Title GOV — California Gov. Code

Any county may adopt or readopt this article alone from time to time, adopt Article 16.5 alone, or adopt this article and Article 16.5 at the same time or different times. If both articles are adopted, any accumulated increases in excess of two percent (2%) per year which are acc…

Any county may adopt or readopt this article alone from time to time, adopt Article 16.5 alone, or adopt this article and Article 16.5 at the same time or different times. If both articles are adopted, any accumulated increases in excess of three percent (3%) per year which are a…

Any county may adopt or readopt this article alone from time to time, adopt Article 16.5 alone, or adopt this article and Article 16.5 at the same time or different times. If both articles are adopted, any accumulated increases in excess of 5 percent per year which are accumulate…

Each county having a population in excess of five million, which has not already integrated its retirement system with the federal system, shall effect such integration pursuant to this article to be operative as of a date specified by the board of supervisors to be no later than…

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this article, all of the provisions of Article 13 of this chapter (commencing with Section 31800) apply to, and are incorporated by reference in this article.

“Board,” as used in this article, means the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.

“Federal-state agreement” means the agreement or any modification thereof now, heretofore, or hereafter executed by the board pursuant to Section 218 of Title II of the Social Security Act.

“Pension board,” as used in this article, means the board of retirement.

“Retirement system” means the retirement plan provided by the county for its employees under this chapter.

“Policeman” as used in this article includes sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and any other employee of a county in a position designated as a policeman’s position by the board; provided, any such position named herein or as may be designated by the board, is not contrary…

“Fireman,” as used in this article, means any employee in a position designated as a fireman’s position by the board; provided, such designation is not contrary to any definition, ruling or regulation relating to the term “fireman” issued by the federal agency for the purposes of…

The pension board shall effect a division into two parts exclusive of the division required by Section 31891, for the purposes of this article, of the retirement system. One part shall consist of those who are active members of the retirement system on division date, and who do n…

The division shall be conducted in accordance with Section 218(d)(7) of the Social Security Act and applicable federal and board rules and regulations, by the pension board.

Upon receiving evidence satisfactory to him with respect to any division of a retirement system that the conditions specified in Section 218(d)(7) of the Social Security Act have been met, the Governor or any other state official now or hereafter authorized by federal law, shall …

For the purposes of this article, policemen, as defined in Section 31886, and firemen, as defined in Section 31887, shall each be deemed to belong to separate retirement systems.

When federal benefits are to be extended to any firemen’s or policemen’s position pursuant to this part it shall be done only by a vote of such firemen or policemen as provided in Section 31801.

The pension board shall apply to the board in accordance with the provisions of this article, and the board shall execute on behalf of the State an agreement with the federal agency for the coverage of employees of the county under the federal system in conformity with the provis…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 31893, however, before the board shall execute on behalf of the State an agreement with the federal agency as herein provided, the pension board and the board shall enter into a written agreement, which agreement shall include such provis…

This article shall apply only in a county with a population exceeding 6,000,000 and shall apply in that county only if the board of supervisors has provided notice of intent to terminate benefits under federal social security.

Any county which has provided the notice specified in Section 31894.1 shall provide a vote of the affected members, the results of which shall be advisory to the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors may, following the advisory vote, cancel their notice of intent to with…

The board of supervisors shall, by resolution, certify to the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System that the provisions of Section 31894.2 have been complied with. In the event that the board of supervisors cannot certify compliance with the provision…

As used in this article “public agency” includes the federal government or any federal department or agency, this state, any other state or any state department or agency, a county, city, public corporation, or public district of this state or any other state. Section 31478 does …

As used in this article, “total benefits” means the retirement allowance or other benefit payable to any beneficiary pursuant to the provisions of this chapter plus any other monetary payments due to the same beneficiary from any public agency.

