Title GOV — California Gov. Code

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this section govern the construction of this article. (a) “Board” means the board of retirement. (b) “Employer” means the county, district, or agency whose employees are members of the retirement system of the co…

(a) The board of supervisors of any county subject to this article shall establish two defined contribution retirement plans authorized by Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The terms of the plans shall be mutually agreed to by the employer and employee representat…

It is intended that disability benefits payable from the retirement system pursuant to Article 10 (commencing with Section 31720), in the event of the member’s termination of employment for disability, are compensation for personal injury or sickness, and therefore would not be s…

It is intended that the maintenance of plan F not affect the rate of either member or employer contributions to the retirement system. The board may set a rate of regular interest credited to contributions to the prior plan made with respect to members participating in plan F tha…

(a) The retirement plan created by this article shall be known as Retirement Plan 3. (b) This article shall be applicable in the retirement system of any county of the 13th class as described by Sections 28020 and 28034, if the board of supervisors executes a memorandum of unders…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this section govern the construction of this article. (a) “Board” means the board of retirement. (b) “Employer” means the county or district or agency whose employees are members of the retirement system of the c…

(a) The board of retirement shall establish a position whose qualifications shall include experience in administration and communication of defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans and whose duties shall include management of the plan or plans adopted pursuant to this…

(a) The board of supervisors of any county subject to this article shall establish a defined contribution retirement plan authorized by Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or a similar plan authorized by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. (b) Any full-time employee o…

(a) There shall be no general members’ contributions under the plan created by this article. (b) No refund shall be made to any member who elects to transfer to the retirement plan created by this article of the member’s accumulated contributions. A member who elects to transfer …

(a) Absence from work or termination of employment while an eligible employee or disability beneficiary, as defined by the long-term disability plan provided by the employer, shall not be considered as breaking the continuity of service. (b) For the purposes of subdivision (b) of…

(a) Retirement of a member who has met the requirements for age and service shall be made by the board, at which time the member becomes a retired member. (b) Any member who has completed 10 years of service shall be vested under the retirement plan created by this article. (c) A…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, no surviving spouse benefit shall be paid to a surviving spouse of a member who at the time of death had not met the minimum age and service credit requirements for service retirement.

General members may, within 180 days of the operative date of this article, elect to transfer to the retirement plan created by this article upon proper application executed by the member and filed with the board. Furthermore, any general member who does not elect to transfer dur…

Until the completion of the next regularly scheduled actuarial survey of the retirement system, the employer contribution rate required to finance the plan created by this article shall be established by the board, upon the recommendation of the actuary.

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) An employer which is subject to this article shall provide disability benefits for its employees through a long-term disability plan which shall be separate from and administered separately from the retirement plans authorized by this article and all other retirement plans. (…

It is the intent of the Legislature to specifically include in the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 provisions of law that limit public retirement benefits, other than health benefits, for the members of the legislative bodies of counties and districts and provisions respe…

The board of supervisors, in compliance with Section 23026, shall make public, at a regularly scheduled meeting of the board, all salary and benefit increases that affect either or both represented employees and nonrepresented employees. Notice of any salary or benefit increase s…

The board of supervisors, in compliance with Section 7507, shall secure the services of an enrolled actuary to provide a statement of the actuarial impact upon future annual costs before authorizing increases in benefits. An “enrolled actuary” means an actuary enrolled under Sect…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, as provided in Section 53060.1, the benefits of any member of a legislative body of any county or district shall be no greater than that received by nonsafety employees of that public agency. In the case of agencies with di…

Except as otherwise delegated to the board of investment and except for the statutory duties of the county treasurer, the management of the retirement system is vested in the board of retirement, consisting of five members, one of whom shall be the county treasurer. The second an…

(a) In any county subject to Articles 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) and 7.5 (commencing with Section 31662.2), the board of retirement shall consist of nine members and one alternate, one of whom shall be the county treasurer. The second and third members of the board shall…

As an alternative to the terms of office specified in Section 31520. 1, the County of Contra Costa may, if the board of supervisors adopts a resolution, have terms of office which expire as follows: Seat number 1, the treasurer, who serves on the board of retirement ex officio, a…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 31520.1, and subject to the limitations of subdivision (c), in any county subject to Articles 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) and 7.5 (commencing with Section 31662), the board of supervisors may, by resolution adopted by majority vote, appoint an …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 31520.1, in any county subject to Articles 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) and 7.5 (commencing with Section 31662), the board of supervisors may, by resolution adopted by majority vote, appoint an alternate member for the fourth, fifth, sixth, and …

