California

Government Code

21,845 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 3072 — Upon a conviction and at the time appointed by the court it shall pronounce judgment that the defendant be removed from office.
• § 3073 — The same proceedings may be had on like grounds for the removal of a district attorney, except that the accusation shall be delivered by the foreman of the grand jury to the clerk, and by him to a jud
• § 3074 — Any officer subject to removal pursuant to this article may be removed from office for willful or corrupt misconduct in office occurring at any time within the six years immediately preceding the pres
• § 3075 — In a proceeding under this article, appeal is to the court of appeal.
• § 3100 — It is hereby declared that the protection of the health and safety and preservation of the lives and property of the people of the state from the effects of natural, manmade, or war-caused emergencies
• § 31000 — The board of supervisors may contract for special services on behalf of the following public entities: the county, any county officer or department, or any district or court in the county.
• § 31000.1 — The board of supervisors may appoint commissions or committees of citizens to study problems of general or special interest to the board and to make reports and recommendations to the board.
• § 31000.11 — (a) Each county shall develop a program that gives a preference to qualified applicants who are members of a disadvantaged group for the hiring of internship and student positions.
• § 31000.2 — Unless otherwise provided by law, the board of supervisors may provide for the payment of reasonable and necessary expenses of, and of special allowances such as per meeting stipends to, members of co
• § 31000.3 — Any contract for services entered into by a board of supervisors pursuant to Section 31000 may provide for deferred payment of compensation for services rendered if (a) the terms and conditions under
• § 31000.4 — The board of supervisors may contract with temporary help firms for temporary help to assist county agencies, departments, or offices during any peak load, temporary absence, or emergency other than a
• § 31000.5 — The board of supervisors may employ technical assistants for the assessor to enable him to secure the necessary maps and plats for the performance of his work.
• § 31000.6 — (a) Upon request of the assessor, auditor-controller, sheriff, or elected treasurer-tax collector of the county, the board of supervisors shall contract with and employ legal counsel to assist the ass
• § 31000.7 — The same law firm shall not be employed to advise or represent both the assessor and the county board of equalization on any matters relating to hearings before the county board of equalization.
• § 31000.8 — Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the board of supervisors of a county which is wholly or partially self-insured under the workers’ compensation laws, which is wholly or partially self-in
• § 31000.9 — (a) In counties containing a population of 6,000,000 or over, the board of supervisors may, by ordinance, authorize county officers having responsibility for the design and construction of county proj
• § 31001 — The board of supervisors of any county not having a charter which creates the office of county counsel may employ and contract with counsel to assist the district attorney in representing and advising
• § 31002 — The board of supervisors may employ copyists to reproduce any county records and indices that are lost or destroyed by conflagration, public calamity, or otherwise or that are in danger of destruction
• § 31003 — The board of supervisors may adopt a system of insurance for the benefit of physicians, nurses, and any or all other persons employed in county institutions or county health departments.
• § 31004 — In any county having a charter providing for a civil service system for county employees, the board of supervisors may require any person included within the civil service system to give an official b
• § 31005 — The board of supervisors of any county, chartered or otherwise, shall not by ordinance establish any minimum or maximum age limits for any county employment, whether as officer, deputy, or assistant,
• § 31006 — Any person possessing all the minimum qualifications for any county employment is eligible for appointment to that employment, and neither the board of supervisors nor any other county officer or empl
• § 31007 — This part does not require or authorize the employment of any person in a particular county employment who has reached the compulsory retirement age prescribed by a county employees’ retirement system
• § 31008 — This part does not prevent the board of supervisors from fixing minimum or maximum age limits for the employment of deputy sheriffs and county peace officers or county firemen, nor, while acting direc
• § 31009 — Prior to January 1, 1981, an applicant for employment who does not meet the physical standards established for his employment because of a physical impairment existing on the date of his employment ma
• § 3101 — For the purpose of this chapter the term “disaster service worker” includes all public employees and all volunteers in any disaster council or emergency organization accredited by the Office of Emerge
• § 31010 — The board of supervisors of any county may by resolution establish and provide funds for the operation of a municipal advisory council for any unincorporated area in the county to advise the board on
• § 31010.5 — (a) Service as a member of a governing board of a special district named in subdivision (b) shall not be considered an incompatible office with service on a municipal advisory council established purs
• § 31011 — Every employee has the right to inspect personnel records pursuant to Section 1198.
