Title GOV, California Gov. Code

“State peace officer/firefighter member” also includes the employees of a California State University police department, established pursuant to Section 89560 of the Education Code, who have been designated as peace officers as defined in Section 830.2 of the Penal Code, and who …

“State peace officer/firefighter member” means all members who are full-time permanent employees represented in Corrections Unit No. 6, Protective Services and Public Safety Unit No. 7, and Firefighters Unit No. 8 and are employed in class titles that are designated as peace offi…

(a) “State peace officer/firefighter member” also includes employees of the California State University who are campus fire apparatus engineers and who are members represented by Technical and Support Services Unit No. 9. (b) This section shall be operative with respect to the em…

“State peace officer/firefighter member” also includes: (a) The Sergeants-at-Arms of each house of the Legislature who have been designated as peace officers in subdivision (a) of Section 830.36 of the Penal Code. (b) Bailiffs and security coordinators of the judicial branch who …

“State peace officer/firefighter member” also includes: (a) (1) State officers and employees designated as peace officers as defined in Sections 830.1, 830.2, 830.3, 830.38, 830.4, and 830.5 of the Penal Code, or a firefighter whose principal duties consist of active firefighting…

“State safety member,” includes persons employed in the Department of Fish and Game in connection with its warden service, whose principal duties consist of active law enforcement service, including immediate supervision by persons employed to perform the duties performed under t…

(a) “State safety member” also includes members employed in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, whose principal duties consist of active fire suppression or supervision, including, but not limited to, members employed to perform duties now performed under the followin…

“State safety member” means all persons within the Department of Justice designated as peace officers and performing investigative duties and whose principal duties consist of active law enforcement, but excluding clerical personnel or those whose principal duties are that of tel…

(a) “State safety member” also includes state prosecutors and state public defenders. (b) For purposes of this part, “state prosecutor” means a state officer or employee who meets all of the following criteria: (1) He or she is employed by the Department of Justice, Office of the…

“State safety member” shall also include those persons while employed by the San Francisco Port Authority prior to their transfer to the San Francisco Port Commission whose principal duties consisted of active law enforcement and who were peace officers, as defined in former Sect…

“State safety member” shall also include officers and employees in (a) the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation employed to perform the duties now performed in positions with the following class titles: Deputy Director, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Deputy…

Notwithstanding Section 20401 “state safety member” shall include persons employed as members of a state college police department who meet the minimum standards of competence established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing…

(a) “State safety member” shall also include officers and employees of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in the following classifications: Classification Code Classification 0683 Assistant Dairy Operator 2156 Assistant Food Manager (Correctional Facility) 4302 Assi…

Notwithstanding Section 20405, this section shall apply to state employees in state bargaining units that have agreed to these provisions in a memorandum of understanding between the state employer and the recognized employee organization, as defined in Section 3513, state employ…

A member who made the election to remain under the miscellaneous or industrial retirement benefit, as provided in Section 20405.1, may elect to be subject to the state safety formula within 90 days of notification by the board. The election, which shall be provided by the board o…

(a) A member who is an employee of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, who made the election to remain under the state industrial membership classification, as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 20405, may elect to be subject to state safety membership within 90…

“State safety member” also includes persons employed by the state to perform lifeguard services and whose principal duties consist of active protection, rescue, and rendition of aid or assistance to persons injured or imperiled at beaches and lakes, streams, dams, reservoirs, or …

“State safety member” also includes officers and employees with the State Department of State Hospitals and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in the following classifications: Classification Code Classification Title 8254 Prelicensed Psychiatric Technician (forensi…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 20407, any person designated as a state safety member pursuant to Section 20407 who elected to remain subject to the miscellaneous service retirement benefit and contribution rate as provided in that section may elect instead to be subject to the state…

“State safety member” also includes officers and employees with the State Department of State Hospitals or the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in the following classifications: Classification Code Classification Title 2860 Audio Visual Assistant (Correctional Facility)…

(a) “State safety member” shall also include officers and employees of the following departments with the following class titles: Class Code Classification Department 8330 Aircraft Pilot, Depart­ment of Justice Justice 8997 Arson and Bomb Investigator Fire Marshal 9027 Assistant …

“State safety member” also includes all persons in the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the Board of Parole Hearings, the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Department of Developmental Services, the Department of Health Care Services, the Department of Toxic Substances …

“State safety member” also includes members employed in the positions with the classification of Vocational Instructor (Barber Shop Practices) (Correctional Facility) (Class Code 2441). (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 906, Sec. 48. Effective January 1, 1997.)

