PDA 34. General Retirement

A. For those employees who currently have some or all of their service time in the contributory General retirement plan, effective March 2005, the County implemented the 2%@55.5 retirement enhancement (Government Code Section 31676.14) for these employees who retire after that date. The enhancement will apply to all future general service and all general service back to the date of employment pursuant to the Board of Supervisor’s authority under Government Code section 31678.2 (a). Government Code section 31678.2(b) authorizes the collection, from employees, of all or part of the contributions by a member or employer or both, that would have been required if section 31676.14Read More →

For those employees who currently have some or all of their service time in the General Retirement Plan, the following will apply: Employees in the non-contributory retirement plan, also known as Plan 3, and who have five years of service, shall have the opportunity to transfer to the contributory retirement plan, also known as Plan 2 or Plan 4 (depending on original date of hire). This change in plans covers future service only.  Employees will have a one-time option to make such a transfer and the transfer decision can be made at any point after five years of service.  The selection must be made in writing andRead More →