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CA Govt Code § 31700.5 (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 9 - Deferred Retirement|Section 31700.5.

31700.5.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, any member with more than 10 years service who resigns his position and is granted a deferred retirement under this chapter, to accept an appointment by any court of record or judge thereof in a reciprocal county, shall not be considered as breaking his continuity of service and such member shall be eligible for reinstatement within five years to the position from which he resigned or one in a lower class in the same or related series requiring similar qualifications, knowledges and abilities. The intent provision of Article 15 of this chapter shall apply to this section.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 821.)
CA Govt Code § 31701 (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 9 - Deferred Retirement|Section 31701.

31701.  Any member may elect to rescind in writing his election and withdraw his accumulated contributions pursuant to Section 31628 at any time before the effective date of his retirement except that if within 90 days after discontinuing service under this system, he became a member of the State Employees’ Retirement System or a system established in another county under this chapter, he may not rescind or withdraw any of his accumulated contributions while in service as such a member.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1078.)
CA Govt Code § 31702 (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 9 - Deferred Retirement|Section 31702.

31702.  Upon the death of any member before the effective date of his deferred retirement allowance, his accumulated contributions shall be paid to his estate or to such person as he nominates by written designation duly executed and filed with the board.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
CA Govt Code § 31703 (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 9 - Deferred Retirement|Section 31703.

31703.  Any member upon the effective date of the member’s deferred retirement allowance shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance as provided in Sections 31662 to 31664.65, inclusive, Sections 31673 to 31677, inclusive, or Section 31751, or Section 31808.5, or Section 31808.6, whichever is applicable.Any member who elected deferred retirement while subject to Section 31751 shall have a retirement allowance computed in accordance with Sections 31676.11 and 31808 for service which occurred prior to the date Section 31751 was applicable to the member.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 58.)
CA Govt Code § 31704 (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 9 - Deferred Retirement|Section 31704.

31704.  If any member elects to have his or her deferred retirement allowance calculated in accordance with Section 31762, 31763, 31764, or 31764.5, he or she shall present his or her election in writing to the board at least six months prior to the effective date of his or her deferred retirement allowance.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 441, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Govt Code § 31705 (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 9 - Deferred Retirement|Section 31705.

31705.  The retirement allowance shall be calculated according to the provisions of this chapter, or the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013, whichever is applicable, as they exist at the time of the commencement of the retirement allowance.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 247, Sec. 43. (AB 1380) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Govt Code § 31706 (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 9 - Deferred Retirement|Section 31706.

31706.  Any member who has left county service and has elected to leave accumulated contributions in the retirement fund, or who is deemed to have elected a deferred retirement pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 31700, and who has attained 70 years of age but has not yet applied for a deferred retirement allowance, and who is not a reciprocal member of a retirement system established pursuant to this chapter or the Public Employees’ Retirement Law, shall be notified in writing by the treasurer, or other entity authorized by the board, that the member is eligible to apply for, and shall begin receiving, either a deferred retirement allowance by April 1 of the year following the year in which the member attains 72 years of age or a one-time distribution of all accumulated contributions and interest. The notification shall be made at the time the deferred member attains 70 years of age and shall be sent by certified mail to the member’s last known address, or to the member’s last known employer, as shown by the records of the retirement system. If the member can be located but does not make proper application for a deferred retirement allowance with retirement to be effective by April 1 of the year following the year in which the member attains 72 years of age, the retirement system shall commence paying either an unmodified allowance to the member, if the member was eligible to begin receiving a deferred retirement allowance under the provisions of 31485.22, or a one-time distribution of all accumulated contributions and interest if the member is otherwise ineligible for a deferred retirement allowance. If the member cannot be located by April 1 of the year following the year in which the member attains 72 years of age, all of the member’s accumulated contributions and interest thereon shall be deposited in, and become a part of, the current pension reserve fund of the retirement system. The board may at any time after transfer of proceeds to the reserve fund upon receipt of proper information satisfactory to it, redeposit the proceeds to the credit of the claimant, to be administered in the manner provided under this law. This section shall not apply to a member while the member is actively employed past mandatory retirement age in a retirement system established under the provisions of this chapter or the Public Employees’ Retirement Law.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 275, Sec. 49. (AB 2101) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Govt Code § 31720 (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 10 - Disability Retirement|Section 31720.

