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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 13 - Integration With Old Age and Survivors Insurance › Section 31816.

31816. In the event that any member who is required to or who had the right to elect to redeposit accumulated contributions previously withdrawn, elects so to do, the amount of such redeposit shall be the amount of his previously withdrawn contributions adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Section 31813.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1193.)
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 13 - Integration With Old Age and Survivors Insurance › Section 31816.1.

31816.1. If, after the adoption of this article by a county, a member is permitted by other sections of this act to obtain credit for service by making contributions into this system for previous service, that part of such contributions applicable to the period of time after the adoption of this article by the county shall be modified in accordance with Section 31812.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1193.)
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 13 - Integration With Old Age and Survivors Insurance › Section 31817.

31817. This article shall not be applicable to any member subject to Section 31751 except with respect to the member’s service prior to the date such section was made applicable to the member.
(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 14 - Subrogation › Section 31820.

31820. If benefits are payable under this chapter because of an injury to, or the death of, a member of the retirement association, and such injury or death is the proximate consequence of the act of any person other than his employer, the board on behalf of the retirement association may recover from such person an amount which is the lesser of the following:
(1) An amount which is equal to one-half of the actuarial equivalent of the benefits for which the association is liable because of such injury or death; or
(2) An amount which is equal to one-half of the remaining balance of the amount recovered after allowance of that amount which the employer or its insurance carrier have paid or become obligated to pay. The right shall be determined under the subrogation provisions of any workmen’s compensation law.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1340.)
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 14 - Subrogation › Section 31821.

31821. The retirement association may join with the employer or its compensation insurance carrier in any proceeding under this article.
(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 14 - Subrogation › Section 31822.

31822. Any amount recovered by any of the parties shall be applied, first, to the amounts which the employer or its insurance carrier have paid or become obligated to pay, and second, to the amounts to which the retirement association is entitled under the provisions of Section 31820 hereof.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1340.)
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 14 - Subrogation › Section 31823.

31823. Actions brought by the board under this article shall be commenced within three years after the liability of the retirement system to pay benefits is fixed. Liability of the retirement system is fixed at the time the board approves the payment of benefits under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 159, Sec. 1.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31830.

31830. The provisions of this article are intended to encourage career public service by granting reciprocal retirement benefits to members who are entitled to retirement rights or benefits from two or more retirement systems established under this chapter or from a retirement system established under this chapter and the Public Employees’ Retirement System, the State Teachers’ Retirement System, or a retirement system of any other public agency of the state that has established reciprocity with the Public Employees’ Retirement System subject to the conditions of Section 31840.2, and to delineate the financial obligations of each system and related political entity so that no system or political entity shall be liable for more than its just financial obligation.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 966, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31831.

31831. Any member, whether over or under the minimum age of service retirement, who leaves county service and within 90 days or six months if Section 31840.4 applies thereafter becomes a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, a retirement system established under this chapter in another county, a member of the State Teachers’ Retirement System, or a member of a retirement system of any other public agency of the state that has established reciprocity with the Public Employees’ Retirement System subject to the conditions of Section 31840.2, regardless of the amount of county service, may elect deferred retirement pursuant to Article 9 of this chapter, except that he or she may not, after that election, rescind the election or withdraw any of his or her accumulated contributions while a member of such other system.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 966, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31831.1.

31831.1. Any member who left county or district service on or before December 31, 1971, and became a member of a retirement system established under this chapter in another county or of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, who did not elect to, or was not eligible to, leave his contributions on deposit pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 31700) may now elect to leave his accumulated contributions on deposit pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 31700) by redepositing in the retirement fund of the county or district he left the amount of accumulated contributions and interest he withdrew from such retirement fund plus regular interest thereon from date of separation.
Any such member whose accumulated contributions are on deposit as provided in this section and any other member who left county or district service on or before December 31, 1971, who became a member of a retirement system established under this chapter in another county or of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and who elected to leave his accumulated contributions on deposit pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 31700) shall be eligible for the benefits provided in this article, and for purposes of such benefits shall be deemed to have entered membership in such other system within 90 days of his separation from county or employment. The deferred retirement allowance for such member shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this chapter applicable to members retiring directly from county employment on the date of his retirement. Any member who qualifies for a reduced age at entry pursuant to this section shall be entitled to use such age only from and after the date he completes the redeposit as provided in this section or, if he elected to leave his accumulated contributions on deposit pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 31700), from and after the date he notifies the board in writing that he desires the benefits of this section. This section shall not apply to members who are retired or who are not in service of an employer making him a member of a retirement system established under this chapter or of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
Unless this chapter expressly provides to the contrary the retirement allowance received by a member pursuant to this section shall be calculated based upon the laws pertaining to the retirement system of such district or county as of the date of retirement and not the laws pertaining to such system as of the date the member first left county or district service.
This section shall not be applicable to any member entering service after December 31, 1977.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 629.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31832.

