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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4 - Police Officers Pension Fund and Firemen s Pension Fund › ARTICLE 3 - Pensions and Death Benefits › Section 50880.

50880. If the surviving spouse or a child marries, the pension to such person ceases.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1436.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4 - Police Officers Pension Fund and Firemen s Pension Fund › ARTICLE 3 - Pensions and Death Benefits › Section 50881.

50881. If a member dies from natural causes after 10 years of service, his or her surviving spouse or children, or if there are no surviving spouse or children, his or her parents or siblings, shall receive one thousand dollars ($1,000) from the fund.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1436.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4 - Police Officers Pension Fund and Firemen s Pension Fund › ARTICLE 3 - Pensions and Death Benefits › Section 50882.

50882. A person who resigns or is dismissed from the department is not entitled to relief from the fund.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4 - Police Officers Pension Fund and Firemen s Pension Fund › ARTICLE 3 - Pensions and Death Benefits › Section 50883.

50883. Upon the occurrence of any of the following events, the payment of a pension or benefit to the recipient shall cease.
The recipient is:
(a) Convicted of a felony.
(b) Becomes a habitual drunkard.
(c) Becomes a nonresident of this State.
(d) Fails to report for examination for duty unless excused by the board.
(e) Disobeys the requirements of the board as to the examination or duty.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4 - Police Officers Pension Fund and Firemen s Pension Fund › ARTICLE 4 - Contributions and Surplus › Section 50910.

50910. At the time of each annual tax levy, the legislative body of the local agency shall direct that from the funds of the local agency an amount equal to 2 percent of the salaries paid to the policemen during the preceding year be paid into the police relief and pension fund, and an amount equal to 2 percent of the salaries paid to the firemen during the preceding year into the firemen’s relief and pension fund.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4 - Police Officers Pension Fund and Firemen s Pension Fund › ARTICLE 4 - Contributions and Surplus › Section 50911.

50911. At the time of each annual tax levy, the legislative body shall direct the payment into the police relief and pension fund of the following amounts:
(a) Not less than 5 nor more than 10 percent of all money received from licenses for the keeping of places where spirituous, malt, or other intoxicating liquors are sold.
(b) One-half of all money received from taxes or dog licenses.
(c) All money received from fines paid by the members of the police force for violation of the regulations of the department.
(d) All proceeds of sales of unclaimed property.
(e) Not less than one-fourth nor more than one-half of all money received from licenses from pawnbrokers, billiardhall keepers, second-hand dealers, and junk stores.
(f) All money from fines for carrying concealed weapons.
(g) Twenty-five percent of fines paid for violation of the ordinances of the local agency.
(h) All rewards paid to members of the police force, other than those excepted by the chief of police.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4 - Police Officers Pension Fund and Firemen s Pension Fund › ARTICLE 4 - Contributions and Surplus › Section 50912.

50912. At the time of each annual tax levy, the legislative body shall direct the payment into the firemen’s relief and pension fund of the following amounts:
(a) All rewards paid to members of the fire department.
(b) All fines paid by members of the fire department for violations of the regulations of the department.
(c) One-half of all fines collected for violations of fire precaution laws.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4 - Police Officers Pension Fund and Firemen s Pension Fund › ARTICLE 4 - Contributions and Surplus › Section 50913.

50913. On June 30th of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the auditor of the local agency shall make a report to the legislative body stating:
(a) The amount of money disbursed on account of the fund during the previous year.
(b) The amount to the credit of the fund.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4 - Police Officers Pension Fund and Firemen s Pension Fund › ARTICLE 4 - Contributions and Surplus › Section 50914.

50914. If the amount in the fund exceeds the amount required for disbursal, the excess shall be transferred to the general fund of the local agency and no longer under the control of the board. The amount required for disbursement is deemed the average amount per year disbursed during the next preceding three years.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4 - Police Officers Pension Fund and Firemen s Pension Fund › ARTICLE 5 - Extraterritorial Activities of County and City Peace Officers › Section 50920.

