California Code
PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 5 - County Fire Service Retirement Law

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 32200. - 32200. This chapter may be cited as the County Fire...

Section 32201. - 32201. The purpose of this chapter is to recognize a...

Section 32202. - 32202. This chapter shall be given a liberal interpretation with...

Section 32203. - 32203. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general...

Section 32204. - 32204. “County foresters, firewardens and firemen” include all county foresters,...

Section 32204.5. - 32204.5. Any person who enters service as a “county forester,...

Section 32205. - 32205. “Terminal salary” means the average salary earnable by any...

Section 32206. - 32206. “Board” and “board of retirement” mean the County Foresters,...

Section 32207. - 32207. “Fund” means the County Foresters, Firewardens, and Firemen’s Retirement...

Section 32208. - 32208. “System” means the retirement system provided for in this...

Section 32209. - 32209. “Member” means any person included in the membership of...

Section 32210. - 32210. The title to all property acquired pursuant to this...

Section 32211. - 32211. The board of supervisors may levy a special tax...

ARTICLE 2 - Retirement System

Section 32230. - 32230. This chapter shall become effective in any county, upon...

Section 32231. - 32231. By the adoption of an ordinance passed by a...

Section 32232. - 32232. If any such system is abolished in any county,...

Section 32233. - 32233. The system established pursuant to this chapter or its...

Section 32234. - 32234. Except as provided in this article, all county foresters,...

Section 32235. - 32235. Any county forester, firewarden, or fireman may elect to...

Section 32235.5. - 32235.5. Any employee of the county or any special district...

Section 32236. - 32236. Upon election by any qualified person to come within...

ARTICLE 3 - Board of Retirement

Section 32250. - 32250. The management of the system is vested in a...

Section 32251. - 32251. One member of the board shall be the county...

Section 32252. - 32252. The second member shall be a member of the...

Section 32253. - 32253. The third member shall be a member of the...

Section 32254. - 32254. If any county has all of its fire protective...

Section 32255. - 32255. If any county has all of its fire protective...

Section 32256. - 32256. The fourth and fifth members shall be qualified electors...

Section 32257. - 32257. The first persons elected or appointed as the second...

Section 32258. - 32258. The first, second, and third members of the board...

Section 32259. - 32259. The fourth and fifth members of the board shall...

Section 32260. - 32260. The board shall organize by choosing one of its...

Section 32261. - 32261. The board shall meet for the transaction of business...

Section 32262. - 32262. A majority of the members may transact any business...

Section 32263. - 32263. The board may compel witnesses to attend and testify...

Section 32264. - 32264. The board may appoint a secretary and provide for...

Section 32265. - 32265. The board may make regulations not inconsistent with this...

Section 32266. - 32266. The board shall report annually in January to the...

Section 32267. - 32267. The board shall annually prepare a budget of the...

Section 32268. - 32268. The board shall cause an actuarial investigation and valuation...

Section 32269. - 32269. After the receipt of the recommendation the board of...

Section 32270. - 32270. The board has charge and control of the funds...

Section 32271. - 32271. The board shall invest and reinvest the funds of...

Section 32272. - 32272. Whenever securities belonging to or held for the system...

ARTICLE 4 - Retirement Fund

Section 32300. - 32300. For the purpose of providing and maintaining a fund...

Section 32301. - 32301. All transfers or payments to the fund and all...

Section 32302. - 32302. All warrants drawn on the fund shall be signed...

Section 32303. - 32303. Payments provided for in this chapter shall be made...

ARTICLE 5 - Contributions

Section 32320. - 32320. The normal rates of contribution of members shall be...

Section 32321. - 32321. The normal rates of contribution shall be such as...

Section 32322. - 32322. Until revised pursuant to Sections 32268 and 32269, the...

Section 32323. - 32323. The normal rate of contribution established for age 40...

Section 32324. - 32324. The rate of contribution of any member shall apply...

Section 32325. - 32325. Payment of salaries and wages less the contribution is...

Section 32326. - 32326. Upon election by any person to come within this...

Section 32327. - 32327. Any person electing to come within this chapter who...

Section 32328. - 32328. Any person electing to secure credit for prior service...

Section 32329. - 32329. Any person electing to come within this chapter may...

Section 32330. - 32330. The board of supervisors shall determine and appropriate each...

Section 32330.5. - 32330.5. The board of supervisors may appropriate an additional amount,...

Section 32331. - 32331. In the preparation and adoption of the county or...

Section 32332. - 32332. The county auditor shall certify to the board of...

Section 32333. - 32333. All contributions and deposits shall bear simple interest at...

Section 32334. - 32334. Any member of the system who is separated from...

Section 32335. - 32335. Upon the death before retirement of any member for...

Section 32336. - 32336. Any member may redeposit in the fund, within one...

Section 32337. - 32337. Any member who enters the armed forces of the...

Section 32338. - 32338. If any member is compelled to be absent from...

Section 32339. - 32339. Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, the board of...

Section 32340. - 32340. If the board of supervisors elects to contribute as...

Section 32341. - 32341. When the compensation of a member is a factor...

Section 32342. - 32342. A member subject to the provisions of Section 32341,...

ARTICLE 6 - Benefits

Section 32350. - 32350. Whenever this chapter becomes operative in any county, the...

Section 32351. - 32351. Any person retiring for service shall receive a pension...

Section 32352. - 32352. Any member shall be retired for disability regardless of...

Section 32353. - 32353. If a member who has served 15 years or...

Section 32354. - 32354. Upon retirement of a member for service connected disability,...

Section 32355. - 32355. Whenever any member is killed, or dies, as a...

Section 32356. - 32356. Upon retirement of a member for nonservice connected disability,...

Section 32357. - 32357. The board may require any member retired for disability,...

Section 32358. - 32358. If the board determines that the retired member is...

Section 32359. - 32359. If the pension is canceled, there shall be immediately...

Section 32360. - 32360. If the retired member reenters county service and is...

Section 32361. - 32361. At any time before the first payment of any...

Section 32361.5. - 32361.5. Any member may file with the board a written...

Section 32365. - 32365. If, after the effective date of this section a...