31832. The board shall, on request of the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, the board of retirement of a retirement system established in another county under this chapter, the Board of Retirement of the State Teachers’ Retirement System, or the board of retirement of a retirement system of any other public agency of the state that has established reciprocity with the Public Employees’ Retirement System subject to the conditions of Section 31840.2, supply information and data necessary for the administration of such other system as it is affected by membership in and service credited under this system.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 966, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31833.

31833. For the purpose of this article and Articles 6 and 6.8 of this chapter, age at time of entrance into the retirement system for a person who enters within 90 days, or six months if Section 31840.4 applies, of last rendering service as a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, another retirement system established under this chapter, the State Teachers’ Retirement System, or a retirement system of any other public agency of the state that has established reciprocity with the Public Employees’ Retirement System subject to the conditions of Section 31840.2, and who retains his membership in such other system or systems, shall be his age at entry into the first such other system.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 966, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31833.1.

31833.1. For the purpose of this article and Article 6 (commencing with Section 31620) and Article 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) of this chapter, a member’s age at the time of entrance into the retirement system for a person who, after entering, redeposits the contributions he or she withdrew from the Public Employees’ Retirement System, and who otherwise meets all requirements for reciprocity under this article by reason of his or her membership in the Public Employees’ Retirement System, shall be his or her age at entry into the Public Employees’ Retirement System, commencing with the pay period immediately following receipt of confirmation from the Public Employees’ Retirement System that all withdrawn contributions have been redeposited.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 966, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31834.

31834. Notwithstanding Section 31558 and regardless of age at entry into the system in counties subject to the provisions of Section 31676.1 and in counties electing pursuant to Section 31695.1, a person shall become a safety member on the first day of the calendar month following his entrance into service in a position the principal duties of which are defined in Sections 31470.2, 31470.4 or 31470.6, if such first day of the calendar month is within 90 days, or six months if Section 31840.4 applies of last rendering active police or fire suppression or lifeguard work as a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or a retirement system established under this chapter in another county, the State Teachers’ Retirement System, or a retirement system of any other public agency of the state that has established reciprocity with the Public Employees’ Retirement System subject to the conditions of Section 31840.2, and the person retains his membership in such other system.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 966, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31835.

31835. The average compensation during any period of service as a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, a member of the Judges’ Retirement System or Judges’ Retirement System II, a member of a retirement system established under this chapter in another county, a member of the State Teachers’ Retirement System, or a member of a retirement system of any other public agency of the state that has established reciprocity with the Public Employees’ Retirement System subject to the conditions of Section 31840.2, shall be considered compensation earnable or pensionable compensation pursuant to Section 7522.34, whichever is applicable, by a member for purposes of computing final compensation for that member provided:
(a) The period intervening between active memberships in the respective systems does not exceed 90 days, or 6 months if Section 31840.4 applies. That period shall not include any time during which the member was prohibited by law from becoming a member of the system of another county.
Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, the 90-day or 6-month restriction referred to in this section or any other provision of this chapter affecting deferred retirement shall not be applicable to any members who left county or district service prior to October 1, 1949, and subsequently redeposited.
(b) He or she retires concurrently under both systems and is credited with the period of service under that other system at the time of retirement.
The provisions of this section shall be applicable to all members and beneficiaries of the system.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 247, Sec. 44. (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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31835.01.

31835.01. Section 31835 shall be retroactively applied so as to extend the benefits thereof to every active and retired member and beneficiary who left county or district service prior to October 1, 1949, and subsequently redeposited his contributions in the system in respect to all payments for time after the effective date of his retirement and prior to the effective date of this section as well as to payments for time after the effective date of this section.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 195.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31835.02.