50920. As used in this article, the term “peace officer” means a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, or deputy marshal of a county or city and county, or a marshal or police officer of a city or town, employed and compensated as such, whether the members are volunteer, partly paid, or fully paid, except those whose principal duties are clerical, such as stenographers, telephone operators, and other workers not engaged in law enforcement operations, or the protection or preservation of life or property, and not under suspension or otherwise lacking in good standing.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 193. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4 - Police Officers Pension Fund and Firemen s Pension Fund › ARTICLE 5 - Extraterritorial Activities of County and City Peace Officers › Section 50921.

50921. Whenever any peace officer of a city, county, or city and county of this state is injured, dies, or is disabled from performing his or her duties as a peace officer by reason of engaging in the apprehension or attempted apprehension of law violators or suspected law violators or protection or preservation of life or property, or the preservation of the peace anywhere in this state, including the local jurisdiction in which he or she is employed, but is not at the time acting under the immediate direction of his or her employer, he, she, or his or her dependents, as the case may be, shall be accorded by his or her employer all of the same benefits including the benefits of the Workers’ Compensation Law, which he, she, or they would have received had that peace officer been acting under the immediate direction of his or her employer. Any injury, disability, or death incurred under the circumstances described in this section shall be deemed to have arisen out of and been sustained in the course of employment for purposes of workers’ compensation and all other benefits.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 101, Sec. 70.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4 - Police Officers Pension Fund and Firemen s Pension Fund › ARTICLE 5 - Extraterritorial Activities of County and City Peace Officers › Section 50922.

50922. Nothing in this article shall be deemed to:
(a) Require the extension of any benefits to a peace officer who at the time of his injury, death, or disability is acting for compensation from one other than the city, county or city and county of his primary employment.
(b) Require the extension of any benefits to a peace officer employed by a city, county, or city and county which by charter, ordinance, or departmental regulation expressly prohibits the activity giving rise to the injury, disability or death, whether now in force or hereafter enacted or promulgated.
(c) Enlarge or extend the authority of any peace officer to make an arrest; provided, however, that illegality of the arrest shall not affect the extension of benefits by reason of this act if the peace officer reasonably believed that the arrest was not illegal.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 395.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4 - Police Officers Pension Fund and Firemen s Pension Fund › ARTICLE 6 - Extraterritorial Activities of Firemen › Section 50925.

50925. As used in this article the term “firefighter” shall be deemed to include only a member of a fire department of cities, counties, cities and counties, districts or other public or municipal corporations or political subdivisions, whether the members are volunteer, partly paid, or fully paid, excepting those whose principal duties are clerical, such as stenographers, telephone operators and other workers not engaged in fire-suppression or rescue operations or the protection or preservation of life or property. These firefighters shall be regularly employed, or in the case of a volunteer, shall be regularly enrolled as such.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 89, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4 - Police Officers Pension Fund and Firemen s Pension Fund › ARTICLE 6 - Extraterritorial Activities of Firemen › Section 50926.

50926. Whenever any fireman of a city, county, city and county, district, or other public or municipal corporation or political subdivision is injured, dies or is disabled from performing his duties as a fireman by reason of his proceeding to or engaging in a fire suppression or rescue operation, or the protection or preservation of life or property, anywhere in this state, including the local jurisdiction in which he is employed, but is not at the time acting under the immediate direction of his employer, he or his dependents, as the case may be, shall be accorded by his employer all of the same benefits of the Workers’ Compensation Law, which he or they would have received had that fireman been acting under the immediate direction of his employer. Any injury, disability or death incurred under the circumstances described in this section shall be deemed to have arisen out of and been sustained in the course of employment for purposes of workers’ compensation and all other benefits.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4 - Police Officers Pension Fund and Firemen s Pension Fund › ARTICLE 6 - Extraterritorial Activities of Firemen › Section 50927.