31720.  Any member permanently incapacitated for the performance of duty shall be retired for disability regardless of age if, and only if:(a) The member’s incapacity is a result of injury or disease arising out of and in the course of the member’s employment, and such employment contributes substantially to such incapacity, or(b) The member has completed five years of service, and(c) The member has not waived retirement in respect to the particular incapacity or aggravation thereof as provided by Section 31009.The amendments to this section enacted during the 1979–80 Regular Session of the Legislature shall be applicable to all applicants for disability retirement on or after the effective date of such amendments.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 240.)
CA Govt Code § 31720.1 (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 10 - Disability Retirement|Section 31720.1.

31720.1.  Notwithstanding Section 31720, any member covered under Section 31751 who is permanently incapacitated shall be retired for disability regardless of age if, and only if:(a) The member’s incapacity is substantially caused by injury or disease arising out of and in the course of the member’s employment, or(b) The member has completed a total of 10 years of service.“Permanently incapacitated,” for the purpose of this section, means that the member is unable permanently to engage in any substantial gainful employment. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 58.)
CA Govt Code § 31720.3 (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 10 - Disability Retirement|Section 31720.3.

31720.3.  In determining whether a member is eligible to retire for disability, the board shall not consider medical opinion unless it is deemed competent and shall not use disability retirement as a substitute for the employer’s disciplinary process.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 370, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Govt Code § 31720.4 (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 10 - Disability Retirement|Section 31720.4.

31720.4.  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 31720, a member who becomes permanently incapacitated for the performance of duty with his or her employing county or district as a direct consequence and result of injury or disease arising out of, and in the course of, active military service while on miliary leave from the county or district, shall be retired for nonservice-connected disability regardless of age or years of service.(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Section 31781.3, the surviving spouse of a member who dies as a direct consequence and result of injury or disease arising out of, and in the course of, active military service while on miliary leave from his or her employing county or district, shall be entitled to the combined benefit under Section 31781.3 regardless of the member’s years of service at the time of death.(c) For the purposes of this section:(1) “Active military service” means full-time duty within a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States.(2) “Military leave” means an authorized leave of absence taken from a member’s employing county or district as a result of a member being called to active military service because of his or her position as a reservist or member of the National Guard.(d) This section shall apply only to the County of Los Angeles and shall not be operative with regard to the county, or a district within the county, until the board of supervisors of the county, or the governing body of the district, elects, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, to make this section operative. The adoption of a resolution making this section operative shall not create a vested right with respect to any member prior to the member’s retirement or death. The board of supervisors or the governing body of the district may repeal or amend the resolution at any time, except to the extent that it would affect a member who is retired or is deceased at the time of the repeal or amendment.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 83, Sec. 1. (AB 1739) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Govt Code § 31720.5 (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 10 - Disability Retirement|Section 31720.5.

31720.5.  (a) If a safety member, a fireman member, or a member in active law enforcement who has completed five years or more of service under a pension system established pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 31900) or under a pension system established pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 32200) or both or under this retirement system or under the State Employees’ Retirement System or under a retirement system established under this chapter in another county, and develops heart trouble, that heart trouble developing or manifesting itself in those cases shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of employment. That heart trouble developing or manifesting itself in those cases shall in no case be attributed to any disease existing prior to such development or manifestation.(b) The presumption described in subdivision (a) is rebuttable by other evidence. Unless so rebutted, the board is bound to find in accordance with the presumption.(c) As used in this section, “fireman member” includes a member engaged in active fire suppression who is not classified as a safety member.(d) As used in this section, “member in active law enforcement” includes a member engaged in active law enforcement who is not classified as a safety member.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 792, Sec. 2. (SB 996) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 31720.6 (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 10 - Disability Retirement|Section 31720.6.

31720.6.  (a) If a safety member, a firefighter, or a member in active law enforcement who has completed five years or more of service under a pension system established pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 31900) or under a pension system established pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 32200) or both or under this retirement system or under the Public Employees’ Retirement System or under a retirement system established under this chapter in another county, and develops cancer, the cancer so developing or manifesting itself in those cases shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of employment. The cancer so developing or manifesting itself in those cases shall in no case be attributed to any disease existing prior to that development or manifestation.(b) Notwithstanding the existence of nonindustrial predisposing or contributing factors, any safety member, firefighter member, or member active in law enforcement described in subdivision (a) permanently incapacitated for the performance of duty as a result of cancer shall receive a service-connected disability retirement if the member demonstrates that he or she was exposed to a known carcinogen as a result of performance of job duties.“Known carcinogen” for purposes of this section means those carcinogenic agents recognized by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, or the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations.(c) The presumption is disputable and may be controverted by evidence, that the carcinogen to which the member has demonstrated exposure is not reasonably linked to the disabling cancer, provided that the primary site of the cancer has been established. Unless so controverted, the board is bound to find in accordance with the presumption. This presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.(d) “Firefighter,” for purposes of this section, includes a member engaged in active fire suppression who is not classified as a safety member.(e) “Member in active law enforcement,” for purposes of this section, includes a member engaged in active law enforcement who is not classified as a safety member.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 317, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Govt Code § 31720.9 (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 10 - Disability Retirement|Section 31720.9.

