California Government Code ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board

• Section 31520.
  Except as otherwise delegated to the board of investment and except for the statutory duties of the county treasurer, the management of the retirement system...
• Section 31520.1.
  (a) In any county subject to Articles 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) and 7.5 (commencing with Section 31662.2), the board of retirement shall consist of nine...
• Section 31520.11.
  As an alternative to the terms of office specified in Section 31520. 1, the County of Contra Costa may, if the board of supervisors adopts...
• Section 31520.12.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 31520.1, and subject to the limitations of subdivision (c), in any county subject to Articles 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) and 7.5 (commencing...
• Section 31520.13.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 31520.1, in any county subject to Articles 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) and 7.5 (commencing with Section 31662), the board of supervisors may,...
• Section 31520.2.
  (a)  In any county in which the assets of the retirement system exceed eight hundred million dollars ($800,000,000), the board of supervisors may, by resolution,...
• Section 31520.3.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 31520.1, the board of retirement of a county of the 16th class, as defined by Sections 28020 and 28037, as amended by Chapter...
• Section 31520.4.
  In any county with a board of retirement composed of nine members pursuant to Section 31520.1, if the second, third, seventh, or alternate seventh member...
• Section 31520.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 31520.1, in any county subject to Articles 6.8 (commencing with Section 31639) and 7.5 (commencing with Section 31662), the board of retirement may,...
• Section 31520.6.
  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Section 31520.3 or 31520.5, in any county in which there is an alternate retired member, if the eighth...
• Section 31521.
  The board of supervisors may provide that the fourth and fifth members, and in counties having a board consisting of nine members or nine members...
• Section 31521.1.
  (a) The board of supervisors may provide that in counties having a board consisting of nine members and an alternate retired member, the fourth, fifth, sixth,...
• Section 31521.3.
  (a) The board of supervisors may provide that the fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth, and alternate retired members of the board of retirement shall receive compensation...
• Section 31522.
  The official duties of elected board members who are employees of the county or a district shall be included as part of their county or...
• Section 31522.1.
  The board of retirement and both the board of retirement and the board of investment may appoint such administrative, technical, and clerical staff personnel as...
• Section 31522.2.
  In a county in which the board of retirement or both the board of retirement and the board of investment have appointed personnel pursuant to...
• Section 31522.3.
  (a) In a county in which the board of retirement or both the board of retirement and the board of investment have appointed personnel pursuant to...
• Section 31522.4.
  (a) In a county in which the board of retirement or both the board of retirement and the board of investment have appointed personnel pursuant to...
• Section 31522.5.
  (a) In a county in which the board of retirement has appointed personnel pursuant to Section 31522.1, the board of retirement may appoint an administrator, an...
• Section 31522.6.
  The board may contract with a third party to temporarily assume administration of the system if a catastrophic event destroys or severely damages the system’s...
• Section 31522.7.
  (a) In addition to the authority provided pursuant to Section 31522.5, the board of retirement in the County of San Bernardino may appoint an administrator, an...
• Section 31522.8.
  A board of retirement and a board of investments subject to this article shall adopt a policy for providing education to board members. The policy,...
• Section 31522.9.
  (a) The board of retirement of a county may appoint a retirement administrator and other personnel as are required to accomplish the necessary work of the...
• Section 31522.10.a.
  (a) In a county in which the board of retirement has appointed personnel pursuant to Section 31522.1, the board of retirement may appoint a retirement administrator,...
• Section 31523.
  (a) In the event of a vacancy in the second, third, seventh, eighth, or alternate seventh member position on the board of retirement, the board shall...
• Section 31523.1.
  (a) In the event of a vacancy in the second, third, fourth, or eighth member position on a board of investments established pursuant to Section 31520.2,...
• Section 31524.
  Separation from the service of the county of a member of the board vacates his office.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
• Section 31525.
  The board may make regulations not inconsistent with this chapter. The regulations become effective when approved by the board of supervisors.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch.
• Section 31526.
  The regulations shall include provisions:(a) For the election of officers, their terms, meetings, and all other matters relating to the administrative procedure of the board.(b) For one...
• Section 31527.
  In its regulations, the board may include the following provisions:(a) From what warrants deductions of members’ contributions shall be made.(b) For a period of time longer than...
• Section 31528.
  (a) Unless permitted by this chapter, a member or employee of the board shall not become an endorser, surety, or obligor on, or have any personal...
• Section 31529.
  The district attorney, or the county counsel if there is one, is the attorney for the board.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
• Section 31529.1.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the board of retirement or the board of investment may elect to secure legal representation, on such matters...
• Section 31529.5.
  Notwithstanding Section 31529, the board may contract for the legal services of an attorney in private practice when the board determines, after consultation with the...
• Section 31529.6.
  In addition to the powers granted by Sections 31529, 31529.5, and 31614, the board of retirement and the board of investment may contract with attorneys...
• Section 31529.9.
  (a) In addition to the powers granted by Sections 31522.5, 31522.9, 31529, 31529.5, 31614, and 31732, the board of retirement and the board of investment may...
• Section 31530.
  The county health officer shall advise the board on medical matters and, if requested by the board, shall attend its meetings.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch.
• Section 31531.
  If it is impracticable for the board to determine from the records the length of service or the age of any member, or if the...
• Section 31532.
  Sworn statements and individual records of members shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed to anyone except insofar as may be necessary for the...
• Section 31533.
  Whenever, in order to make a determination, it is necessary to hold a hearing the board may appoint either one of its members or a...
• Section 31534.
  The proposed findings of fact and recommendations of the referee shall be served on the parties who shall have 10 days to submit written objections...
• Section 31535.
  The board may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum, and compensate persons subpoenaed. This power shall be exercised and enforced in the same manner as...
• Section 31535.1.
  The board may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum, and compensate persons subpoenaed. This power shall be exercised and enforced in the same manner as...
• Section 31536.
  If a superior court reverses the denial by the board of an application for a retirement allowance, or for a survivor’s allowance based on such...
• Section 31537.
  The board may establish efficient records management procedures, which may include, but need not be limited to, maintenance and, when determined by the board to...
• Section 31538.
  (a) The board shall adjust the payment of benefits payable pursuant to this part, as necessary, in order to maximize the benefits available to members who...
• Section 31539.
  (a) The board of retirement may, in its discretion, correct any error made in the calculation of a retired member’s monthly allowance or any other benefits...
• Section 31540.
  (a) The obligations of the retirement system to its members continue throughout their respective memberships, and the obligations of the retirement system to, and in respect...
• Section 31541.
  (a) Subject to subdivisions (c) and (d), the board may, in its discretion and upon any terms it deems just, correct the errors or omissions of...
• Section 31542.
  (a) The board shall establish a procedure for assessing and determining whether an element of compensation was paid to enhance a member’s retirement benefit. If the...
• Section 31542.5.
  (a) When a county or district reports compensation to the board, it shall identify the pay period in which the compensation was earned regardless of when...
• Section 31543.
  The board may audit a county or district to determine the correctness of retirement benefits, reportable compensation, and enrollment in, and reinstatement to, the system....

Last modified: October 22, 2018