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• § 31771.2 — (a) On and after the election date, the participant shall cease to accrue retirement benefits under this chapter, and instead shall begin to accrue benefits under the program pursuant to the terms of
• § 31771.3 — The implementing ordinance shall specify, based on the results of the actuarial analysis and the requirement that the program be cost neutral, as described in Section 31770.
• § 31772 — (a) A program account shall be established within the system for each participant.
• § 31772.1 — The board shall provide a statement to the participant that displays the value or balance of the participant’s program account and summarizes any credits to the account or other transactions that occu
• § 31773 — (a) If a participant dies during the program period, he or she shall be deemed to have died while eligible for retirement and his or her benefits shall be calculated as if in active service, except as
• § 31774 — If a participant becomes eligible for disability retirement due to an injury or illness occurring during the program period or pursuant to Section 31720.
• § 31775 — Participation in the program shall be terminated, and the member will not have a right or claim to any continuing benefits under the program upon the first occurrence of any of the following events: (
• § 31776 — Participation in the program shall be completed and the participant shall be entitled to benefits under the program upon the first occurrence of either of the following during the program period: (a)
• § 31776.1 — Upon termination of employment and retirement for service under the system, a participant shall: (a) Receive a distribution, in the manner prescribed in Section 31776.
• § 31776.2 — The participant’s monthly allowance shall be an amount equal to the monthly allowance the participant would have received if he or she had retired for service on the election date, subject to the foll
• § 31776.3 — (a) Unless the implementing ordinance otherwise provides, the balance in the participant’s program account shall be distributed to the participant in a single lump-sum payment at the time of retiremen
• § 31776.4 — (a) A participant may designate a person or persons as beneficiaries of the balance in the participant’s program account at any time during the program period.
• § 31776.5 — The final compensation calculated under Section 31776.
• § 31777 — (a) The provisions of this section shall be referred to as the “actuarial equivalent DROP provisions.
• § 31778 — The provisions of this section through those of Section 31778.
• § 31778.1 — A member who makes the election described in Section 31778 shall receive a one-time lump-sum payment upon retirement in an amount as calculated below.
• § 31778.2 — (a) If a participant dies during the period from the deferred calculation date to the election date, he or she shall be deemed to have died while eligible for the deferred retirement option and the pa
• § 31778.3 — (a) A participant may designate a person or persons as beneficiaries of the participant’s program account at any time during the period from the deferred retirement calculation date to the election da
• § 31778.4 — Upon termination of employment and retirement from the system, a member who has elected to participate in the program shall receive the member’s program payment, as calculated pursuant to Section 3177
• § 31779 — (a) After the program has been in effect for a period of at least four years and not more than 10 years, as specified in the implementing ordinance, or up to one year prior to the end of that specifie
• § 31779.1 — The rights of a participant who has retired under the program, whose deferred retirement calculation date, or whose program period is in effect at the time the program is discontinued may not be affec
• § 31779.2 — If the program is modified pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 31779, participants who entered, or who were eligible for, the program prior to the effective date of the modificatio
• § 31779.3 — As long as the program remains in effect, either as originally adopted or as modified pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 31779, the board of retirement shall cause an actuarial an
• § 31780 — Upon the death before retirement of a member while in service or while physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of his duty, if such incapacity has been continuous from discontinuance
• § 31780.1 — A child eligible to receive a survivor benefit under Section 31760.
• § 31780.2 — (a) Any benefits accorded to a spouse pursuant to this article and Article 11 (commencing with Section 31760), Article 15.
• § 31781 — The death benefit shall consist of: (a) The member’s accumulated contributions.
• § 31781.01 — Notwithstanding Section 31781, the death benefit of a member covered under Section 31751 shall consist of: (a) The member’s accumulated contributions.
• § 31781.1 — (a) If a member of a retirement system established in a county subject to the provisions of Section 31676.
• § 31781.11 — The board of supervisors of a county of the first class as described by Sections 28020 and 28022 may, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, increase the amounts of the death benefits payable pursu
• § 31781.12 — Notwithstanding Section 31781.
• § 31781.13 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 31781.
• § 31781.2 — In lieu of accepting in cash the death benefit payable under Section 31781 or 31781.
• § 31781.3 — The surviving spouse of a member who dies in service after five years of service or as a result of service-connected injury or disease may elect, in lieu of the death benefit in Section 31781 or the l
• § 31781.31 — Notwithstanding Sections 31781.
