California Code
PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES
CHAPTER 4.5 - Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 50950. - 50950. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 50951. - 50951. (a) This chapter establishes the Volunteer Firefighters Length of...

Section 50952. - 50952. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context...

ARTICLE 2 - Administration, Award System, and Membership

Section 50953. - 50953. (a) The award system shall be administered by the...

Section 50954. - 50954. (a) The board shall adopt rules and regulations to...

Section 50955. - 50955. (a) The board shall, from time to time, determine...

Section 50956. - 50956. (a) On the basis of investigation and valuation, the...

Section 50957. - 50957. The custodian of the fund shall be subject to...

ARTICLE 3 - Service Credit and Contributions

Section 50958. - 50958. Only members may accumulate service credit in the award...

Section 50959. - 50959. (a) The award system shall be funded by contributions...

Section 50960. - 50960. (a) Only those volunteers who have been certified by...

Section 50961. - 50961. (a) The governing body of each contracting department shall...

Section 50962. - 50962. When the member’s application for an award is received...

Section 50963. - 50963. The board shall determine the terms, conditions, and eligibility...

ARTICLE 4 - Contract Provisions

Section 50964. - 50964. (a) Except as described in subdivision (b), a department...

Section 50965. - 50965. When the governing body of a department desires to...

Section 50966. - 50966. An employee organization, recognized under the provisions of appropriate...

Section 50967. - 50967. On request of the board, the department shall furnish...

Section 50968. - 50968. The approximate contribution quoted by the board and the...

Section 50969. - 50969. The approximate and actual contributions payable by a contracting...

Section 50970. - 50970. (a) Approval of the contract by the governing body...

Section 50971. - 50971. Errors in a contract may be corrected through amendments...

ARTICLE 5 - Termination and Limitations

Section 50972. - 50972. The contract may be terminated by the governing body...

Section 50973. - 50973. The board may provide that an award under this...

Section 50974. - 50974. Upon termination of the award system, assets in the...

ARTICLE 6 - Indemnity

Section 50975. - 50975. The Public Employees’ Retirement System, as a public entity,...

Section 50976. - 50976. (a) The Board of Administration of the Public Employees’...

ARTICLE 7 - Termination of the Award System by the Public Employees Retirement System

Section 50977. - 50977. If the transfer of the Volunteer Firefighters Length of...

Section 50978. - 50978. For purposes of this chapter, if the Board of...

Section 50979. - 50979. This chapter shall become operative on March 1, 2008....