CHAPTER 4. Police Officers’ Pension Fund and Firemen’s Pension Fund
Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.
§§ 50800–50927 · 51 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 50800–50807 · 8 sections
- § 50800 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
- § 50801 “Board” means Board of Firemen’s Pension Fund Commissioners or Board of Police Pension Fund Commissioners.
- § 50802 “Fund” means the Police Relief and Pension Fund or the Firemen’s Relief and Pension Fund.
- § 50803 “Department” means regularly constituted fire department or regularly constituted police department.
- § 50804 “Member” means a person duly appointed or selected and sworn as a member of the regularly constituted police department if the local agency has established a…
- § 50805 “Member” also means any person duly appointed or selected and sworn as a member of the regularly constituted fire department if the local agency has…
- § 50806 Every local agency in which there is a police department or a fire department may establish a relief and pension fund for either department or for both…
- § 50807 Any fund, for the relief or pensioning of police officers or firemen, their life or health insurance, or the payment of a sum of money on their death, is…
ARTICLE 2. Organization, Powers, and Duties of the Board §§ 50830–50846 · 17 sections
- § 50830 The board for each fund consists of the board of commissioners for the department. If there is no board of commissioners, the chairman of the legislative body…
- § 50831 The board has charge of and administers the fund and shall order payments from it pursuant to this chapter.
- § 50832 The board shall organize by choosing one of its number as chairman and by appointing a secretary.
- § 50833 The treasurer of the local agency is ex officio treasurer of the fund.
- § 50834 The board shall meet on the first Mondays of April, July, October, and January, and upon the call of its president.
- § 50835 The board shall biennially select from its members a president and secretary.
- § 50836 A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum and may transact business.
- § 50837 The board shall make an annual report in June to the legislative body of the local agency. The report shall state: (a) The condition of the fund. (b) The…
- § 50838 The board may compel witnesses to attend and testify before it upon matters concerning the system established by this chapter. Such testimony shall be taken in…
- § 50839 The board may appoint a secretary and provide for the payment of its necessary expenses, including secretary hire and printing, from the fund.
- § 50840 The board may make regulations for its guidance pursuant to this chapter.
- § 50841 The board shall issue warrants to persons entitled for the amount of money ordered paid them from the fund by the board. The warrant shall be signed by the…
- § 50842 The board shall keep a record of all its proceedings.
- § 50843 At each quarterly meeting, the board shall send to the treasurer and the auditor of the local agency a list of persons entitled to payment from the fund and…
- § 50844 The auditor shall copy the list in a book kept for that purpose which shall be known as the police relief and pension fund book or the firemen’s relief and…
- § 50845 Upon proper vouchers, payments pursuant to this chapter shall be made quarterly from the police relief and pension fund and monthly from the firemen’s relief…
- § 50846 No compensation emolument shall be paid to any member of the board for any duty performed pursuant to this chapter.
ARTICLE 3. Pensions and Death Benefits §§ 50870–50883 · 15 sections
- § 50870 When a member has attained age 60 and has served in the fire department for twenty years, or more, in the aggregate, the board may order him retired from…
- § 50871 A member of the police department may retire for service pursuant to this section. Upon receipt of a member’s application for retirement, the board shall order…
- § 50871.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if all members defined by Section 50804 or Section 50805 or both Sections 50804 and 50805 agree in writing…
- § 50872 Upon the written request of a member who becomes physically disabled by reason of bodily injury received in the performance of his duty, the board may retire…
- § 50873 On the death of a disabled member, his heirs or assigns have no claim against the fund.
- § 50874 If the disability ceases, the pension ceases and the member shall be restored to active service at the same salary he received at retirement.
- § 50875 A member shall not be retired for disability or receive any benefit from the fund unless certificates of his disability are filed with the board. The…
- § 50876 The board may at any time summon before it a member retired for disability and require examination of his fitness for duty.
- § 50877 A member retired pursuant to this chapter shall report to the chief of the department from which he was retired on the first Mondays of April, July, October,…
- § 50878 During great public emergency the chief of the department may assign members retired from that department to such duty as he directs. They have no claim…
- § 50879 Upon satisfactory proof that a member has lost his or her life in the performance of his or her duty, leaving a surviving spouse or children under age 16, the…
- § 50880 If the surviving spouse or a child marries, the pension to such person ceases.
- § 50881 If a member dies from natural causes after 10 years of service, his or her surviving spouse or children, or if there are no surviving spouse or children, his…
- § 50882 A person who resigns or is dismissed from the department is not entitled to relief from the fund.
- § 50883 Upon the occurrence of any of the following events, the payment of a pension or benefit to the recipient shall cease. The recipient is: (a) Convicted of a…
ARTICLE 4. Contributions and Surplus §§ 50910–50914 · 5 sections
- § 50910 At the time of each annual tax levy, the legislative body of the local agency shall direct that from the funds of the local agency an amount equal to 2 percent…
- § 50911 At the time of each annual tax levy, the legislative body shall direct the payment into the police relief and pension fund of the following amounts: (a) Not…
- § 50912 At the time of each annual tax levy, the legislative body shall direct the payment into the firemen’s relief and pension fund of the following amounts: (a) All…
- § 50913 On June 30th of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the auditor of the local agency shall make a report to the legislative body stating: (a) The…
- § 50914 If the amount in the fund exceeds the amount required for disbursal, the excess shall be transferred to the general fund of the local agency and no longer…
ARTICLE 5. Extraterritorial Activities of County and City Peace Officers §§ 50920–50922 · 3 sections
- § 50920 As used in this article, the term “peace officer” means a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, or deputy marshal of a county or city and county, or…
- § 50921 Whenever any peace officer of a city, county, or city and county of this state is injured, dies, or is disabled from performing his or her duties as a peace…
- § 50922 Nothing in this article shall be deemed to: (a) Require the extension of any benefits to a peace officer who at the time of his injury, death, or disability is…
ARTICLE 6. Extraterritorial Activities of Firemen §§ 50925–50927 · 3 sections
- § 50925 As used in this article the term “firefighter” shall be deemed to include only a member of a fire department of cities, counties, cities and counties,…
- § 50926 Whenever any fireman of a city, county, city and county, district, or other public or municipal corporation or political subdivision is injured, dies or is…
- § 50927 Nothing in this article shall be deemed to: (a) Require the extension of any benefits to a fireman who at the time of his injury, death, or disability is…