CHAPTER 1. General Provisions, Definitions, Designation of Special Groups

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1441.

§§ 22000–22156 · 56 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions §§ 22000–22018 · 46 sections

   • § 22000 It is the policy of the Legislature that the protection afforded employees in positions covered by a retirement system on the date an agreement under this part…
   • § 22001 All liabilities and obligations created by Chapter 46 of the Statutes of 1950, Third Extraordinary Session, and amendments thereto or by Chapter 10 of the…
   • § 22002 Unless the context otherwise requires the definitions and general provisions set forth in this chapter govern the constructions of this part.
   • § 22003 Whenever reference is made in this part to any federal law or regulation or part thereof, the reference applies to all amendments thereto now or hereafter made.
   • § 22004 “Board” shall have the following meanings: Until July 1, 1955, “board” means the Director of Finance. On and after July 1, 1955, “board” means the Board of…
   • § 22005 “Federal agency” means the Department of Health and Human Services or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the predecessor or successor in function…
   • § 22006 “Agreement” means the agreement or any modification thereof now, heretofore or hereafter executed by the board with the federal agency pursuant to this part or…
   • § 22007 “Eligible employee” means an employee whose services may under the provisions of Section 218 of Title II of the Social Security Act and this part be brought…
   • § 22008 “Eligible retirement system employee” for the purposes of any referendum with respect to any retirement system has the meaning given the term “eligible…
   • § 22009 “Public agency” means the state, any city, county, city and county, district, municipal or public corporation or any instrumentality thereof, or boards and…
   • § 22009.01 “Public agency” also includes any nonprofit corporation formed for the purpose of operating a coliseum or sports arena for the general recreational purposes of…
   • § 22009.02 “Public agency” also includes a county superintendent of schools whose office the board has determined to be fiscally independent. As to such office, the…
   • § 22009.03 “Public agency” also includes a school district, a county superintendent of schools, and a regional occupational center or program established pursuant to…
   • § 22009.1 “Retirement system” includes: (a) A pension, annuity, retirement or similar fund or system established by a public agency and covering only positions of that…
   • § 22010 “Coverage group” has the meaning given that term by Section 218(b)(5) of Title II of the Social Security Act and federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
   • § 22011 “Retirement system coverage group,” with respect to any retirement system, means all employees designated as a coverage group in Section 218(d)(4) of the…
   • § 22012 “Federal system” means the insurance system established under Title II of the Social Security Act.
   • § 22013 “Policeman” as used in this part includes members of the California Highway Patrol, state safety members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System employed by…
   • § 22013.1 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons employed in the Department of Fish and Game in connection with its warden service, whose principal…
   • § 22013.2 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes members of the Department of the California Highway Patrol who are designated as peace officers under…
   • § 22013.3 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Section 20403 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of the Social…
   • § 22013.4 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons designated by Section 31470.6 as persons whose principal duties consist of “active law enforcement” for…
   • § 22013.5 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons employed as members of a state university or state college police department who are peace officers and…
   • § 22013.6 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Sections 20438 and 31469.4 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A)…
   • § 22013.7 “Policeman” or “fireman,” as used in this part, also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Sections 20414, 20423.3, 20423.5, and 20441 for the…
   • § 22013.75 “Policeman,” as used in this part, also includes persons employed in positions identified in Section 20407 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of the…
   • § 22013.76 “Policeman,” as used in this part, also includes persons employed in positions identified in Section 20408 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of the…
   • § 22013.77 “Policeman,” as used in this part, also includes persons designated as peace officers by subdivision (e) of Section 20391 for the purposes of Section…
   • § 22013.78 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons currently employed in classifications listed in Sections 20401.5, 20423.6, 31469.2, 45311, and 53217.6…
   • § 22013.8 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons employed in classifications listed in Sections 20405 and 20405.1, for the purposes of Section…
   • § 22013.85 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons employed in the classification listing in Section 20411 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of the…
   • § 22013.9 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Section 20406 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of the Social…
   • § 22013.95 “Policeman” or “fireman,” as used in this part, also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Section 20393 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)…
   • § 22013.955 “Policeman” as used in this part also includes persons employed in the classifications set forth in Section 20397 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of…
   • § 22013.96 “Policeman” or “fireman,” as used in this part, also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Section 20395, as amended in 1984 for the purposes of…
   • § 22013.97 “Policeman” or “fireman,” as used in this part, also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Section 20398 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A)…
   • § 22013.98 For purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 418(d)(5)(A)): (a) “Fireman,” as used in this part, also includes any employee…
   • § 22013.10 “Policeman” as used in this part, also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Section 20415 for the purposes of Section 218(d)(5)(A) of the Social…
   • § 22013.11 “Policeman” or “fireman,” as used in this part, also includes persons employed in positions set forth in Sections 20409 and 20410 for the purposes of Section…
   • § 22014 “Fireman” as used in this part means any employee of the Division of Forestry, Department of Conservation, employed to perform duties now performed under the…
   • § 22014.1 “Fireman” as used in this part also means any officer or employee of a county having a population in excess of 5,000,000 who is employed by the forestry…
   • § 22014.5 “Fireman” as used in this part includes persons employed as “campus firefighter” and other persons employed in positions described in Section 20412 for the…
   • § 22015 “Member,” with respect to any retirement system, for the purposes provided in Section 218 (d)(6)(E) of the Social Security Act, shall include in addition to a…
   • § 22016 For the purposes of this part, persons employed by a county superintendent of schools and whose salaries are paid from the county school service fund are…
   • § 22017 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state and any public agency may establish a separate object of appropriation or a subobject of appropriation…
   • § 22018 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, to the extent possible, members of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan earn credit towards Medicare coverage. (b)…
2. ARTICLE 2. Designation of Special Groups §§ 22100–22126 · 3 sections

   • § 22100 (a) For all purposes under this part, the following group of employees shall constitute a separate coverage group: civilian employees of National Guard units…
   • § 22125 For all purposes of this part relating to Section 218(c) of the Social Security Act, employees in any class or classes of positions covered by a retirement…
   • § 22126 Notwithstanding Section 22009.1, each retirement system which covers positions of policemen or firemen, or both, and other positions shall constitute a…
3. ARTICLE 2.5. Division of Retirement Systems §§ 22150–22156 · 7 sections

   • § 22150 Unless otherwise provided in this article, the board shall authorize a division of a retirement system upon the request of any public agency having employees…
   • § 22151 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…
   • § 22151.1 A county superintendent of schools whose employees are deemed county employees may request a division and give notice of a division in anticipation of a…
   • § 22152 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…
   • § 22152.7 Notwithstanding the provisions contained in a charter of any chartered city, the legislative body of such a city may by ordinance provide that employees may…
   • § 22155 Whenever, on the request of the governing body of a public agency, a retirement system has been divided pursuant to this article, the board, on the request of…
   • § 22156 (a) A division of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan is hereby authorized by the Legislature to provide Medicare coverage for employees of a public agency, as…