Fresno Municipal Code Art. XI Retirement

The Council shall by ordinance provide for and establish a fund or funds for the relief and pensioning of all employees of the City of Fresno, except elective officers and part-time employees, who have been disabled or become superannuated in the service of the City and shall provide for the administration of such fund or funds; provided, however, that retirement benefits established by any ordinance existing at the effective date of this Charter shall not be reduced, decreased or diminished.

Notwithstanding any provision of law, any member of the Administrative Service of the City of Fresno who enters or shall have heretofore entered the armed services of the United States or the State of California during time of war or during any emergency declared by the President of the United States while so employed, and shall have been honorably discharged therefrom and thereupon returned to such employment within a reasonable time, after the termination of such war or emergency, shall for all purposes of any pension or retirement ordinance now or hereafter in effect, be entitled to have such time as he may have served in such armed forces deemed as service to the City of Fresno at the rate of compensation received immediately prior to his entry into such armed service. However, no contribution toward any pension or retirement fund shall be required of such person for the time spent in such armed forces.

The provisions of this section shall be cumulative to any provisions of law enacted by the State of California or the United States relating to the reemployment of persons entering the armed forces of the United States or of the State of California.