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2023 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 5.5 - Alternative Financial Provisions › Section 31614.

31614. Notwithstanding Section 31529, the board may contract for the legal services of an attorney in private practice when the board determines, after consultation with the county counsel, that the county counsel cannot provide the board with legal services due to a conflict of interest or other compelling reason. The compensation of the attorney shall be charged against the earnings of the retirement fund or paid from the county general fund.
This section shall not be operative in any county until such time as the board of supervisors shall, by resolution adopted by majority vote, make the provisions of this section applicable in such county.
(Added by renumbering Section 31510.4 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 58.)
2023 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 5.5 - Alternative Financial Provisions › Section 31615.

31615. Regular interest at the actuarial rate, or at the highest rate possible if net earnings, as defined in Section 31613 are not sufficient to credit the full actuarial rate, shall be credited semiannually on June 30 and December 31 to all contributions, reserves, and accounts in the retirement fund, except the Contingency Reserve Account, which have been on deposit for six months immediately prior to those dates.
Interest at the actuarial rate, compounded semiannually, shall be used in the calculation of benefits under any mortality table adopted by the board of supervisors. No interest shall be credited to a member’s account after the termination of the member’s county service, unless the member has elected, in writing, to leave his or her accumulated contributions in the retirement fund and be granted a deferred retirement allowance, or the surviving spouse of a deceased member or the legally appointed guardian of the member’s unmarried children under age 18 has elected to leave a death benefit on deposit as provided for in Section 31781.2.
(Added by renumbering Section 31510.5 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 59.)
2023 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 5.5 - Alternative Financial Provisions › Section 31616.

31616. After the semiannual application of Section 31615, earnings of the retirement fund in excess of the total interest credited to contributions and reserves shall remain in the fund as a reserve against deficiencies in interest earnings, losses on investments, or payments made pursuant to Section 31588.1 or 31589.1, if applicable.
These funds shall be placed in an account known hereafter as the Contingency Reserve Account. The size of this account shall be determined semiannually by the board but shall not exceed 3 percent of the total assets of the retirement fund.
If, at the end of any semiannual period, the balance of the Contingency Reserve Account falls below 1 percent of system assets, the board shall, by the end of the subsequent semiannual period, provide funds from earnings of fund assets from the subsequent semiannual period, to bring the level of the Contingency Reserve Account to at least 1 percent of system assets.
No funds in the Contingency Reserve Account shall be available for the payment of benefits.
Net earnings remaining after the application of this section shall be applied as provided in Sections 31617, 31618, and 31619.
(Added by renumbering Section 31510.6 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 60.)
2023 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 5.5 - Alternative Financial Provisions › Section 31617.

31617. In each county having an agreement prior to January 1, 1983, that a fixed part of the required Article 16.5 (commencing with Section 31870) cost-of-living contributions shall come from excess interest earnings on the fund, after the semiannual application of Sections 31615 and 31616, the balance of the net earnings, as defined in Section 31613, shall be used to pay those contributions.
(Added by renumbering Section 31510.7 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 61.)
2023 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 5.5 - Alternative Financial Provisions › Section 31618.

31618. The board shall establish a Supplemental Retiree Benefit Reserve in the retirement system consisting of any amount previously in the reserve against deficiencies, which on the date of adoption of this article, exceeds 3 percent of the assets of the retirement fund, or any lesser amount, as determined by the board. In no event, however, shall the balance of the Contingency Reserve Account be reduced below 1 percent of system assets for this purpose. The Supplemental Retiree Benefit Reserve shall be used only for the benefit of retired members and beneficiaries.
Commencing on the date of adoption of this article, there shall be a semiannual transfer into this reserve of 50 percent of the balance of net earnings, as defined in Section 31613, after crediting all accounts pursuant to Section 31615, rebuilding the Contingency Reserve Account pursuant to Section 31616 and paying the part of the cost-of-living contributions pursuant to Section 31617, if applicable.
The distribution of the Supplemental Retiree Benefits Reserve shall be determined by the board.
(Added by renumbering Section 31510.8 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 62.)
2023 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 5.5 - Alternative Financial Provisions › Section 31618.5.

31618.5. (a) The board shall annually transfer, from the administrative budget established pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 31580), an amount sufficient to fund the administrative costs of the programs reimbursed by the Supplemental Retiree Benefits Reserve.
(b) This section shall only apply to a county of the fourth class as described in Section 28020.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 158, Sec. 3. (SB 1479) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 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 5.5 - Alternative Financial Provisions › Section 31619.

