(a) When the board of supervisors, by resolution, determines that because of an impending curtailment of service or change in the manner of performing service, savings of money, or other economic benefit resulting to the county, the best interests of the county would be served, a member shall be eligible to receive additional service credit if the following conditions exist:
(1) The member is employed in a job classification, county department, or other county organizational unit included in the resolution adopted by the board of supervisors.
(2) The member retires on or between dates specified by the board of supervisors in its resolution. In no event shall the specified period exceed 180 days.
(3) The county transmits to the retirement fund an amount determined by the board of retirement which is equal to the actuarial equivalent of the difference between the allowance the member receives after the receipt of service credit under this section and the amount he would have received without such service credit. The transfer to the retirement fund shall be made in a manner and time period acceptable to the county and the board of retirement.
(b) The amount of service credit shall be that amount as the board of supervisors determines but shall not be more than two years regardless of credited service and shall not exceed the number of years intervening between the date of the member’s retirement and the date the member would be required to be retired because of age.
(c) A county which elects to make the payment prescribed by subdivision (a) shall make such payment with respect to all eligible employees who retire during the period specified by the board of supervisors.
(d) This section shall not be applicable to any member otherwise eligible if such member receives any unemployment insurance payments during the period six months prior to the period specified pursuant to subdivision (a). This section shall not be applicable to any member if the member is not eligible to retire without the additional credit available under this section.
(e) This section shall not be applicable in any county until it is adopted by ordinance of the board of supervisors. Any county may adopt or readopt this section from time to time as conditions may warrant. This section shall not be applicable in any district whose employees are members of the system pursuant to Section 31557 until it is adopted by ordinance by the governing body of the district. Any district whose employees are members of the system pursuant to Section 31557 may adopt or readopt this section from time to time as conditions warrant.
(f) Any member who qualifies under this section upon subsequent reentry to county employment shall forfeit the service credit acquired under this section, unless the reentry is a result of a temporary callback limited to a maximum of 720 hours of service in any one year.
(g) This section shall not be subject to the provisions of Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 48, Sec. 1.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018