• § 31782 — The nomination of a beneficiary under this system, other than nominations under optional settlements 2, 3 and 4, may be revoked at the pleasure of the person who made it and a different beneficiary no
• § 31783 — If the nominated beneficiary cannot be found by the board, or if the nominated beneficiary is the estate of the deceased person, the board in its discretion may pay to the undertaker who conducted the
• § 31783.5 — (a) Whenever a person or estate entitled to payment of a member’s accumulated contributions or any other benefit fails to claim the payment or cannot be located, the amount owed from the retirement fu
• § 31784 — The person to whom the whole or any part of a death benefit is payable may, at any time before payment thereof, elect in writing to have such death benefit or part thereof paid over a period not to ex
• § 31785 — Upon the death of any safety member, after retirement for service or non-service-connected disability from a retirement system established in a county subject to the provisions of Section 31676.
• § 31785.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 31481 or 31785, upon the death of any safety member, after retirement for service or non-service-connected disability from a retirement system established in a county pursu
• § 31785.4 — Notwithstanding Section 31785, each survivor allowance paid pursuant to Section 31785 on account of a safety member who retires on or after the operative date of this section shall be equal to 65 perc
• § 31785.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 31785, each survivor allowance paid on or after the operative date of this section pursuant to Section 31785 on account of a safety member who retires before the operative
• § 31786 — Upon the death of any member after retirement for service-connected disability, the member’s retirement allowance as it was at the member’s death if not modified in accordance with one of the optional
• § 31786.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 31481 or 31786, upon the death of any member after retirement for service-connected disability, the member’s retirement allowance as it was at the member’s death if not mod
• § 31787 — (a) If a member would have been entitled to retirement in the event of a service-connected disability, but dies prior to retirement as the result of injury or disease arising out of and in the course
• § 31787.5 — (a) A surviving spouse of a member who is killed in the performance of duty or who dies as the result of an accident or an injury caused by external violence or physical force, incurred in the perform
• § 31787.6 — A surviving spouse of a safety member who is killed in the performance of duty or who dies as the result of an accident or injury caused by external violence or physical force, incurred in the perform
• § 31787.65 — (a) For purposes of Section 31787, the final compensation upon which the special death benefit is calculated for the eligible surviving spouse or eligible children of a safety member killed in the per
• § 31789 — Upon the death of any person after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, or any superseded system, there shall be paid to his estate or to such beneficiary as he shal
• § 31789.01 — Notwithstanding Sections 31786, 31787, and 31787.
• § 31789.1 — Upon the death of any member after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, or any superseded system, there shall be paid to his estate or to such beneficiary as he shal
• § 31789.12 — Notwithstanding Section 31789.
• § 31789.13 — Upon the death of any person while receiving a retirement allowance from the system, the board of retirement may supplement the sum payable pursuant to Section 31789 by an amount of two hundred fifty
• § 31789.2 — Upon the death of any person after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, or any superseded system, there shall be paid to his estate, or to such beneficiary as he sha
• § 31789.3 — (a) Upon the death of any person after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, or any superseded system, there shall be paid to his or her estate or to the beneficiary
• § 31789.5 — (a) Upon the death of any person after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, or any superseded system, there shall be paid to his or her estate, or to the beneficiary
• § 31790 — Upon the death of any person before retirement which person shall have to his credit at least 10 years of service with the county or district, there shall be paid to his estate or to such beneficiary
• § 31791 — Notwithstanding Section 31760.
• § 31792 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the board may, by a resolution adopted, pursuant to both this section and Section 31768, by a majority vote and with respect only t
• § 31800 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the provisions of this article shall be applicable to any member who is subject to the federal old age and survivors insurance provisions of the federal Soci
• § 31800.1 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors in a county of the 10th class as described by Section 28031 may adopt, by majority vote, a resolution providing that: (a) Any gener
• § 31800.5 — Whenever pursuant to the provisions of this article federal old age and survivors insurance provisions of the Social Security Act have been integrated as to members employed by a county or district, t
• § 31801 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the enactment of this article shall authorize persons in positions covered by a retirement system pursuant to this chapter to participate in the federal old ag
• § 31802 — “Federal agency” means the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, or the predecessor or successor in functions to such officer.
