County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) - sdcera

Article 4
Membership
(Article 4 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424, Sec. 1)
§31550. Retirement association
Whenever this chapter becomes operative in any county a retirement association shall
be organized.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424)
§31551. Eligibility to membership; exclusion
The persons expressly declared to be ineligible to membership by this article shall not
become members of the retirement association, and, except as expressly excluded, the persons
enumerated in this article shall become members of the association.
Persons employed as participants in a program of, and whose wages are paid in whole
or in part by federal funds in accordance with, the Comprehensive Employment and Training
Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-203), as amended, are excluded from membership. This exclusion
shall not apply to active fire suppression personnel who are safety members pursuant to
Sections 31469.3 and 31470.4.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 115, Sec. 1, Effective June 15, 1979)
§31552. Automatic membership; waiver of membership
All existing officers and employees of the county become members of the association
on the day the retirement system becomes operative, and thereafter each person entering the
county employ becomes a member on the first day of the calendar month after his entrance into
the service, unless otherwise provided by regulations adopted by the board. Such regulations
may provide for waiver of membership by the prospective employee in the case of newly
hired employees who have attained the age of 60. In all cases where there is such a waiver, said
employee upon attaining the age of 70 shall thereafter be employed from year to year at the
discretion of the county.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1668, Sec. 1)
§31552.1. Membership of existing officers and employees not members because of statute
On the first day of the calendar month after this section takes effect all existing officers
and employees of the county, who, because of the provisions of Section 31552 prior to its
amendment in 1953, were not members, become members on that day.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 789, Sec. 3)
§31552.2. Officers and employees who became members on first day of calendar month
following expiration of 180 days after entry into service; prior service credit;
contributions
All existing officers and employees of the county, now members of the retirement
system, and who became employed by the county during that interim period when the law
did not allow membership into the retirement system until the first day of the calendar month
following the expiration of the 180 days after his entrance into service, shall be allowed to make
contributions and receive credit for that period of time as prior county service. The contribution
rate shall be as prescribed in Section 31641.5 and election to receive credit for such service shall
be available until time of filing of notice of retirement from county service.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 705, Sec. 1)
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