County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) - sdcera

previously received), multiplied by a percentage (rounded to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent)
derived by taking the number of months of service the member purchased in accordance
with subdivision (b), dividing by the member’s total months of service, and multiplying by a
percentage equal to the lesser of 2 percent or the percentage found by the board of retirement to
approximate to the nearest one-half of 1 percent the percentage of annual increase or decrease
in the cost of living as of January 1 of each year as shown by the then current CPI, as adjusted
for the amount applied from a prior year. For purposes of applying this formula, the amount of
any annual cost-of-living increase under the CPI in excess of the 2 percent maximum shall be
accumulated and applied in future years in which the annual cost-of-living increase under the
CPI is less than the 2 percent maximum.
(4) “Predisability compensation” means a member’s last 12 months of compensation
earnable preceding the date his or her employment terminates while he or she is receiving
disability benefits, other than state-mandated benefits, under a disability plan provided by
the employer because he or she is totally disabled. The employer shall provide the board of
retirement with the information necessary for a member’s predisability compensation to be
determined.
(5) “Predisability compensation adjustment” means, with respect to any member
or former member of Retirement Plan E qualifying under subdivision (e), an amount equal to
that member’s or former member’s predisability compensation as previously adjusted under
this section, multiplied by a percentage equal to the lesser of 2 percent or the percentage found
by the board of retirement to approximate to the nearest one-half of 1 percent the percentage
of annual increase or decrease in the cost of living as of January 1, of each year as shown by
the then current CPI, as adjusted for the amount applied from a prior year. For the purpose
of applying this formula, the amount of any annual cost-of-living increase under the CPI in
excess of the 2 percent maximum shall be accumulated and applied in future years in which the
annual cost-of-living increase under the CPI is less than the 2 percent maximum.
(g) This section shall only be applicable to Los Angeles County and shall not become
operative until the board of supervisors of that county elects, by resolution adopted by a
majority vote, to make this section operative in the county.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 533 (A.B. 2234), Sec. 12)
§31495.6. Use of current, forfeited, and vested membership periods in determining age of
entry; applicability (Los Angeles)
A member may use current, forfeited, and vested membership periods earned under
this chapter when meeting the reciprocity requirements for purposes of determining age of
entry, as defined in Sections 31833 and 31833.1. This section shall not apply to members who
are retired from this system.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 86 (AB 1902), Sec. 4)
Article 1.6
Alternative Plan for Counties of the 10th Class (San Mateo)
(Article 1.6 added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1381, Sec. 1, Applicable as prescribed by Section 31496)
§31496. Designation as Retirement Plan 3; application of article; purpose; application of
other laws (San Mateo)
(a) The retirement plan created by this article shall be known as Retirement Plan 3.
(b) This article shall be applicable in the retirement system of any county of the 10th
Article 1.5, §31495.5. - Article 1.6, §31496. 70