reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board › Section 31961.

31961. The board shall report annually in January to the board of supervisors the condition of the fund and the receipts and disbursements on account of the fund with a full and complete list of the beneficiaries of the fund and the amounts paid them for the preceding calendar year.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board › Section 31962.

31962. The board shall annually prepare a budget of the cost of maintaining the pension fund. For this purpose it may employ an actuary to assist it in preparing the budget and report, to the end that the system may be scientifically financed and administered.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board › Section 31963.

31963. The board shall cause an actuarial investigation and valuation of the system to be made immediately after the first year of operation and thereafter at not to exceed five-year intervals. The investigation shall be conducted under the supervision of an actuary and shall cover the mortality, service, and salary experience of the members and beneficiaries, and evaluate the assets and liabilities of the fund. Upon the basis of the determination, investigation, valuation, and recommendation of the actuary the board shall recommend to the board of supervisors such changes in the rate of interest, in the rates of contributions of members, and in county appropriations as it deems necessary. No adjustment shall be included in the new rates for time prior to the effective date of the revision.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board › Section 31964.

31964. After the receipt of the recommendations the board of supervisors shall promptly adjust the rate of interest, the rates of contributions of members, and county appropriations, as it deems advisable, but shall not fix them so as to reduce the amount of individual benefits.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board › Section 31965.

31965. The board has charge and control of the funds of the system, and shall administer them and order payments therefrom in accordance with this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board › Section 31966.

31966. The board shall invest and reinvest the funds of the system, and may from time to time sell any securities held by it and invest and reinvest the proceeds therefrom and all unappropriated income of the funds. All funds received by it not required for current disbursements shall be invested only in:
(a) Securities that are legal for savings bank investments or any bonds which, pursuant to the statutes or laws providing for the issuance of those bonds are entitled to the same force or value or use as bonds issued by any municipality, or any bonds issued pursuant to those acts, statutes or laws of this state wherein the law specifically states by reference or otherwise that the bonds shall be legal investments for either savings banks, insurance companies, all trust funds, state school funds and any funds that may be invested in bonds of cities, counties, cities and counties, school districts, or municipalities in the state, or any bonds that have been investigated and approved by a commission or board now or hereafter authorized by law to conduct that investigation and give that approval and by authority of which those bonds are declared to be legal investments for insurers.
(b) Obligations issued pursuant to Title IV of the National Housing Act, approved June 27, 1934.
(c) Shares, share accounts, or investment certificates of any savings and loan association that has the protection provided by Title IV of the National Housing Act, approved June 27, 1934, to the extent of that insurance protection.
(d) Deposits at interest in any state or national bank doing business with the county pursuant to the law authorizing and controlling the deposit of public funds in banks.
(e) Shares, share accounts, or certificates of funds of a credit union that has the protection provided by the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund or other private insurance or guaranty of share accounts that is acceptable to the Commissioner of Financial Institutions.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 118. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board › Section 31967.

31967. Whenever securities belonging to or held for the system are sold, the county treasurer shall deliver the securities sold upon receiving the proceeds and may execute any and all documents necessary to transfer title. The duties imposed upon the county treasurer are a part of his official duties, for the faithful performance of which he is liable on his official bond.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 4 - Membership › Section 31980.

31980. The system established under this chapter or its predecessor is exclusive, and persons entitled to membership in this system shall not participate in any other system provided for officers or employees of a county or judicial district.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1553.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 4 - Membership › Section 31981.

31981. Except as provided in this article, all county peace officers shall be included in and be subject to this chapter on the first day of the calendar month following the expiration of 30 days after it becomes operative in any county, or on the first day of the calendar month following the expiration of 30 days after their entrance into the service, whichever is later.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 4 - Membership › Section 31982.

31982. Any county peace officer may elect to be excluded from this chapter at any time within 30 days after it becomes operative in any county as to his position, or within 30 days after his entrance into the service, upon his written election to be so excluded. Any employee who elects to be excluded shall not thereafter be included in or participate in this system.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 4 - Membership › Section 31983.

