Title GOV — California Gov. Code

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.

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.

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…

The system established under this chapter or its predecessor is exclusive, and persons entitled to membership in this system shall not participate in any other system provided for officers or employees of a county or judicial district.

Except as provided in this article, all county peace officers shall be included in and be subject to this chapter on the first day of the calendar month following the expiration of 30 days after it becomes operative in any county, or on the first day of the calendar month followi…

Any county peace officer may elect to be excluded from this chapter at any time within 30 days after it becomes operative in any county as to his position, or within 30 days after his entrance into the service, upon his written election to be so excluded. Any employee who elects …

In any county in which the predecessor of this chapter has become operative prior to August 4, 1943, the persons employed in positions included in the definition of “county peace officers” by subdivision (b) of Section 31904 shall become members of the system on the first day of …

Any person who is eligible to participate in this system and who is a member of or participant in, or is eligible for membership or participation in, any other pension system provided by law for officers or employees of a county or judicial district may elect to become a member o…

In any county in which the predecessor of this chapter has become operative prior to the effective date of this chapter, the persons employed in positions included in the definition of “county peace officers” by Section 30904.5 shall become members of the system on the first day …

For the purpose of providing and maintaining a fund to meet the payments of demands drawn for the payment of pensions and the expenses of the board, a trust fund account to be known as “county peace officers’ retirement fund” shall be opened upon the books of the auditor and trea…

All transfers or payments to the fund and all withdrawals and other cash transactions shall be accounted upon the books of the auditor and treasurer in and out of this fund in the same manner as county transactions.

All warrants drawn on the fund shall be signed by the treasurer and at least one other member of the board, who shall be designated by the board. No warrant is valid until it is countersigned, numbered, and recorded by the county auditor.

Payments provided for in this chapter shall be made monthly upon proper vouchers.

The normal rates of contribution of members shall be based on age at the nearest birthday at the time of entrance into the system.

The normal rates of contribution shall be such as will provide an average annuity at the lowest age at which the respective members are eligible for service retirement equal to one-half of terminal salary, according to the tables adopted by the board.

Until revised pursuant to Sections 31963 and 31964, the rate of contribution of each member is that percentage of the salary actually paid to him, disregarding any portion in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) a month, shown in the following table according to age at the time …

The normal rate of contribution established for age 40 is the rate for any member who has attained a greater age before entrance into the system, and that established for age 21 is the rate for any member who enters the system at a lesser age.

The rate of contribution of any member shall apply only to so much of the salary actually paid to him, plus the monetary value as determined by the board of board, lodging, fuel, laundry, and other advantages of any nature furnished to him in payment for his services as does not …

Payment of salaries and wages less the contribution is full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for service rendered by the members during the period covered by such payment except the benefits afforded by this chapter.

Upon election by any person to come within this chapter, any sums due him or to his credit under any other system shall be transferred to this system to his credit.

Upon election by any person to come within this chapter any sums due him under any other system shall be paid to him as in the case of separation from the service, except as provided in Section 32028.

Any person electing to come within this chapter who elects to secure credit for prior service as a county peace officer under this chapter, if he has to his credit in any other pension system a sum exceeding that necessary to entitle him to credit for such prior service, shall ha…

The board of supervisors shall determine and appropriate each year an amount sufficient, together with the contributions of the peace officers, to meet all of the current demands, including interest, against the fund. The amount shall not be less than the total amount which will …

The board of supervisors may appropriate an additional amount, not to exceed the sum which would result from a tax levy on all of the property in the county subject to taxation of one-half cent ($0.005) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation, to reduce or eliminate …

In the preparation and adoption of the county budget, the board of supervisors shall add to and include in the appropriation for salaries and wages an appropriation sufficient to match the contributions of employees who are members of the system.

The county auditor shall certify to the board of supervisors at the end of each month the total amount of contributions paid by members to the fund, and the board of supervisors shall thereupon transfer not less than a like amount from the appropriation to the fund.

