CHAPTER 35. Joint District Salary Retirement Plan

Chapter 35 added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 893, Sec. 2.

§§ 24900–24944 · 34 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Establishment of Plan §§ 24900–24908 · 9 sections

   • § 24900 The governing boards of two or more school districts, in none of which the employees are entitled to the benefits of a pension or retirement system maintained…
   • § 24901 The proposition of establishing the plan may be submitted to the electors of the districts at any general or special election called and held in the districts,…
   • § 24902 The governing boards calling the election shall consolidate the election and submit to the electors of the respective districts on the same day the question of…
   • § 24903 The election may be consolidated with any other election pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400) of Division 10 of the Elections Code.
   • § 24904 The election shall be called by posting notices, signed by a majority of the governing board of each district, not less than 10 days before the election. If…
   • § 24905 In all respects not otherwise specified the election shall be called and held, and returns canvassed and the result announced in the manner provided for the…
   • § 24906 There shall be printed on the ballots to be used at the election the proposition: “Shall the governing boards of (here insert the names of the districts under…
   • § 24907 If, at the election, a majority of the voters in each district voting on the proposition cast their ballots in favor of the proposition, the governing boards…
   • § 24908 If a majority of the votes cast in each district on the proposition is in the negative, the governing boards shall not submit the proposition again within a…
2. ARTICLE 2. Administration of the Plan §§ 24920–24944 · 25 sections

   • § 24920 Every teacher and every other employee of the school districts for which the plan for district retirement is adopted, who is employed by the districts at the…
   • § 24921 Any plan shall not be adopted or established until the governing boards, after any inquiry and hearing they may direct, find that the respective contributions…
   • § 24922 The plan may provide that the retirement salary shall be a stipulated monthly sum, or that all benefits under the retirement feature of the plan shall be based…
   • § 24923 In lieu of the authorizations or requirements provided for in Sections 24920 and 24922, the plan may provide only that the retirement salary shall be based on…
   • § 24924 (a) A plan established under this chapter that is intended to provide supplemental benefits only on account of service rendered before July 1, 1944, may be…
   • § 24925 The governing boards, after the adoption of the plan, shall at regular intervals, each not exceeding a period of five years, secure a general survey and…
   • § 24926 A plan under which the districts establishing it agree to pay to employees who become entitled to retirement salaries within a specified period, not exceeding…
   • § 24927 For the purpose of providing funds that may be necessary to make the payments required by any joint district retirement plan, district taxes shall be levied…
   • § 24928 Every joint district retirement plan shall provide that only those teachers and other employees who have served as teachers or employees of the districts for…
   • § 24929 The plan may provide for the retirement of teachers or other employees on account of disability after 10 years of service immediately prior to the retirement,…
   • § 24930 Absence from service by reason of a leave of absence granted by the governing board of an employing district shall not be construed as a break in the…
   • § 24931 Time of service may be counted in the aggregate and fractions of years amounting to whole years may be counted as whole years when payments by the teacher or…
   • § 24932 The governing boards of the districts shall in all cases determine the teachers and other employees who are entitled to retirement salaries, and make and keep…
   • § 24933 The governing boards of the districts may make all necessary and proper rules and regulations in aid or furtherance of the provisions of this chapter and in…
   • § 24934 When a joint district retirement plan is established there shall be created in the treasury of the county in which the districts are located, or, if the…
   • § 24935 Members of governing boards shall discharge the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction conferred or imposed upon the governing boards…
   • § 24936 The governing boards of the districts establishing the retirement plan shall provide for the administration of the funds and the payment of retirement salaries…
   • § 24937 (a) The joint district retirement board shall have charge and control of the district retirement fund of the district and of the payment of all retirement…
   • § 24938 The joint district retirement board may sue in its own name when necessary to carry out the powers and duties conferred upon it. The district attorney, or, if…
   • § 24939 All securities purchased by the joint district retirement board shall be deposited with the county treasurer for safekeeping.
   • § 24940 (a) All payments from the joint district retirement fund shall be made in the same manner as payments from school district funds but shall be subject to…
   • § 24941 The county auditor of the county in the county treasury of which the “joint district retirement fund” is created shall audit the accounts of the joint district…
   • § 24942 The retirement salaries provided for in this chapter shall be in addition to any other retirement salaries received by any person under Chapter 1 (commencing…
   • § 24943 The retirement salaries provided for in this chapter for all other employees, shall be in addition to any other retirement salaries that may be provided by law.
   • § 24944 Whenever by the provisions of this chapter, the governing boards of two or more school districts are required, or authorized, to perform any act, the act may…