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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Government Code - GOV |
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Title 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES |
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Division 4. EMPLOYEES |
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Part 3. RETIREMENT SYSTEMS |
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Chapter 3. County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 |
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ARTICLE 16.5. Cost of Living Adjustment |
Section 31873.1.
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Any cost-of-living contributions required for benefits under Section 31870.3 shall be shared equally between the county or district and the contributing members. The individual member's contributions shall be based upon the member's age at the member's nearest birthday at time of entrance into the retirement system, and shall be expressed as a percentage of the member's normal contribution rate. The board of supervisors by a majority vote may elect to pay all or part of the costs of the contributions which would otherwise be assessed to the individual members.
Until revised by subsequent actuarial studies, the member's cost-of-living contribution rate shall be 39.57 percent of the member's normal contribution rate. These initial cost-of-living contribution rates are shown in the following table, according to the member's age at the time of entry into the system:
Age of entry
Percentage
into system
of contribution
16 ........................
1.16
17 ........................
1.16
18 ........................
1.16
19 ........................
1.16
20 ........................
1.16
21 ........................
1.16
22 ........................
1.16
23 ........................
1.16
24 ........................
1.16
25 ........................
1.17
26 ........................
1.17
27 ........................
1.18
28 ........................
1.18
29 ........................
1.19
30 ........................
1.20
31 ........................
1.20
32 ........................
1.21
33 ........................
1.22
34 ........................
1.23
35 ........................
1.24
36 ........................
1.25
37 ........................
1.26
38 ........................
1.27
39 ........................
1.28
40 ........................
1.29
41 ........................
1.30
42 ........................
1.31
43 ........................
1.32
44 ........................
1.33
45 ........................
1.34
46 ........................
1.36
47 ........................
1.37
48 ........................
1.38
49 ........................
1.40
50 ........................
1.41
51 ........................
1.43
52 ........................
1.44
53 ........................
1.46
54 and over ........................
1.47