• § 3102 — (a) All disaster service workers shall, before they enter upon the duties of their employment, take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter.
• § 3103 — The oath or affirmation required by this chapter is the oath or affirmation set forth in Section 3 of Article XX of the Constitution of California.
• § 3104 — The oath or affirmation may be taken before any officer authorized to administer oaths.
• § 3105 — (a) The oath or affirmation of any disaster service worker of the state shall be filed as prescribed by State Personnel Board rule within 30 days of the date on which it is taken and subscribed.
• § 3106 — Compliance with this chapter shall, as to state employees, be deemed full compliance with Chapter 4, Part 1, Division 5, Title 2 of this code, requiring taking of oaths by state employees.
• § 3107 — No compensation nor reimbursement for expenses incurred shall be paid to any disaster service worker by any public agency unless such disaster service worker has taken and subscribed to the oath or af
• § 3108 — Every person who, while taking and subscribing to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter, states as true any material matter which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of perjury, and is p
• § 3109 — Every person having taken and subscribed to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter, who, while in the employ of, or service with, the state or any county, city, city and county, state agency
• § 3110 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California State Government Volunteers Act.
• § 31100 — This part may be cited as the County Civil Service Enabling Law.
• § 31101 — This part does not limit any powers conferred on any county by charter or any powers conferred on boards of supervisors of counties by subdivision (b) of Section 1 or Section 4 of Article XI of the Ca
• § 31102 — It is the intent of this part to enable any county to adopt such a limited civil service system as is adaptable to its size and type.
• § 31103 — The board of supervisors of any county may contract with any other county or city, any state department, or any competent person or agency for the conducting of competitive examinations to ascertain t
• § 31104 — Any county may by ordinance adopt a limited civil service system for any or all county officers and employees, except elective officers.
• § 31105 — The ordinance adopting a civil service system shall not go into effect until the proposition of its approval has been submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the county at a general or specia
• § 31105.1 — Any ordinance adopting a civil service system which was, prior to the effective date of this section, submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the county at a general or special election and r
• § 31105.2 — (a) Any ordinance adopting a civil service system that was, prior to the effective date of this section, submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the county at a general or special election an
• § 31106 — The ordinance creating the civil service system shall designate the appointive officers and employees to be placed in the system.
• § 31107 — The minimum qualifications or standards prescribed for any class or grade of employment shall not be less than those prescribed for the class or grade of county officers and employees by the Legislatu
• § 31108 — (a) Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this part shall include substantially the following provisions: (1) Any officer or employee in the classified civil service may be dismissed, suspended, or reduce
• § 3111 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Volunteer” means any person who, of his own free will, provides goods or services, without any financial gain, to any state agency, as defined in Section 11000; (b) “Admi
• § 31110 — Upon the adoption of the civil service system, the board of supervisors shall appoint a civil service commission to assist in administering the system.
• § 31110.1 — A county by ordinance may provide that the members of the civil service commission may be paid compensation for their attendance at each meeting of the commission in an amount to be fixed by the ordin
• § 31110.2 — A county may by ordinance provide that its civil service commission or equivalent body shall have the power to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum, and compensate persons subpoenaed.
• § 31111 — The civil service commission shall consist of five members or, if so resolved by the board of supervisors, seven members, each of whom shall hold office for a term of four years and until his successo
• § 31112 — The terms of office of two members of the first civil service commission shall be one year.
• § 31113 — The commission shall perform the duties and exercise the powers provided for in this part, and such additional powers and duties in relation thereto as the board of supervisors delegates to it.