31835.02. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, Section 31835 shall also apply to any member who was a member of a retirement system established under this chapter and who subsequently becomes a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, a retirement system established under this chapter in another county, the State Teachers’ Retirement System, or a retirement system of any other public agency of the state that has established reciprocity with the Public Employees’ Retirement System subject to the conditions of Section 31840.2, providing the period intervening between the periods for which active service was credited does not exceed 90 days, or six months if Section 31840.2 applies, and the member retires concurrently under both systems and is credited with the periods of service at the time of retirement.
This section shall only be operative in any county of the fourth class as described in Sections 28020 and 28025 if it is adopted by a majority vote of the board of supervisors.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 159, Sec. 118. Effective January 1, 2002. Section conditionally operative by its own provisions.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31835.1.

31835.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 31835 and 31836, a member of a retirement system established under this chapter who is eligible to retire at age 50 pursuant to Section 31672, or who is required to retire because of age while a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, a retirement system established under this chapter in another county, the State Teachers’ Retirement System, or a retirement system of any other public agency of the state that has established reciprocity with the Public Employees’ Retirement System subject to the conditions of Section 31840.2, but who cannot retire concurrently from the Public Employees’ Retirement System, a retirement system established under this chapter in another county, the State Teachers’ Retirement System, or a retirement system of any other public agency of the state that has established reciprocity with the Public Employees’ Retirement System subject to the conditions of Section 31840.2, shall be entitled to have his final compensation and service determined under Sections 31835 and 31836 as if he had retired concurrently under such other system.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 966, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31836.

31836. “Service,” solely for purposes of qualification for payment of benefits and retirement allowances, shall also include service as an employee of the state or a contracting agency under the Public Employees’ Retirement System or of another county having a retirement system established under this chapter, or as a member of the State Teachers’ Retirement System, or as a member of a retirement system of any other public agency of the state that has established reciprocity with the Public Employees’ Retirement System subject to the conditions of Section 31840.2, if the compensation for such service constitutes compensation earnable or pensionable compensation pursuant to Section 7522.34, whichever is applicable, by a member under Section 31835 of this part.
No credit shall be granted in this retirement system for service for which the member has received credit in another retirement system or for which he or she is presently receiving a retirement allowance from another retirement system.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 247, Sec. 45. (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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31836.1.

31836.1. “Service,” for the purpose of qualifying members for the discontinuance of contributions pursuant to Section 31625.2, shall also include service as an employee of the state, a contracting agency under the Public Employees’ Retirement System, another county having a retirement system established under this chapter, or any other public agency if the compensation for the service constitutes compensation earnable by a member under Section 31835.
This section shall become operative on January 1, 1988.
(Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 202, Sec. 2. Section operative January 1, 1988, by its own provisions.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31836.2.

31836.2. (a) “Service,” for the purpose of qualifying members for the discontinuance of contributions pursuant to Section 31664, 31664.1, or 31664.2 shall also include service as an employee of the state, a contracting agency under the Public Employees’ Retirement System, another county having a retirement system established under this chapter, or any other public agency if the compensation for the service constitutes compensation earnable by a member under Section 31835.
(b) This section shall apply only in a county of the first class, as defined by Section 28020, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of 1971.
(c) This section is declaratory of existing law.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 164, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2009.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31837.

31837. Any member who elects, pursuant to Section 31700 and 31832, to leave his accumulated contributions on deposit may be retired for disability, regardless of age or length of service, and receive a disability retirement allowance under this article based on the service credited to him at the time of retirement during any period thereafter in which he receives a disability retirement allowance under the Public Employees’ Retirement System or a retirement system established under this chapter in another county, subject to the following conditions:
(1) That such allowance shall not be paid if the period intervening between the last service credited under this system and his becoming a member in such other system exceeds 90 days.
(2) That if the member is retiring for non-service-connected disability, and, if a safety member has not attained age 55, or if a nonsafety member has not attained age 65, his retirement allowance shall be as calculated pursuant to Section 31838.
(3) That such allowance shall be an annuity which is the actuarial equivalent of the member’s accumulated contributions when retirement under the other system is for disability arising out of and in the course of employment subject to such other system.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1046.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31837.1.