31619. Remaining net earnings, after the sequential application of Sections 31615 and 31616 and Section 31617, if applicable, and Section 31618 shall be credited to all contributions, reserves, and accounts in the retirement fund, except the Contingency Reserve Account, in the manner prescribed in Section 31615, except that no further interest shall be credited to the Supplemental Retiree Benefit Reserve, established pursuant to Section 31618.
(Added by renumbering Section 31510.9 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 63.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31620.

31620. The normal rates of contribution of members shall be based on age at the nearest birthday at the time of entrance into the retirement system.
Nothwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the contrary, separate rates of contribution, allowances, or benefits for male and female members shall not be maintained or established.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1436.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31620.5.

31620.5. The normal rates of contribution of general and safety members subject to the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 shall be determined pursuant to Section 7522.30 subject to the following exceptions:
(a) The board may, but is not required to, apply the provisions of subdivision (c) of Section 7522.30 that require the initial contribution rate to be rounded to the nearest quarter of 1 percent.
(b) Subdivision (d) of Section 7522.30 shall not apply to the contribution rates of members of retirement systems established pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 247, Sec. 18. (AB 1380) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31621.

31621. The normal rates of contribution except for members covered by Article 6.8 shall be such as will provide an average annuity at age 60 equal to one one-hundred-twentieth of the final compensation of members not covered by Article 6.8, according to the tables adopted by the board of supervisors, for each year of service rendered after entering the system.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1161.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31621.1.

31621.1. In counties adopting Section 31676.11 the normal rates of contribution except for members covered by Article 6.8 shall be such as will provide an average annuity at age 55 equal to
1
/
120
of the final compensation of members not covered by Article 6.8, according to the tables adopted by the board of supervisors for each year of service rendered after entering the system.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1155.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31621.2.

31621.2. In counties adopting Section 31676.12, the normal rates of contribution, except for members covered by Article 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) of this chapter, shall be such as will provide an average annuity at age 60 equal to one one-hundredth of the final compensation of members not covered by Article 6.8 according to tables adopted by the board of supervisors, for each year of service rendered after entering the system.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 899.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31621.3.

31621.3. In counties adopting Section 31676.11, 31676.13, or 31676.14, or adopting one of such sections and then subsequently adopting another of such sections, the normal rate of contribution, except for members covered by Article 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) of this chapter shall be such as will provide an average annuity at age 55 equal to one two-hundred-fortieth of the final compensation of members not covered by Article 6.8, according to the tables adopted by the board of supervisors, for each year of service rendered after entering the system.
This section may be made applicable in such counties on the first day of the month after the board of supervisors of such county adopts, by majority vote, a resolution providing that this section shall become applicable in such county.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1413.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31621.4.

31621.4. The normal rates of contribution except for members covered by Article 6.8 shall be such as will provide an average annuity at age 60 equal to one two-hundred-fortieth of the final compensation of members not covered by Article 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) of this chapter, according to the tables adopted by the board of supervisors, for each year of service rendered after entering the system.
This section may be made applicable in such counties on the first day of the month after the board of supervisors of such county adopts, by majority vote, a resolution providing that this section shall become applicable in such county.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1379.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31621.5.

31621.5. In counties adopting Section 31676.12, the normal rates of contribution, except for members covered by Article 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) of this chapter, shall be such as will provide an annual annuity at age 60 equal to one two-hundredth of the final compensation of members not covered by Article 6.8, according to tables adopted by the board of supervisors, for each year of service rendered after entering the system.
This section may be made applicable in such counties, on the first day of the month after the board of supervisors of such county adopts, by majority vote, a resolution providing that this section shall become applicable in such county.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1379.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31621.6.

31621.6. In counties adopting Section 31676.15, the normal rates of contribution, except for members covered by Article 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) of this chapter, shall be such as to provide an average annuity at age 55 equal to one one-hundredth of the final compensation of members not covered by Article 6.8, according to the tables adopted by the board of supervisors, for each year of service rendered after entering the system.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 899.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31621.7.

