County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) - sdcera

article (as fixed pursuant to Section 31874) shall be funded by contributions set by the board, as
it determines necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 159, Sec. 10)
§31873. Increases in contributions; equal apportionment; payment by county of contribution
assessable to member
Any increases in contributions shall be shared equally between the county or district
and the contributing members, with the individual member’s contributions based upon the
member’s age at his or her nearest birthday at time of entrance into the retirement system. The
board of supervisors by a majority vote may elect to pay part of the costs of the contributions
which would otherwise be assessed to the individual members.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1436, Sec. 27.1)
§31873.1. Contra Costa County; equal apportionment of contributions; percentages
Any cost-of-living contributions required for benefits under Section 31870.3 shall be
shared equally between the county or district and the contributing members. The individual
member’s contributions shall be based upon the member’s age at the member’s nearest
birthday at time of entrance into the retirement system, and shall be expressed as a percentage
of the member’s normal contribution rate. The board of supervisors by a majority vote may
elect to pay all or part of the costs of the contributions which would otherwise be assessed to
the individual members.
Until revised by subsequent actuarial studies, the member’s cost-of-living contribution
rate shall be 39.57 percent of the member’s normal contribution rate. These initial cost-of-living
contribution rates are shown in the following table, according to the member’s age at the time
of entry into the system:
Age of entry
Percentage
into system
of contribution
16 1.16
17 1.16
18 1.16
19 1.16
20 1.16
21 1.16
22 1.16
23 1.16
24 1.16
25 1.17
26 1.17
27 1.18
28 1.18
29 1.19
30 1.20
31 1.20
32 1.21
33 1.22
34 1.23
35 1.24
36 1.25
37 1.26
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