• § 31114 — Any person who: 1.
• § 31115 — Any person who: 1.
• § 31115.5 — Any county employee, or person whose name appears on any county employment list, who uses during duty hours, for training or target practice, any material which is not authorized therefor by the appoi
• § 31116 — For the purpose of facilitating the recruitment of professional and technically trained persons to fill positions for which there is a shortage of qualified applicants, a county may expend county fund
• § 31117 — Any person who previously had permanent status in a civil service system of any county and who vacated his position to accept appointment to an elective position shall be reinstated to his former posi
• § 3112 — The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Since the spirit of volunteerism has long animated generations of Americans to give of their time and abilities to help others, the state would be wise to
• § 3118 — All volunteers shall comply with applicable department and other state policy and regulations.
• § 3119 — Each state department or division is hereby authorized to utilize the services of volunteers.
• § 3119.1 — The provisions of this article shall not apply to the Department of Aging’s use of volunteers, pursuant to the provisions of Titles III (42 U.
• § 3119.5 — Notwithstanding Section 3118, any state or local agency that chooses to utilize volunteers shall implement a policy whereby no person aged 60 years or older may be excluded from volunteer service if t
• § 3120 — As used herein “local agency” means a county, city and county, city, school district, office of county superintendent of schools, or other special district.
• § 31200 — The board of supervisors may levy a special tax to be used for the payment of pensions and annuities to employees of a county and judicial district under such pension, retirement, and benefit systems
• § 31201 — If a member of a retirement system established by the county for officers or employees of a county or judicial district, or for any portion of them, separates from the service of the county before ret
• § 31202 — Any firefighter who has become an employee of the first public agency because of the assumption by that public agency of the firefighting function of the second public agency who, at any time after be
• § 31203 — If a member of a county retirement system becomes a member of another county retirement system, his membership in the first system ceases.
• § 31204 — As used in this chapter “public agency” means the State or any department or agency thereof, a county, city and county, city, public corporation, municipal corporation or public district.
• § 31205 — Whenever any public agency having a retirement system takes over and assumes any of the functions of any other public agency, and because of such assumption all or any employees of the second public a
• § 31206 — Insofar as can be authorized by statute, the payments by the second public agency may be either from the general fund of such public agency or from the retirement fund of such public agency.
• § 31207 — Whenever any public agency having a retirement system takes over and assumes any or all of the functions of any other public agency and because of such assumption all or any of the employees of the se
• § 31208 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 31202, whenever a contract has been entered into, or a resolution passed, as provided in this chapter, any employee who has become an employee of the first publ
• § 3121 — Any local agency may, subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the legislative body thereof, insure its officers, directors, deputies, assistants, employees and agents for injury or death incur
• § 3122 — The travel insurance authorized by this chapter shall be in addition to any compensation secured under Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201) of the Labor Code and inuring to the benefit of the off
• § 3123 — The office of county superintendent of schools may carry a master policy for travel insurance on behalf of the school districts of the county.
• § 3125 — For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “Autonomous transit vehicle technology” means technology that has the capability to drive a vehicle without the active physical control by a human operator.
• § 3126 — (a) At least 10 months before beginning a procurement process to acquire or deploy any autonomous transit vehicle technology for public transit services that would eliminate job functions or jobs of t
• § 3127 — (a) Upon a written request by the exclusive employee representative, the public transit employer and exclusive employee representative shall commence collective bargaining within 30 days of the exclus
• § 3128 — This chapter shall not be construed as creating any labor requirements that are less protective of employees than any labor requirements created pursuant to statute or a collective bargaining agreemen
• § 3129 — The provisions of this chapter are severable.
