California Government Code ARTICLE 1 - General

• Section 45300.
  It is the intent of this article to enable any city to adopt such a retirement system as is adaptable to its size and type.(Added...
• Section 45301.
  By ordinance, any city may establish a retirement system for its officers and employees and provide for the payment of retirement allowances, pensions, disability payments,...
• Section 45301.5.
  Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, separate rates of contribution for male and female employees shall not be maintained or established, nor...
• Section 45302.
  Before the ordinance establishing a retirement system is adopted, the city legislative body shall adopt a resolution giving notice of intention to adopt the ordinance....
• Section 45303.
  The ordinance shall not be adopted unless an election is first held to permit the employees proposed to be included in the system to express...
• Section 45304.
  The ballot used at the election shall include a summary of the retirement system as set forth in the resolution.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
• Section 45305.
  The election shall be conducted in a manner to be prescribed by the legislative body, and permit firemen, policemen, and other city employees included in...
• Section 45306.
  The ordinance establishing a retirement system may be adopted either by a majority vote of the electorate of the city or by approval of a...
• Section 45307.
  The ordinance shall provide for the appointment of a retirement board and for the delegation to the board of such powers and duties in relation...
• Section 45308.
  The legislative body may maintain its own pension and retirement fund or may contract with the legislative body of any city or county in the...
• Section 45308.1.
  All funds received by city retirement systems and not required for current disbursements shall be invested only in:(a) Securities which are legal for savings bank investments...
• Section 45308.2.
  Notwithstanding Section 45308.1 funds received by city retirement systems and not required for current disbursements may be invested in real property or improvements constructed or...
• Section 45308.3.
  Notwithstanding Section 45308.1, funds received by city retirement systems and not required for current disbursements may be invested in bonds issued pursuant to the Improvement...
• Section 45308.4.
  Notwithstanding Section 45308.1, funds received by city retirement systems and not required for current disbursements may be invested in any of the following:(a) First liens on...
• Section 45308.5.
  Notwithstanding Section 45308.1, in addition to any other investments as are authorized by this article, city retirement systems may in their discretion under the advice...
• Section 45308.55.
  Notwithstanding Section 45308.1 the board may also invest in any stocks or shares of a diversified management investment company registered under the “Investment Company Act...
• Section 45308.6.
  For purposes of Section 45308.5, city retirement systems shall employ investment counsel or trust companies or trust departments of banks to render service in connection...
• Section 45308.7.
  The city retirement board, if there is one, or the city treasurer with the approval of the city council, may enter into security loan agreements...
• Section 45309.
  Among other matters, the ordinance establishing the system shall provide for:(a) The amount of benefits to be paid to any officers or employees, or their beneficiaries,...
• Section 45309.5.
  A member of a pension or retirement system established pursuant to this chapter shall not receive credit for service or contributions for credit for service...
• Section 45310.
  The ordinance may provide that:(a) The amount of the retirement, compensation, or pension may be predicated, in part, upon services rendered the city by an officer...
• Section 45310.3.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person ceases to be a member for any portion of his or her service as an elected public...
• Section 45310.5.
  The ordinance may provide for a modification of rights and benefits of a member because of membership in a reciprocal system similar to and under...
• Section 45310.6.
  When a city has established a reciprocal retirement system under this chapter, the following shall apply:(a) Any former member who left service under that system and...
• Section 45310.7.
  (a) On and after January 1, 2003, a member who is credited with less than the number of years of service required for vesting shall have...
• Section 45311.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to recognize a public obligation to all those whose duties as local prosecutors, local...
• Section 45312.
  Nothing in this article prohibits the enhancement of the pension and retirement fund by private or voluntary contributions, nor the transfer to the fund of...
• Section 45313.
  The retirement board shall require competent medical proof before retiring any officer or employee for physical disability.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
• Section 45314.
  After the retirement of a person for disability, if it appears that the disability has diminished, the board shall reduce the retirement payment to correspond...
• Section 45315.
  The determination of the retirement board is final and shall not be modified or set aside except for fraud or abuse of discretion.(Added by Stats....
• Section 45316.
  This article provides an alternative procedure for the establishment of retirement systems in cities.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
• Section 45317.
  Any regularly established fire or police protection district may adopt a retirement system for its employees pursuant to this article.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018