County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) - sdcera

if, and only if the member is unable to perform the duties of any occupation for which the
member is qualified by reason of training or experience.
(e) The disability benefit shall be 50 percent of the final compensation of the member
reduced by any Social Security benefits, workers’ compensation benefits, and earnings from
any employment other than employment which is part of a rehabilitation program.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1480, Sec. 1)
§31511.10. Plan manager; education of employees regarding benefits (Ventura)
(a) The board of retirement shall establish a position whose qualifications shall include
experience in administration and communication of defined benefit plans and defined
contribution plans and whose duties shall include management of the plan or plans adopted
pursuant to this article and reporting to the county treasurer and the director of personnel.
(b) The board of retirement shall establish and implement a comprehensive
communication program to educate employees regarding the benefits available under this
article and Social Security.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1480, Sec. 1)
§31511.11. Internal Revenue Code Section 401 plan; establishment (Ventura)
(a) The board of supervisors of any county subject to this article shall establish a defined
contribution retirement plan authorized by Section 401 of the Internal Revenue code of 1954 or
a similar plan authorized by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
(b) Any full-time employee of the county who is hired by the county on or after the
operative date of this article in that county and has completed 6 months of credited full-time
service with the county or any member who elects to transfer to the retirement plan created by
this article shall participate in the plan.
(c) The county shall partially or fully match the contributions of the employees on the
basis mutually agreed to by the board of supervisors and the employee representatives.
(d) The right of the employee to benefits derived from employee contributions vests
upon the commencement of the participation by the employee in the plan.
(e) The right of the employee to benefits derived from matching employer contributions
vests 100 percent after five years of full-time service with the county.
(f) Upon termination of the employment of an employee whose benefits derived from
employer contributions are not vested, benefits derived from the contributions of the employee
shall be refunded to the employee and the matching contributions of the employer shall be
credited to reduce future employer contributions or to pay expenses of the plan.
(g) The defined contribution plan shall accept rollover contributions from other plans to
the extent authorized by federal law.
(h) The plan shall be administered in accordance with subdivision (k) of Section 401 of
the United States Code.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1480, Sec. 1)
Article 2.7
General Limitations
(Article 2.7 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 558 (S.B. 226), Sec. 2)
§31515. County Employees Retirement Law of 1937; legislative intent; cite
It is the intent of the Legislature to specifically include in the County Employees
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Article 2.6, §31511.9. - Article 2.7, §31515.