Title GOV — California Gov. Code

If a member elected to participate in the benefits provided for by this article more than 30 days after this article became operative in the county, a survivor’s allowance shall not be due to either his eligible spouse or child, and a lump sum supplemental survivorship benefit sh…

If a member elected to participate in the benefits provided for by this article more than 30 days after this article becomes operative in the county, a survivor’s allowance shall not be due to any parent of such member unless additional deductions were made pursuant to this artic…

The board shall before April 1 of each year determine whether there has been an increase or decrease in the cost of living as provided in this section. Notwithstanding Section 31481 or any other provision of this chapter (commencing with Section 31450), every retirement allowance…

(a) The board of retirement shall, before April 1 of each year, determine whether there has been an increase or decrease in the cost-of-living as provided in this section. Notwithstanding Section 31481 or any other provision of this chapter, every retirement allowance, optional d…

The board shall before April 1 of each year determine whether there has been an increase or decrease in the cost of living as provided in this section. Notwithstanding Section 31481 or any other provision of this chapter (commencing with Section 31450), every retirement allowance…

(a) The board of retirement shall, before April 1 of each year, determine whether there has been an increase or decrease in the cost-of-living as provided in this section. Notwithstanding Section 31481 or any other provision of this chapter, every retirement allowance, optional d…

The board shall before April 1 of each year determine whether there has been an increase or decrease in the cost of living as provided in this section. Notwithstanding Section 31481 or any other provision of this chapter (commencing with Section 31450), every retirement allowance…

Notwithstanding Section 31870.1, the board shall, before April 1st of each year, determine whether there has been an increase or decrease in the cost of living as provided in this section. Notwithstanding Section 31481 or any other provision of this chapter, every retirement allo…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the accumulation established in Section 31870, 31870.1, 31870.2, or 31870.3 shall be computed by multiplying the existing accumulation from prior years by an amount equal to one plus the amount of any cost-of-living increase or decrease…

Any increases in allowances which are based upon service rendered prior to the applicable date of this article (as fixed pursuant to Section 31874) shall be funded insofar as possible from the moneys in the reserve described in Section 31592 which are in excess of one (1) percent…

Any such increases in allowances which are not funded as provided in Section 31871 and any such increases which are based upon service rendered after the applicable date of this article (as fixed pursuant to Section 31874) shall be funded by contributions set by the board, as it …

(a) Any increases in contributions shall be shared equally between the county or district and the contributing members, with the individual member’s contributions based upon the member’s age at his or her nearest birthday at time of entrance into the retirement system or based on…

(a) Any cost-of-living contributions required for benefits under Section 31870.3 shall be shared equally between the county or district and the contributing members. The individual member’s contributions shall be based upon the member’s age at the member’s nearest birthday at tim…

This article (commencing with Section 31870) may be made applicable in any county on the date specified in the ordinance, or if no such date is specified, on the first day of the month after the effective date of an ordinance adopted by the board of supervisors to this effect, pr…

Whenever the percentage of annual increase in the cost of living as of January 1st of each year as shown by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers exceeds 3 percent, all or part of such excess over 3 percent shall be applied to the retirement …

The board of supervisors in any county, by a majority vote, may enact an ordinance providing that the maximum annual change pursuant to this article shall be increased to 4, 5, or 6 percent, as determined by the board, on the operative date of such ordinance.

(a) (1) Whenever the percentage of annual increase in the cost of living as of January 1 of each year as shown by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers exceeds the maximum benefit increase provided in Section 31870, 31870.1, 31870.2, or 31870…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors in a county of the 10th class may provide in any ordinance implementing any section in this article that the provision of this article requiring unused increases or decreases in any year to be accumulated for fu…

(a) Whenever the percentage of annual increase in the cost of living as of January 1 of each year as shown by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers exceeds a full 3 percent of the existing cost-of-living increase factor provided by any provis…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on an annual basis, the board of retirement may, with the approval of the county board of supervisors, grant a cost-of-living adjustment on a prefunded basis to the retirement allowances, optional death allowances, or annual death a…

Any county may provide by ordinance that the principles set forth in Article 16.5 (commencing with Section 31870), as a basis for adjustment of retirement allowances in accordance with future cost-of-living changes, shall be applied for the purpose of adjusting retirement allowan…

The retirement allowances payable following the effective date of this article in the county shall be in the same amounts as would be payable if Article 16.5 had been in effect in the county on the date specified in the ordinance as the date for application of this article in the…

Any adjustment made pursuant to this article with reference to changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers which occurred prior to the effective date of this article in a county shall apply prospectively only; and no right, claim or interest whatsoever shall be cr…

