20550-20556

GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 20550-20556




20550.  Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, Riverside
County may, after executing an agreement therefor, separate and apart
from Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of
Title 1, with representatives of recognized employee organizations,
as defined by subdivision (b) of Section 3501, amend its contract to
provide the alternate benefit afforded by Section 20552 for its local
miscellaneous members whose service is included in the federal
system and the benefit afforded by Section 20553 for all its local
miscellaneous members. The employer's contribution rate shall be
fixed pursuant to this article.
   Participation in the plan afforded by this article shall be
available to any employee of the contracting agency who is a local
miscellaneous member subject to Section 21353 on the day immediately
preceding the effective date of a contract amendment entered into
pursuant to this article.
   Each contracting agency shall ensure that each eligible member
receives sufficient information to permit an informed election, is
counseled regarding the financial implications of the foregoing
choices, and receives an election document. The election document
shall be filed with the contracting agency.
   A local miscellaneous member who is subject to this article shall
also be subject to all other provisions of this part. However, in the
event of a conflict, this article shall supersede and prevail over
provisions or the application of provisions otherwise contained in
this part.


20551.  A person who becomes a local miscellaneous member of a
contracting agency on or after the effective date of the agency's
contract to be subject to this article shall be subject to the
benefits provided in Section 21353 but may, during an open 120-day
period in each calendar year, to be determined by the contracting
agency, make an irrevocable election to be subject, for all future
local miscellaneous service with the contracting agency on and after
the first of the month following the filing of the election with the
employer, to the benefits provided by Section 20552 or Section 20553.
A current member may make an irrevocable election to be subject to
the benefits provided for in this article for all future local
miscellaneous service with the contracting agency during an annual
open 120-day period to be determined by the contracting agency and
that shall be effective on the first of the month following the
filing of the election with the employer.
   Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a member who
has elected to be subject to Section 20552 may, at any annual open
period next following the attainment of 10 years of credited service
with the contracting agency, irrevocably elect to be subject,
prospectively only, to the benefits provided by Section 21353 or
Section 20553. Any person who makes that election may never
thereafter change that election.



20552.  The combined current and prior service pensions for a local
miscellaneous member whose service is subject to this article is a
pension derived from the contributions of the employee which, when
added to the service retirement annuity that is derived from the
accumulated normal contributions of the member at the date of
retirement shall equal the fraction of one-hundredth of the member's
final compensation set forth opposite the member's age at retirement
taken to the preceding completed quarter year in the following table,
multiplied by the member's number of years of local miscellaneous
service subject to this article:

  Age at
  Retirement                           Fraction
  55..............................      .5000
  55 1/4..........................      .5250
  55 1/2..........................      .5500
  55 3/4..........................      .5750
  56..............................      .6000
  56 1/4..........................      .6250
  56 1/2..........................      .6500
  56 3/4..........................      .6750
  57..............................      .7000
  57 1/4..........................      .7250
  57 1/2..........................      .7500
  57 3/4..........................      .7750
  58..............................      .8000
  58 1/4..........................      .8250
  58 1/2..........................      .8500
  58 3/4..........................      .8750
  59..............................      .9000
  59 1/4..........................      .9250
  59 1/2..........................      .9500
  59 3/4..........................      .9750
  60..............................      1.0000
  60 1/4..........................      1.0250
  60 1/2..........................      1.0500
  60 3/4..........................      1.0750
  61..............................      1.1000
  61 1/4..........................      1.1250
  61 1/2..........................      1.1500
  61 3/4..........................      1.1750
  62..............................      1.2000
  62 1/4..........................      1.2250
  62 1/2..........................      1.2500
  62 3/4..........................      1.2750
  63..............................      1.3000
  63 1/4..........................      1.3250
  63 1/2..........................      1.3500
  63 3/4..........................      1.3750
  64..............................      1.4000
  64 1/4..........................      1.4250
  64 1/2..........................      1.4500
  64 3/4..........................      1.4750
  65..............................      1.5000

   Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the retirement
allowance formula for any member subject to this section who has 35
years of credited service and attains age 55 years, is the fraction
of final compensation set forth above at age 65 multiplied by the
current and prior service subject to this section that the member is
credited with at retirement.
   A local miscellaneous member subject to this section shall be
retired for service upon his or her written application to the board
if he or she has attained age 55 and is credited with five years of
state service.



20553.  The combined current and prior service pensions for a local
miscellaneous member whose service is subject to this section is a
pension derived from the contributions of the employer sufficient,
when added to the service retirement annuity that is derived from the
accumulated normal contributions of the member at the date of
retirement, to equal the fraction of one-fiftieth of the member's
final compensation set forth opposite the member's age at retirement,
taken to the preceding completed quarter year, in the following
table, multiplied by the number of years of local miscellaneous
service subject to this article, with which the member is entitled to
be credited at retirement:

  Age of
  Retirement                          Fraction
  50.............................       .688
  50 1/4.........................       .698
  50 1/2.........................       .709
  50 3/4.........................       .719
  51.............................       .730
  51 1/4.........................       .741
  51 1/2.........................       .753
  51 3/4.........................       .764
  52.............................       .776
  52 1/4.........................       .788
  52 1/2.........................       .800
  52 3/4.........................       .813
  53.............................       .825
  53 1/4.........................       .839
  53 1/2.........................       .852
  53 3/4.........................       .865
  54.............................       .879
  54 1/4.........................       .893
  54 1/2.........................       .908
  54 3/4.........................       .923
  55.............................       .937
  55 1/4.........................       .953
  55 1/2.........................       .969
  55 3/4.........................       .985
  56.............................       1.000
  56 1/4.........................       1.017
  56 1/2.........................       1.034
  56 3/4.........................       1.050
  57.............................       1.067
  57 1/4.........................       1.084
  57 1/2.........................       1.101
  57 3/4.........................       1.119
  58.............................       1.136
  58 1/4.........................       1.154
  58 1/2.........................       1.173
  58 3/4.........................       1.191
  59 and over....................       1.209

   The fraction specified in the above table shall be reduced by
one-third as applied to that part of final compensation that does not
exceed four hundred dollars ($400) per month for all service of a
member that has also been included in the federal system.
   A local miscellaneous member subject to this section shall be
retired for service upon his or her written applications to the board
if he or she has attained age 50 and is credited with five years of
state service.



20554.  Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 8 (commencing with
Section 20670), the normal rate of contribution for a local
miscellaneous member subject to Section 20552 shall be 2 percent of
the compensation paid to the member. A contracting agency may pay all
or a portion of the normal contributions required to be paid by a
local miscellaneous member pursuant to Section 20691.
   This section shall be construed as if it were a part of Chapter 8
(commencing with Section 20670).



20555.  (a) The normal rate of contribution for a local
miscellaneous member subject to Section 20553 whose service is not
included in the federal system shall be 8.25 percent of the
compensation per month paid to the member.
   (b) The normal rate of contribution for a local miscellaneous
member whose service is included in the federal system shall be 8.25
percent of compensation in excess of one hundred thirty-three dollars
and thirty-three cents ($133.33) per month paid to the member. The
rates of contribution established for local miscellaneous members in
this section shall apply only to the compensation paid the member on
and after the date that the member becomes subject to Section 20553.
   This section shall be construed as if it were part of Chapter 8
(commencing with Section 20670).



20556.  The employer contribution rate of a contracting agency
subject to this article shall not be reduced because of concurrent
coverage of social security.