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CHAPTER 8. Member Contributions

Chapter 8 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2.

§§ 20671–20776 · 91 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Normal Contributions §§ 20671–20694 · 65 sections
    • § 20671 Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, separate rates of contributions for male and female members shall not be established or maintained, nor shall…
    • § 20672 For purposes of this chapter, the age of entry into this system as a member in any membership category for a person who enters on or after October 1, 1957, and…
    • § 20672.5 Whenever a member’s contribution rate is temporarily reduced by statute, a memorandum of understanding, or the Director of Human Resources, those reductions…
    • § 20673 The normal rate of contribution for a local safety member subject to Section 21368 who after December 1, 1968, enters that membership or enters employment more…
    • § 20674 The normal rate of contribution for any member whose retirement allowance is determined under Section 21366, and who after December 1, 1968, enters that…
    • § 20675 Whenever a person becomes a state safety member as a result of an amendment to this part defining state safety member, the rate of contributions provided for…
    • § 20676 Whenever a person becomes a state peace officer/firefighter member as a result of an amendment to this part defining state peace officer/firefighter member,…
    • § 20677 (a) (1) The normal rate of contribution for a state miscellaneous member employed by the California State University, the University, or the legislative or…
    • § 20677.4 (a) (1) The normal rate of contribution for a state miscellaneous or state industrial member whose service is not included in the federal system shall be 6…
    • § 20677.5 (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 20677.4 to the contrary, effective with the beginning of the pay period following the operative date of the…
    • § 20677.5.1 (a) Effective July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027, inclusive, the employee contributions described in Section 20677.5 for state miscellaneous and industrial members…
    • § 20677.6 (a) Notwithstanding Section 20677.4, effective with the beginning of the pay period following the effective date of this section, the normal rate of…
    • § 20677.61 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.4 and 20677.6, effective July 1, 2024, the normal contribution rate for state miscellaneous and industrial members who are…
    • § 20677.7 (a) Notwithstanding Section 20677.4, effective with the beginning of the September 2010 pay period, the normal rate of contribution for state miscellaneous or…
    • § 20677.71 (a) Notwithstanding Section 20677.4, effective with the beginning of the pay period following ratification by the affected union membership and enactment of…
    • § 20677.8 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20681 and 20694, effective with the beginning of the September 2010 pay period, the normal rate of contribution for patrol members…
    • § 20677.9 (a) Notwithstanding Section 20683, effective with the beginning of the pay period following the effective date of this section, the normal rate of contribution…
    • § 20677.91 (a) Notwithstanding Section 20683, effective with the beginning of the pay period following ratification by the affected union membership and enactment of this…
    • § 20677.92 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20683 and 20677.9, effective July 1, 2026, the normal rate of contribution for state safety members who are represented by State…
    • § 20677.93 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.4 and 20677.6, effective July 1, 2024, the normal contribution rate for state miscellaneous and industrial members who are…
    • § 20677.94 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.9 and 20683, effective July 1, 2027, the normal rate of contribution for state safety members who are represented by State…
    • § 20677.95 (a) Notwithstanding Section 20687, effective with the beginning of the September 2010 pay period, the normal rate of contribution for state peace…
    • § 20677.96 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.95 and 20687, beginning July 1, 2013, the normal rate of contribution for employees subject to subdivision (a) of Section…
    • § 20678 (a) For each local safety member subject to Section 21362, 21362.2, or 21363.1 by reason of the amendment of his or her employer’s contract, or on the later…
    • § 20680 Contracting agencies which are auxiliary organizations as defined in Section 89901 of the Education Code may by contract or by contract amendment provide the…
    • § 20681 (a) The normal rate of contribution for patrol members shall be 8 percent of the compensation in excess of eight hundred sixty-three dollars ($863) per month…
    • § 20682 Notwithstanding Sections 20677.4, 20677.5, 20677.6, 20677.9, 20683, 20683.1, 20686, and 20687, effective with the beginning of the pay period following…
    • § 20683 (a) For each state member subject to Section 21369 or 21369.1, the normal rate of contribution shall be 6 percent of compensation in excess of three hundred…
    • § 20683.1 (a) For each state safety member subject to Section 21369 or 21369.1 who is represented by State Bargaining Unit 2, the normal rate of contribution shall be 10…
    • § 20683.2 Equal sharing of normal costs between the state employer and public employees shall be the standard. It shall be the standard that employees pay at least 50…