31621.7. The normal rates of contribution for members covered by Section 31751 shall be such as will provide an average annuity at age 55 equal to one-three hundredth of the member’s final compensation, according to the tables adopted by the board of supervisors, for each year of service rendered after entering the system.
Until revised pursuant to Sections 31453 and 31454, the normal rate of contribution of each member is that percentage of the member’s earnable compensation, shown in the following table according to the member’s age at the time of entry into the retirement system:
Age of entry
Percentage
into system
of contribution
16  ........................
2.93
17  ........................
2.93
18  ........................
2.93
19  ........................
2.93
20  ........................
2.93
21  ........................
2.93
22  ........................
2.93
23  ........................
2.94
24  ........................
2.94
25  ........................
2.95
26  ........................
2.96
27  ........................
2.97
28  ........................
2.98
29  ........................
3.00
30  ........................
3.02
31  ........................
3.04
32  ........................
3.06
33  ........................
3.08
34  ........................
3.10
35  ........................
3.12
36  ........................
3.15
37  ........................
3.17
38  ........................
3.20
39  ........................
3.22
40  ........................
3.25
41  ........................
3.28
42  ........................
3.31
43  ........................
3.34
44  ........................
3.37
45  ........................
3.40
46  ........................
3.43
47  ........................
3.46
48  ........................
3.50
49  ........................
3.54
50  ........................
3.57
51  ........................
3.61
52  ........................
3.65
53  ........................
3.69
54 and over  ........................
3.72
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 58.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31621.8.

31621.8. In counties adopting Section 31676.17, 31676.18, or 31676.19, the normal rates of contribution, except for members covered by Article 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639), shall be rates that provide an average annuity at the age of 55 years equal to one one-hundredth of the final compensation of members not covered by Article 6.8, according to the tables adopted by the board of supervisors, for each year of service rendered after entering the system.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 782, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31621.9.

31621.9. In counties adopting Section 31676.14, the normal rates of contribution, except for members covered by Article 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639), shall be that which will provide an average annuity at age 55 equal to
1
/
120
of the final compensation of members not covered by Article 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639), according to the tables adopted by the board of supervisors, for each year of service rendered after entering the system.
This section may be made applicable in counties on the first day of the month after the board of supervisors of the county adopts, by majority vote, a resolution adopting this section.
This section shall apply only to a county of the 10th or 20th class, as provided by Sections 28020, 28031, and 28041.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 96, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31621.11.

31621.11. Instead of the normal rates of contribution required by Section 31621, 31621.1, 31621.2, or 31621.8 the board may, upon actuarial advice, establish a single rate of contributions applicable to all persons becoming members after this section is made operative in that county by the board. However, this rate shall be such as to provide the average annuity described in Section 31621, 31621.1, 31621.2, or 31621.8.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 782, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31622.

31622. Until revised pursuant to Sections 31453 and 31454, the rate of contribution of each member not covered by Article 6.8 is that percentage of his earnable compensation shown in the following tables according to age and sex at the time of entry into the retirement system:
Percentage
Percentage
Age of entry
into system
of con-
tribution,
of con-
tribution,
Male
Female
16  ........................
6.55
7.02
17  ........................
6.59
7.07
18  ........................
6.63
7.13
19  ........................
6.67
7.19
20  ........................
6.71
7.25
21  ........................
6.75
7.31
22  ........................
6.80
7.38
23  ........................
6.85
7.45
24  ........................
6.90
7.52
25  ........................
6.96
7.61
26  ........................
7.01
7.69
27  ........................
7.07
7.78
28  ........................
7.14
7.87
29  ........................
7.20
7.96
30  ........................
7.27
8.06
31  ........................
7.34
8.16
32  ........................
7.42
8.26
33  ........................
7.49
8.37
34  ........................
7.58
8.48
35  ........................
7.66
8.58
36  ........................
7.75
8.69
37  ........................
7.84
8.80
38  ........................
7.93
8.92
39  ........................
8.02
9.03
40  ........................
8.12
9.15
41  ........................
8.22
9.27
42  ........................
8.33
9.38
43  ........................
8.43
9.51
44  ........................
8.54
9.63
45  ........................
8.64
9.75
46  ........................
8.75
9.88
47  ........................
8.86
10.00
48  ........................
8.97
10.13
49  ........................
9.08
10.26
50  ........................
9.20
10.39
51  ........................
9.31
10.52
52  ........................
9.42
10.65
53  ........................
9.54
10.79
54  ........................
9.65
10.93
55  ........................
9.76
11.07
56  ........................
9.88
11.21
57  ........................
10.00
11.35
58  ........................
10.12
11.49
59  ........................
10.25
11.64
60  ........................
_____
_____
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1098.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31623.

31623. The normal rate of contribution established for age 59 is the rate for any member not covered by Article 6.8 who has attained a greater age before entrance into the retirement system, and that established for age 16 is the rate for any member not covered by Article 6.8 who enters the retirement system at a lesser age.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1098.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31625.