• § 31803 — “Federal system” means the old age and survivors insurance provisions of the Social Security Act.
• § 31804 — Whenever reference is made to any federal law or regulation or part thereof, the reference applies to all amendments and additions now or hereafter made to such law.
• § 31805.1 — Effective with the approval of this section the service retirement allowances of those heretofore retired shall be recalculated as though Section 31805 had not been enacted.
• § 31806 — The provisions of this chapter requiring retirement at age 65 or 70, whichever applies, shall not be applicable to any person who is a member on the effective date of this article when the application
• § 31807 — The retirement allowance payable under Section 31808, Section 31808.
• § 31808 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), in any county or district subject to the provisions of Section 31676.
• § 31808.1 — In any county or district subject to the provisions of Section 31676.
• § 31808.2 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 31808 and 31808.
• § 31808.5 — In any county which has safety members as defined in Sections 31470.
• § 31808.6 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any county or district first subject to the provisions of Section 31676.
• § 31808.7 — In any county or district, subject to Section 31676.
• § 31808.8 — The board of supervisors of a county of the third class may, by majority vote, adopt a resolution providing either or both of the following: (a) That subdivision (b) of Section 31808 is applicable to
• § 31808.9 — In any county or district, subject to Section 31676.
• § 31810 — A member who retires for service prior to the age of becoming eligible for retirement payments under the federal system and who at the time of retiring is fully insured under the federal system, may,
• § 31811 — If a member who has elected the option provided in Section 31810 dies leaving a beneficiary entitled to an allowance based upon the allowance of the member, the beneficiary’s allowance shall be based
• § 31812 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), each member shall continue to contribute as provided for in Article 6 (commencing with Section 31620) or (in case of those members defined in Sections 31470.
• § 31812.1 — Each member subject to Section 31676.
• § 31813 — If this article is effective simultaneously with the effective date of coverage of members under the federal system, the employee and employer federal contributions required with respect to salaries a
• § 31814 — If this article is effective subsequent to the effective date of the coverage of members under the federal system the employees’ federal contributions required of members with respect to salary and wa
• § 31815 — Any member who elects deferred retirement after becoming subject to the provision of this article shall receive a retirement allowance determined in accordance with Section 31808, 31808.
• § 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 am
• § 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
• § 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.
• § 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 per
• § 31821 — The retirement association may join with the employer or its compensation insurance carrier in any proceeding under this article.
• § 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
• § 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.
• § 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
• § 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.
• § 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’ R
• § 31831.2 — Any member who left county or district service on or before December 31, 1974, and became a member of a retirement system established under this chapter in another county or of the Public Employees’ R
• § 31831.3 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 31831.
• § 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,
• § 31833 — For the purpose of this article and Articles 6 and 6.
• § 31833.1 — For the purpose of this article and Article 6 (commencing with Section 31620) and Article 6.
• § 31834 — Notwithstanding Section 31558 and regardless of age at entry into the system in counties subject to the provisions of Section 31676.
• § 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 r
• § 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 s
• § 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 mem
• § 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 requ
• § 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 Emplo
• § 31836.1 — “Service,” for the purpose of qualifying members for the discontinuance of contributions pursuant to Section 31625.
• § 31836.2 — (a) “Service,” for the purpose of qualifying members for the discontinuance of contributions pursuant to Section 31664, 31664.
• § 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 disab
• § 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 disa
• § 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 all
• § 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 nons
• § 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
• § 31840 — The death benefit provisions of paragraph (a) of Section 31839 shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 31765, 31765.
• § 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 ano
• § 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
• § 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 i
• § 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 al
• § 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 u
• § 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
• § 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
• § 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
• § 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 s
• § 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 coun
• § 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.
• § 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 s
• § 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
• § 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-ha
• § 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
• § 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
• § 31847 — The monthly survivor’s allowance in the case of two or more children entitled thereto shall be divided equally between them.
• § 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 p
• § 31849 — Monthly survivors’ allowances shall be based upon the following table: Monthly Member’s survivors allowances Surviving spouse caring for one child $591.
