County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) - sdcera

enefits and lump sum supplemental survivorship benefit provided for in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1591, Sec. 3)
§31867. Amount of additional contributions
Until the regulations of the board designate otherwise the additional contribution of
each safety member shall be one dollar and thirty cents ($1.30) per month and of each other
member shall be one dollar and seventy-one cents ($1.71) per month.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1591, Sec. 3)
§31868. Minimum contributions for benefits to spouse or child
If a member elected to participate in the benefits provided for by this article more than
30 days after this article became operative in the county, a survivor’s allowance shall not be due
to either his eligible spouse or child, and a lump sum supplemental survivorship benefit shall
not be due, unless additional deductions were made pursuant to this article from the salary or
wages of such member for not less than 18 months.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1591, Sec. 3)
§31869. Minimum contributions for benefits to parents
If a member elected to participate in the benefits provided for by this article more than
30 days after this article becomes operative in the county, a survivor’s allowance shall not be
due to any parent of such member unless additional deductions were made pursuant to this
article from the salary or wages of such member for not less than 10 years.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1591, Sec. 3)
Article 16.5
Cost-of-Living Adjustment
(Article 16.5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 159, Sec. 10; Article applicable in counties adopting it as
prescribed by Sections 31874 and 31878)
§31870. Determination; maximum annual change of two percent in allowances; limitation on
reduction
The board shall before April 1 of each year determine whether there has been an
increase or decrease in the cost of living as provided in this section.
Notwithstanding Section 31481 or any other provision of this chapter (commencing
with Section 31450), every retirement allowance, optional death allowance, or annual death
allowance payable to or on account of any member, of this system or a superseded system,
who retires or dies or who has retired or died shall, as of April 1st of each year, be increased
or decreased by a percentage of the total allowance then being received found by the board to
approximate to the nearest one-half of 1 percent the percentage of annual increase or decrease
in the cost of living as of January 1st of each year as shown by the then current Bureau of Labor
Statistics Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the area in which the county
seat is situated, but such change shall not exceed 2 percent per year; however, the amount of
any cost-of-living increase or decrease in any year which is not met by the maximum annual
change of 2 percent in allowances shall be accumulated to be met by increases or decreases
in allowances in future years; except that no decrease shall reduce the allowance below the
amount being received by the member or his beneficiary on the effective date of the allowance
or the application of this article, whichever is later.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 900, Sec. 10)
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