50927. Nothing in this article shall be deemed to:
(a) Require the extension of any benefits to a fireman who at the time of his injury, death, or disability is acting for compensation from one other than the city, county, city and county, district, or other public or municipal corporation or political subdivision of his primary employment or enrollment.
(b) Require the extension of any benefits to a fireman employed by a city, county, city and county, district, or other public or municipal corporation or political subdivision which by charter, ordinance, or departmental regulation expressly prohibits the activity giving rise to the injury, disability or death, whether now in force or hereafter enacted or promulgated.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 142.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 50951.

50951. (a) This chapter establishes the Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award System and may be cited as the Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act.
(b) Notwithstanding any other contrary law, enrollment for an award shall not be construed as a retirement, the receipt of an award shall not be construed as the receipt of a retirement allowance or benefit, and service credited under the Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award System shall not be construed as service credited to a retirement system for purposes of duplicating service credit or benefits in other public retirement systems.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 2 - Administration, Award System, and Membership › Section 50953.

50953. (a) The award system shall be administered by the board and the board shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) The board shall maintain a plan as described in Section 457(e)(11) of Title 26 of the United States Code.
(2) The representatives on the board shall be elected.
(3) The representatives on the board shall administer the award system with the reasonable care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with the award system would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims.
(4) The representatives on the board shall be subject to the prudent investor standard with regard to the fund.
(5) The award system shall be administered for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to members of the award system.
(6) The board shall select a custodian of the fund, as described in subdivision (j) of Section 50952.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the assets of the fund attributable to the benefit of registered volunteers of a department are subject to the claims of creditors of the department in the case of the insolvency of the department. The assets of the fund that are not attributable to the benefits of registered volunteers of an insolvent department are not subject to the claims of the creditors of the insolvent department.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 2 - Administration, Award System, and Membership › Section 50954.

50954. (a) The board shall adopt rules and regulations to administer the award system, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Eligibility requirements for a member to receive an award, including, but not limited to, minimum age and minimum years of certified service credit.
(2) Eligibility requirements for a member to include certified prior service credit as certified service credit in calculating the amount of his or her award or to qualify for an award.
(3) The amount of an award payable under this chapter and any cost-of-living adjustments or supplemental payments based upon that award.
(4) Eligibility requirements for membership in the award system.
(5) The maximum years of certified service credit a member may accrue under the award system.
(6) Other rules and regulations that the board determines are appropriate to administer this chapter.
(b) In addition to those powers and duties, the board shall determine if participation in the award system is adequate to ensure that sufficient funds will be available for the payment of awards on an actuarial reserve basis before any awards are paid. If the board determines that participation in the award system is inadequate to assure the financial success of the system, the board may terminate the award system pursuant to Section 50974 or may amend the award system pursuant to the rules and regulations of the board.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 2 - Administration, Award System, and Membership › Section 50955.

50955. (a) The board shall, from time to time, determine and fix the annual interest rate and actuarial interest rate.
(b) The board shall keep in convenient form the data necessary for the actuarial valuation of the award system. The board shall, at least quadrennially, cause to be made an actuarial investigation into the mortality and service experience of members and persons receiving awards and an actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the award system.
(c) When there is insufficient data upon which to establish mortality rates or other actuarial assumptions required to evaluate the obligations of the award system, the board may adopt appropriate assumptions that, upon the advice and recommendation of the actuary, are necessary.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 2 - Administration, Award System, and Membership › Section 50956.

50956. (a) On the basis of investigation and valuation, the board shall adopt the mortality, service, and other tables as it deems necessary, and shall make changes in the contributions required from contracting departments as the board considers appropriate in order to assure the actuarial soundness of this award system.
(b) The board shall credit all contributions of departments in the fund with interest at the annual interest rate compounded at each June 30.
(c) Data filed by a member or department with the board is confidential, and no individual record shall be divulged by an official or employee having access to that data to a person other than the member to whom the information relates or his or her authorized representative, or the department that employs the member. That information shall be used by the board for the sole purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter.
(d) Each volunteer member and department shall file with the board the information and evidence as may be required by the board in administration of this award system.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 2 - Administration, Award System, and Membership › Section 50957.