31983. In any county in which the predecessor of this chapter has become operative prior to August 4, 1943, the persons employed in positions included in the definition of “county peace officers” by subdivision (b) of Section 31904 shall become members of the system on the first day of the calendar month following the expiration of 30 days after the board of supervisors has adopted by a four-fifths (4/5) vote a resolution providing for the inclusion of such positions in the system. Thereafter each person employed in any position included in that definition shall become a member on the first day of the calendar month following the expiration of 30 days after he is so employed.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 4 - Membership › Section 31984.

31984. Any person who is eligible to participate in this system and who is a member of or participant in, or is eligible for membership or participation in, any other pension system provided by law for officers or employees of a county or judicial district may elect to become a member of this system, except as provided in Section 31982. Upon his election to participate in this system he is ineligible for membership or participation in any other retirement or pension system for officers or employees of a county or judicial district.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1553.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 4 - Membership › Section 31985.

31985. In any county in which the predecessor of this chapter has become operative prior to the effective date of this chapter, the persons employed in positions included in the definition of “county peace officers” by Section 30904.5 shall become members of the system on the first day of the calendar month following the expiration of 30 days after the board of supervisors has adopted by a four-fifths (4/5) vote a resolution providing for the inclusion of such positions in the system. Thereafter each person employed in any position included in that definition shall become a member on the first day of the calendar month following the expiration of 30 days after he is so employed.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 270.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 5 - Retirement Fund › Section 32000.

32000. For the purpose of providing and maintaining a fund to meet the payments of demands drawn for the payment of pensions and the expenses of the board, a trust fund account to be known as “county peace officers’ retirement fund” shall be opened upon the books of the auditor and treasurer of any county adopting a system under this chapter. The contributions of the members and the sums made available by the board of supervisors for this purpose shall be credited to the fund.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 5 - Retirement Fund › Section 32001.

32001. All transfers or payments to the fund and all withdrawals and other cash transactions shall be accounted upon the books of the auditor and treasurer in and out of this fund in the same manner as county transactions.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 5 - Retirement Fund › Section 32002.

32002. All warrants drawn on the fund shall be signed by the treasurer and at least one other member of the board, who shall be designated by the board. No warrant is valid until it is countersigned, numbered, and recorded by the county auditor.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 5 - Retirement Fund › Section 32003.

32003. Payments provided for in this chapter shall be made monthly upon proper vouchers.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32020.

32020. The normal rates of contribution of members shall be based on age at the nearest birthday at the time of entrance into the system.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32021.

32021. The normal rates of contribution shall be such as will provide an average annuity at the lowest age at which the respective members are eligible for service retirement equal to one-half of terminal salary, according to the tables adopted by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32022.

32022. Until revised pursuant to Sections 31963 and 31964, the rate of contribution of each member is that percentage of the salary actually paid to him, disregarding any portion in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) a month, shown in the following table according to age at the time of entry into the retirement system.
Contribution,
Age of entry
percentage of
into system
salary
21  ........................
4.31
22  ........................
4.48
23  ........................
4.66
24  ........................
4.85
25  ........................
5.05
26  ........................
5.26
27  ........................
5.49
28  ........................
5.73
29  ........................
5.98
30  ........................
6.25
31  ........................
6.54
32  ........................
6.85
33  ........................
7.18
34  ........................
7.54
35  ........................
7.93
36  ........................
8.34
37  ........................
8.80
38  ........................
9.30
39  ........................
9.86
40  ........................
10.47
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1483.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32023.

32023. The normal rate of contribution established for age 40 is the rate for any member who has attained a greater age before entrance into the system, and that established for age 21 is the rate for any member who enters the system at a lesser age.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32024.

32024. The rate of contribution of any member shall apply only to so much of the salary actually paid to him, plus the monetary value as determined by the board of board, lodging, fuel, laundry, and other advantages of any nature furnished to him in payment for his services as does not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) a month. The amount shall be deducted by the county auditor, or other officer charged with the duty of drawing salary or wage warrants, from the first salary or wage warrant drawn in each month in favor of each member and shall be paid to the county treasurer and placed to the credit of the member’s account.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1483.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32025.

