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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 6. Members’ Contributions 31620-31631.5

§ 31621.7

California Government Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The normal rates of contribution for members covered by Section 31751 shall be such as will provide an average annuity at age 55 equal to one-three hundredth of the member’s final compensation, according to the tables adopted by the board of supervisors, for each year of service rendered after entering the system.

Until revised pursuant to Sections 31453 and 31454, the normal rate of contribution of each member is that percentage of the member’s earnable compensation, shown in the following table according to the member’s age at the time of entry into the retirement system:

Age of entry Percentage
into system of contribution
16 2.93
17 2.93
18 2.93
19 2.93
20 2.93
21 2.93
22 2.93
23 2.94
24 2.94
25 2.95
26 2.96
27 2.97
28 2.98
29 3.00
30 3.02
31 3.04
32 3.06
33 3.08
34 3.10
35 3.12
36 3.15
37 3.17
38 3.20
39 3.22
40 3.25
41 3.28
42 3.31
43 3.34
44 3.37
45 3.40
46 3.43
47 3.46
48 3.50
49 3.54
50 3.57
51 3.61
52 3.65
53 3.69
54 and over 3.72

(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 58.)

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