ARTICLE 4. California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013

Article 4 added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 296, Sec. 15.

§§ 7522–7522.76 · 25 sections

§ 7522 This article shall be known as the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013.
§ 7522.02 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, except as provided in this article, on and after January 1, 2013, this article shall apply to all state and local public…
§ 7522.04 For the purposes of this article: (a) “Defined benefit formula” means a formula used by the retirement system to determine a retirement benefit based on age,…
§ 7522.05 (a) A joint powers authority formed on or after January 1, 2013, and formed pursuant to the provisions of the Joint Exercise of Powers Act (Article 1…
§ 7522.10 (a) On and after January 1, 2013, each public retirement system shall modify its plan or plans to comply with the requirements of this section for each public…
§ 7522.15 Except as provided in subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 7522.02, each public employer and each public retirement system that offers a defined benefit plan…
§ 7522.18 (a) A public employer that does not offer a supplemental defined benefit plan before January 1, 2013, shall not offer a supplemental defined benefit plan for…
§ 7522.20 (a) Each retirement system that offers a defined benefit plan for nonsafety members of the system shall use the formula prescribed by this section. The defined…
§ 7522.25 (a) Each retirement system that offers a defined benefit plan for safety members of the system shall use one or more of the defined benefit formulas prescribed…
§ 7522.30 (a) This section shall apply to all public employers and to all new members. Equal sharing of normal costs between public employers and public employees shall…
§ 7522.32 For the purposes of determining a retirement benefit to be paid to a new member of a public retirement system, the following shall apply: (a) Final…
§ 7522.34 (a) “Pensionable compensation” of a new member of any public retirement system means the normal monthly rate of pay or base pay of the member paid in cash to…
§ 7522.40 (a) A public employer shall not provide to a public employee who is elected or appointed, a trustee, excluded from collective bargaining, exempt from civil…
§ 7522.42 (a) In addition to any other benefit limitation prescribed by law, for the purposes of determining a public retirement benefit paid to a new member of a public…
§ 7522.43 (a) A public employer shall not offer a plan of replacement benefits for members and any survivors or beneficiaries whose retirement benefits are limited by…
§ 7522.44 This section shall apply to all public employers and to all public employees: (a) Any enhancement to a public employee’s retirement formula or retirement…
§ 7522.46 (a) A public retirement system shall not allow the purchase of nonqualified service credit, as defined by Section 415(n)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of…
§ 7522.48 (a) Final compensation of a member for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit resulting from service as an elective or appointed officer on a city…
§ 7522.52 (a) In any fiscal year, a public employer’s contribution to a defined benefit plan, in combination with employee contributions to that defined benefit plan,…
§ 7522.56 (a) This section shall apply to any person who is receiving a pension benefit from a public retirement system and shall supersede any other provision in…
§ 7522.57 (a) This section shall apply to any retired person who is receiving a pension benefit from a public retirement system and is first appointed on or after…
§ 7522.70 (a) This section shall apply to any elected public officer who takes public office, or is reelected to public office, on or after January 1, 2006. (b) If an…
§ 7522.72 (a) This section shall apply to a public employee first employed by a public employer or first elected or appointed to an office before January 1, 2013, and,…
§ 7522.74 (a) This section shall apply to a public employee first employed by a public employer or first elected or appointed to an office on or after January 1, 2013,…
§ 7522.76 (a) If a public employee, as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 7522.04, retires while under investigation by a public employer for misconduct arising out…