32025. Payment of salaries and wages less the contribution is full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for service rendered by the members during the period covered by such payment except the benefits afforded by this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32026.

32026. Upon election by any person to come within this chapter, any sums due him or to his credit under any other system shall be transferred to this system to his credit.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32027.

32027. Upon election by any person to come within this chapter any sums due him under any other system shall be paid to him as in the case of separation from the service, except as provided in Section 32028.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32028.

32028. Any person electing to come within this chapter who elects to secure credit for prior service as a county peace officer under this chapter, if he has to his credit in any other pension system a sum exceeding that necessary to entitle him to credit for such prior service, shall have refunded to him only the amount by which his credit in the other pension system exceeds that necessary to entitle him to the credit claimed for prior service.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32029.

32029. The board of supervisors shall determine and appropriate each year an amount sufficient, together with the contributions of the peace officers, to meet all of the current demands, including interest, against the fund. The amount shall not be less than the total amount which will be contributed by members during that year.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32030.

32030. The board of supervisors may appropriate an additional amount, not to exceed the sum which would result from a tax levy on all of the property in the county subject to taxation of one-half cent ($0.005) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation, to reduce or eliminate any deficit in the fund. The board of supervisors shall deposit monthly all contributions received in the county treasury to the credit of the fund.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32031.

32031. In the preparation and adoption of the county budget, the board of supervisors shall add to and include in the appropriation for salaries and wages an appropriation sufficient to match the contributions of employees who are members of the system.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1483.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32032.

32032. The county auditor shall certify to the board of supervisors at the end of each month the total amount of contributions paid by members to the fund, and the board of supervisors shall thereupon transfer not less than a like amount from the appropriation to the fund.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32033.

32033. All contributions and deposits shall bear simple interest at a rate to be fixed by the board of retirement with the approval of the board of supervisors, not to exceed 4 percent a year.
Interest shall be credited semiannually on June 30th and December 31st to all contributions in the retirement fund to the credit of each member which have been on deposit for six months immediately prior to such date.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32034.

32034. If any officer or employee of the county or of any district not previously included within the field of membership in the system is brought within the field of membership subsequent to the date upon which the system originally became operative in the county, he shall not receive credit for service or for prior service unless he elects to pay and does pay into the fund within one year after such inclusion, and before an application for retirement is filed, an amount equal to the contributions he would have made had he been a member from the date of his entry into the service of the county or district, together with interest thereon at the rate fixed by the board pursuant to Section 32033. If during any part of the period for which prior service credit is claimed the rate of contribution was fixed upon the basis of the member’s age at entry into the system, the rate of contribution shall be the rate applicable to the member upon the date of his entry into the system.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32035.

32035. Any member who enters or has entered the armed forces of the United States after June 1, 1940, during war or national emergency proclaimed by the President or an act of Congress providing for peacetime induction or conscription and thereafter returns to active service as a peace officer within 90 days after the termination of military service during the war or emergency is deemed to have been in continuous service as a peace officer during the time he was in the armed forces of the United States if, during the period of his absence from active duty or within one year after his return from military duty and such further time not exceeding an additional two years as is granted by the board, he pays into the fund an amount equal to the contributions he would have made had he remained on active duty.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32036.

32036. If any member of the system is separated from the service of the county before retirement for any cause other than for death or permanent disability, any contributions made by him shall become part of the retirement fund. If the separation is caused by death or disability, there shall be paid to him or his heirs all his contributions to the fund and one-half of all interest credited to his account.
Any contributions paid into the system by a member prior to the ninety-first day after the final adjournment of the 1947 Regular Session of the Legislature shall be returned to any member upon his separation from service of the county in the same manner as provided in this section for payment upon separation caused by death or disability.
(Added by renumbering Section 30236 by Stats. 1980, Ch. 676.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32037.

32037. Upon the death before retirement of any member from any cause other than injury received during the performance of his duty or sickness caused by the discharge of his duty, the system shall pay to such person as he nominates, or otherwise to his legal representative, an amount equal to all his contributions to the fund and one-half of all interest credited to his account.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32038.