    • § 20683.3 Notwithstanding Sections 20677 and 20687, on and after July 1, 2017, the normal rate of contribution for an employee of the judicial branch who is not subject…
    • § 20683.4 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.4 and 20677.6, effective July 1, 2017, the normal rate of contribution for state miscellaneous or state industrial members…
    • § 20683.41 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.4, 20677.6, and 20683.4, effective July 1, 2024, the normal contribution rate for state miscellaneous and industrial members…
    • § 20683.5 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20683 and 20677.9, effective July 1, 2017, the normal rate of contribution for state safety members who are represented by State…
    • § 20683.51 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.9, 20683, and 20683.5, effective July 1, 2026, the normal rate of contribution for state safety members who are represented…
    • § 20683.6 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.4 and 20677.71, effective July 1, 2019, the normal rate of contribution for state miscellaneous members who are represented…
    • § 20683.61 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.4, 20677.71, and 20683.2, effective July 1, 2019, the normal rate of contribution for state industrial members who are…
    • § 20683.62 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20683, 20677.91, and 20683.2, the normal rate of contribution for state safety members who are represented by State Bargaining…
    • § 20683.7 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.4 and 20677.71, effective July 1, 2019, the normal rate of contribution for state miscellaneous members who are represented…
    • § 20683.71 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.4, 20677.71, and 20683.2, effective July 1, 2019, the normal rate of contribution for state industrial members who are…
    • § 20683.72 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20683, 20677.91, and 20683.2, the normal rate of contribution for state safety members who are represented by State Bargaining…
    • § 20683.75 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.4 and 20677.71, effective July 1, 2023, the normal contribution rates for state miscellaneous members who are represented by…
    • § 20683.77 (a) Effective July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027, inclusive, the employee contributions described in Section 20677.6 for state miscellaneous and industrial members…
    • § 20683.78 (a) Effective July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027, inclusive, the employee contributions described in Section 20677.9 for state safety members represented by State…
    • § 20683.8 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.4 and 20677.71, effective July 1, 2023, the normal contribution rates for state miscellaneous or state industrial members…
    • § 20683.81 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.95, 20683.2, and 20687, the normal rate of contribution rates for state peace officer/firefighter members who are…
    • § 20683.81.1 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.91, 20683, and 20683.2, effective July 1, 2023, the normal contribution rates for state safety members who are represented…
    • § 20683.81.2 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20683.1 and 20683.2, effective July 1, 2020, the normal contribution rates for state safety members who are represented by State…
    • § 20683.81.3 (a) Effective July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027, inclusive, the employee contribution rate for state safety members represented by State Bargaining Unit 2 shall…
    • § 20683.82 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.91, 20683, and 20683.2, effective July 1, 2023, the normal contribution rates for state safety members who are represented…
    • § 20683.83 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.9, 20683, and 20683.2, effective July 1, 2022, the normal contribution rates for state safety members who are represented by…
    • § 20683.9 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.8, 20681, 20683.2, and 20694, effective July 1, 2021, the normal rate of contribution for patrol members who are represented…
    • § 20683.91 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20677.4 and 20677.7, effective July 1, 2021, the normal rate of contribution for state miscellaneous members who are represented…
    • § 20684 For each local safety member subject to Section 21370, effective on January 1, 1985, or later date of entrance into this system as such a member, the normal…
    • § 20685 The normal rate of contribution for a local member who was a member of a local system at the time it was discontinued by inclusion of members of the local…
    • § 20686 For each state safety member defined in Section 20401 and whose current and prior service pensions shall be computed pursuant to Section 21373, the normal rate…
    • § 20687 (a) The normal rate of contribution for state peace officer/firefighter members subject to Section 21363, 21363.1, 21363.3, 21363.4, or 21363.8 shall be 8…
    • § 20687.2 Notwithstanding Section 20687, the normal rate of contribution for state peace officer/firefighter members who are supervisors within the boards and…
    • § 20688 The normal rate of contribution otherwise established under this article for a local safety member whose retirement allowance is determined under Section…
    • § 20689 The Legislature reserves the right to increase or otherwise adjust the rates of contribution prescribed in this article in amounts and in a manner it may from…
