County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (CERL) - sdcera

public defender, the alternate public defender, or any similar office title.
(2) His or her job classification is or, on January 1, 2002, was public defender, deputy
public defender, chief deputy public defender, senior deputy public defender, assistant public
defender, chief assistant public defender, senior assistant public defender, or any other similar
classification or title.
(3) His or her effective date of retirement is on or after the date Section 31470.14
becomes applicable in the county.
(c) For purposes of this chapter, “local public defender investigator” means a city or
county officer or employee who meets all of the following criteria:
(1) He or she is or, on or after January 1, 2002, was employed in the office of the
public defender, the alternate public defender, or any other similar office title.
(2) His or her job classification is or, on or after January 1, 2002, was inspector,
investigator, detective, or any other similar classification or title.
(3) His or her principal duties are or, on or after January 1, 2002, were to investigate
crime and criminal statutes.
(4) His or her effective date of retirement is on or after the date Section 31470.14
becomes applicable in the county.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1152 (A.B. 2023), Sec. 9)
§31469.3. “Safety member” defined
Safety member means any person who is any of the following:
(a) A member of a pension system established pursuant to either Chapter 4 or Chapter 5,
who elects by written notice filed with the board, to become a safety member.
(b) Any person employed by a county, subject to Section 31676.1 or 31695.1 or by a
district or court organized or existing within such a county, whose principal duties consist of
active law enforcement or active fire suppression as described in Section 31470.2 and 31470.4,
or active lifeguard service as limited by Section 31470.6 or juvenile hall group counseling and
group supervision if adopted by the board of supervisors as provided in Section 31469.4.
(c) Any person described in Section 31469.2 in any county in which Section 31470.14 has
become operative.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1098, Sec. 4)
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 396, Sec. 1)
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1152 (A.B. 2023), Sec. 10)
§31469.4. Juvenile hall group counselors and group supervisors as safety members
“Safety member” means persons employed as probation officers, juvenile hall or
juvenile home group counselors, and group supervisors who are primarily engaged in the
control and custody of delinquent youths who must be detained under physical security in
order not to be harmful to themselves or others.
The provisions of this section shall not be applicable in any county until the board of
supervisors by resolution make the provisions applicable.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1142, Sec. 4)
§31469.5. Counties of 10th class; optional safety status for probation officers; application (San
Mateo)
(a) This section shall be applicable in the retirement system of any county of the 10th
class, as defined by Sections 28020 and 28031, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of
1971, if the board of supervisors executes a memorandum of understanding with the employee
representatives and adopts, by majority vote, a resolution providing for safety status for
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Article 1, §31469.2. - §31469.5.