment and administration of those funds. (b) The board of retirement, or a b…

An employer who elects to participate in the Post-Employment Benefits Trust Account shall be required to establish, fund, and apply distributions from the Post-Employment Benefits Trust Account, and administer a post-employment health, life, welfare, or other supplemental benefit…

(a) The board of supervisors of a county, or the governing body of a district, may establish, by resolution or ordinance, its own trust for the sole purpose of funding any post-employment benefits provided under a group health, life, or other welfare benefits plan or plans establ…