    • § 20690 Contract amendments, and that portion of a contract which subjected an employer to former Section 20614, as it read prior to its repeal by Chapter 1168 of the…
    • § 20691 (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), notwithstanding any other law, a contracting agency or school employer may pay all or a portion of the normal…
    • § 20692 (a) Where a contracting agency employer or a school employer has elected to pay all or a portion of the normal contributions of members of a group or class of…
    • § 20693 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), notwithstanding any other law, the state or the Regents of the University of California may pay all or a portion of…
    • § 20694 (a) This section shall apply only to patrol members in State Bargaining Unit 5. (b) The state shall pay all of the normal contributions required to be paid by…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Additional Contributions §§ 20710–20712 · 3 sections
    • § 20710 Subject to rules prescribed by the board, any member or any employer, other than the state, on behalf of any group of miscellaneous members, any group of…
    • § 20711 Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a member may at any time, in writing, authorize the board to apply any additional contributions standing to…
    • § 20712 An election by any member or any employer to make additional contributions in accordance with Section 20710 shall be effective only if it was filed with the…
  3. ARTICLE 4. Return of Contributions §§ 20730–20737 · 6 sections
    • § 20730 At any time prior to the payment of his or her first retirement allowance, a person whose retirement was compulsory under this article may file with the board…
    • § 20731 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a member who is credited with less than the years of service specified in Article 1 (commencing with…
    • § 20733 A member who ceases to be entitled to credit in this system for future service because of Section 20300 shall be considered permanently separated from state…
    • § 20734 The payment of accumulated contributions to a former member shall include current year interest through the date in which the claim is filed with the office of…
    • § 20735 If the state service or membership of a member is discontinued, he or she shall, upon his or her request, be paid his or her accumulated contributions, if, in…
    • § 20737 The account of a member who elects to be subject to Section 21076 or 21076.5 shall be paid current year interest through the effective date of that election…
  4. ARTICLE 5. Redeposit of Contributions §§ 20750–20756 · 8 sections
    • § 20750 Subject to regulations adopted by the board, a member may file an election with the board to redeposit in the retirement fund, in a lump sum or by installment…
    • § 20751 If a nonmember, as defined in Section 21291, withdraws accumulated contributions in accordance with Section 21292, the member may redeposit those contributions…
    • § 20751.5 A member whose right to redeposit contributions has been awarded in part to a nonmember, pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 21290, may…
    • § 20752 (a) A member of the Judges’ Retirement System, the Judges’ Retirement System II, the Legislators’ Retirement System, the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan, the…
    • § 20753 Contributions due to this system because of salary earned after reentry into state service following withdrawal and prior to redeposit of accumulated…
    • § 20754 Any amount that a member elected to pay under any election with respect to normal contributions permitted under this part prior to withdrawal of accumulated…
    • § 20755 Upon reentering this system after a termination of his or her membership, if a member does not elect to redeposit withdrawn contributions as provided in…
    • § 20756 Benefits based on service credited under this article and Article 4 (commencing with Section 20730), where the service credit is derived from a member’s…
  5. ARTICLE 6. Contribution Procedure §§ 20770–20776 · 9 sections
    • § 20770 The board shall furnish, in a manner determined by it, to the head of each state agency and court and to the comptroller of the university the normal rate of…
    • § 20771 Each head of a state agency for which the member’s compensation is paid directly by the Controller shall furnish to the Controller the normal rate of…
    • § 20772 When a member employed by the state is assigned to service for which he or she is compensated from funds not directly controlled by the state, he or she shall…
    • § 20772.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a National Guard member shall contribute to the retirement fund at the rate applicable to state…
    • § 20772.6 Under conditions established by the board, the system may periodically bill the Military Department for reimbursement of the administrative and program costs…
    • § 20773 The comptroller of the university shall deduct from the compensation of each university member and remit to the board the contributions so determined and the…
    • § 20774 The board shall furnish, in a manner determined by it, to the clerk or other officer designated by the governing body, of each contracting agency the normal…
    • § 20775 Each member’s contribution deducted and remitted or otherwise paid to the board shall be credited by the board, together with regular interest, to an…
    • § 20776 (a) If a basic death benefit becomes payable before the payment of the total amount the member elected to pay under any election with respect to normal…