• § 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 ti
• § 31851 — In addition to the contributions required elsewhere in this chapter there shall be deducted from the salary or wages of each member (to finance the costs of the benefits provided in this article) an a
• § 31852 — The amounts deducted pursuant to Section 31851 shall not be considered to be a portion of a member’s accumulated contributions and shall not be refunded to a member upon termination of service, or for
• § 31855 — It is the intent of the Legislature to provide by this article a means by which any county which has provided all or any of officers and employees with both retirement benefits pursuant to this chapte
• § 31855.1 — This article shall not be applicable to any member who has retired or been placed in a deferred retirement status prior to the date this article becomes operative in any county; provided, however, tha
• § 31855.10 — In addition to the contributions required elsewhere in this chapter there shall be deducted from the salary or wages of each member covered by the provisions of this article, to finance the cost of th
• § 31855.11 — Upon the death of a member prior to retirement who was a member continuously for not less than 18 months immediately prior to the member’s death and who is survived by one or more children but no surv
• § 31855.12 — Monthly survivor’s allowances shall be based upon the following table: Monthly Member’s survivors allowances Surviving spouse caring for one child $1,390 Surviving spouse caring for two or more childr
• § 31855.2 — Adoption of an enabling resolution by a board of supervisors shall make the provisions of this article applicable only to officers and employees of that county.
• § 31855.3 — As used in this article “child” means a member’s child who, when the member dies, is both dependent on the member and unmarried, as well as any of the following: (a) Under 18 years of age.
• § 31855.4 — 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-hal
• § 31855.5 — Upon the death of a member prior to retirement who was a member continuously for not less than 18 months immediately prior to the member’s death, the member’s surviving spouse shall be paid a monthly
• § 31855.6 — Upon the death of a member prior to retirement who was a member continuously for not less than 18 months immediately prior to the member’s death and who is survived by one or more children but no surv
• § 31855.7 — Upon the death of a member prior to retirement who was a member continuously for not less than 18 months immediately prior to the member’s death, the member’s surviving parent or parents shall be enti
• § 31855.8 — Monthly survivor’s allowances shall be based upon the following table: Monthly Member’s survivors allowances Surviving spouse caring for one child $591.
• § 31855.9 — Upon the death of a member prior to retirement who was a member continuously for not less than 18 months immediately prior to the member’s death who is survived by a spouse with whom the member was li
• § 31861 — 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 coun
• § 31862 — In counties to which this article applies, this article provides an alternative system of survivors’ allowance applicable only to the members who elect to participate.
• § 31863 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 31864, any member within 30 days after this article becomes operative in the county, or within 30 days after entry into service, or during the calendar months o
• § 31864 — Any member who has elected to participate in the benefits provided for by this article may rescind such election during the months of November or December of any year.
• § 31865 — If a member elects to participate in the benefits of this article all of the provisions of Article 15.
• § 31866 — The board shall fix the additional contributions of members at amounts which it finds will pay one-half of the cost of the survivors’ benefits and lump sum supplemental survivorship benefit provided f
• § 31866.1 — Members who because of county service, are subject to the federal old age and survivors insurance provisions of the Federal Social Security Act shall pay the entire cost of the survivors benefits and
• § 31867 — Until the regulations of the board designate otherwise the additional contribution of each safety member shall be one dollar and thirty cents ($1.
• § 31868 — If a member elected to participate in the benefits provided for by this article more than 30 days after this article became operative in the county, a survivor’s allowance shall not be due to either h
• § 31869 — If a member elected to participate in the benefits provided for by this article more than 30 days after this article becomes operative in the county, a survivor’s allowance shall not be due to any par
• § 31870 — The board shall before April 1 of each year determine whether there has been an increase or decrease in the cost of living as provided in this section.
• § 31870.01 — (a) The board of retirement shall, before April 1 of each year, determine whether there has been an increase or decrease in the cost-of-living as provided in this section.
• § 31870.1 — The board shall before April 1 of each year determine whether there has been an increase or decrease in the cost of living as provided in this section.
• § 31870.11 — (a) The board of retirement shall, before April 1 of each year, determine whether there has been an increase or decrease in the cost-of-living as provided in this section.
• § 31870.2 — The board shall before April 1 of each year determine whether there has been an increase or decrease in the cost of living as provided in this section.
• § 31870.3 — Notwithstanding Section 31870.
• § 31870.4 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the accumulation established in Section 31870, 31870.
