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CA Govt Code § 31499.15 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 1.8 - Alternative Optional, Integrated, Noncontributory Plan for Counties of the 20th Class|Section 31499.15.

31499.15.  (a) Upon the death of a retired member, 50 percent of the retirement pension, if not modified in accordance with the optional survivor allowance in subdivision (b), shall be continued during and throughout the life of his or her surviving spouse, if he or she was married to the member at least one year prior to the date of retirement. If there is no surviving spouse entitled to this allowance, or if he or she dies before every child of the deceased retired member, including stepchild or adopted child, attains the age of 18 years, then the allowance which the surviving spouse would have received had he or she lived, shall be paid to the deceased retired member’s child or children under the age of 18 years. If the survivor allowance is to be paid to surviving children, the allowance shall be divided among the children in equal amounts. However, the right of any child to share in the allowance shall cease upon his or her death, marriage, or upon attaining the age of 18 years.Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subdivision, the allowance otherwise payable to the children of the retired member shall be paid to the children through the age of 21, if the children remain unmarried and are regularly enrolled as full-time students in any accredited school as determined by the board.(b) A vested member, or vested former member, in lieu of the normal or early retirement pension for the retired member’s life alone, may elect to have the actuarial equivalent of the retired member’s pension as of the date of retirement applied to a lesser amount payable throughout the retired member’s life, and thereafter to have a survivor allowance as approved by the board, upon the advice of the actuary, continued throughout the life of and paid to the person or persons having an insurable interest in the life of the retired member, as the member or former member nominates by written designation duly executed and filed with the board at the time of retirement.(c) No designation pursuant to subdivision (b) shall, in the opinion of the board and the actuary, place any additional actuarial cost burden upon the retirement system.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 175, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 31499.16 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 1.8 - Alternative Optional, Integrated, Noncontributory Plan for Counties of the 20th Class|Section 31499.16.

31499.16.  Any person employed subsequent to the effective date of this article who would otherwise qualify as a member shall not become a member until he or she certifies to the board his or her election to be covered by the retirement plan established by this article or to be covered by the retirement provisions and benefits otherwise available to members on the date preceding the effective date of this article. As a condition of continued employment, the certification shall be made within 60 days of employment. The employer shall make available to the person a disclosure of the elements of each of the available retirement plans prior to accepting his or her election.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 175, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 31499.17 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 1.8 - Alternative Optional, Integrated, Noncontributory Plan for Counties of the 20th Class|Section 31499.17.

31499.17.  (a) General members may, within 180 days of the effective 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.(b) The retirement benefits of the transferred members are governed and defined by this article.(c) Transferring members relinquish and waive any and all previously available vested or accrued retirement, survivor, disability and death benefits. All transferring members whose contributions for public service have been refunded to them shall not receive credit for that service.(d) Any member who selects Retirement Plan 3 upon reentering into county service and who has not received credit as a Plan 3 member for previous county service, may elect to repurchase his or her previous service by redepositing his or her withdrawn contributions, plus interest, from date of termination, and shall then receive credit for that service under the plan status at the time of original employment.(e) Any member who has elected or transferred to the plan created by this article and who terminates his or her employment and is later reemployed shall not be entitled to change his or her election upon that reemployment, unless a resolution, enacted by the board of supervisors subsequent to the member’s election to transfer to the new plan, so provides.(f) A plan transfer by a member is voluntary and shall be irrevocable, unless the board of supervisors, by resolution, authorizes Retirement Plan 3 members to transfer to a retirement plan authorized under Article 8 (commencing with Section 31670), under the terms and conditions specified in the resolution. The terms may include, but are not limited to, (1) an eligibility provision based on the number of years in county service, or (2) a provision for crediting service in the plan which (A) the member transfers to only for that service rendered after adoption of the resolution or (B) an eligibility provision that, for the purposes of Article 10 (commencing with Section 31720), considers years in county service from the date the member transfers to a new plan unless the prior county service credit is restored, or both. The resolution may establish different service credit conditions for various job classifications or groups, or for various represented bargaining units, different conditions agreed upon by the employer and the employee representative, or both. The board of supervisors may also establish other conditions it deems necessary or desirable.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 784, Sec. 1.5. Effective October 13, 2001.)
CA Govt Code § 31499.18 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 1.8 - Alternative Optional, Integrated, Noncontributory Plan for Counties of the 20th Class|Section 31499.18.