31625. Except as provided in Section 31625.1, unless otherwise provided by the regulations of the board the contribution 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 each individual member’s account.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1161.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31625.1.

31625.1. In those counties in which salary or wage warrants are drawn semimonthly, not to exceed one-half the contribution 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 not to exceed one-half of such deduction shall be deducted from the second salary or wage warrant drawn in each month in favor of each member. Such deductions shall be paid to the county treasurer and placed to the credit of each individual member’s account.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1161.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31625.2.

31625.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, contributions shall not be deducted from the salary of any member having credit for 30 years’ service providing the member was a member on March 7, 1973, and remained in membership continuously until credited with 30 years’ service.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), contributions shall not be deducted from the salary of any member having credit for 30 years’ of continuous service in the retirement association of a county of the seventh class as established by Sections 28020 and 28028. This subdivision shall not apply to a member who is subject to the provisions of the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 247, Sec. 19. (AB 1380) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31625.3.

31625.3. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, contributions shall not be deducted from the salary of any member who was a member before or after March 7, 1973, of the retirement association, another county retirement system established under this chapter, or the Public Employees’ Retirement System, and has total reciprocal service credit of not less than 30 years in the retirement association, or in the retirement association and another county retirement system established under this chapter, or the Public Employees’ Retirement System, or a combination thereof.
(b) This section shall not apply in any county unless and until it is adopted by a majority vote of the board of supervisors.
(c) This section shall not apply to members who are subject to Section 7522.30.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 247, Sec. 20. (AB 1380) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31626.

31626. 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 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 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197 › ARTICLE 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31627.

31627. Subject to the regulations prescribed by the board, any member may elect to make additional contributions at rates in excess of his or her normal contributions, for the purpose of providing additional benefits. The exercise of this privilege by a member does not require the county or district to make any additional contributions. Upon application, the board shall furnish to the member information concerning the nature and amount of additional benefits to be obtained by the additional contributions.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 25, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31627.1.

31627.1. A member who has additional contributions under Section 31627 may, within 30 days prior to retirement, elect in writing to have all or any part of the member’s accumulated additional contributions returned to the member. The portion returned shall not be included in the calculation of the member’s annuity.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 275, Sec. 31. (AB 2101) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31627.2.

31627.2. In any county in which the provisions of Section 31676.1 apply, any member who has additional contributions under Section 31627 may elect in writing to have all or any part of the member’s accumulated additional contributions returned to the member. The portion returned shall not be included in the calculation of the member’s annuity. The board may order payment in whole or in part withheld for a period not to exceed 90 days after receipt of such written election.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 275, Sec. 32. (AB 2101) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 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 6 - Members Contributions › Section 31627.6.