32038. If any member is compelled to be absent from his employment because temporarily incapacitated for the performance of duty as the result of injury or disease occurring in and arising out of his employment, because of which he becomes entitled to workmen’s compensation, within 90 days after his return to active employment, or within 90 days after the effective date of this section, whichever first occurs, or within such further time as may be granted by the board, he may pay into the fund an amount equal to that which would have been deducted had he remained in active employment. Upon the making of such payment, such time, whether before or after the effective date of this section, shall be considered as time served as a county peace officer.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 270.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32039.

32039. Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, the board of supervisors may elect to contribute for each member of this system who has entered the armed forces of the United States after June 1, 1940, during war or national emergency proclaimed by the President or an act of Congress providing for peacetime induction or conscription and thereafter returns to active service as a peace officer within ninety days after the termination of such military service, in addition to contributions required by Sections 32029 and 32031, an amount equal to twice the amount which such member would have contributed had he remained in service as a peace officer and received the full salary of the position or positions which he held during the time of such military service.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 481.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Contributions › Section 32040.

32040. If the board of supervisors elects to contribute as provided in Section 32039:
(a) Any such member who exercises or did exercise the right to contribute to the system during the period of military service shall have such contributions refunded.
(b) Any such member who withdraws or has withdrawn his accumulated contributions during his military service and who does not or did not redeposit the amount withdrawn upon his return to service as a peace officer is entitled to be credited with any contribution the board of supervisors elects to make, and to receive credit for service during the period he was absent on military service, the same as if he had not withdrawn his accumulated contributions, and his rate for future contributions shall be based upon his age at the commencement of his absence on military service.
(c) The contributions made by the board of supervisors pursuant to this section shall be available only for the purpose of retirement for service or for disability, and shall be made available only for the purpose of retirement, and a member resigning from county service after reinstatement from military service shall be entitled to withdraw only that portion of his accumulated contributions personally made by him and which are subject to withdrawal under Section 32036.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 481.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 7 - Benefits › Section 32050.

32050. The board shall, upon application of a member who has served for 20 years or more in the aggregate as a county peace officer, and who has attained age 55, and except as to the sheriff and the undersheriff, upon its own motion may retire such member.
Every member, except the sheriff and undersheriff, who has served 20 or more years in the aggregate, shall be retired as of the first day of the month after attaining age 60 or as of the first day of the month following the ninety-first day after the adjournment of the Fifty-seventh Regular Session of the Legislature, whichever is later.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1483.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 7 - Benefits › Section 32050.5.

32050.5. In computing the time of service of any county peace officer as defined in Section 31904, subdivision (a), there shall be included all time served as a constable or deputy constable of any township or judicial district in the county, whether continuous or broken.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1553.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 7 - Benefits › Section 32051.

32051. Any person retiring for service shall receive a pension payable in monthly installments during his lifetime, equal to one-half of his terminal salary, not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) a month.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1483.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 7 - Benefits › Section 32052.

32052. After 20 years of service any motorcycle police officer may be retired by the board for service, if in the judgment of three physicians appointed by the board he is unable to discharge the duties of his office properly.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 7 - Benefits › Section 32053.

32053. Any member shall be retired for disability regardless of age or amount of service, if incapacitated for the performance of duty as the result of an injury or disease occurring in and arising out of the course of his employment. Any member otherwise incapacitated for the performance of duty shall be retired regardless of age, but only after 10 years of service as a county peace officer. Incapacity for performance of duty shall be determined by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 7 - Benefits › Section 32054.

32054. If a member who has served 15 years or more develops heart trouble, it shall be presumed in any proceeding under this chapter, by the board and by the court, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that such heart trouble is an injury or disease occuring in and arising out of his employment.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 7 - Benefits › Section 32055.

32055. Upon retirement of a member for service connected disability, he shall receive an annual pension, payable in monthly installments, equal to one-half of his terminal salary, not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) a month.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1483.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 7 - Benefits › Section 32056.