31499.18.  Until the completion of the next regularly scheduled actuarial survey of the retirement system, the employer contribution required to finance the plan created by this article shall be established by the board, upon the recommendation of the actuary.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 175, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 31499.19 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 1.8 - Alternative Optional, Integrated, Noncontributory Plan for Counties of the 20th Class|Section 31499.19.

31499.19.  If any provision of this article, or the application thereof, to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or application of the article which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application and, to this end the provisions of this article are severable.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 175, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 31500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of System|Section 31500.

31500.  A retirement system is established in any county for eligible officers and employees by the adoption of an ordinance, accepting this chapter, by:(a) A majority vote of the electors voting on the proposition at a special or general election; or(b) A four-fifths vote of the board of supervisors.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
CA Govt Code § 31501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of System|Section 31501.

31501.  This chapter becomes operative in any county on either January 1st or July 1st following the adoption of the ordinance, as specified in the ordinance, but not sooner than 60 days after its adoption.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
CA Govt Code § 31502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of System|Section 31502.

31502.  This chapter may be made effective by a resolution adopted by a majority of the governing board or committee of any institution operated by two or more counties, or by a majority of the governing board or committee of any district as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 31468, if one of the counties involved in the operation of the institution has adopted its provisions, or, in the case of a district as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 31468, if one of the counties comprising the organization or association has adopted its provisions. Upon the adoption of the resolution the employees of the institution shall become members of the retirement system of the county designated by the governing board or committee of the institution, and all contributions made by the employees and by the institution shall be paid into the county retirement system of the county selected. The governing board or committee shall cause to be paid to the county operating the retirement system, the institution’s proportionate share of the cost of operation of the system.(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1338.)
CA Govt Code § 31503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of System|Section 31503.

31503.  A retirement system established pursuant to this chapter shall supersede any previously established county pension system.(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 789.)
CA Govt Code § 31505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of System|Section 31505.

31505.  The assets and records of a superseded system shall become the assets and records of this retirement system, but there shall be left to the superseded system not established pursuant to either Chapter 4 or Chapter 5, sufficient assets, according to tables adopted by the board of supervisors, to pay all retirement payments or annuities to persons who have been retired under the superseded retirement system.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1098.)
CA Govt Code § 31506 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of System|Section 31506.

31506.  All previously retired members of the superseded system shall be paid for their respective lives the full amount of the retirement payments or annuities to which they are entitled.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
CA Govt Code § 31507 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of System|Section 31507.

31507.  The retirement board created by this chapter shall determine the amount and kind of assets necessary to meet the requirements of Section 31506, and if the amount so determined proves insufficient, the county shall annually appropriate the sum necessary to fulfill the requirements.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
CA Govt Code § 31508 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of System|Section 31508.

31508.  The assets shall be administered solely by the board subject to the provisions of this chapter as to the custody, investment, and disbursement of the retirement fund. If there are assets of the superseded system remaining after the termination of all liabilities of the superseded system, the remaining assets shall be transferred to and become part of the retirement fund.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
CA Govt Code § 31509 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of System|Section 31509.

31509.  A member who has made special contributions to a superseded system shall have the option of withdrawing such special contributions together with interest thereon, following the transfer of contributions to this system, or of permitting the contributions to remain as additional contributions to this system. Any member electing to make such withdrawal shall do so by written notice addressed to the board within 90 days after the effective date of this system.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
CA Govt Code § 31510 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 2.1 - Additional Plan for Counties of the First Class|Section 31510.