31837.1. Notwithstanding Sections 31837 and 31838, any member covered under Section 31751 who elects, pursuant to Sections 31700 and 31832, to leave accumulated contributions on deposit may be retired for disability and receive a disability retirement allowance under this section during any period hereafter in which the member receives a disability retirement allowance under the Public Employees’ Retirement System, a retirement system established under this chapter in another county, the State Teachers’ Retirement System or a retirement system of any other public agency of the state that has established reciprocity with the Public Employees’ Retirement System subject to the conditions of Section 31840.2, subject to all of the following conditions:
(a) That such allowance shall not be paid if the period intervening between the last service credited under this system and becoming a member in such other system exceeds six months.
(b) That, if the member is retiring for non-service-connected disability, the disability requirements shall be that of the other system and the member’s retirement allowance shall be based on the other system’s disability benefit formula. The disability benefit received in the county shall be calculated as if all the member’s service was in the other system but then prorated using the ratio of service in this county to the total service in both systems.
(c) That, if the member is retiring for disability arising out of and in the course of employment subject to such other system, the allowance to the member shall be an annuity which is the actuarial equivalent of the member’s accumulated contributions at the time of retirement.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 966, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31838.

31838. Every safety member under age 55 years and every other member under age 65 years who is retired for non-service-connected disability and who is retired simultaneously under a disability retirement allowance from the Public Employees’ Retirement System or a retirement system established under this chapter in another county shall receive a retirement allowance equal to the greater of the following amounts:
(1) The sum to which he would be entitled as service retirement; or
(2) A sum which shall consist of:
(a) An annuity which is the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated contributions at the time of his retirement, and
(b) If, in the opinion of the board, his disability is not due to intemperate use of alcoholic liquor or drugs, willful misconduct, or violation of law on his part, a disability retirement pension purchased by contributions of the county or district, all computed as provided in Sections 31727 or 31727.2.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1046.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31838.5.

31838.5. No provision of this chapter shall be construed to authorize any member, credited with service in more than one entity and who is eligible for a disability allowance, whether service connected or nonservice connected to receive an amount from one county that, when combined with any amount from other counties or the Public Employees’ Retirement System, results in a disability allowance greater than the amount the member would have received had all the member’s service been with only one entity.
In cases of service-connected disability allowances only, the limitation on disability allowances provided for in this section shall apply to service-connected disability allowances payable to those who, after being employed with another county or an entity within the Public Employees’ Retirement System, become employed by a second public entity on or after January 1, 1984.
Each entity shall calculate its respective obligations based upon the member’s service with that entity and each shall adjust its payment on a pro rata basis.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 767, Sec. 1.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31839.

31839. Upon the death before retirement of a member, while in service as a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or a retirement system established pursuant to this chapter in another county, who has made an election pursuant to Section 31700 and 31832, the death benefit provided in Section 31781 payable by the system from which he or she elected deferred retirement shall consist of:
(a) When death is not the result of a disease or injury arising out of and in the course of employment, the amount of such death benefit shall not exceed an amount which when added to the death benefit payable for the member under such other system will equal the total of the accumulated contributions to both systems plus 50 percent of the annual compensation earnable or pensionable compensation pursuant to Section 7522.34, whichever is applicable, by the deceased during the 12 months immediately preceding his or her death.
(b) When death is the result of disease or injury arising out of and in the course of his or her employment as a member of such other system, such death benefit shall consist solely of the member’s accumulated contributions.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 247, Sec. 46. (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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31840.

31840. The death benefit provisions of paragraph (a) of Section 31839 shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 31765, 31765.1, 31781.1 and 31781.2 in those counties where these sections are applicable. In all calculations under these sections only the retirement allowances which would be payable by the system from which the member elected deferred retirement shall be considered. The provisions of Section 31784 shall apply to the death benefits provided by paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 31839.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1693.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31840.01.

