Title GOV — California Gov. Code

Each member subject to Section 31676.12 and subdivision (a) of Section 31808.7 shall continue to contribute as provided for in Article 6 (commencing with Section 31620) less an amount equal to one-third of that portion of such contribution which is payable with respect to the fir…

If this article is effective simultaneously with the effective date of coverage of members under the federal system, the employee and employer federal contributions required with respect to salaries and wages paid for services rendered after the effective date of coverage of such…

If this article is effective subsequent to the effective date of the coverage of members under the federal system the employees’ federal contributions required of members with respect to salary and wages paid for service rendered after the effective date of coverage of such membe…

Any member who elects deferred retirement after becoming subject to the provision of this article shall receive a retirement allowance determined in accordance with Section 31808, 31808.1, 31808.6, or 31809, whichever is applicable.

In the event that any member who is required to or who had the right to elect to redeposit accumulated contributions previously withdrawn, elects so to do, the amount of such redeposit shall be the amount of his previously withdrawn contributions adjusted in accordance with the p…

If, after the adoption of this article by a county, a member is permitted by other sections of this act to obtain credit for service by making contributions into this system for previous service, that part of such contributions applicable to the period of time after the adoption …

This article shall not be applicable to any member subject to Section 31751 except with respect to the member’s service prior to the date such section was made applicable to the member.

If benefits are payable under this chapter because of an injury to, or the death of, a member of the retirement association, and such injury or death is the proximate consequence of the act of any person other than his employer, the board on behalf of the retirement association m…

The retirement association may join with the employer or its compensation insurance carrier in any proceeding under this article.

Any amount recovered by any of the parties shall be applied, first, to the amounts which the employer or its insurance carrier have paid or become obligated to pay, and second, to the amounts to which the retirement association is entitled under the provisions of Section 31820 he…

Actions brought by the board under this article shall be commenced within three years after the liability of the retirement system to pay benefits is fixed. Liability of the retirement system is fixed at the time the board approves the payment of benefits under this chapter.

The provisions of this article are intended to encourage career public service by granting reciprocal retirement benefits to members who are entitled to retirement rights or benefits from two or more retirement systems established under this chapter or from a retirement system es…

Any member, whether over or under the minimum age of service retirement, who leaves county service and within 90 days or six months if Section 31840.4 applies thereafter becomes a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, a retirement system established under this chapte…

Any member who left county or district service on or before December 31, 1971, and became a member of a retirement system established under this chapter in another county or of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, who did not elect to, or was not eligible to, leave his contri…

Any member who left county or district service on or before December 31, 1974, and became a member of a retirement system established under this chapter in another county or of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, who did not elect to, or was not eligible to, leave his or her…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 31831.1 and 31831.2, any former member who left county or district service and became a member of a retirement system established under this chapter in another county or district, or a reciprocal retirement system, or a retirement system established u…

The board shall, on request of the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, the board of retirement of a retirement system established in another county under this chapter, the Board of Retirement of the State Teachers’ Retirement System, or the board o…

For the purpose of this article and Articles 6 and 6.8 of this chapter, age at time of entrance into the retirement system for a person who enters within 90 days, or six months if Section 31840.4 applies, of last rendering service as a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement S…

For the purpose of this article and Article 6 (commencing with Section 31620) and Article 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) of this chapter, a member’s age at the time of entrance into the retirement system for a person who, after entering, redeposits the contributions he or sh…

Notwithstanding Section 31558 and regardless of age at entry into the system in counties subject to the provisions of Section 31676.1 and in counties electing pursuant to Section 31695.1, a person shall become a safety member on the first day of the calendar month following his e…

The average compensation during any period of service as a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, a member of the Judges’ Retirement System or Judges’ Retirement System II, a member of a retirement system established under this chapter in another county, a member of t…

Section 31835 shall be retroactively applied so as to extend the benefits thereof to every active and retired member and beneficiary who left county or district service prior to October 1, 1949, and subsequently redeposited his contributions in the system in respect to all paymen…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, Section 31835 shall also apply to any member who was a member of a retirement system established under this chapter and who subsequently becomes a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, a retirement system established …

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 31835 and 31836, a member of a retirement system established under this chapter who is eligible to retire at age 50 pursuant to Section 31672, or who is required to retire because of age while a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement…

“Service,” solely for purposes of qualification for payment of benefits and retirement allowances, shall also include service as an employee of the state or a contracting agency under the Public Employees’ Retirement System or of another county having a retirement system establis…