31510.  (a) This article shall be applicable to all members of the retirement system of any county of the first class, as defined by Section 28020, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of 1971, and Section 28022, as amended by Chapter 43 of the Statutes of 1961.(b) The purpose of this article is to provide a defined contribution plan which, in conjunction with retirement benefit provisions otherwise contained in this chapter, will provide approximately the same level of retirement benefits to persons who first become members on or after January 1, 1990, and are subject to the limitations set forth in Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as they would receive under the other retirement benefit provisions in the absence of those limitations, while not affecting the rate of either member or employer contributions to the retirement system. In addition, it is intended that subdivisions (c) and (d) constitute an election under Section 415(b)(10)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to all retirement plans within the retirement system.(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the benefits payable to any person who first becomes a member on or after January 1, 1990, shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as adjusted pursuant to Section 415(d)(1)(A) and (B).(d) Notwithstanding any other law, the benefits payable to any person who first became a member prior to January 1, 1990, shall not be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 415(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, except to the extent required by subsection (b)(10)(A) of Section 415.(e) The election described in subdivision (b) shall apply to all employers whose employees are members of the retirement system of the county on December 31, 1989.(f) The retirement benefits of all persons who first become members of the retirement system on or after January 1, 1990, and participate in Safety Plan B or General Plan D shall be governed by this chapter applicable to those plans and by this article.(g)  Subdivisions (c) and (d) shall not become operative until the board of supervisors has taken the actions required by subdivision (a) of Section 31510.2. (h) In the event of a conflict, this article shall supersede and prevail over other provisions or application of provisions otherwise contained in this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1300, Sec. 1. Effective October 1, 1989.)
CA Govt Code § 31510.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 2.1 - Additional Plan for Counties of the First Class|Section 31510.1.

31510.1.  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 county.(c) “General Plan F” means the defined contribution plan established in accordance with this article for the benefit of certain members of General Plan D. (d) “Plan F” means General Plan F and Safety Plan F, collectively.(e) “Prior plan” means Safety Plan B or General Plan D, as the context requires.(f) “Safety Plan F” means the defined contribution plan established in accordance with this article for the benefit of certain members in Safety Plan B.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1300, Sec. 1. Effective October 1, 1989.)
CA Govt Code § 31510.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 2.1 - Additional Plan for Counties of the First Class|Section 31510.3.

31510.3.  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 subject to the limitations set forth in Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. If the Internal Revenue Service rules that the disability benefits are subject to those limitations, any employer which is subject to this article shall provide an alternate disability benefit equal to the decrease in the disability benefit caused by application of those limitations, through a long-term disability plan which shall be separate from the retirement system. The terms of that long-term disability plan shall be mutually agreed to by the employer and employee representatives and adopted by the board of supervisors.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1300, Sec. 1. Effective October 1, 1989.)
CA Govt Code § 31510.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 2.1 - Additional Plan for Counties of the First Class|Section 31510.4.

31510.4.  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 that is different than the rate of regular interest credited to contributions made with respect to members not participating in plan F, if necessary to effectuate that intent.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1300, Sec. 1. Effective October 1, 1989.)
CA Govt Code § 31511 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 2.6 - Alternative Plan for Counties of the 13th Class|Section 31511.

31511.  (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 understanding agreement with employee representatives and adopts, by majority vote, a resolution providing that the article shall be applicable.(c) The purpose of this article is to provide a noncontributory retirement plan for general members as an alternative to the provisions and benefits otherwise contained in this chapter.(d) The retirement benefits of (1) all general members employed after the date this article is made operative and (2) existing general members who transfer to the plan herein created, shall be governed by this article.(e) In the event of a conflict, this article shall supersede and prevail over other provisions or application of provisions otherwise contained in this chapter.(f) Except as otherwise provided below, the provisions contained in this chapter shall apply:(1) Article 10 (commencing with Section 31720) shall not apply.(2) Article 16.5 (commencing with Section 31870) shall not apply.(g) Article 15 (commencing with Section 31830) shall only be applicable for service retirement. Those provisions of Article 15 (commencing with Section 31830) dealing with disability retirement and the requirement relating to the deposit of accumulated member contributions shall not apply.(h) Except as otherwise provided, any member who upon retirement receives a retirement pension calculated in accordance with sections or provisions added to this article subsequent to the effective date of this article shall have his or her pension calculated under each such section or provision only for the period of time that those sections or provisions were in effect, unless otherwise mutually agreed between the employer and its employee representatives.(i) Unless specifically otherwise provided therein, no amendment to this article enacted subsequent to the effective date of this article shall apply to any county or to the employees of any county unless and until mutually agreed to by the employer and employee representatives and adopted by majority resolution of the board of supervisors.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1480, Sec. 1.)