County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) - sdcera

earnable due pursuant to Section 31461 under this chapter for the entire period during which
he or she was out of county service and in military service, may, not more than 90 days after
his or her re-entrance into county service, file with the board his or her election that no further
contributions be deducted from his or her compensation except contributions due because of
current service.
(c) A member who re-enters county service under either (a) or (b) above may be allowed
up to five years credit for vesting in the system.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 479, Sec. 1)
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 680 (S.B. 1877), Sec. 12)
§31649.1. Reemployment of member; notification to system; notification of right to purchase
service credit
Any employer who reemploys a member who is subject to the provisions of Chapter
43 (commencing with Section 4301) of Title 38 of the United States Code, shall, within 30 days
after the date of that reemployment, provide information in writing as required by the board
notifying the system of that reemployment, and shall provide the returning employee written
notification of the right to purchase that service credit.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 680 (S.B. 1877), Sec. 13)
§31649.5. Service with armed forces; credit for service and prior service; contributions
(a) Notwithstanding Section 31649, any member who resigned, or obtained a leave
of absence, to enter and did enter the armed forces of the United States on a voluntary or
involuntary basis and returned to county service within one year after separation therefrom,
under honorable conditions, shall receive credit for service and prior service for all or any
part of his military service, if, before retirement from the county, he or she contributes what
he or she would have paid to the fund based on his or her compensation earnable pursuant
to Section 31461 at the time he or she resigned or received the leave of absence, together with
regular interest thereon, and if, when he or she contributes, the military service is not a basis for
present or future military retirement payment.
(b) This section shall not be operative in any county until the board of supervisors so
orders.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 594, Sec. 1)
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 680, Sec. 14)
§31649.6. (Operative date contingent) Service credit for members resigned from county
service to enter armed forces
(a) Notwithstanding Section 31649 or 31649.5, a member who resigned from county
service, or who obtained a leave of absence from county service, to enter and did enter the
Armed Forces of the United States on a voluntary or involuntary basis and who then returned
to county service within one year after separation from the Armed Forces under honorable
conditions, shall receive credit for service and prior service for all or any part of his or her
military service, if, before retirement from the county, he or she contributes what he or she
would have paid to the fund based on his or her compensation earnable pursuant to Section
31461 at the time he or she resigned or obtained the leave of absence, together with regular
interest thereon.
(b) This section shall not be operative in any county until the board of supervisors, by
resolution, makes this section applicable in the county.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 355 (S.B. 14), Sec. 28)
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