County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) - sdcera

etirement, or, if he fails to elect, during the three years immediately preceding his retirement,
multiplied by the number of years of prior service credited to him.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 929, Sec. 5)
§31676.95. Pension increases and decreases; pension calculation; application of section
In every county coming under the provisions of Section 31676.1 subsequent to January 1,
1953, every current service pension and prior service pension payable for time commencing on
the effective date of this section to any member who was retired prior to said effective date by
reason of having attained the age of compulsory retirement, is hereby increased to the amount
it would be if the provisions of this chapter, including Sections 31676.1 and 31760.1, as they
existed on the date that Section 31676.1 became applicable to the members’ retirement system,
had been in effect on the date of the actual retirement of the member; but this section does
not authorize any decrease in any such pension, nor does this section give any such retired
member, or his successors in interest, any claim against the county or district for any increase in
any pension paid or payable for time prior to its effective date. Calculations of pensions under
this section shall be made on the basis of current interest rate and mortality tables.
This section shall not apply to any retirement system established under the provisions
of this chapter, nor to the members or retired members of any such system unless and until
the governing board of the county or district covered by such retirement system elects to be
subject to the provisions of this section in the manner provided by Article 2 of this chapter with
respect to the establishment of a retirement system hereunder; except that an election among
the employees is not required.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1900, Sec. 1)
§31676.96. Previously retired members; increase in pensions
In every county coming under the provisions of Section 31676.1, every current service
pension and prior service pension payable for the time commencing on the first day of the
month after the effective date of this section to any member who was retired prior to such
effective date is hereby increased to the amount it would be if the provisions of this chapter,
including Section 31676.1, as they exist on the effective date of this section had been in effect
on the date of the actual retirement of the member, but this section does not authorize any
decrease in any such pension, nor does this section give any such retired member, or his
successors in interest, any claim against the county or district for any increase in any pension
paid or payable for time prior to its effective date. Calculations of pensions under this section
shall be made on the basis of current interest rate and mortality tables.
This section shall not apply to any retirement system established under the provisions
of this chapter, nor to the members or retired members of any such system unless and until the
governing board of the county or district covered by such retirement system elects to be subject
to the provisions of this section in the manner provided by Article 2 (commencing with Section
31500) of this chapter with respect to the establishment of a retirement system hereunder,
except that an election among the employees is not required.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 959, Sec. 1)
§31676.97. Pension increases; calculation
In every county coming under the provisions of Section 31676.1 subsequent to January
1, 1964, and prior to October 1, 1964, every current service pension and prior service pension
payable for time commencing October 1, 1965, is hereby increased to the amount it would be
if the provisions of this chapter, including Sections 31676.1 and 31760.1, as they existed on the
date that Section 31676.1 became applicable to the members’ retirement system, had been in
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