All contributions and deposits shall bear simple interest at a rate to be fixed by the board of retirement with the approval of the board of supervisors, not to exceed 4 percent a year. Interest shall be credited semiannually on June 30th and December 31st to all contributions in…

If any officer or employee of the county or of any district not previously included within the field of membership in the system is brought within the field of membership subsequent to the date upon which the system originally became operative in the county, he shall not receive …

Any member who enters or has entered the armed forces of the United States after June 1, 1940, during war or national emergency proclaimed by the President or an act of Congress providing for peacetime induction or conscription and thereafter returns to active service as a peace …

If any member of the system is separated from the service of the county before retirement for any cause other than for death or permanent disability, any contributions made by him shall become part of the retirement fund. If the separation is caused by death or disability, there …

Upon the death before retirement of any member from any cause other than injury received during the performance of his duty or sickness caused by the discharge of his duty, the system shall pay to such person as he nominates, or otherwise to his legal representative, an amount eq…

If any member is compelled to be absent from his employment because temporarily incapacitated for the performance of duty as the result of injury or disease occurring in and arising out of his employment, because of which he becomes entitled to workmen’s compensation, within 90 d…

Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, the board of supervisors may elect to contribute for each member of this system who has entered the armed forces of the United States after June 1, 1940, during war or national emergency proclaimed by the President or an act of Cong…

If the board of supervisors elects to contribute as provided in Section 32039: (a) Any such member who exercises or did exercise the right to contribute to the system during the period of military service shall have such contributions refunded. (b) Any such member who withdraws o…

The board shall, upon application of a member who has served for 20 years or more in the aggregate as a county peace officer, and who has attained age 55, and except as to the sheriff and the undersheriff, upon its own motion may retire such member. Every member, except the sheri…

In computing the time of service of any county peace officer as defined in Section 31904, subdivision (a), there shall be included all time served as a constable or deputy constable of any township or judicial district in the county, whether continuous or broken.

Any person retiring for service shall receive a pension payable in monthly installments during his lifetime, equal to one-half of his terminal salary, not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) a month.

After 20 years of service any motorcycle police officer may be retired by the board for service, if in the judgment of three physicians appointed by the board he is unable to discharge the duties of his office properly.

Any member shall be retired for disability regardless of age or amount of service, if incapacitated for the performance of duty as the result of an injury or disease occurring in and arising out of the course of his employment. Any member otherwise incapacitated for the performan…

If a member who has served 15 years or more develops heart trouble, it shall be presumed in any proceeding under this chapter, by the board and by the court, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that such heart trouble is an injury or disease occuring in and arising out of…

Upon retirement of a member for service connected disability, he shall receive an annual pension, payable in monthly installments, equal to one-half of his terminal salary, not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) a month.

Whenever any member or pensioner is killed, or dies as a result of any injury received during the performance of his duty, or from sickness caused by the discharge of such duty, or after retirement for service connected disability, an annual pension shall be paid in equal monthly…

Upon retirement of a member for nonservice connected disability, he shall receive an annual pension, payable in monthly installments, dependent upon the aggregate length of his service, as follows: After 10 years but less than 12 years of service, fifty dollars ($50) a month. Aft…

The board may require any pensioner retired for disability, under age 50, to undergo medical examination. The examination shall be made by a physician, appointed by the board, at the place of residence of the pensioner or other place mutually agreed upon. Upon the basis of the ex…

If the board determines that the pensioner is not so incapacitated, his pension shall be canceled forthwith, and pursuant to regulations adopted by the county for the reinstatement or reemployment of personnel, he is eligible for reinstatement or reemployment in the county servic…

If a pension is canceled, there shall be immediately paid to the pensioner out of the fund the amount of his accumulated contributions as of the date of his retirement and all interest credited to his account, less an amount equal to one-half of the pension payments made to him d…

If the pensioner reenters county service and is eligible for membership in this system, his rate of contribution for future years is that established for his age at the time of reentry. He shall receive credit for all service rendered by him prior to the time of his disability re…

At any time before the first payment of any pension is made, a member or pensioner may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent at that time of his pension in a lesser pension payable throughout his life and that of his widow, widower or beneficiary, if he or she survives him, i…