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CA Govt Code § 50954 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 2 - Administration, Award System, and Membership|Section 50954.

50954.  (a) The board shall adopt rules and regulations to administer the award system, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(1) Eligibility requirements for a member to receive an award, including, but not limited to, minimum age and minimum years of certified service credit.(2) Eligibility requirements for a member to include certified prior service credit as certified service credit in calculating the amount of his or her award or to qualify for an award.(3) The amount of an award payable under this chapter and any cost-of-living adjustments or supplemental payments based upon that award.(4) Eligibility requirements for membership in the award system.(5) The maximum years of certified service credit a member may accrue under the award system.(6) Other rules and regulations that the board determines are appropriate to administer this chapter.(b) In addition to those powers and duties, the board shall determine if participation in the award system is adequate to ensure that sufficient funds will be available for the payment of awards on an actuarial reserve basis before any awards are paid. If the board determines that participation in the award system is inadequate to assure the financial success of the system, the board may terminate the award system pursuant to Section 50974 or may amend the award system pursuant to the rules and regulations of the board.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50955 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 2 - Administration, Award System, and Membership|Section 50955.

50955.  (a) The board shall, from time to time, determine and fix the annual interest rate and actuarial interest rate.(b) The board shall keep in convenient form the data necessary for the actuarial valuation of the award system. The board shall, at least quadrennially, cause to be made an actuarial investigation into the mortality and service experience of members and persons receiving awards and an actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the award system.(c) When there is insufficient data upon which to establish mortality rates or other actuarial assumptions required to evaluate the obligations of the award system, the board may adopt appropriate assumptions that, upon the advice and recommendation of the actuary, are necessary.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50956 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 2 - Administration, Award System, and Membership|Section 50956.

50956.  (a) On the basis of investigation and valuation, the board shall adopt the mortality, service, and other tables as it deems necessary, and shall make changes in the contributions required from contracting departments as the board considers appropriate in order to assure the actuarial soundness of this award system.(b) The board shall credit all contributions of departments in the fund with interest at the annual interest rate compounded at each June 30.(c) Data filed by a member or department with the board is confidential, and no individual record shall be divulged by an official or employee having access to that data to a person other than the member to whom the information relates or his or her authorized representative, or the department that employs the member. That information shall be used by the board for the sole purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter.(d) Each volunteer member and department shall file with the board the information and evidence as may be required by the board in administration of this award system.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50957 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 2 - Administration, Award System, and Membership|Section 50957.

50957.  The custodian of the fund shall be subject to the exclusive control of the board to administer and invest the assets of the fund. The assets in the fund shall be used to pay the costs of administration and for the payment of awards under this chapter.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50958 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 3 - Service Credit and Contributions|Section 50958.

50958.  Only members may accumulate service credit in the award system. A volunteer becomes a member when he or she satisfies the minimum requirements for membership, as established by the board, and the minimum service requirements as certified by a qualifications review commission. Membership shall terminate on the day prior to the effective date of an award pursuant to Section 50962.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50959 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 3 - Service Credit and Contributions|Section 50959.

50959.  (a) The award system shall be funded by contributions paid by contracting departments and income from the fund. The award system is a noncontributory system, and no contributions shall be required from members of the award system.(b) As determined by actuarial valuation reported to the contracting department by the award system, each contracting department shall make contributions annually, not later than October 1 of each year, sufficient to meet the prescribed amount with respect to volunteers of the contracting department, in accordance with the conditions provided in its contract under the award system.(c) Contributions of all contracting departments shall be applied by the board during each fiscal year to meet the obligations of all departments collectively, pursuant to the following order:(1) In an amount equal to the liabilities accruing on account of awards payable on account of current service.(2) The balance of contributions on any other liability incurred under this chapter.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50960 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 3 - Service Credit and Contributions|Section 50960.

50960.  (a) Only those volunteers who have been certified by their contracting department as having satisfactorily completed a service year shall be credited with current service for that year. A member is not required to qualify in consecutive years.(b) Members of departments contracting on or after the effective date of this chapter may initially be credited with a full service year if the board authorizes credit for that service and the member and his or her department satisfy the other requirements established by the board, including, but not limited to, certification by the department’s qualifications review commission.(c) A satisfactory service year credit shall be determined by a member’s active participation in all of the following fire department activities.(1) Training drills.(2) Responses to emergency calls.(3) Attendance at official department and association meetings.(d) Contracting departments shall maintain adequate records to show that a credited member was a participating member of the department during the year of certification. The records may include, but are not limited to, the following:(1) Department run logs.(2) Department training records.(3) Certificates of training.(4) Records of exposures to hazardous products.(5) Minutes of departmental or association meetings.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50961 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 3 - Service Credit and Contributions|Section 50961.

50961.  (a) The governing body of each contracting department shall establish a qualifications review commission that shall include the fire chief, one member of the governing body appointed by the governing body, and one volunteer elected by the volunteers employed by the contracting department.(b) The qualifications review commission shall review the list of department members each year, and prior to October 1 of each year shall certify to the board those volunteers who have qualified.(c) In no event shall a member be credited with more than the maximum number of years of service allowed in the award system, as established by the rules and regulations of the board.(d) With respect to each contracting department that provides benefits for prior service credit, the qualifications review commission shall promulgate and publish guidelines for computing prior service credit. The guidelines shall require the prior service credit to be verified and certified and, in the event that there are no records in existence, the members of the commission and the volunteer shall sign an affidavit certifying that the prior service met the criteria prescribed in Section 50960. The affidavit shall be signed under penalty of perjury. Thereafter, the qualifications review commission shall certify to the board certified prior service credit that has been earned by each member.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50962 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 3 - Service Credit and Contributions|Section 50962.