31720.9.  (a) If a peace officer member, as defined in Sections 830.1 to 830.5, inclusive, of the Penal Code, or firefighter member, with service under a pension system established pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 31900) or under a pension system established pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 32200), or both, or under this retirement system, under the Public Employees’ Retirement System, or under a retirement system established under this chapter in another county, becomes ill or dies due to exposure to a biochemical substance, the illness that develops or manifests itself in those cases shall be presumed to arise out of, and in the course of, employment. The illness that develops or manifests itself in those cases shall in no case be attributed to any illness existing prior to that development or manifestation.(b) Any peace officer member or firefighter member, as described in subdivision (a), who becomes permanently incapacitated as a result of exposure to a biochemical substance shall receive a service-connected disability retirement.(c) The presumption described in subdivision (a) is rebuttable by other evidence. Unless rebutted, the board is bound to find in accordance with the presumption. This presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.(d) For purposes of this section, a peace officer member or firefighter member, as described in subdivision (a), does not include a member whose principal duties are clerical or otherwise do not clearly fall within the scope of active law enforcement services or active firefighting services, such as stenographers, telephone operators, and other office workers.(e) “Biochemical substance” means any biological or chemical agent that may be used as a weapon of mass destruction, including, but not limited to, any chemical warfare agent, weaponized biological agent, or nuclear or radiological agent, as these terms are defined in Section 11417 of the Penal Code.(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 870, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Govt Code § 31721 (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 10 - Disability Retirement|Section 31721.

31721.  (a) A member may be retired for disability upon the application of the member, the head of the office or department in which he is or was last employed, the board or its agents, or any other person on his behalf, except that an employer may not separate because of disability a member otherwise eligible to retire for disability but shall apply for disability retirement of any eligible member believed to be disabled, unless the member waives the right to retire for disability and elects to withdraw contributions or to permit contributions to remain in the fund with rights to service retirement as provided in Article 9 (commencing with Section 31700).(b) When a member appeals from a separation for disability, disputing the employer’s assertion or assumption that he is not eligible for disability retirement, the official, entity other than the board, or court to whom appealed shall transfer the proceedings to the board for determination of the eligibility and of disability if so eligible.The appointing authority shall have the burden of proving disability. Thereafter, the appellant shall have the burden of proving job causation.This subdivision shall not be operative in any county until such time as the board of supervisors shall, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, make the provisions applicable in that county.(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1158, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 31722 (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 10 - Disability Retirement|Section 31722.

31722.  The application shall be made while the member is in service, within four months after his or her discontinuance of service, within four months after the expiration of any period during which a presumption is extended beyond his or her discontinuance of service, or while, from the date of discontinuance of service to the time of the application, he or she is continuously physically or mentally incapacitated to perform his or her duties.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 317, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Govt Code § 31723 (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 10 - Disability Retirement|Section 31723.

31723.  The board may require such proof, including a medical examination at the expense of the member, as it deems necessary or the board upon its own motion may order a medical examination to determine the existence of the disability.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
CA Govt Code § 31724 (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 10 - Disability Retirement|Section 31724.

31724.  If the proof received, including any medical examination, shows to the satisfaction of the board that the member is permanently incapacitated physically or mentally for the performance of his duties in the service, it shall retire him effective on the expiration date of any leave of absence with compensation to which he shall become entitled under the provisions of Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201) of the Labor Code or effective on the occasion of the member’s consent to retirement prior to the expiration of such leave of absence with compensation. His disability retirement allowance shall be effective as of the date such application is filed with the board, but not earlier than the day following the last day for which he received regular compensation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the retirement of a member who has been granted or is entitled to sick leave shall not become effective until the expiration of such sick leave with compensation unless the member consents to his retirement at an earlier date.When it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the board that the filing of the member’s application was delayed by administrative oversight or by inability to ascertain the permanency of the member’s incapacity until after the date following the day for which the member last received regular compensation, such date will be deemed to be the date the application was filed.(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 9.)