50957. The custodian of the fund shall be subject to the exclusive control of the board to administer and invest the assets of the fund. The assets in the fund shall be used to pay the costs of administration and for the payment of awards under this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 3 - Service Credit and Contributions › Section 50958.

50958. Only members may accumulate service credit in the award system. A volunteer becomes a member when he or she satisfies the minimum requirements for membership, as established by the board, and the minimum service requirements as certified by a qualifications review commission. Membership shall terminate on the day prior to the effective date of an award pursuant to Section 50962.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 3 - Service Credit and Contributions › Section 50959.

50959. (a) The award system shall be funded by contributions paid by contracting departments and income from the fund. The award system is a noncontributory system, and no contributions shall be required from members of the award system.
(b) As determined by actuarial valuation reported to the contracting department by the award system, each contracting department shall make contributions annually, not later than October 1 of each year, sufficient to meet the prescribed amount with respect to volunteers of the contracting department, in accordance with the conditions provided in its contract under the award system.
(c) Contributions of all contracting departments shall be applied by the board during each fiscal year to meet the obligations of all departments collectively, pursuant to the following order:
(1) In an amount equal to the liabilities accruing on account of awards payable on account of current service.
(2) The balance of contributions on any other liability incurred under this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 3 - Service Credit and Contributions › Section 50960.

50960. (a) Only those volunteers who have been certified by their contracting department as having satisfactorily completed a service year shall be credited with current service for that year. A member is not required to qualify in consecutive years.
(b) Members of departments contracting on or after the effective date of this chapter may initially be credited with a full service year if the board authorizes credit for that service and the member and his or her department satisfy the other requirements established by the board, including, but not limited to, certification by the department’s qualifications review commission.
(c) A satisfactory service year credit shall be determined by a member’s active participation in all of the following fire department activities.
(1) Training drills.
(2) Responses to emergency calls.
(3) Attendance at official department and association meetings.
(d) Contracting departments shall maintain adequate records to show that a credited member was a participating member of the department during the year of certification. The records may include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Department run logs.
(2) Department training records.
(3) Certificates of training.
(4) Records of exposures to hazardous products.
(5) Minutes of departmental or association meetings.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 3 - Service Credit and Contributions › Section 50961.

50961. (a) The governing body of each contracting department shall establish a qualifications review commission that shall include the fire chief, one member of the governing body appointed by the governing body, and one volunteer elected by the volunteers employed by the contracting department.
(b) The qualifications review commission shall review the list of department members each year, and prior to October 1 of each year shall certify to the board those volunteers who have qualified.
(c) In no event shall a member be credited with more than the maximum number of years of service allowed in the award system, as established by the rules and regulations of the board.
(d) With respect to each contracting department that provides benefits for prior service credit, the qualifications review commission shall promulgate and publish guidelines for computing prior service credit. The guidelines shall require the prior service credit to be verified and certified and, in the event that there are no records in existence, the members of the commission and the volunteer shall sign an affidavit certifying that the prior service met the criteria prescribed in Section 50960. The affidavit shall be signed under penalty of perjury. Thereafter, the qualifications review commission shall certify to the board certified prior service credit that has been earned by each member.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 3 - Service Credit and Contributions › Section 50962.

50962. When the member’s application for an award is received by the board, an award shall be granted to accrue and become effective pursuant to the terms, conditions, and eligibility requirements established by the board.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 3 - Service Credit and Contributions › Section 50963.

50963. The board shall determine the terms, conditions, and eligibility requirements for all of the following:
(a) The amount of an award payable under the award system.
(b) If a member is entitled to a cost-of-living adjustment and the amount of that cost-of-living adjustment.
(c) If a member is entitled to receive an award and the amounts of supplemental payments based upon that award.
(d) Any death benefits payable to a member’s designated beneficiary or the estate of the member.
(e) All other benefits authorized by the board under this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 4 - Contract Provisions › Section 50964.