31627.6. Whenever any member elects to receive credit for any time during which he was employed by a district and was not a member, under any provision of this chapter, such district shall make an additional appropriation equal to the amount which it would have appropriated had such member been a member during the time for which he has elected to obtain credit.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1387.)
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31628. If the service of a member is discontinued other than by death or retirement, upon proper application submitted to the retirement board, he or she shall be paid all of his or her accumulated contributions, in accordance with this chapter, minus a withdrawal charge, if a withdrawal charge has been provided for by the regulations of the board. The board may order payment in whole or in part withheld for a period not to exceed six months after date of separation. If a member does not file the proper application, the board shall send to the member, not more than 90 days after termination of service, at his or her last known address, a registered or certified letter, return receipt requested, stating that he or she has money to his or her credit on the books of the retirement system and that if he or she does not claim the money within 10 years after date of notice, in the case of persons first employed before January 1, 1976, or within five years in the case of persons first employed on and after January 1, 1976, the money will be deposited in and become a part of the current pension reserve fund.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 584, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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31629. If a former member does not file proper application for the return of his accumulated contributions within five years after date of such notice to him, such accumulated contributions shall be deposited in and become a part of the current pension reserve fund, and thereafter the fund shall not be liable to such member for any portion of his accumulated contributions.
However, notwithstanding the fact that such an application has not been filed, the board of retirement may, in its sound discretion authorize the return of any deposit account 90 days after the 90-day notice referred to in Section 31628, provided that the former employee had less than five years’ service credit with the county.
No return of any deposit account may be made by mail pursuant to this section unless the letter provided for in Section 31628 was receipted for by the former member and the signed receipt is in the possession of the board of retirement or the county treasurer.
The amendment of this section enacted during the 1975–76 Regular Session shall be effective with respect to persons first becoming members of a retirement system on and after January 1, 1976.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 251.)
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31629.5. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 31628 and 31629, on and after January 1, 2003, a member who is credited with less than the number of years of service required for vesting shall have the right to elect to leave accumulated contributions on deposit in the retirement fund. Failure to make an election to withdraw accumulated contributions shall be deemed an election to leave accumulated contributions on deposit in the retirement fund.
(b) An election to allow accumulated contributions to remain in the retirement fund may be revoked by the member at any time except: (1) while the member is employed in county service in a position in which the member is not excluded from membership in this system with respect to that service; (2) while the member is in service as a member of a public retirement system supported, in whole or in part, by state funds; or (3) while the member is in service, entered within six months after discontinuing county service, as a member of a reciprocal retirement system. All accumulated contributions contributed up to the time of revocation may then be withdrawn.
(c) A member whose membership continues under this section is subject to the same age, service, and disability requirements that apply to other members for service or disability retirement. After the qualification of the member for retirement by reason of age, which shall be the lowest age applicable to any membership category in which the member has credited service, or disability, the member shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance based upon the amount of the member’s accumulated contributions and service standing to the member’s credit at the time of retirement and on the employer contributions held for the member and calculated in the same manner as for other members.
(d) Service, solely for purposes of meeting minimum service qualifications for service or disability retirement, shall also include service credited as an employee of a reciprocal system when the member retires concurrently from all reciprocal retirement systems. A member whose combined service from all reciprocal retirement systems does not meet the minimum service qualifications may not receive a service or disability retirement from this system.
(e) Notwithstanding Section 31467, for purposes of this section, “accumulated contributions” means the sum of all member contributions standing to the credit of a member’s individual account, and interest thereon.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 153. Effective January 1, 2004.)
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31630. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this chapter, the South Coast Air Quality Management District and in any county which has adopted Section 31676.1, 31676.11, 31676.12, 31676.13, 31676.14, 31676.15, or 31751, the board of supervisors or district board, as the case may be, may agree to pay any portion of the members’ normal contributions to the system. All the contributions paid by the county or district, as the case may be, shall remain its contributions, and no right therein shall accrue to any employee prior to the employee’s election to take a regular, deferred, or disability retirement.
(b) Any contributions paid by the board of supervisors or the district board on behalf of the members shall be as determined by upon actuarial advice, and approved by the board of retirement.
(c) This section shall not apply to members who are subject to Section 7522.30.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 247, Sec. 21. (AB 1380) Effective January 1, 2014.)
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31631. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a board of supervisors or the governing body of a district may, by resolution, ordinance, contract, or contract amendment under this chapter, without a change in benefits, require that members pay all or part of the contributions of a member or employer, or both, for any retirement benefits provided under this chapter. All of those payments are hereby designated as employee contributions. For members who are represented in a bargaining unit, the payment requirement shall be approved in a memorandum of understanding executed by the board of supervisors or the governing body of a district and the employee collective bargaining representative. The contributions shall be uniform either (1) with respect to all members of a recognized bargaining unit or (2) all members within each of the following categories: nonsafety subject to Section 7522.20 or safety subject to Section 7522.25.
(b) Nothing in this section shall modify a board of supervisors’ or the governing body of a district’s authority under law as it existed on December 31, 2012, including any restrictions on that authority, to change the amount of member contributions.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 741, Sec. 4. (AB 2474) Effective January 1, 2015.)
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31631.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a board of supervisors or the governing body of a district may require that members pay 50 percent of the normal cost of benefits. However, that contribution shall be no more than 14 percent above the applicable normal rate of contribution of members established pursuant to this article for local general members, no more than 33 percent above the applicable normal rate of contribution of members established pursuant to Article 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) for local police officers, local firefighters, county peace officers, and no more than 37 percent above the applicable normal rate of contribution of members established pursuant to Article 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) for all local safety members other than police officers, firefighters, and county peace officers.