• § 31871 — Any increases in allowances which are based upon service rendered prior to the applicable date of this article (as fixed pursuant to Section 31874) shall be funded insofar as possible from the moneys
• § 31872 — Any such increases in allowances which are not funded as provided in Section 31871 and any such increases which are based upon service rendered after the applicable date of this article (as fixed purs
• § 31873 — (a) Any increases in contributions shall be shared equally between the county or district and the contributing members, with the individual member’s contributions based upon the member’s age at his or
• § 31873.1 — (a) Any cost-of-living contributions required for benefits under Section 31870.
• § 31874 — This article (commencing with Section 31870) may be made applicable in any county on the date specified in the ordinance, or if no such date is specified, on the first day of the month after the effec
• § 31874.1 — Whenever the percentage of annual increase in the cost of living as of January 1st of each year as shown by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers exceeds 3 percen
• § 31874.2 — The board of supervisors in any county, by a majority vote, may enact an ordinance providing that the maximum annual change pursuant to this article shall be increased to 4, 5, or 6 percent, as determ
• § 31874.3 — (a) (1) Whenever the percentage of annual increase in the cost of living as of January 1 of each year as shown by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers exceeds th
• § 31874.4 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors in a county of the 10th class may provide in any ordinance implementing any section in this article that the provision of this arti
• § 31874.5 — (a) Whenever the percentage of annual increase in the cost of living as of January 1 of each year as shown by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers exceeds a full
• § 31874.6 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on an annual basis, the board of retirement may, with the approval of the county board of supervisors, grant a cost-of-living adjustment on a prefunded
• § 31875 — Any county may provide by ordinance that the principles set forth in Article 16.
• § 31876 — The retirement allowances payable following the effective date of this article in the county shall be in the same amounts as would be payable if Article 16.
• § 31877 — Any adjustment made pursuant to this article with reference to changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers which occurred prior to the effective date of this article in a county shall
• § 31878 — (a) This article may be adopted by any county by ordinance.
• § 31879 — Any county may adopt or readopt this article alone from time to time, adopt Article 16.
• § 31879.1 — Any county may adopt or readopt this article alone from time to time, adopt Article 16.
• § 31879.2 — Any county may adopt or readopt this article alone from time to time, adopt Article 16.
• § 31880 — Each county having a population in excess of five million, which has not already integrated its retirement system with the federal system, shall effect such integration pursuant to this article to be
• § 31881 — Except as otherwise expressly provided in this article, all of the provisions of Article 13 of this chapter (commencing with Section 31800) apply to, and are incorporated by reference in this article.
• § 31882 — “Board,” as used in this article, means the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
• § 31883 — “Federal-state agreement” means the agreement or any modification thereof now, heretofore, or hereafter executed by the board pursuant to Section 218 of Title II of the Social Security Act.
• § 31884 — “Pension board,” as used in this article, means the board of retirement.
• § 31885 — “Retirement system” means the retirement plan provided by the county for its employees under this chapter.
• § 31886 — “Policeman” as used in this article includes sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and any other employee of a county in a position designated as a policeman’s position by the board; provided, any
• § 31887 — “Fireman,” as used in this article, means any employee in a position designated as a fireman’s position by the board; provided, such designation is not contrary to any definition, ruling or regulation
• § 31888 — The pension board shall effect a division into two parts exclusive of the division required by Section 31891, for the purposes of this article, of the retirement system.
• § 31889 — The division shall be conducted in accordance with Section 218(d)(7) of the Social Security Act and applicable federal and board rules and regulations, by the pension board.
• § 31890 — Upon receiving evidence satisfactory to him with respect to any division of a retirement system that the conditions specified in Section 218(d)(7) of the Social Security Act have been met, the Governo
• § 31891 — For the purposes of this article, policemen, as defined in Section 31886, and firemen, as defined in Section 31887, shall each be deemed to belong to separate retirement systems.
• § 31892 — When federal benefits are to be extended to any firemen’s or policemen’s position pursuant to this part it shall be done only by a vote of such firemen or policemen as provided in Section 31801.
• § 31893 — The pension board shall apply to the board in accordance with the provisions of this article, and the board shall execute on behalf of the State an agreement with the federal agency for the coverage o
• § 31894 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 31893, however, before the board shall execute on behalf of the State an agreement with the federal agency as herein provided, the pension board and the board
• § 31894.1 — This article shall apply only in a county with a population exceeding 6,000,000 and shall apply in that county only if the board of supervisors has provided notice of intent to terminate benefits unde