(a) In any county in which the assets of the retirement system exceed eight hundred million dollars ($800,000,000), the board of supervisors may, by resolution, establish a board of investments. The board shall consist of nine members, one of whom shall be the county treasurer. T…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 31520.1, the board of retirement of a county of the 16th class, as defined by Sections 28020 and 28037, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of 1971, may, by majority vote, appoint, from a list of nominees submitted by an organization consisting …

In any county with a board of retirement composed of nine members pursuant to Section 31520.1, if the second, third, seventh, or alternate seventh member of the board is injured or killed while performing his or her duties as a member of the board, that member shall be deemed to …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 31520.1, in any county subject to Articles 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) and 7.5 (commencing with Section 31662), the board of retirement may, by majority vote, appoint, from a list of nominees submitted by a recognized retiree organization, an a…

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Section 31520.3 or 31520.5, in any county in which there is an alternate retired member, if the eighth member is present, the alternate retired member may also vote as a member of the board in the event both the second and third, o…

The board of supervisors may provide that the fourth and fifth members, and in counties having a board consisting of nine members or nine members and an alternate retired member, the fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth, and alternate retired members, and in counties having a boar…

(a) The board of supervisors may provide that in counties having a board consisting of nine members and an alternate retired member, the fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth, and alternate retired members, and in counties having a board of investments under Section 31520.2, the fi…

(a) The board of supervisors may provide that the fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth, and alternate retired members of the board of retirement shall receive compensation for the review and analysis of disability retirement cases. The compensation shall be limited to the first ti…

The official duties of elected board members who are employees of the county or a district shall be included as part of their county or district employment and their board duties shall normally take precedence over any other duties. The elected board members who are county or dis…

The board of retirement and both the board of retirement and the board of investment may appoint such administrative, technical, and clerical staff personnel as are required to accomplish the necessary work of the boards. The appointments shall be made from eligible lists created…

(a) In a county in which the board of retirement has appointed personnel pursuant to Section 31522.1, the board of retirement may appoint a retirement administrator, chief financial officer, chief operations officer, chief investment officer, chief technology officer, and general…

(a) In a county in which the board of retirement has appointed personnel pursuant to Section 31522.1, the board of retirement may appoint an administrator, assistant administrators, a chief investment officer, subordinate investment officers next in line of authority to the chief…

In a county in which the board of retirement or both the board of retirement and the board of investment have appointed personnel pursuant to Section 31522.1, the respective board or boards may elect to appoint an administrator as provided for in this section. The position of the…

(a) In a county in which the board of retirement or both the board of retirement and the board of investment have appointed personnel pursuant to Section 31522.1, the respective board or boards may elect to appoint assistant administrators and chief investment officers as provide…

(a) In a county in which the board of retirement or both the board of retirement and the board of investment have appointed personnel pursuant to Sections 31522.1 and 31522.2, the respective board or boards may elect to appoint assistant administrators, persons next in line of au…

(a) In a county in which the board of retirement has appointed personnel pursuant to Section 31522.1, the board of retirement may appoint an administrator, an assistant administrator, a chief investment officer, senior management employees next in line of authority to the chief i…

The board may contract with a third party to temporarily assume administration of the system if a catastrophic event destroys or severely damages the system’s administrative facilities or otherwise prevents or significantly hinders continued local administration of the system. Lo…

(a) In addition to the authority provided pursuant to Section 31522.5, the board of retirement in the County of San Bernardino may appoint an administrator, an assistant administrator, a chief investment officer, senior management employees next in line of authority to the chief …

A board of retirement and a board of investments subject to this article shall adopt a policy for providing education to board members. The policy, at a minimum, shall do the following: (a) Identify appropriate topics for board member education, which may include, but is not limi…

(a) The board of retirement of a county may appoint a retirement administrator and other personnel as are required to accomplish the necessary work of the board. The board may authorize the administrator to make these appointments on its behalf. Notwithstanding any other law, the…

(a) In the event of a vacancy in the second, third, seventh, eighth, or alternate seventh member position on the board of retirement, the board shall cause an election to fill the vacancy to be held at the earliest possible date, except as provided in Sections 31520.3 and 31520.5…

(a) In the event of a vacancy in the second, third, fourth, or eighth member position on a board of investments established pursuant to Section 31520.2, the board of investments shall cause an election to be held at the earliest possible date to fill the vacancy. The vacancy in t…

Separation from the service of the county of a member of the board vacates his office.

The board may make regulations not inconsistent with this chapter. The regulations become effective when approved by the board of supervisors.

The regulations shall include provisions: (a) For the election of officers, their terms, meetings, and all other matters relating to the administrative procedure of the board. (b) For one of the following: (1) The filing of a sworn statement by every person who is or becomes a me…