(2) Before implementing any change pursuant to this subdivision for any represented employees, the public employer shall complete the good faith bargaining process as required by law, including any impasse procedures requiring mediation and factfinding. This subdivision shall become operative on January 1, 2018. This subdivision shall not apply to any bargaining unit when the members of that unit are paying at least 50 percent of the normal cost of their pension benefit or are subject to an agreement reached pursuant to paragraph (1). Applicable normal rate of contribution of members means the statutorily authorized rate applicable to the member group as the statutes read on December 31, 2012.
(b) Nothing in this section shall modify a board of supervisors’ or the governing body of a district’s authority under law as it existed on December 31, 2012, including any restrictions on that authority, to change the amount of member contributions.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 275, Sec. 33. (AB 2101) Effective January 1, 2021.)
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31639. This article shall apply in a county subject to the provisions of Sections 31676.1 and 31695.1.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 568.)
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31639.1. The normal rates of contribution of safety members shall be based on age at the nearest birthday at the time of entrance into the retirement system.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, separate rates of contribution for male and female safety members shall not be maintained or established, nor shall different allowances or benefits be established for male and female members.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1436.)
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31639.25. The normal rates of contributions shall be such as will provide an average annuity at age 50 equal to one one-hundredth of the final compensation of safety members, according to the tables adopted by the board of supervisors, for each year of service rendered after entering the system.
The provisions of this section shall supersede the provisions of Section 31639. 2.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 550.)
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31639.26. Instead of the normal rates of contribution required by Section 31639.25 the board may, upon actuarial advice, establish a single rate of contributions applicable to all persons becoming members after this section is made operative in that county by the board. However, this rate shall be such as to provide the average annuity described in Section 31639.25.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 99.)
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31639.3. Until revised pursuant to Sections 31453 and 31454, the rate of contribution of each safety member is that percentage of his or her earnable compensation shown in the following tables according to age at the time of entry into the retirement system:
Age
Percentage
18  ........................
9.27
19  ........................
9.29
20  ........................
9.32
21  ........................
9.34
22  ........................
9.43
23 ........................
9.53
24  ........................
9.63
25  ........................
9.73
26  ........................
9.83
27  ........................
9.94
28  ........................
10.04
29  ........................
10.15
30  ........................
10.25
31  ........................
10.36
32  ........................
10.48
33  ........................
10.59
34  ........................
10.71
35  ........................
10.82
36  ........................
10.94
37  ........................
11.06
38  ........................
11.17
39  ........................
11.30
40  ........................
11.42
41  ........................
11.55
42  ........................
11.66
43  ........................
11.79
44  ........................
11.92
45  ........................
12.04
46  ........................
12.17
47  ........................
12.30
48  ........................
12.43
49 and over  ........................
12.56
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 840, Sec. 5.)
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31639.5. The normal rate of contribution shall be such as will provide an average annuity at age 50 equal to one two-hundredth of the final compensation of safety members according to the table adopted by the board of supervisors for each year’s service rendered after entering the system.
This section shall become operative in any county on the first day of the calendar month after the board of supervisors adopts a resolution making it operative in the county.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 493.)
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31639.7. (a) If a member not previously within the field of membership as a safety member is brought within such field of safety membership by amendment to this chapter, he or she may receive credit as a safety member for all or any part of the time during which his or her duties would have made him or her eligible to become a safety member if the amendment had then been in effect by filing with the board at the time he or she elects to become a safety member his or her election to pay into the retirement fund an amount equal to the difference between the contributions actually made during the time for which he or she claims credit and the contributions he or she would have made during that time, including all additional contributions, if any, required by Article 7.5 of this chapter, had he or she been a safety member, together with regular interest on the amount required to be deposited.
(b) If a member not previously within the field of membership as a Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff is brought into that field of membership by a consolidation of the Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, that member may receive additional credit as a safety member for all or any part of the time that member served as an officer with the Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety if that member makes an election to fund an amount equal to the difference between the member and employer contributions actually made as a general member and the member and employer contributions made for the time in which he or she claims credit, together with regular interest on the amount required to be deposited. The member may elect to fund the contributions by either a lump sum payment or by installment payments. No other restrictions shall be placed on a member’s election to receive additional credit as authorized by this subdivision.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 118, Sec. 1. (AB 1658) Effective January 1, 2011.)
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31639.75. A safety member not previously within the field of membership as a safety member may receive not more than five years of credit as a safety member for all or any part of the time during which he or she was a general member by paying into the retirement fund by lump sum or by installment payments an amount equal to the difference between the member and employer contributions actually made as a general member and the member and employer contributions that would have been made had he or she been a safety member during the time for which he or she claims credit together with regular interest on the amount required to be deposited. A member who elects to receive credit for only a part of his or her county service shall elect that county service latest in time and may not receive credit for any portion of that county service prior in time to any county service for which he does not elect to receive credit. This section is applicable only to active members with five or more years of service as a safety member.
This section applies only to a 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.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 306, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)