32056. Whenever any member or pensioner is killed, or dies as a result of any injury received during the performance of his duty, or from sickness caused by the discharge of such duty, or after retirement for service connected disability, an annual pension shall be paid in equal monthly installments to his widow or widower in an amount equal to one-half of his terminal salary, not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) a month. The pension shall be paid to the widow or widower during her or his lifetime or until he or she remarries. Thereafter, or if there is no widow or widower entitled to receive the pension, it shall be paid to such of his children, through their guardian, as are under eighteen years of age, to be equally divided among them in the following amounts:
For one child  ........................
$50
For two children  ........................
$75
For three or more children  ........................
$100
A widow or widower of a pensioner is not entitled to a pension unless she or he was married to the deceased pensioner at least five years prior to the date of his retirement. If the widow, widower, child, or children marry, the pension paid to the person so marrying shall cease.
(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1367.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 7 - Benefits › Section 32057.

32057. Upon retirement of a member for nonservice connected disability, he shall receive an annual pension, payable in monthly installments, dependent upon the aggregate length of his service, as follows:
After 10 years but less than 12 years of service, fifty dollars ($50) a month.
After 12 years but less than 14 years of service, fifty-five dollars ($55) a month.
After 14 years but less than 16 years of service, sixty dollars ($60) a month.
After 16 years but less than 18 years of service, sixty-five dollars ($65) a month.
After 18 years but less than 20 years of service, seventy dollars ($70) a month.
After 20 years of service, seventy-five dollars ($75) a month.
A pension for nonservice connected disability shall not exceed one-half of the terminal salary of the pensioner.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 7 - Benefits › Section 32058.

32058. The board may require any pensioner retired for disability, under age 50, to undergo medical examination. The examination shall be made by a physician, appointed by the board, at the place of residence of the pensioner or other place mutually agreed upon. Upon the basis of the examination the board shall determine whether the pensioner is still physically or mentally incapacitated for service in the position held by him at the time of his retirement.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 7 - Benefits › Section 32059.

32059. If the board determines that the pensioner is not so incapacitated, his pension shall be canceled forthwith, and pursuant to regulations adopted by the county for the reinstatement or reemployment of personnel, he is eligible for reinstatement or reemployment in the county service.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 7 - Benefits › Section 32060.

32060. If a pension is canceled, there shall be immediately paid to the pensioner out of the fund the amount of his accumulated contributions as of the date of his retirement and all interest credited to his account, less an amount equal to one-half of the pension payments made to him during the period of his retirement.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 7 - Benefits › Section 32061.

32061. If the pensioner reenters county service and is eligible for membership in this system, his rate of contribution for future years is that established for his age at the time of reentry. He shall receive credit for all service rendered by him prior to the time of his disability retirement if he deposits into the fund within six months after his reinstatement an amount equal to that paid to him upon cancellation of his pension.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 7 - Benefits › Section 32062.

32062. At any time before the first payment of any pension is made, a member or pensioner may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent at that time of his pension in a lesser pension payable throughout his life and that of his widow, widower or beneficiary, if he or she survives him, in accordance with one of the following options:
Option 1: Upon his death, such lesser pension shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to his widow, widower or beneficiary.
Option 2: Upon his death, one-half of such lesser pension shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to his widow, widower or beneficiary.
(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1367.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law › ARTICLE 7 - Benefits › Section 32063.

32063. Any member may file with the board a written statement nominating one or more beneficiaries, jointly, contingently, or both.
If joint beneficiaries are named, the board may pay the amount due to any one of them, and the payment is a complete discharge.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 5 - County Fire Service Retirement Law › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 32200.

32200. This chapter may be cited as the County Fire Service Retirement Law.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 5 - County Fire Service Retirement Law › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 32201.

32201. The purpose of this chapter is to recognize a public obligation to employees in the public service whose duties expose them to more than ordinary risks and to provide a means whereby such public employees who become incapacitated in the performance of their duties or by age may be replaced by more capable employees to the betterment of the public service without prejudice and without inflicting a hardship upon the employees removed. The retirement pension and benefits provided in this chapter are granted as an additional element of compensation for future services.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 5 - County Fire Service Retirement Law › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 32202.

32202. This chapter shall be given a liberal interpretation with a view of carrying out its purpose and shall not be construed as a local measure or one intended as a benefit to particular persons or places.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 5 - County Fire Service Retirement Law › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 32203.