If an increase in the retirement allowance or other benefit payable to any beneficiary pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, whether such increase begins prior or subsequent to the effective date of this article, results in the decrease of the amount of any monetary payment…

If the statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, or orders of any public agency are so changed, or if for any other reason the effect of the increase of the retirement allowance or other benefit payable to any beneficiary pursuant to the provisions of this chapter on the amount o…

The provisions of this article are mandatory and not subject to option or election by any member or other beneficiary. Every such beneficiary shall inform the board of all facts necessary in order to comply with this article. The board shall ascertain such facts by such procedure…

If the board in good faith diligently seeks to ascertain all facts necessary in order to comply with this article, but, despite such effort, a payment of a retirement allowance or other benefit to any beneficiary is made without having been reduced as required by this article, ne…

The board shall deduct the amount of advanced disability pension payments made to a local safety member pursuant to Section 4850.3 or 4850.4 of the Labor Code from the member’s retroactive disability pension payments. If the retroactive disability allowance is not sufficient to r…

A retirement allowance or other benefit payable to a beneficiary pursuant to this chapter shall not be reduced pursuant to this article if such reduction would impair the constitutional rights of any person.

All money received from licenses, street poll taxes, fines, penalties, and forfeitures shall be paid into the general fund.

All moneys received from sales and use taxes shall be paid into the General Fund, or into such special fund or funds for such purpose or purposes as shall be established by ordinance.

By ordinance or resolution, the city legislative body may create one or more revolving funds in connection with proceedings had under any general law for the following purposes: (a) The establishing, laying out, opening, widening, extending, straightening, constructing, improving…

The revolving fund may be created and used when the cost of the work or improvement is to be paid for: (a) By special assessment. (b) Out of any general or special city fund.

By resolution, the legislative body may order money from any of the following funds transferred to and deposited in the revolving fund: (a) The general fund. (b) The permanent improvement fund. (c) The general street improvement fund. (d) Any fund received from the county or Stat…

The legislative body may appropriate any sums deemed necessary out of any such revolving fund and expend the money for any of the purposes enumerated and incidental expenses.

It may advance money from the revolving fund as a deposit pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 1255.010) of Chapter 6 of, or Article 2 (commencing with Section 1268.110) of Chapter 11 of, Title 7 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure in any eminent domain proceeding …

It may appropriate money out of any such revolving fund and, at prices not exceeding their face value, purchase improvement bonds or warrants representing special assessments for public improvements within the city and issued under general law.

It may collect payments of principal and interest upon such bonds or warrants and deposit them in the revolving fund.

The legislative body may order the revolving fund reimbursed, in whole or in part, when the following conditions exist: (a) It has appropriated and expended or advanced any sum out of the fund to pay or to secure the payment of the cost of improvement of a street or other public …

It may order that the revolving fund be reimbursed, either in whole or in part: (a) By the deposit of the whole or any part of such assessments when collected. (b) From the proceeds of any bonds of the district benefited, or from the proceeds of any bonds representing such assess…

The amount of the reimbursement shall not exceed the amount paid out of or advanced from the revolving fund for the improvement.

The legislative body may reimburse the revolving fund, in whole or in part, by appropriating to, and depositing in, the fund money from any of the funds enumerated in Section 43422.

At any time the legislative body may reduce or discontinue the revolving fund. Upon such reduction or discontinuance, it shall transfer the money in the revolving fund to the funds from which it was derived, or may expend the money for any of the purposes of this article.

Pursuant to this article, any city whose corporate limits include or front upon any harbor, bay or estuary, or other navigable water, whether the tidelands or waterfront is owned or controlled by it or by the State, either in whole or in part, may incur an indebtedness for: (a) T…

The city may create one or more funds for the payment of such indebtedness. Whether the funds are under the management and control of a state board of harbor commissioners or the management and control of the city, or any of its officers, boards or departments, pursuant to statut…

The city may also issue and sell its bonds to provide a fund for the redemption, cancellation, and retirement of state bonds issued and sold to provide a fund for any improvement or construction in its harbor.

All provisions of law, or of the charter of the city, relative to the issuance and sale of other city bonds and the mode and manner of calling, holding, and canvassing an election authorizing the issuance and sale of such bonds, apply equally to the issue and sale of the bonds au…

Where by law or charter of the city the management, control, and improvement of the harbor or tidelands is vested in whole or in part in a state board of harbor commissioners, the city may turn over to the State Board of Harbor Commissioners any funds which it provides. Such fund…

When any city provides any fund for the redemption, cancellation, or retirement of any state bonds pursuant to this article, the city through its appropriate officers may transfer the money in the fund to the State Treasurer. Upon its receipt the State Treasurer shall place the m…

When a bond or interest coupon payable from funds in the custody of the treasurer of a local agency is presented to him for payment and is not paid for want of funds, he shall endorse upon it “Not paid for want of funds,” the date of presentation, and a serial number indicating t…