31840.01. Notwithstanding Section 31840, upon the death before retirement of a member covered under Section 31751, while in service as a member of a retirement system established pursuant to this chapter in another county, who has made an election pursuant to Section 31700 and 31831, the death benefit provisions of paragraph (a) of Section 31839 shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 31765, 31765.1, 31781.1, and 31781.2 in such other system where these sections are applicable. In all calculations under these sections, the death benefit received from this county shall be calculated as if all of the member’s service was in the other system but then prorated using the ratio of service in this county to the total service in both systems. The provisions of Section 31784 shall apply to the death benefits provided by subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 31839.
(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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31840.1.

31840.1. The provisions of this article extending rights to a member of a county retirement system established under this chapter or subjecting him to any limitation, by reason of his membership in the Public Employees’ Retirement System, shall apply in like manner and under like conditions to said member by reason of his membership in any retirement system maintained by the Regents of the University of California, provided said member enters any retirement system maintained by said regents pursuant to an agreement made on or after January 1, 1965, between said regents and a county making provision for the operation by said regents of all or any part of the hospital facilities of that county or the transfer of title to such a hospital to the regents and for reciprocal university retirement system rights and limitations substantially comparable to those prescribed by this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 709.)
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 15 - Reciprocal Benefits › Section 31840.2.

