ARTICLE 3. Retirement Board

Article 3 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.

§§ 31520–31543 · 55 sections

§ 31520 Except as otherwise delegated to the board of investment and except for the statutory duties of the county treasurer, the management of the retirement system…
§ 31520.1 (a) In any county subject to Articles 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) and 7.5 (commencing with Section 31662.2), the board of retirement shall consist of…
§ 31520.11 As an alternative to the terms of office specified in Section 31520. 1, the County of Contra Costa may, if the board of supervisors adopts a resolution, have…
§ 31520.12 (a) Notwithstanding Section 31520.1, and subject to the limitations of subdivision (c), in any county subject to Articles 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639)…
§ 31520.13 (a) Notwithstanding Section 31520.1, in any county subject to Articles 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) and 7.5 (commencing with Section 31662), the board…
§ 31520.2 (a) In any county in which the assets of the retirement system exceed eight hundred million dollars ($800,000,000), the board of supervisors may, by…
§ 31520.3 (a) Notwithstanding Section 31520.1, the board of retirement of a county of the 16th class, as defined by Sections 28020 and 28037, as amended by Chapter 1204…
§ 31520.4 In any county with a board of retirement composed of nine members pursuant to Section 31520.1, if the second, third, seventh, or alternate seventh member of…
§ 31520.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 31520.1, in any county subject to Articles 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) and 7.5 (commencing with Section 31662), the board…
§ 31520.6 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Section 31520.3 or 31520.5, in any county in which there is an alternate retired member, if the eighth member…
§ 31521 The board of supervisors may provide that the fourth and fifth members, and in counties having a board consisting of nine members or nine members and an…
§ 31521.1 (a) The board of supervisors may provide that in counties having a board consisting of nine members and an alternate retired member, the fourth, fifth, sixth,…
§ 31521.3 (a) The board of supervisors may provide that the fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth, and alternate retired members of the board of retirement shall receive…
§ 31522 The official duties of elected board members who are employees of the county or a district shall be included as part of their county or district employment and…
§ 31522.1 The board of retirement and both the board of retirement and the board of investment may appoint such administrative, technical, and clerical staff personnel…
§ 31522.2 In a county in which the board of retirement or both the board of retirement and the board of investment have appointed personnel pursuant to Section 31522.1,…
§ 31522.3 (a) In a county in which the board of retirement or both the board of retirement and the board of investment have appointed personnel pursuant to Section…
§ 31522.4 (a) In a county in which the board of retirement or both the board of retirement and the board of investment have appointed personnel pursuant to Sections…
§ 31522.5 (a) In a county in which the board of retirement has appointed personnel pursuant to Section 31522.1, the board of retirement may appoint an administrator, an…
§ 31522.6 The board may contract with a third party to temporarily assume administration of the system if a catastrophic event destroys or severely damages the system’s…
§ 31522.7 (a) In addition to the authority provided pursuant to Section 31522.5, the board of retirement in the County of San Bernardino may appoint an administrator, an…
§ 31522.8 A board of retirement and a board of investments subject to this article shall adopt a policy for providing education to board members. The policy, at a…
§ 31522.9 (a) The board of retirement of a county may appoint a retirement administrator and other personnel as are required to accomplish the necessary work of the…
§ 31522.10 (a) In a county in which the board of retirement has appointed personnel pursuant to Section 31522.1, the board of retirement may appoint a retirement…
§ 31522.11 (a) In a county in which the board of retirement has appointed personnel pursuant to Section 31522.1, the board of retirement may appoint an administrator,…
§ 31523 (a) In the event of a vacancy in the second, third, seventh, eighth, or alternate seventh member position on the board of retirement, the board shall cause an…
§ 31523.1 (a) In the event of a vacancy in the second, third, fourth, or eighth member position on a board of investments established pursuant to Section 31520.2, the…
§ 31524 Separation from the service of the county of a member of the board vacates his office.
§ 31525 The board may make regulations not inconsistent with this chapter. The regulations become effective when approved by the board of supervisors.
§ 31526 The regulations shall include provisions: (a) For the election of officers, their terms, meetings, and all other matters relating to the administrative…
§ 31527 In its regulations, the board may include the following provisions: (a) From what warrants deductions of members’ contributions shall be made. (b) For a period…
§ 31528 (a) Unless permitted by this chapter, a member or employee of the board shall not become an endorser, surety, or obligor on, or have any personal interest,…
§ 31529 The district attorney, or the county counsel if there is one, is the attorney for the board.
§ 31529.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the board of retirement or the board of investment may elect to secure legal representation, on such matters…
§ 31529.5 Notwithstanding Section 31529, the board may contract for the legal services of an attorney in private practice when the board determines, after consultation…
§ 31529.6 In addition to the powers granted by Sections 31529, 31529.5, and 31614, the board of retirement and the board of investment may contract with attorneys in…
§ 31529.9 (a) In addition to the powers granted by Sections 31522.5, 31522.9, 31529, 31529.5, 31614, and 31732, the board of retirement and the board of investment may…
§ 31530 The county health officer, either directly or through a duly authorized representative, shall advise the board on medical matters and, if requested by the…
§ 31531 If it is impracticable for the board to determine from the records the length of service or the age of any member, or if the member refuses or fails to give…
§ 31532 Sworn statements and individual records of members shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed to anyone except insofar as may be necessary for the…
§ 31533 Whenever, in order to make a determination, it is necessary to hold a hearing the board may appoint either one of its members or a member of the State Bar of…
§ 31534 The proposed findings of fact and recommendations of the referee shall be served on the parties who shall have 10 days to submit written objections thereto…
§ 31535 The board may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum, and compensate persons subpoenaed. This power shall be exercised and enforced in the same manner as…
§ 31535.1 The board may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum, and compensate persons subpoenaed. This power shall be exercised and enforced in the same manner as…
§ 31536 If a superior court reverses the denial by the board of an application for a retirement allowance, or for a survivor’s allowance based on such allowance, or…
§ 31537 The board may establish efficient records management procedures, which may include, but need not be limited to, maintenance and, when determined by the board…
§ 31538 (a) The board shall adjust the payment of benefits payable pursuant to this part, as necessary, in order to maximize the benefits available to members who are…
§ 31539 (a) The board of retirement may, in its discretion, correct any error made in the calculation of a retired member’s monthly allowance or any other benefits…
§ 31540 (a) The obligations of the retirement system to its members continue throughout their respective memberships, and the obligations of the retirement system to,…
§ 31541 (a) Subject to subdivisions (c) and (d), the board may, in its discretion and upon any terms it deems just, correct the errors or omissions of any active or…
§ 31541.1 (a) Subject to subdivisions (c), (d), and (e) of Section 31541, the board, upon any terms it deems just, may correct prior board decisions made between January…
§ 31541.2 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Agreement” means a memorandum of understanding or collective bargaining agreement…
§ 31542 (a) The board shall establish a procedure for assessing and determining whether an element of compensation was paid to enhance a member’s retirement benefit.…
§ 31542.5 (a) When a county or district reports compensation to the board, it shall identify the pay period in which the compensation was earned regardless of when it…
§ 31543 The board may audit a county or district to determine the correctness of retirement benefits, reportable compensation, and enrollment in, and reinstatement to,…