50964. (a) Except as described in subdivision (b), a department may participate in and make all of its volunteers members of the award system by a contract entered into between the governing body of the department and the board pursuant to this chapter.
(b) The board may prohibit a new contract with or may establish terms and conditions regarding a new contract for a department that has previously terminated a contract for participation under this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 4 - Contract Provisions › Section 50965.

50965. When the governing body of a department desires to consider participation in the award system, the governing body shall ask the board for a quotation of the approximate contribution to the award system that would be required by the department for participation in the award system.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 4 - Contract Provisions › Section 50966.

50966. An employee organization, recognized under the provisions of appropriate authority, may request the governing body of the department to ask the board for a quotation of the approximate contribution to the award system that would be required of the department for participation in the award system, and if the employee organization is willing to pay for the cost of that quotation, the department shall make the request. The board shall furnish copies of the quotation to both the department and the employee organization.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 4 - Contract Provisions › Section 50967.

50967. On request of the board, the department shall furnish the data concerning its volunteers as the board requires to make the necessary valuations and investigations into the experience among the volunteers.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 4 - Contract Provisions › Section 50968.

50968. The approximate contribution quoted by the board and the actual contribution to be made if a contract results shall be determined by actuarial valuations of the future service liability under the award system, on account of the volunteers involved in the computation, and in consideration of other circumstances that may be adopted by the board, upon recommendation of the actuary.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 4 - Contract Provisions › Section 50969.

50969. The approximate and actual contributions payable by a contracting department shall be similar to premiums under insurance policies. The approximate contribution quoted by the board to the department is subject to the contingency that the actual contribution certified by the board after the approval of a contract may differ from the approximate contribution because of any of the following:
(a) Time elapsed between the quotation and operative date of the contract.
(b) Any changes in the facts or assumptions upon which the quotation was based.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 4 - Contract Provisions › Section 50970.

50970. (a) Approval of the contract by the governing body of the department shall be by resolution or by any other means permitted by law.
(b) The board shall inform the governing body of the projected costs of the program.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 4 - Contract Provisions › Section 50971.

50971. Errors in a contract may be corrected through amendments approved by the adoption of suitable resolutions by the contracting parties. All contract amendments shall be made in the same manner as prescribed for the approval of the initial contract.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
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50972. The contract may be terminated by the governing body of a contracting department by resolution or by any other means permitted by law. All liability of the department with respect to its volunteer members of the award system shall cease. All moneys deposited in the fund shall be held for the continued payment of previously granted awards and the costs of administration.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 5 - Termination and Limitations › Section 50973.

50973. The board may provide that an award under this chapter shall not be payable, or begin to accrue, until the board establishes, by appropriate resolution, that the fund contains sufficient net assets to make the payments provided by this chapter based upon an actuarial reserve basis.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 5 - Termination and Limitations › Section 50974.

50974. Upon termination of the award system, assets in the fund shall be disbursed in the following order:
(a) An amount sufficient to pay awards previously granted shall be retained by the board.
(b) An amount sufficient to pay reasonable administrative expenses shall be retained by the board.
(c) From any balance in the fund after the above amounts have been retained or disbursed, each department’s accumulated contributions, less a proportionate share of the amount retained for reasonable administrative expenses, less the amount retained to pay awards of that department’s volunteers, shall be refunded to the department.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
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50975. The Public Employees’ Retirement System, as a public entity, and the present, future, and former board members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, jointly and individually, and state officers and employees, shall be indemnified from the General Fund as described in Section 16641.5 for all claims, demands, suits, actions, damages, judgments, costs, charges, and expenses as a result of the transfer of the award system from the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System to the board of the California State Fire Employees Welfare Benefit Corporation.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 6 - Indemnity › Section 50976.

50976. (a) The Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall not be liable for any action or failure to act by the board of the California State Fire Employees Welfare Benefit Corporation. Upon transfer of the award system, the board of the California State Fire Employees Welfare Benefit Corporation shall assume all responsibilities and liabilities related to the award system.
(b) As of the date of the transfer or termination of the award system, the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall have no liability or responsibility for the administration of the award system.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 7 - Termination of the Award System by the Public Employees Retirement System › Section 50978.