31840.2. The provisions of this article extending rights to a member of a county retirement system established under this chapter or subjecting him or her to any limitation by reason of his or her membership in the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall apply in like manner and under like conditions to a member by reason of his or her membership in any retirement system established under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 45300) of Division 5 of Title 4 with respect to which an ordinance complying with Section 45310.5 has been filed with and accepted by the board or by reason of his or her membership in a retirement system established by or pursuant to the charter of a city or city and county or by any other public agency of this state which system, in the opinion of the board, provides a similar modification of rights and benefits because of membership in a system established under this chapter and with respect to which the governing body of such city, city and county or public agency and the board have entered into agreement pursuant to Section 20351. This section shall apply only to a member whose termination and subsequent reentry into employment resulting in a change in membership from a system established under this chapter to such other system or from such other system to a system established under this chapter occurred after such acceptance or determination by the board; provided, however, that provisions relating to computation of final compensation shall apply to any other member if such provision would have applied had the termination and entry into employment occurred after such acceptance or determination by the board.
As used in this section, “board” means the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 966, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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31840.3. The provisions of this chapter extending rights to a member of a county retirement system established under this chapter by reason of his membership in the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall also apply to members who terminated state employment on or after June 30, 1971, but because of county budget problems were not employed in the permanent positions to which they would otherwise have been assigned and did not become permanent county employees until on or before January 4, 1972.
This section shall not be operative in any county until it is adopted by a majority vote of the board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1029.)
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31840.4. Wherever in this chapter the rights of a member, because of membership in another retirement system, are conditioned upon reemployment within 90 days of termination of employment covered by a system under this chapter or another retirement system, with respect to such reemployment which occurs on and after January 1, 1976, such period shall be six months rather than 90 days.
This section shall also be applicable to members who were permanent employees of the state who were laid off because of a reduction in work force and whose break in service between retirement systems occurred prior to January 1, 1976, but not before April 1, 1970.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1420, Sec. 3.5.)
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31840.5. The provisions of this chapter extending rights to a member of a county retirement system established under this chapter or subjecting him to any limitation, by reason of his membership in the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall also apply to members who terminated state employment and became employees of a district within six months of such termination and who were employees of such district at the time that the district became subject to the county retirement system. Any change in a member’s contribution rate shall become effective on January 1, 1977, and a member whose rate is reduced shall not be entitled to any payment with respect to his rate of contribution prior to that date.
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 Stats. 1976, Ch. 701.)
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31840.6. Whenever in this chapter the rights of a member, because of membership in another retirement system, are conditioned upon reemployment within six months of termination of membership in a system under this chapter or another retirement system, such period shall be one year rather than six months if the member was an elective officer and becomes a member of a system established under this chapter upon commencement of service in another elective office on and after January 1, 1977.
This section shall not be applicable in any county until adopted by the board of supervisors nor until the other employer in a reciprocal system elects a similar provision.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1315.)
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31840.7. Wherever in this chapter the rights of a member, because of membership in another retirement system, are conditioned upon reemployment within a specified period after termination of employment covered by a system under this chapter or another retirement system, the period shall be one year in the case of any member who was reemployed on or after January 1, 1989, and whose termination of employment was due to layoff because of, a lack of work, a lack of funds, or a reduction in workforce.
This section shall not be operative in any county until the time that the board of supervisors, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, makes the provision applicable in that county.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 595, Sec. 1.)
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31840.8. The provisions of this chapter extending rights to a member of a county retirement system established under this chapter by reason of his or her membership in the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall also apply to members of the State Teachers’ Retirement System Defined Benefit Plan, the Judges’ Retirement System, and the Judges’ Retirement System II.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 433, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.)
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31841. This article 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 article applicable in such county.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1591.)
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31841.1. This article shall not be applicable to any member who because of his county service is subject to the federal old age and survivors insurance provisions of the Federal Social Security Act.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1591.)
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31842. As used in this article “eligible spouse” means an individual who is caring for one or more of the children (as defined in Section 31843) of a deceased member and who is:
(a) The widow or widower of such deceased member, or
(b) The divorced former spouse of such deceased member, from whom he or she was receiving not less than one-half of his or her support at the time of his or her death.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1436.)
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31843. As used in this article “child” means a member’s child who is dependent upon such member at the time of his death and while such child is unmarried and:
(a) Under 18 years of age, or
(b) Whether under or over 18 years of age, totally disabled and such disability occurred prior to such child attaining age 18 years.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1591.)
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31844. As used in this article “parent” means:
The father or mother of the deceased member who at the time of the death of such member was not less than 62 years of age and was receiving not less than one-half of his or her support from the member, and who has not remarried since the member’s death.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1436.)
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31845. Upon the death of a member prior to retirement who was a member continuously for not less than 18 months immediately prior to his death, survived by an eligible spouse, if such eligible spouse waives the amount, if any, payable as a death benefit pursuant to Section 31781, such eligible spouse shall be paid a monthly survivor’s allowance equal to the sum, based upon the member’s compensation at the time of his death and the number of children for which such eligible spouse is caring, specified in Section 31849 minus the amount to which such eligible spouse is entitled pursuant to Section 31765, 31765.1, 31781.1, 31781.2, or 31787.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1591.)
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31846. Upon the death of a member prior to retirement who was a member continuously for not less than 18 months immediately prior to his death and who is survived by one or more children, during such time as no eligible spouse is entitled to a survivor’s allowance pursuant to this article, if the father or mother having custody or guardian of such child or children waives the amount, if any, payable as a death benefit pursuant to Section 31781, such child or children shall be entitled to a monthly survivor’s allowance equal to the sum, based upon the member’s compensation at the time of his death and the number of children, specified in Section 31849 minus the amount to which such children are entitled pursuant to Section 31765, 31765.1, 31781.1, 31781.2, or 31787.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 676.)
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31847. The monthly survivor’s allowance in the case of two or more children entitled thereto shall be divided equally between them.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1591.)
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31848. Upon the death of a member prior to retirement who was a member continuously for not less than 10 years immediately prior to his death, who is survived by one or both parents, if no death benefit is paid to any one pursuant to Section 31781 other than the member’s widow, widower, or children, such parent, or both of such parents shall each be entitled to a monthly survivor’s allowance equal to the sum, based upon the member’s compensation at the time of his death, specified in Section 31849.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1591.)
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31849. Monthly survivors’ allowances shall be based upon the following table:
Monthly
Member’s survivors
allowances
Surviving spouse caring for one child  ........................
$591.80
Surviving spouse caring for two or more children  ........................
690.40
One child only  ........................
295.90
Two children only  ........................
581.80
Three or more children  ........................
690.40
Widow or widower age 62 (no child)  ........................
327.10
Each of two dependent parents at age 62  ........................
295.90
Sole dependent parent at age 62  ........................
325.50
Lump sum payment  ........................
255.00
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1359.)
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31850. Upon the death of a member prior to retirement who was a member continuously for not less than 18 months immediately prior to his death survived by a widow or widower with whom he was living at the time of his death, the retirement system shall pay to such widow or widower in addition to all other payments due, if any, to such widow or widower a lump sum supplemental survivorship benefit of two hundred fifty-five dollars ($255). If such member is not survived by such a widow or widower, the retirement system shall apply such lump sum supplemental survivorship benefit to reimburse the person who paid the funeral expenses of such member to an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty-five dollars ($255).
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1591.)