“Service,” for the purpose of qualifying members for the discontinuance of contributions pursuant to Section 31625.2, shall also include service as an employee of the state, a contracting agency under the Public Employees’ Retirement System, another county having a retirement sys…

(a) “Service,” for the purpose of qualifying members for the discontinuance of contributions pursuant to Section 31664, 31664.1, or 31664.2 shall also include service as an employee of the state, a contracting agency under the Public Employees’ Retirement System, another county h…

Any member who elects, pursuant to Section 31700 and 31832, to leave his accumulated contributions on deposit may be retired for disability, regardless of age or length of service, and receive a disability retirement allowance under this article based on the service credited to h…

Notwithstanding Sections 31837 and 31838, any member covered under Section 31751 who elects, pursuant to Sections 31700 and 31832, to leave accumulated contributions on deposit may be retired for disability and receive a disability retirement allowance under this section during a…

Every safety member under age 55 years and every other member under age 65 years who is retired for non-service-connected disability and who is retired simultaneously under a disability retirement allowance from the Public Employees’ Retirement System or a retirement system estab…

No provision of this chapter shall be construed to authorize any member, credited with service in more than one entity and who is eligible for a disability allowance, whether service connected or nonservice connected to receive an amount from one county that, when combined with a…

Upon the death before retirement of a member, while in service as a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or a retirement system established pursuant to this chapter in another county, who has made an election pursuant to Section 31700 and 31832, the death benefit pro…

The death benefit provisions of paragraph (a) of Section 31839 shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 31765, 31765.1, 31781.1 and 31781.2 in those counties where these sections are applicable. In all calculations under these sections only the retirement allowances which w…

Notwithstanding Section 31840, upon the death before retirement of a member covered under Section 31751, while in service as a member of a retirement system established pursuant to this chapter in another county, who has made an election pursuant to Section 31700 and 31831, the d…

The provisions of this article extending rights to a member of a county retirement system established under this chapter or subjecting him to any limitation, by reason of his membership in the Public Employees’ Retirement System, shall apply in like manner and under like conditio…

The provisions of this article extending rights to a member of a county retirement system established under this chapter or subjecting him or her to any limitation by reason of his or her membership in the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall apply in like manner and under l…

The provisions of this chapter extending rights to a member of a county retirement system established under this chapter by reason of his membership in the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall also apply to members who terminated state employment on or after June 30, 1971, b…

Wherever in this chapter the rights of a member, because of membership in another retirement system, are conditioned upon reemployment within 90 days of termination of employment covered by a system under this chapter or another retirement system, with respect to such reemploymen…

The provisions of this chapter extending rights to a member of a county retirement system established under this chapter or subjecting him to any limitation, by reason of his membership in the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall also apply to members who terminated state em…

Whenever in this chapter the rights of a member, because of membership in another retirement system, are conditioned upon reemployment within six months of termination of membership in a system under this chapter or another retirement system, such period shall be one year rather …

Wherever in this chapter the rights of a member, because of membership in another retirement system, are conditioned upon reemployment within a specified period after termination of employment covered by a system under this chapter or another retirement system, the period shall b…

The provisions of this chapter extending rights to a member of a county retirement system established under this chapter by reason of his or her membership in the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall also apply to members of the State Teachers’ Retirement System Defined Bene…

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

This article shall not be applicable to any member who because of his county service is subject to the federal old age and survivors insurance provisions of the Federal Social Security Act.

As used in this article “eligible spouse” means an individual who is caring for one or more of the children (as defined in Section 31843) of a deceased member and who is: (a) The widow or widower of such deceased member, or (b) The divorced former spouse of such deceased member, …

As used in this article “child” means a member’s child who is dependent upon such member at the time of his death and while such child is unmarried and: (a) Under 18 years of age, or (b) Whether under or over 18 years of age, totally disabled and such disability occurred prior to…

As used in this article “parent” means: The father or mother of the deceased member who at the time of the death of such member was not less than 62 years of age and was receiving not less than one-half of his or her support from the member, and who has not remarried since the me…

Upon the death of a member prior to retirement who was a member continuously for not less than 18 months immediately prior to his death, survived by an eligible spouse, if such eligible spouse waives the amount, if any, payable as a death benefit pursuant to Section 31781, such e…

Upon the death of a member prior to retirement who was a member continuously for not less than 18 months immediately prior to his death and who is survived by one or more children, during such time as no eligible spouse is entitled to a survivor’s allowance pursuant to this artic…

The monthly survivor’s allowance in the case of two or more children entitled thereto shall be divided equally between them.