50978. For purposes of this chapter, if the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System transfers the data and files that are necessary to effect the transfer of and relate to members and beneficiaries who participate in the award system to the board of the California State Fire Employees Welfare Benefit Corporation, the transfer of the award system shall be deemed complete on the date that the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System transfers the assets of the award system to the board of the California State Fire Employees Welfare Benefit Corporation.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative March 1, 2008, by Section 50979.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act › ARTICLE 7 - Termination of the Award System by the Public Employees Retirement System › Section 50979.

50979. This chapter shall become operative on March 1, 2008.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Note: This section delays the initial operation of Chapter 4.5, as added by Ch. 651, commencing with Section 50950.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 5 - Boundaries › Section 51000.

51000. When the location of a boundary line of a local agency, as defined in Section 53510 of the Government Code, is indefinite or uncertain, or the boundary line has been obliterated from any cause, it may be determined, defined, and established pursuant to this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 439.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 5 - Boundaries › Section 51001.

51001. The legislative body of the local agency having an indefinite, uncertain, or obliterated boundary line may cause a proceeding to be brought in the name of the local agency to have the boundary line determined, defined, and established. The legislative body shall take such action upon the petition of twenty-five or more taxpayers of the local agency.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 5 - Boundaries › Section 51002.

51002. The superior court of the county in which the initiating local agency is located has jurisdiction over the proceeding. In the event that a boundary line of a district having territory in more than one county is indefinite or uncertain, the superior court of either county shall have jurisdiction.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 439.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 5 - Boundaries › Section 51003.

51003. In counties having three or more superior judges, the presiding judge may assign three or more judges to sit at the hearing in the proceeding, whether initiated by the county or a city in the county.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 5 - Boundaries › Section 51004.

51004. The petition for the determination of the boundary line shall be accompanied by documents, maps, or other exhibits as may be essential to a determination of the case.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 5 - Boundaries › Section 51005.

51005. The petitioner shall serve a copy of the petition and exhibits on the local agencies directly interested and immediately adjacent to the boundary line, by delivering the copy personally to the presiding officer of the legislative bodies of the local agencies.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 5 - Boundaries › Section 51006.

51006. A local agency, or any person, corporation, or taxpayer thereof, interested in the determination and establishment of the boundary line, may demur or answer the petition as defendants or intervene in the proceeding. The rules of pleading and practice provided by the Code of Civil Procedure not in conflict with this chapter are applicable to the special proceeding provided for in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 5 - Boundaries › Section 51007.

51007. The court shall determine the location of the boundary line by courses and distances or by giving such other definite description as is necessary or desirable.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 5 - Boundaries › Section 51008.

51008. The court shall make a finding and render its judgment determining, defining, and establishing the location of the boundary line. After the judgment becomes final the court shall cause a certified copy of the judgment to be filed at once with the Secretary of State.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 5 - Boundaries › Section 51009.

51009. From the date of filing, the boundary line is established and fixed for all purposes and constitutes the true and official boundary line of the local agency.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 5.5 - The Elder California Pipeline Safety Act Of 1981 › Section 51010.

51010. It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, that the State Fire Marshal shall exercise exclusive safety regulatory and enforcement authority over intrastate hazardous liquid pipelines and, to the extent authorized by agreement between the State Fire Marshal and the United States Secretary of Transportation, may act as agent for the United States Secretary of Transportation to implement the federal Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. Sec. 60101 et seq.) and federal pipeline safety regulations as to those portions of interstate pipelines located within this state, as necessary to obtain annual federal certification.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 86. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 5.5 - The Elder California Pipeline Safety Act Of 1981 › Section 51010.6.

51010.6. Notwithstanding Section 51010.5, that portion of an interstate pipeline that is located within this state and is subject to an agreement between the United States Secretary of Transportation and the State Fire Marshal is subject to the federal Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. Sec. 60101 et seq.).
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 536, Sec. 3. (AB 2931) Effective January 1, 2023.)