• § 3130 — The Public Employment Relations Board shall have jurisdiction to process unfair practice charges alleging violations of this chapter, but only as to transit district employers where the board has juri
• § 3140 — The Legislature finds as follows: (a) Public employers, including the state and the University of California, are among the largest employers in the state, offering medical and other health care benef
• § 3141 — For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Authorized strike” means a strike sanctioned by the central labor council or the membership of an employee organization that rep
• § 3142 — (a) It shall be an unfair practice for a covered employer to do any of the following: (1) Fail or refuse to maintain and pay for continued health care or other medical coverage for an enrolled employe
• § 31450 — This chapter may be cited as the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937.
• § 31451 — The purpose of this chapter is to recognize a public obligation to county and district employees who become incapacitated by age or long service in public employment and its accompanying physical disa
• § 31452 — The right of a person to a pension, annuity, retirement allowance, return of contributions, the pension, annuity, or retirement allowance, any optional benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to
• § 31452.5 — (a) The board may comply with and give effect to a revocable written authorization signed by a retired member or beneficiary of a retired member entitled to a retirement allowance or benefit under thi
• § 31452.6 — (a) The board shall comply with and give effect to a revocable written authorization signed by a retired member or beneficiary of a retired member entitled to a retirement allowance or benefit under t
• § 31452.61 — (a) (1) This section applies only to a retirement system in a county of the first class, as described in Sections 28020 and 28022.
• § 31452.65 — Upon receipt of proof, satisfactory to the board, that a warrant or check drawn in payment of a retirement allowance or in payment of any other account due from the retirement system has been lost or
• § 31452.7 — (a) Upon the death of any member after retirement, any retirement allowance earned but not yet paid to the member shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, be paid to the member’s designated
• § 31453 — (a) An actuarial valuation shall be made within one year after the date on which any system established under this chapter becomes effective, and thereafter at intervals not to exceed three years.
• § 31453.5 — Notwithstanding Section 31587, and in accordance with Section 31453 or 31510.
• § 31453.6 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board of retirement may, at the request of the board of supervisors, adopt a funding period of 30 years to amortize unfunded accrued actuarial
• § 31454 — (a) The board of supervisors shall, not later than 90 days after the beginning of the immediately succeeding fiscal year, adjust the rates of interest, the rates of contributions of members, and count
• § 31454.1 — (a) The independent assumptions and calculations of an actuary contained in the actuarial valuation required by Section 31453 shall not be subject to the “meet and confer” provisions of the Meyers-Mil
• § 31454.5 — In any county subject to the provisions of Section 31676.
• § 31454.6 — Whenever, in any county subject to the provisions of Section 31676.
• § 31454.7 — The Legislature affirms the ruling of Mijares v.
• § 31455 — Unless the context otherwise requires, or unless superseded by any provision of the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013, the definitions and general provisions contained in this ar
• § 31455.5 — (a) It is unlawful for a person to do any of the following: (1) Make, or cause to be made, any knowingly false material statement or material representation, to knowingly fail to disclose a material f
• § 31456 — “Actuarial equivalent” means a benefit of equal value when computed upon the basis of the mortality tables adopted by the board of supervisors and regular interest thereon.
• § 31457 — “Annuity” means payment for life derived from contributions made by a member.
• § 31458 — “Beneficiary” means any person in receipt of a pension, annuity, retirement allowance, death benefit, or any other benefit.
• § 31458.2 — If, after December 31, 1957, and either before or after retirement a member dies leaving a spouse and has not designated a beneficiary, and, prior to the payment of any portion of the death benefit, s
• § 31458.3 — (a) A member’s ex-spouse who is receiving or is entitled to receive payments from the system, including a portion of the surviving spouse’s allowance, pursuant to an order of the court dividing the co
• § 31458.4 — (a) A member’s ex-spouse who is receiving or is entitled to receive payments from the system, including a portion of the surviving spouse’s allowance, pursuant to an order of the court dividing the co
• § 31459 — (a) In a county in which a board of investments has been established pursuant to Section 31520.
• § 31459.1 — (a) In a county in which a board of investments has been established pursuant to Section 31520.
