Title GOV — California Gov. Code

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section, a retirement allowance or optional death allowance, including an allowance payable to a survivor of a member, payable to or on account of any member of this system, or of a superseded system, who retired for service on or…

Effective the first day of the first month after adoption of this section by the board of supervisors, the allowance paid with respect to any member of this system who retired or died prior to January 1, 2001, shall be increased by the percentage set forth opposite the year of re…

In any county which made Section 31676.1 of the Government Code applicable effective July 1, 1962, the board of supervisors may by resolution make the benefits provided by Section 31676.1 applicable to employees who retired prior to July 1, 1962, and after the board of supervisor…

Every retirement allowance payable during the time this section is operative in any county to, or on account of any member of this system or of a superseded system, who has been retired for service shall be increased by an amount equal to the product one dollar ($1) times years o…

(a) The board of supervisors in any county under the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 may provide, effective on a date determined by the board, for cost-of-living payments, in addition to those payable under Articles 16.5 and 16.6, to members of this system or a superseded…

The board of retirement of a county of the 13th class, as defined by Sections 28020 and 28034, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of 1971, may elect to provide, by resolution, a vested supplemental retirement benefit of one hundred eight dollars and forty-four cents ($108…

If the board of retirement of a county of the 13th class adopts, or has adopted, a resolution pursuant to Section 31682, then for those persons who are first employed by an employer of the system on or after January 1, 2006, the vested supplemental benefit shall be paid only to a…

(a) The board of supervisors in a county of the ninth class, as defined in Sections 28020 and 28030, may elect to provide an additional benefit to members who retired and to their surviving beneficiaries who are receiving allowances under this system, if the following conditions …

(a) Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage of a member, after joining the retirement system as a party to the proceeding pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 2060) of Part 1 of Division 6 of the Family Code, the court shall include in the judgment or a cou…

Benefits enumerated in this article shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013, whichever is applicable.

“Nonmember,” as used in this article, means the spouse or former spouse, or child or other dependent as ordered by the court, of a member, who as a result of petitioning the court for the division of community property, has been awarded a distinct and separate account reflecting …

(a) The nonmember who is awarded a separate account shall have the right to a refund of the accumulated contributions and interest credited in the separate account of the nonmember. (b) The nonmember shall file an application on a form provided by the system to obtain the refund.…

(a) The nonmember who is awarded a separate account may redeposit accumulated contributions and interest previously refunded to the member in accordance with the determination of the court required by Section 31685. (b) The nonmember may redeposit only those accumulated contribut…

(a) The nonmember shall have the right to purchase service credit pursuant to the determination of the court required by Section 31685. (b) The nonmember may purchase only that service credit that the court has determined to be the community property share of the nonmember spouse…

A nonmember shall be retired upon his or her written application to the board if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The member or nonmember has attained the minimum age prescribed by the applicable service retirement formula of the member. (b) On the date of retirement,…

Retirement shall be effective and the retirement allowance shall begin to accrue as of the date designated in the nonmember’s application as the effective date of retirement, or the day following the date of court order dividing the community property of the member and nonmember,…

(a) If the nonmember retires before the member retires, “final compensation” means the highest average annual compensation earnable by the member during the three consecutive years, or one year where applicable, prior to the date the nonmember retires. The nonmember may designate…

A nonmember entitled to receive a retirement allowance shall receive a retirement allowance based on the service retirement formula applicable to the service credited to the nonmember.

If a member becomes disabled, the combined benefit payments to both the member and nonmember shall not exceed the amount that would otherwise be paid to the member alone.

(a) Under no circumstances shall a retirement plan be required to make payments in any manner that will result in an increase in the amount of benefits provided under the plan. (b) All benefits determined pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 2610) of Division 7 of the Fami…

(a) The age factor applicable to the nonmember shall be based on the age of the nonmember at the time of his or her retirement. (b) The board shall adopt age factors as recommended by the actuary.

This article shall not be operative in any county until the board of supervisors shall, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, make this article applicable in the county.

(a) The board of supervisors of any county by ordinance, or the governing body of any district under the County Employees Retirement Law, by ordinance or resolution, may provide for the contribution by the county or district from its funds and not from the retirement fund, toward…

(a) In lieu of the benefits prescribed by Section 31691, the board of retirement may provide on behalf of a member who has retired, or an eligible surviving spouse who was married to the member prior to the date of retirement of the member, or, if there is no such spouse, the sur…

The board of retirement in a county of the first class may permit active members and their dependents to enroll in any plan authorized in Section 31691. The board shall have exclusive control over the plan benefits and administration to the same degree and to the same extent it o…

The adoption of an ordinance or resolution pursuant to Section 31691 shall give no vested right to any member or retired member, and the board of supervisors or the governing body of the district may amend or repeal the ordinance or resolution at any time except that as to any me…

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…