50962.  When the member’s application for an award is received by the board, an award shall be granted to accrue and become effective pursuant to the terms, conditions, and eligibility requirements established by the board.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50963 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 3 - Service Credit and Contributions|Section 50963.

50963.  The board shall determine the terms, conditions, and eligibility requirements for all of the following:(a) The amount of an award payable under the award system.(b) If a member is entitled to a cost-of-living adjustment and the amount of that cost-of-living adjustment.(c) If a member is entitled to receive an award and the amounts of supplemental payments based upon that award.(d) Any death benefits payable to a member’s designated beneficiary or the estate of the member.(e) All other benefits authorized by the board under this chapter.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50964 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 4 - Contract Provisions|Section 50964.

50964.  (a) Except as described in subdivision (b), a department may participate in and make all of its volunteers members of the award system by a contract entered into between the governing body of the department and the board pursuant to this chapter.(b) The board may prohibit a new contract with or may establish terms and conditions regarding a new contract for a department that has previously terminated a contract for participation under this chapter.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50965 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 4 - Contract Provisions|Section 50965.

50965.  When the governing body of a department desires to consider participation in the award system, the governing body shall ask the board for a quotation of the approximate contribution to the award system that would be required by the department for participation in the award system.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50966 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 4 - Contract Provisions|Section 50966.

50966.  An employee organization, recognized under the provisions of appropriate authority, may request the governing body of the department to ask the board for a quotation of the approximate contribution to the award system that would be required of the department for participation in the award system, and if the employee organization is willing to pay for the cost of that quotation, the department shall make the request. The board shall furnish copies of the quotation to both the department and the employee organization.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50967 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 4 - Contract Provisions|Section 50967.

50967.  On request of the board, the department shall furnish the data concerning its volunteers as the board requires to make the necessary valuations and investigations into the experience among the volunteers.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50968 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 4 - Contract Provisions|Section 50968.

50968.  The approximate contribution quoted by the board and the actual contribution to be made if a contract results shall be determined by actuarial valuations of the future service liability under the award system, on account of the volunteers involved in the computation, and in consideration of other circumstances that may be adopted by the board, upon recommendation of the actuary.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50969 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 4 - Contract Provisions|Section 50969.

50969.  The approximate and actual contributions payable by a contracting department shall be similar to premiums under insurance policies. The approximate contribution quoted by the board to the department is subject to the contingency that the actual contribution certified by the board after the approval of a contract may differ from the approximate contribution because of any of the following:(a) Time elapsed between the quotation and operative date of the contract.(b) Any changes in the facts or assumptions upon which the quotation was based.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50970 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 4 - Contract Provisions|Section 50970.

50970.  (a) Approval of the contract by the governing body of the department shall be by resolution or by any other means permitted by law.(b) The board shall inform the governing body of the projected costs of the program.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50971 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 4 - Contract Provisions|Section 50971.

50971.  Errors in a contract may be corrected through amendments approved by the adoption of suitable resolutions by the contracting parties. All contract amendments shall be made in the same manner as prescribed for the approval of the initial contract.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50972 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 5 - Termination and Limitations|Section 50972.

50972.  The contract may be terminated by the governing body of a contracting department by resolution or by any other means permitted by law. All liability of the department with respect to its volunteer members of the award system shall cease. All moneys deposited in the fund shall be held for the continued payment of previously granted awards and the costs of administration.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50973 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 5 - Termination and Limitations|Section 50973.

50973.  The board may provide that an award under this chapter shall not be payable, or begin to accrue, until the board establishes, by appropriate resolution, that the fund contains sufficient net assets to make the payments provided by this chapter based upon an actuarial reserve basis.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50974 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 5 - Termination and Limitations|Section 50974.

50974.  Upon termination of the award system, assets in the fund shall be disbursed in the following order:(a) An amount sufficient to pay awards previously granted shall be retained by the board.(b) An amount sufficient to pay reasonable administrative expenses shall be retained by the board.(c) From any balance in the fund after the above amounts have been retained or disbursed, each department’s accumulated contributions, less a proportionate share of the amount retained for reasonable administrative expenses, less the amount retained to pay awards of that department’s volunteers, shall be refunded to the department.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50975 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 6 - Indemnity|Section 50975.

50975.  The Public Employees’ Retirement System, as a public entity, and the present, future, and former board members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, jointly and individually, and state officers and employees, shall be indemnified from the General Fund as described in Section 16641.5 for all claims, demands, suits, actions, damages, judgments, costs, charges, and expenses as a result of the transfer of the award system from the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System to the board of the California State Fire Employees Welfare Benefit Corporation.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
CA Govt Code § 50976 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act|ARTICLE 6 - Indemnity|Section 50976.

50976.  (a) The Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall not be liable for any action or failure to act by the board of the California State Fire Employees Welfare Benefit Corporation. Upon transfer of the award system, the board of the California State Fire Employees Welfare Benefit Corporation shall assume all responsibilities and liabilities related to the award system.(b) As of the date of the transfer or termination of the award system, the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall have no liability or responsibility for the administration of the award system.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)