• § 31460 — “Compensation” means the remuneration paid in cash out of county or district funds, plus any amount deducted from a member’s wages for participation in a deferred compensation plan established pursuan
• § 31461 — (a) (1) “Compensation earnable” by a member means the average compensation as determined by the board, for the period under consideration upon the basis of the average number of days ordinarily worked
• § 31461.1 — (a) This section applies only to a county of the first class, as defined by Section 28020, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of 1971, and Section 28022, as amended by Chapter 43 of the Statut
• § 31461.2 — “Compensation earnable” by a public administrator, coroner or coroner-public administrator member compensated by means of fees means the average compensation as determined by the board, for the period
• § 31461.3 — (a) The average compensation during any period of service as a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, a member of a retirement system established under this chapter in another county, a me
• § 31461.4 — (a) This section applies only to a county of the first class, as defined by Section 28020, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of 1971, and Section 28022, as amended by Chapter 43 of the Statut
• § 31461.45 — (a) This section applies only to a county of the first class, as defined by Section 28020.
• § 31461.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, salary bonuses or any other compensation incentive payments for regular duties or for additional services outside regular duties received under the program
• § 31461.6 — (a) “Compensation earnable” shall not include overtime premium pay other than premium pay for hours worked within the normally scheduled or regular working hours that are in excess of the statutory ma
• § 31462 — (a) “Final compensation” means the average annual compensation earnable by a member during any three years elected by a member at or before the time the member files an application for retirement, or,
• § 31462.05 — (a) For a member who is subject to the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 7522) of Chapter 21 of Division 7 of Title 1) for all or any portion
• § 31462.1 — (a) (1) “Final compensation” means the average annual compensation earnable by a member during any year elected by a member at or before the time he or she files an application for retirement, or, if
• § 31462.11 — In any county subject to the provisions of Section 31462.
• § 31462.2 — (a) “Final compensation” for members whose service is on a tenure that is temporary, seasonal, intermittent, or for part time only means one-third of the total compensation earnable earned for that pe
• § 31462.3 — (a) For members participating in the designated plans who are employed by the County of Los Angeles on or after October 1, 2000, and who retire or die on or after July 1, 2001, “final compensation” me
• § 31463 — “Normal contributions” means contributions by a member at the normal rates of contributions, but does not include additional contributions by a member.
• § 31464 — “Accumulated normal contributions” means the sum of all normal contributions standing to the credit of a member’s individual account and regular interest thereon.
• § 31465 — “Additional contributions” means contributions made by members in addition to normal contributions under Section 31627.
• § 31466 — “Accumulated additional contributions” means the sum of all additional contributions standing to the credit of a member’s individual account and regular interest thereon.
• § 31467 — “Accumulated contributions” means accumulated normal contributions plus any accumulated additional contributions standing to the credit of a member’s account.
• § 31468 — (a) “District” means a district, formed under the laws of the state, located wholly or partially within the county other than a school district.
• § 31469 — (a) “Employee” means any officer or other person employed by a county whose compensation is fixed by the board of supervisors or by statute and whose compensation is paid by the county, and any office
• § 31469.1 — (a) “County peace officer” means the sheriff and any officer or employee of the sheriff’s office of a county employed and qualifying as a constable or deputy constable or marshal or deputy marshal or
• § 31469.2 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, “local prosecutor” means any one of the following: (1) A county officer or employee who meets all of the following criteria: (A) He or she is or, on or after January
• § 31469.3 — “Safety member” means any person who is any of the following: (a) A member of a pension system established pursuant to either Chapter 4 or Chapter 5, who elects by written notice filed with the board,
• § 31469.4 — “Safety member” means persons employed as probation officers, juvenile hall or juvenile home group counselors, and group supervisors who are primarily engaged in the control and custody of delinquent
• § 31469.5 — (a) This section shall be applicable in the retirement system of any county of the 10th class, as defined by Sections 28020 and 28031, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of 1971, if the board
• § 31469.6 — Law enforcement employees of a harbor improvement district are safety members subject to Article 6.