32203. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 5 - County Fire Service Retirement Law › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 32204.

32204. “County foresters, firewardens and firemen” include all county foresters, county firewardens, deputy or assistant county foresters, deputy or assistant county firewardens, fire apparatus engineers, fire prevention inspectors, forest firemen, fire patrolmen, and foremen assigned to fire suppression crews, and all other personnel not specifically excluded who are assigned to active fire suppression in any county forester’s or county firewarden’s department and all officers, engineers, and firemen of any county fire protection district, and all other personnel not specifically excluded who are assigned to active fire suppression in any county fire protection district. Bookkeepers, stenographers, cooks, laborers, county fire protection district fire foremen, call firemen, and volunteer employees, or persons who are not employed for full time duty, or other employees not performing the duties of any of the persons enumerated and any honorary deputy county firewarden or honorary deputy county forester, or voluntary firewarden holding appointment as such but receiving no compensation therefor and not regularly performing particular official duties are not included. In cases of doubtful eligibility, the Board of Retirement shall be the deciding authority.
(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1369.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 5 - County Fire Service Retirement Law › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 32204.5.

32204.5. Any person who enters service as a “county forester, firewarden, or fireman” and has reached his fortieth birthday, shall be ineligible to become a member under this chapter, except any person who is a member at the time of the adoption of this amendment will retain his membership.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1369.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 5 - County Fire Service Retirement Law › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 32205.

32205. “Terminal salary” means the average salary earnable by any member during (a) the last three years, or (b) the last five years prior to the date of his retirement, whichever is the greater.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 5 - County Fire Service Retirement Law › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 32206.

32206. “Board” and “board of retirement” mean the County Foresters, Firewardens, and County Fire Protection District Firemen’s Retirement Board.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 5 - County Fire Service Retirement Law › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 32207.

32207. “Fund” means the County Foresters, Firewardens, and Firemen’s Retirement Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 5 - County Fire Service Retirement Law › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 32208.

32208. “System” means the retirement system provided for in this chapter or its predecessor.
The retirement system for county foresters, fire wardens, and county fire protection district firemen created by Chapter 174 of the Statutes of 1939, as amended, is continued in existence under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 5 - County Fire Service Retirement Law › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 32209.

32209. “Member” means any person included in the membership of the system, and includes retired members.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 5 - County Fire Service Retirement Law › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 32210.

32210. The title to all property acquired pursuant to this chapter shall be taken in the name of the county. The title to any money which becomes due to any member shall not pass from the county or county fire protection district to the member until he or she is entitled thereto under this chapter. That portion of the wages of any member deducted or to be deducted under this chapter, the right of a member or other person to an annuity or pension, and all rights of the member or other person in the fund are exempt from taxation and shall not be taken upon execution or other process of any court except to the extent permitted by Section 704.110 of the Code of Civil Procedure. An assignment of any right in or to the funds, or to any pension or annuity is void.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 497, Sec. 119. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 185 of Ch. 497.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 5 - County Fire Service Retirement Law › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 32211.

32211. The board of supervisors may levy a special tax to be used for the payment of pensions and annuities under such pension, retirement, and benefit systems or associations as are established by law.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 5 - County Fire Service Retirement Law › ARTICLE 2 - Retirement System › Section 32230.

32230. This chapter shall become effective in any county, upon its acceptance by ordinance passed by four-fifths vote of the board of supervisors, and shall become operative in the county on January 1st or July 1st following the expiration of three months after the passage of the ordinance.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 5 - County Fire Service Retirement Law › ARTICLE 2 - Retirement System › Section 32231.

32231. By the adoption of an ordinance passed by a four-fifths (4/5) vote, the board of supervisors may abolish a system theretofore established pursuant to this chapter or its predecessor in the county. The abolishment of the system shall not impair the right of any person to whom pension rights have accrued to continue to receive such pension after the abolishment of the system, and if the fund is inadequate to pay such pensions, they shall be paid from and constitute a charge upon the general fund of the county.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)