California Code
PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 4 - County Peace Officers Retirement Law

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 31900. - 31900. This chapter may be cited as the County Peace...

Section 31901. - 31901. The purpose of this chapter is to recognize a...

Section 31902. - 31902. This chapter shall be given a liberal interpretation with...

Section 31903. - 31903. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general...

Section 31904. - 31904. “County peace officers” includes: (a) All sheriffs, undersheriffs, chief...

Section 31904.5. - 31904.5. “County peace officers” also includes detectives and investigators in...

Section 31905. - 31905. “Terminal salary” means the average salary earnable by any...

Section 31906. - 31906. “Pensioner” means a retired peace officer who is entitled,...

Section 31907. - 31907. “Member” means any person included in the membership of...

Section 31908. - 31908. “Beneficiary” means any person in receipt of a pension,...

Section 31909. - 31909. “System” means the retirement system provided for in this...

Section 31910. - 31910. “Board” means the board of retirement. (Added by Stats....

Section 31911. - 31911. “Fund” means the County Peace Officers’ Retirement Fund. (Added...

Section 31912. - 31912. The title to all property acquired pursuant to this...

Section 31913. - 31913. That portion of the wages of any peace officer...

ARTICLE 2 - Retirement System

Section 31930. - 31930. This chapter shall become effective in any county upon...

Section 31931. - 31931. By the adoption of an ordinance by a four-fifths...

Section 31932. - 31932. If the system is abolished in any county, each...

ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board

Section 31950. - 31950. The management of the system is vested in a...

Section 31951. - 31951. The first persons elected or appointed as the second...

Section 31952. - 31952. Neither the enactment of this chapter nor any amendment...

Section 31953. - 31953. A pensioner is eligible for membership on the board...

Section 31954. - 31954. The members of the board, except the fourth and...

Section 31955. - 31955. The board shall organize by choosing one of its...

Section 31956. - 31956. The board shall meet for the transaction of business...

Section 31957. - 31957. A majority of the members may transact any business...

Section 31958. - 31958. The board may compel witnesses to attend and testify...

Section 31959. - 31959. The board may appoint a secretary and provide for...

Section 31960. - 31960. The board may make regulations not inconsistent with this...

Section 31961. - 31961. The board shall report annually in January to the...

Section 31962. - 31962. The board shall annually prepare a budget of the...

Section 31963. - 31963. The board shall cause an actuarial investigation and valuation...

Section 31964. - 31964. After the receipt of the recommendations the board of...

Section 31965. - 31965. The board has charge and control of the funds...

Section 31966. - 31966. The board shall invest and reinvest the funds of...

Section 31967. - 31967. Whenever securities belonging to or held for the system...

ARTICLE 4 - Membership

Section 31980. - 31980. The system established under this chapter or its predecessor...

Section 31981. - 31981. Except as provided in this article, all county peace...

Section 31982. - 31982. Any county peace officer may elect to be excluded...

Section 31983. - 31983. In any county in which the predecessor of this...

Section 31984. - 31984. Any person who is eligible to participate in this...

Section 31985. - 31985. In any county in which the predecessor of this...

ARTICLE 5 - Retirement Fund

Section 32000. - 32000. For the purpose of providing and maintaining a fund...

Section 32001. - 32001. All transfers or payments to the fund and all...

Section 32002. - 32002. All warrants drawn on the fund shall be signed...

Section 32003. - 32003. Payments provided for in this chapter shall be made...

ARTICLE 6 - Contributions

Section 32020. - 32020. The normal rates of contribution of members shall be...

Section 32021. - 32021. The normal rates of contribution shall be such as...

Section 32022. - 32022. Until revised pursuant to Sections 31963 and 31964, the...

Section 32023. - 32023. The normal rate of contribution established for age 40...

Section 32024. - 32024. The rate of contribution of any member shall apply...

Section 32025. - 32025. Payment of salaries and wages less the contribution is...

Section 32026. - 32026. Upon election by any person to come within this...

Section 32027. - 32027. Upon election by any person to come within this...

Section 32028. - 32028. Any person electing to come within this chapter who...

Section 32029. - 32029. The board of supervisors shall determine and appropriate each...

Section 32030. - 32030. The board of supervisors may appropriate an additional amount,...

Section 32031. - 32031. In the preparation and adoption of the county budget,...

Section 32032. - 32032. The county auditor shall certify to the board of...

Section 32033. - 32033. All contributions and deposits shall bear simple interest at...

Section 32034. - 32034. If any officer or employee of the county or...

Section 32035. - 32035. Any member who enters or has entered the armed...

Section 32036. - 32036. If any member of the system is separated from...

Section 32037. - 32037. Upon the death before retirement of any member from...

Section 32038. - 32038. If any member is compelled to be absent from...

Section 32039. - 32039. Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, the board of...

Section 32040. - 32040. If the board of supervisors elects to contribute as...

ARTICLE 7 - Benefits

Section 32050. - 32050. The board shall, upon application of a member who...

Section 32050.5. - 32050.5. In computing the time of service of any county...

Section 32051. - 32051. Any person retiring for service shall receive a pension...

Section 32052. - 32052. After 20 years of service any motorcycle police officer...

Section 32053. - 32053. Any member shall be retired for disability regardless of...

Section 32054. - 32054. If a member who has served 15 years or...

Section 32055. - 32055. Upon retirement of a member for service connected disability,...

Section 32056. - 32056. Whenever any member or pensioner is killed, or dies...

Section 32057. - 32057. Upon retirement of a member for nonservice connected disability,...

Section 32058. - 32058. The board may require any pensioner retired for disability,...

Section 32059. - 32059. If the board determines that the pensioner is not...

Section 32060. - 32060. If a pension is canceled, there shall be immediately...

Section 32061. - 32061. If the pensioner reenters county service and is eligible...

Section 32062. - 32062. At any time before the first payment of any...

Section 32063. - 32063. Any member may file with the board a written...