“State safety member” shall also include persons employed to perform full-time active firefighting duties performed on April 1, 1972, under the titles of “institution fire chief,” “institution fireman,” and “campus firefighter” by state agencies other than the Department of Fores…

“State safety member” shall also include persons employed under the title of “campus firefighter” who performed active firefighting duties for the state on April 1, 1973, and who, on January 1, 1979, performed those duties for a local agency providing fire protection under contra…

“State safety member” also includes members employed in the Department of Parks and Recreation in the following classifications: State Park Ranger Trainee, State Park Ranger I, State Park Ranger II, State Park Ranger III, State Park Ranger IV, and State Park Technician. “State sa…

“State safety member” also includes members employed in the Department of Parks and Recreation in the following classifications: Manager I, State Park; Manager II, State Park; Manager III, State Park; Manager IV, State Park; and Manager V, State Park. New incumbents to these clas…

“State safety member” includes all persons specified in this article by employer, classification, or duties performed, except persons in those classes defined as state peace officer/firefighter members. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The management of the system is vested in a board of retirement, consisting of five members, one of whom shall be the county treasurer acting in an exofficio capacity. The second and third members shall be either members or pensioners of the system elected by the members within 3…

The first persons elected or appointed as the second and fourth members shall serve for two years from the date the system becomes operative, and the third and fifth members elected or appointed shall serve for a term of three years from that date. Thereafter, the term of office …

Neither the enactment of this chapter nor any amendment of its predecessor shortens the term of any member of the board who was lawfully elected or appointed, even if he would not be eligible for election or appointment under this chapter or such amendment, but he shall continue …

A pensioner is eligible for membership on the board to the same extent as if he were a member. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The members of the board, except the fourth and fifth members, shall serve without compensation. The fourth and fifth members of the board shall receive ten dollars ($10) a meeting for not more than one meeting a month. The members of the board shall be reimbursed out of the fund…

The board shall organize by choosing one of its number as chairman. Thereafter the officers shall be chosen biennially by the board. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The board shall meet for the transaction of business at least once every three months in each calendar year and at other times as it or a majority of its members orders. Notice of all meetings shall be given by the secretary at least three days in advance of the meeting. (Added b…

A majority of the members may transact any business of the board. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The board may compel witnesses to attend and testify before it upon all matters connected with the operation of this chapter in the same manner as is provided by law for the taking of testimony before notaries public. The chairman or any member of the board may administer oaths t…

The board may appoint a secretary and provide for the payment from the fund of all its necessary expenses, including secretary hire and printing. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The board may make regulations not inconsistent with this chapter. The regulations shall become effective when approved by the board of supervisors. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The board shall report annually in January to the board of supervisors the condition of the fund and the receipts and disbursements on account of the fund with a full and complete list of the beneficiaries of the fund and the amounts paid them for the preceding calendar year. (Ad…

The board shall annually prepare a budget of the cost of maintaining the pension fund. For this purpose it may employ an actuary to assist it in preparing the budget and report, to the end that the system may be scientifically financed and administered. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch.…

The board shall cause an actuarial investigation and valuation of the system to be made immediately after the first year of operation and thereafter at not to exceed five-year intervals. The investigation shall be conducted under the supervision of an actuary and shall cover the …

After the receipt of the recommendations the board of supervisors shall promptly adjust the rate of interest, the rates of contributions of members, and county appropriations, as it deems advisable, but shall not fix them so as to reduce the amount of individual benefits. (Added …

The board has charge and control of the funds of the system, and shall administer them and order payments therefrom in accordance with this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The board shall invest and reinvest the funds of the system, and may from time to time sell any securities held by it and invest and reinvest the proceeds therefrom and all unappropriated income of the funds. All funds received by it not required for current disbursements shall b…

Whenever securities belonging to or held for the system are sold, the county treasurer shall deliver the securities sold upon receiving the proceeds and may execute any and all documents necessary to transfer title. The duties imposed upon the county treasurer are a part of his o…