• § 31469.8 — (a) In a county of the 18th class, as defined by Sections 28020 and 28039, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of 1971, the board of supervisors may meet and confer pursuant to the Meyers-Milia
• § 31470 — “Member” means any person included in the membership of the retirement association pursuant to Article 4, and includes safety members as defined in Sections 31469.
• § 31470.1 — “Member” includes “county peace officer member” except in sections where county peace officer members are specifically excluded.
• § 31470.10 — Notwithstanding Section 31470.
• § 31470.11 — Notwithstanding Section 31470.
• § 31470.12 — Child support investigators and administrators in counties of the 16th class, as described by Section 28020 and 28037, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of 1971, are eligible.
• § 31470.13 — Officers and employees whose function clearly fall within the scope of hazardous materials services are eligible.
• § 31470.14 — (a) Local prosecutors, local public defenders, and local public defender investigators are eligible.
• § 31470.2 — (a) All sheriffs, undersheriffs, chief deputies sheriff, jailers, turnkeys, deputies sheriff, bailiffs, constables, deputies constable, motorcycle officers, aircraft pilots, heads and assistant heads
• § 31470.25 — (a) All sheriffs, undersheriffs, assistant sheriffs, chief deputy sheriffs, captains, lieutenants, sergeants, jailers, turnkeys, deputy sheriffs, bailiffs, constables, deputy constables, motorcycle of
• § 31470.3 — Clerks, bookkeepers, stenographers, court service officers, except in a county of the third class, as defined in Sections 28020 and 28024, and other employees who may have been appointed as deputies s
• § 31470.4 — All county foresters, county firewardens, deputies or assistant county foresters, deputies or assistant county firewardens, firefighters, fire apparatus engineers, fire prevention inspectors, forest f
• § 31470.5 — Bookkeepers, stenographers, cooks, laborers, county fire protection district fire foremen, call firemen, and firefighters whose principal duties clearly do not fall within the scope of active fire sup
• § 31470.6 — (a) A permanent employee of a county having a population in excess of 500,000 whose principal duties consist of active protection, rescue, and rendition of aid or assistance to persons injured or impe
• § 31470.7 — The election by a member to receive credit for employment in public service or in county service pursuant to Section 31641.
• § 31470.8 — In cases of doubt as to whether a person is eligible to become a safety member, the board shall decide.
• § 31470.9 — All public administrators, coroners and coroner-public administrators, whether compensated on a fee or salary basis, are eligible, except that the membership of such persons is subject to the approval
• § 31471 — “Pension” means payments for life derived from contributions made from funds controlled by the board of supervisors, or from funds of a district.
• § 31471.5 — “Recognized retiree organization” means an organization in which a majority of the members of the organization are retired members of the system and which the board, upon request, has approved recogni
• § 31472 — “Regular interest” means interest at 2 1 2 percent a year until otherwise determined by the board compounded semiannually on June 30th and December 31st.
• § 31472.1 — “Regular interest” or “interest” when used for purposes of computing deposits under this chapter, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall mean that amount of interest which would have been cr
• § 31473 — “Retirement allowance” means the pension plus the annuity.
• § 31474 — “Retirement association” means an association of all persons who may qualify as annuitants or beneficiaries pursuant to this chapter.
• § 31475 — “Retirement fund” means the Employees Retirement Fund.
• § 31476 — “Retirement system” means each of the systems created and established pursuant to this chapter or its predecessor.
• § 31477 — “Salary fund” means the fund from which salaries are ordinarily paid.
• § 31478 — “Public agency” means the United States of America, this state, or any department or agency of either, or any county, or any city, which city or county is within this state, or any public corporation,
• § 31479 — “Public service” means service rendered as an officer or employee of a public agency for which service the officer or employee received compensation from the public agency and with respect to which he
• § 31479.1 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 31479, an elective or appointive county official may receive credit for service rendered as a city council member even though that service was not compensated.
