County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) - sdcera

§31511.6. Transfer to plan; time for election (Ventura)
General members may, within 180 days of the operative date of this article, elect to
transfer to the retirement plan created by this article upon proper application executed by
the member and filed with the board. Furthermore, any general member who does not elect
to transfer during this 180-day period, may elect to transfer within the 30 days prior to any
annual anniversary of the operative date of this article. Such a transfer is voluntary and shall be
irrevocable.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1480, Sec. 1)
§31511.7. Employer contribution rate; actuarial establishment (Ventura)
Until the completion of the next regularly scheduled actuarial survey of the retirement
system, the employer contribution rate required to finance the plan created by this article shall
be established by the board, upon the recommendation of the actuary.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1480, Sec. 1)
§31511.8. Cost-of-living adjustments (Ventura)
The board shall before April 1 of each year determine whether there has been an
increase or decrease in the cost of living as provided in this section. Notwithstanding Section
31481 or any other provision of this chapter (commencing with Section 31450), every retirement
allowance, optional death allowance, or annual death allowance payable to or on account of
any member of the plan created by this article who retires at or beyond normal retirement age
or dies shall, as of April 1st of each year, be increased or decreased by a percentage of the total
allowance then being received found by the board 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 1st of
each year as shown by the then current Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for
All urban Consumers for the Los Angeles-Anaheim-Long Beach area, but such changes shall
not exceed 5 percent per year; however, the amount of any cost-of-living increase or decrease
in any year which is not met by the maximum annual change of 5 percent in allowances shall
be accumulated to be met by increases or decreases in allowances in future years; except that
no decrease shall reduce the allowance below the amount being received by the member or his
or her beneficiary on the effective date of the allowance. No adjustment shall be made in the
retirement allowance of a member who retires prior to attaining normal retirement age until the
member attains normal retirement age.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1480. Sec. 1)
§31511.9. Long-term disability plan (Ventura)
(a) An employer which is subject to this article shall provide disability benefits for its
employees through a long-term disability plan which shall be separate from and administered
separately from the retirement plans authorized by this article and all other retirement plans.
(b) The long-term disability plan shall consist of a separate trust which shall be funded
utilizing a level cost method and employer contributions. No employee shall be required to
make any employee contribution to the long-term disability plan.
(c) The board of supervisors shall contract for the resolution of the issue of disability.
The board of supervisors shall establish an appeals board to which a member who is aggrieved
by a decision of the administrator may appeal.
(d) Any member permanently incapacitated for the performance of duty, regardless
of age or years of service, shall receive disability benefits as follows: (1) for not to exceed two
years; (2) for any time after the expiration of the two-year period specified in subdivision (a)
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