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TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES 23000-33205›DIVISION 4. EMPLOYEES 31000-33017›PART 3. RETIREMENT SYSTEMS 31200-33017›CHAPTER 3. County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 31450-31898›ARTICLE 8. Retirement for Service 31670-31683

§ 31681.51

California Government Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Every retirement allowance or optional death allowance (including an allowance payable to a survivor of a member) payable to or on account of any member of this system or of a superseded system who has been or was retired for service is hereby increased as follows:

Period during which Percentage of increase in
retirement became monthly retirement
effective allowance
On or prior to June 30, 1962 10%
12 months ended June 30, 1963 8%
12 months ended June 30, 1964 6%
12 months ended June 30, 1965 4%
12 months ended June 30, 1966 2%

In no event shall any allowance be increased by an amount greater than fifty dollars ($50) a month nor less than ten dollars ($10) a month.

This section shall not be operative in any county until such time as the board of supervisors shall, by ordinance adopted by majority vote, make the provisions of this section applicable in such county.

(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 449.)

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