Berkeley Municipal Code Art. 2 Participation

Any Employee who was a Participant in the Plan immediately prior to January 1, 2001 shall continue to be a Participant on January 1, 2001. Each other Employee who becomes such on or after July 22, 1988 shall become a Participant upon their date of employment, or if later, the date they become an Employee. Any Participant of the City of Berkeley Supplementary Retirement Income Plan I may elect, at any time, to cease participation in that plan and become a Participant in this Plan (i.e., the City of Berkeley Supplementary Retirement Income Plan II). Such election shall be irrevocable. Any Participant who is a police employee on January 1, 2005 shall cease being an active or inactive participant in this Plan on December 31, 2004. (Ord. 7800-NS § 2, 2022; Ord. 6838-NS § 3 (part), 2005; Ord. 6748-NS § 1, 2003)

Participation in the plan continues until the participant’s retirement, death or total disability or until the participant terminates employment. (Ord. 6748-NS § 1, 2003)

A participant who ceases to be an employee shall be an inactive participant until such time as they again become an employee. (Ord. 6748-NS § 1, 2003)