(a) This article may be adopted by any county by ordinance. (b) The ordinance shall specify a date as of which Article 16.5 shall be deemed applicable. The applicable date may be the first day of any prior year. If no applicable date is specified, Article 16.5 shall be deemed app…

Any county may adopt or readopt this article alone from time to time, adopt Article 16.5 alone, or adopt this article and Article 16.5 at the same time or different times. If both articles are adopted, any accumulated increases in excess of two percent (2%) per year which are acc…

Any county may adopt or readopt this article alone from time to time, adopt Article 16.5 alone, or adopt this article and Article 16.5 at the same time or different times. If both articles are adopted, any accumulated increases in excess of three percent (3%) per year which are a…

Any county may adopt or readopt this article alone from time to time, adopt Article 16.5 alone, or adopt this article and Article 16.5 at the same time or different times. If both articles are adopted, any accumulated increases in excess of 5 percent per year which are accumulate…

Each county having a population in excess of five million, which has not already integrated its retirement system with the federal system, shall effect such integration pursuant to this article to be operative as of a date specified by the board of supervisors to be no later than…

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this article, all of the provisions of Article 13 of this chapter (commencing with Section 31800) apply to, and are incorporated by reference in this article.

“Board,” as used in this article, means the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.

“Federal-state agreement” means the agreement or any modification thereof now, heretofore, or hereafter executed by the board pursuant to Section 218 of Title II of the Social Security Act.

“Pension board,” as used in this article, means the board of retirement.

“Retirement system” means the retirement plan provided by the county for its employees under this chapter.

“Policeman” as used in this article includes sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and any other employee of a county in a position designated as a policeman’s position by the board; provided, any such position named herein or as may be designated by the board, is not contrary…

“Fireman,” as used in this article, means any employee in a position designated as a fireman’s position by the board; provided, such designation is not contrary to any definition, ruling or regulation relating to the term “fireman” issued by the federal agency for the purposes of…

The pension board shall effect a division into two parts exclusive of the division required by Section 31891, for the purposes of this article, of the retirement system. One part shall consist of those who are active members of the retirement system on division date, and who do n…

The division shall be conducted in accordance with Section 218(d)(7) of the Social Security Act and applicable federal and board rules and regulations, by the pension board.

Upon receiving evidence satisfactory to him with respect to any division of a retirement system that the conditions specified in Section 218(d)(7) of the Social Security Act have been met, the Governor or any other state official now or hereafter authorized by federal law, shall …

For the purposes of this article, policemen, as defined in Section 31886, and firemen, as defined in Section 31887, shall each be deemed to belong to separate retirement systems.

When federal benefits are to be extended to any firemen’s or policemen’s position pursuant to this part it shall be done only by a vote of such firemen or policemen as provided in Section 31801.

The pension board shall apply to the board in accordance with the provisions of this article, and the board shall execute on behalf of the State an agreement with the federal agency for the coverage of employees of the county under the federal system in conformity with the provis…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 31893, however, before the board shall execute on behalf of the State an agreement with the federal agency as herein provided, the pension board and the board shall enter into a written agreement, which agreement shall include such provis…

This article shall apply only in a county with a population exceeding 6,000,000 and shall apply in that county only if the board of supervisors has provided notice of intent to terminate benefits under federal social security.

Any county which has provided the notice specified in Section 31894.1 shall provide a vote of the affected members, the results of which shall be advisory to the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors may, following the advisory vote, cancel their notice of intent to with…

The board of supervisors shall, by resolution, certify to the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System that the provisions of Section 31894.2 have been complied with. In the event that the board of supervisors cannot certify compliance with the provision…

As used in this article “public agency” includes the federal government or any federal department or agency, this state, any other state or any state department or agency, a county, city, public corporation, or public district of this state or any other state. Section 31478 does …

As used in this article, “total benefits” means the retirement allowance or other benefit payable to any beneficiary pursuant to the provisions of this chapter plus any other monetary payments due to the same beneficiary from any public agency.

If an increase in the retirement allowance or other benefit payable to any beneficiary pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, whether such increase begins prior or subsequent to the effective date of this article, results in the decrease of the amount of any monetary payment…

If the statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, or orders of any public agency are so changed, or if for any other reason the effect of the increase of the retirement allowance or other benefit payable to any beneficiary pursuant to the provisions of this chapter on the amount o…

The provisions of this article are mandatory and not subject to option or election by any member or other beneficiary. Every such beneficiary shall inform the board of all facts necessary in order to comply with this article. The board shall ascertain such facts by such procedure…