County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) - sdcera

that the contributions made by the governmental agency pursuant to this section shall be
available only for the purpose of retirement for service or for disability and a member resigning
from county service shall be entitled to withdraw only that portion of his accumulated
contributions made by him.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1473, Sec. 1)
§31648.2. Transfer of firefighting services to district participating in county retirement
system; apportionment of liability between two retirement systems
In any county in which the board of supervisors has entered into an agreement as
permitted by Section 20569.1, the governing body of the contracting agency from which the
firemen were transferred or the governing body of the district to which the firemen were
transferred may pay all or part of the cost, as determined by the board, of the liabilities which
were assumed by the county system under Section 20569 and which exceed the value of the
cash or securities or both transferred by the Public Employees’ Retirement System to the county
system. The governing bodies of the contracting agency and of the district may determine the
proportion of the liabilities each pays.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1343, Sec. 2, Effective September 26, 1974)
§31648.3. Full-time employee returned to work after layoff; service credit for period of
absence; operative provisions of section
A member who is a full-time employee and returns within 12 months of the date of
layoff to full-time service following a period of layoff commencing on or after January 1, 1981,
but not to exceed 12 months, may receive service credit for the period of the absence, but not
to exceed one year, upon the payment of the contributions that the member would have paid
during that period, together with the interest that the contributions would have earned had
they been on deposit, if the member was not absent. The contributions may be paid in lump
sum or may be paid on a monthly basis for a period of not more than the length of the period
for which service credit is claimed. The service credit provided by this section shall be provided
only to persons who have returned to employment under the procedures of the employer for
returning laid-off employees to work and shall not exceed one year of service credit for each
layoff period. The decision of the member to redeposit withdrawn contributions shall be made
within five years from the date the member is rehired or the effective date of the adoption by
the county board of supervisors of this section. Upon completion of the redeposit with interest,
the entry age of the member shall be adjusted to the original age of entry and membership is
reestablished to that date.
This section shall not be operative in any county until such time as the board of
supervisors shall, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, make this section applicable in the
county.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 284 (A.B. 1237), Sec. 1)
§31648.4. Cost of liabilities assumed by county after termination; payment
In any county in which the board of supervisors has entered into an agreement as
permitted by Section 20569.2, the governing body of the contracting agency from which the
employees were transferred or the governing body of the district or the county service area to
which the employees were transferred may pay all or part of the cost, as determined by the
board, of the liabilities which were assumed by the county system under Section 20569 and
which exceed the value of the cash or securities of both transferred by the Public Employees’
Retirement System to the county system.
The governing bodies of the contracting agency and of the district or the county service
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