County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) - sdcera

§31652.2. Credit for prior county retirement system service; reentry by employment with
public agency contracting with public employees’ retirement system; redeposit of
withdrawn contributions; applicability of section (Los Angeles)
(a) Any member of a retirement system established pursuant to this chapter who was
previously a member of the same county retirement system and who thereafter became a
member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System as a result of employment by a public
agency contracting with the Public Employee’s Retirement System, shall receive credit in the
county retirement system for service rendered as an officer or employee of such public agency
provided that he or she makes the contributions specified by Section 31641.2, and provided
further that he or she is not entitled to receive any other pension or retirement allowance from
any public agency for such service.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who would otherwise
qualify under subdivision (a) who elected to leave his or her contributions on deposit with
the Public Employees’ Retirement System and receive the benefits of reciprocity, may rescind
that election and withdraw his or her contributions plus accrued interest from the Public
Employees’ Retirement System and deposit the same in the county retirement system of which
he or she is a member as payment in full or in part for the service credit described in this
section. The person shall not thereafter have the right to redeposit the withdrawn contributions
in the Public Employees’ Retirement System or to receive any credit for such service in that
system. Any member of a county retirement system who is eligible to receive credit for other
public service pursuant to this section shall receive the benefit of any motion or resolution
adopted by the board of supervisors pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 31641.2 which was
in effect during the member’s county service.
(c) This section shall apply only in a county of the first class, as established by Sections
28020 and 28022, but shall not be operative in a county until adopted by resolution of the board
of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 991, Sec. 2)
§31653. Contributions by governing board for member reentering public service after
absence in military service; credit for military service time
Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, the governing board of the county or
district may elect to contribute for any member of this system who is absent from and reenters
the service of the county or district pursuant to Section 31649 of this code, amounts equal to
the contributions which have been made by the member and his employer to the system on the
basis of his compensation earnable at the commencement of his absence, if he had not been so
absent.
If the governing board elects to make any member’s contributions pursuant to this
section:
(a) Any such member who exercises or did exercise the right to contribute to the system
during the period of military service shall have such contributions refunded or credited to his
account.
(b) Any such member who withdraws or has withdrawn his accumulated contributions
during his military service and who does not or did not redeposit the amount withdrawn
upon his return to employment with the county or district is entitled to be credited with any
contribution the governing board elects to make, and to receive credit for service during the
period he was absent on military service, the same as if he had not withdrawn his accumulated
contributions, and his rate for future contributions shall be based upon his age at the
commencement of his absence on military service.
(c) The contributions made by the governing board pursuant to this section shall be
available only for the purpose of retirement for service or for disability, and shall be made
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