Title GOV — California Gov. Code

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…

(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…

This article shall not apply to a county, district, or other public entity in a county of the first class as defined by Section 28020 until the provisions of this article are funded pursuant to the provisions of a ratified collective bargaining agreement by that county, district,…

A contract entered into between a public employer and a board of retirement or board of investments as described in Section 31694.1 shall not change the obligations of a public employer, board of retirement, or board of investments that are created under other contracts, laws, or…

(a) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this article, if the Post-Employment Benefits Trust Account established under Section 31694 is established as a part of the retirement fund, then that account shall be established for the sole purpose of providing health benefi…

Any provisions of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, the board of supervisors in any county not subject to the provisions of Section 31676.1 may, by majority vote, provide that all the provisions of this chapter relating to safety members, which apply to counties comin…

All eligible employees may elect to be included within the safety member provisions of this chapter by written notice filed with the board not later than 60 days from and after the effective date of the approval of the board of supervisors of the provisions of this article, or wi…

From and after the effective date of the approval of the board of supervisors under Section 31695.1, all of the provisions of this chapter relating to safety members which apply to counties coming under the provisions of Section 31676.1, prior to January 1, 1953, except as provid…

(a) The board of retirement may provide a long-term care insurance program for retired members and their spouses, their parents, and their spouses’ parents. (b) Subject to Section 31696.5, the board may permit active members and their spouses, their parents, and their spouses’ pa…

(a) The full cost of enrollment in a long-term care insurance plan shall be paid by the enrollees. (b) The long-term care insurance plan shall not become part of, or subject to, the retirement or health benefits programs administered by the system.

(a) The board shall establish a trust fund designated as the Long-Term Care Fund for the purpose of the payment of the costs and administration of the long-term care plan. The Long-Term Care Fund shall be held for the exclusive benefit of enrollees and the payment of the costs an…

The board is authorized to recover the administrative costs of the long-term care insurance program from insurance carriers and premiums paid by enrollees.

Subdivision (b) of Section 31696.1 shall not be operative in any county until the board of supervisors shall, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, make that subdivision applicable in the county.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the County Retirement System Vision Care Program.

A member who retires from a county retirement system covered by this chapter may enroll in a vision care program offered pursuant to this article subject to meeting the eligibility requirements established for the program.

Each retired member that elects to participate in the program shall be solely responsible for the payment of premiums.

The benefits in this article are in addition to any other benefits provided in this chapter.

The sponsor of the vision care program may contract with a third-party administrator to provide vision care to the retired member, his or her survivors, and his or her eligible dependents.

If the vision care program is intended to be part of the retirement system trust fund, then the operation of the vision care program, including, but not limited to, its funding, governance, investment of assets, allocation of income, and payment of benefits, shall comply with the…

This article shall apply to a board of retirement established in a county of the seventh class.

The postemployment health benefits fund board shall act as a separate governing board of the postemployment health benefits fund, with separate rules, regulations, and bylaws, and shall meet separately from the meetings of the retirement system. The postemployment health benefits…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this section govern the construction of this article. (a) “Board members” means the retirement system board and the individual members of that board or the individual members of a postemployment health benefits f…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the County Retirement System Dental Care Program.

A retired member of a county retirement system covered by this chapter may enroll in a dental care program offered pursuant to this article, subject to meeting the eligibility requirements established for the program.

A retired member who elects to participate in the program shall be solely responsible for the payment of premiums.

The benefits in this article are in addition to any other benefits provided in this chapter.

The board of retirement may contract with a third-party administrator to provide dental care to the retired member, his or her survivors, and his or her eligible dependents.

The provision of dental benefits in accordance with this article may be revised or discontinued at any time.

The purpose of this article is to allow the retirement system board to establish a postemployment health benefits fund for public agencies that would enable the agencies to do all of the following: (a) Combine for investment the assets that the agencies set aside to provide for r…

(a) (1) The retirement system board may establish, by resolution, a postemployment health benefits fund for the collective investment of assets held in trust solely for the exclusive benefit of providing health benefits to employees of any local public agency. (2) The postemploym…

The investment of the assets in the postemployment health benefits fund shall be subject to the fiduciary standards governing investments under Section 17 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, as those standards apply to the management of investments of the retirement sy…

(a) The postemployment health benefits fund board shall determine the investments of the postemployment health benefits fund and may delegate this function to the extent consistent with its fiduciary responsibilities, including delegating this function to the retirement system bo…

(a) The postemployment health benefits fund board shall establish the terms and conditions for a public agency and its trust fund to participate in the postemployment health benefits fund, including, but not limited to, eligibility to participate, amount of assets transferred to …

(a) The sole function of the postemployment health benefits fund shall be to invest assets of participating public agencies and their trust funds that are held for the exclusive benefit of agency employees. The postemployment health benefits fund shall not have any liability for …

(a) Expenses of administration of this article shall be allocated by the retirement system board, in its discretion and on a reasonable basis, among the postemployment health benefits fund, the retirement system, and the accounts of the public agencies and trust funds that partic…

(a) Any member, whether over or under the minimum age of voluntary service retirement, who leaves county service after completing five years of service or who leaves county service and within 90 days, or six months if Section 31840.4 applies, becomes a member of the Public Employ…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, any member with more than 10 years service who resigns his position and is granted a deferred retirement under this chapter, to accept an appointment by any court of record or judge thereof in a reciprocal county, shall not be…

Any member may elect to rescind in writing his election and withdraw his accumulated contributions pursuant to Section 31628 at any time before the effective date of his retirement except that if within 90 days after discontinuing service under this system, he became a member of …

Upon the death of any member before the effective date of his deferred retirement allowance, his accumulated contributions shall be paid to his estate or to such person as he nominates by written designation duly executed and filed with the board.

Any member upon the effective date of the member’s deferred retirement allowance shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance as provided in Sections 31662 to 31664.65, inclusive, Sections 31673 to 31677, inclusive, or Section 31751, or Section 31808.5, or Section 31808.6,…

If any member elects to have his or her deferred retirement allowance calculated in accordance with Section 31762, 31763, 31764, or 31764.5, he or she shall present his or her election in writing to the board at least six months prior to the effective date of his or her deferred …

The retirement allowance shall be calculated according to the provisions of this chapter, or the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013, whichever is applicable, as they exist at the time of the commencement of the retirement allowance.

Any member who has left county service and has elected to leave accumulated contributions in the retirement fund, or who is deemed to have elected a deferred retirement pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 31700, and who has attained 70 years of age but has not yet applied for …

Any member permanently incapacitated for the performance of duty shall be retired for disability regardless of age if, and only if: (a) The member’s incapacity is a result of injury or disease arising out of and in the course of the member’s employment, and such employment contri…

Notwithstanding Section 31720, any member covered under Section 31751 who is permanently incapacitated shall be retired for disability regardless of age if, and only if: (a) The member’s incapacity is substantially caused by injury or disease arising out of and in the course of t…

In determining whether a member is eligible to retire for disability, the board shall not consider medical opinion unless it is deemed competent and shall not use disability retirement as a substitute for the employer’s disciplinary process.

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 31720, a member who becomes permanently incapacitated for the performance of duty with his or her employing county or district as a direct consequence and result of injury or disease arising out of, and in the course of, active milit…