• § 31479.2 — “Public service” also means service rendered as an officer or employee of a department or agency of the District of Columbia for which the officer or employee received compensation and with respect to
• § 31479.3 — “Public service” also means service in the merchant marine of the United States during the period of December 7, 1941, through August 15, 1945, whether or not the employee received compensation from t
• § 31480 — The provisions of this chapter, as they apply to retirement for service or disability, deferred retirement, and the death benefit, shall not be applicable to any member claiming public service pursuan
• § 31481 — An amendment either heretofore or hereafter made to this chapter, unless expressly stated otherwise, does not grant, take away, or otherwise affect the right to, or the amount of, any retirement allow
• § 31482 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a participant in a deferred compensation plan established pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 18310) of Part 1 of Division 5 of Title 2 or pursua
• § 31482.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in Section 20894, this section shall apply to all participants in retirement systems governed by this chapter.
• § 31483 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the governing body of a county or district has made a particular provision or provisions of this chapter applicable in such county or district thro
• § 31484 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the governing body of a county or district has made a particular provision or provisions of this chapter providing for increased benefits applicabl
• § 31484.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the governing body of a county or district has made a particular provision or provisions of this chapter providing for increased benefits applicabl
• § 31484.6 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the governing body of a county or district has made a particular provision or provisions of this chapter providing for increased benefits applicabl
• § 31484.7 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the governing body of a county or district has made a particular provision or provisions of this chapter providing for increased benefits applicabl
• § 31484.8 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the governing body of a county or district has made a particular provision or provisions of this chapter providing for increased benefits applicabl
• § 31484.9 — (a) This section shall apply to the retirement system of Contra Costa County and only if the board of supervisors of that county adopts, by majority vote, a resolution making this section applicable i
• § 31485 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the governing body of a county or district following meet and confer has made a particular provision or provisions of this chapter providing for in
• § 31485.10 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a county of the 10th class, as defined in Sections 28020 and 28031, the board of supervisors may, by resolution, ordinance, contract, or contract ame
• § 31485.13 — In accordance with Section 401(a)(8) of Title 26 of the United States Code, a forfeiture of benefits under this chapter shall not be applied to increase benefits that a member would otherwise receive
• § 31485.14 — All distributions of benefits provided under this chapter shall comply with the requirements of Section 401(a)(9) of Title 26 of the United States Code that are applicable to public employee plans, in
• § 31485.15 — In accordance with Section 401(a)(31) of Title 26 of the United States Code, a person who is entitled to a distribution under this chapter that is an eligible rollover distribution may elect to have a
• § 31485.16 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in a county of the fourth class, as defined in Sections 28020 and 28025, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of 1971, the board of super
• § 31485.17 — (a) In accordance with Section 401(a)(37) of Title 26 of the United States Code, if a member dies while performing qualified military service, as defined in Section 414(u) of Title 26 of the United St
• § 31485.18 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in a county of the eighth class, as defined in Sections 28020 and 28029, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of 1971, the board of super
• § 31485.19 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the rights of each member to his or her accrued retirement benefits under the retirement system shall be nonforfeitable, in accordance with the req
• § 31485.20 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no amount shall be distributed from a retirement system established under this chapter prior to the time that the distribution may be made in compl
• § 31485.21 — (a) A member who has not attained normal retirement age shall have a bona fide separation from service to the extent required by Section 401(a) of Title 26 of the United States Code before working for
• § 31485.22 — (a) A member who, while currently employed, has reached normal retirement age, as defined by the retirement system, and has met the benefit commencement requirements in Article 8 or Article 9, shall b
• § 31485.5 — It is the intent of the Legislature that counties that are considering the adoption of defined contribution plans, also consider having those plans administered by their county retirement systems.
• § 31485.6 — “Treasurer” as used in Sections 31595.
• § 31485.7 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a member who elects to purchase retirement service credit under Section 31486.
• § 31485.8 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a member who elects to purchase retirement service credit under Section 31490.