Chapter 14 — COUNTY RETIREMENT BOARD

Section

• 12.1401 Cost-of-Living Adjustment.
• 12.1402 Applicability of Government Code § 31558.1.
• 12.1403 Implementation of Government Code § 31725.5.
• 12.1404 Implementation of Government Code § 31641.04.
• 12.1405 Applicability of Government Code § 31870 Re: Cost-of-Living Adjustment.

(a) Adoption of Article 16.6 Alone. Pursuant to Article 16.6 of the County Employee’s Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, the Board of Supervisors adopts Article 16.6 alone as permitted by Government Code § 31879. (b) Base Date. The base date for determining the percentage of cost-of-living increase shall be January 1, 1965. (c) Increase in Cost of Living. Since the base date there has been an increase in the cost of living, justifying an increase in all retirement allowances to the extent of two percent. (d) Cost-of-living Increase for All Retirement Allowances. (1) A cost-of-living increase of two percent for all retirement allowances shall be effective, on a prospective basis only, on and after July 1, 1966, as provided in Government Code § 31877. (2) An additional cost-of-living increase of two percent for all retirement allowances shall be effective, on a prospective basis only, on and after July 1, 1967, as provided in Government Code § 31877. (3) An additional cost-of-living increase of three percent for all retirement allowances shall be effective, on a prospective basis only, on and after July 1, 1968, as provided in Government Code § 31877. (4) An additional cost-of-living increase of three percent for retirement allowances of all members who are retired prior to July 1, 1969, shall be effective, on a prospective basis only, on and after July 1, 1969, as provided in Government Code § 31877. (5) An additional cost-of-living increase of three percent for retirement allowances of all members who are retired prior to July 1, 1970, shall be effective, on a prospective basis only, on and after July 1, 1970, as provided in Government Code § 31877. (6) An additional cost-of-living increase of three percent for retirement allowances of all members who are retired prior to July 1, 1971, shall be effective, on a prospective basis only, on and after July 1, 1971, as provided in Government Code § 31877. (7) An additional cost-of-living increase of three percent for retirement allowances of all members who are retired prior to July 1, 1972, shall be effective on a prospective basis only, on and after July 1, 1972, as provided in Government Code § 31877. (8) An additional cost-of-living increase of three percent for retirement allowances of all members who are retired prior to July 1, 1973, shall be effective, on a prospective basis only, on and after July 1, 1973, as provided in Government Code § 31877. (9) An additional cost-of-living increase of three percent for retirement allowances of all members who are retired prior to July 1, 1974, shall be effective, on a prospective basis only, on and after July 1, 1974, as provided in Government Code § 31877. (10) An additional cost-of-living increase of six percent for retirement allowances of all members who are retired prior to July 1, 1974, shall be effective, on a prospective basis only, on and after July 1, 1975, as provided in Government Code § 31877. (11) An additional cost-of-living increase of three percent for retirement allowances of all members who are retired prior to July 1, 1975, shall be effective, on a prospective basis only, on and after July 1, 1976, as provided in Government Code § 31877. (12) An additional cost-of-living increase of three percent for retirement allowances of all members who are retired prior to July 1, 1976, shall be effective, on a prospective basis only, on and after July 1, 1977, as provided in Government Code § 31877. (13) An additional cost-of-living increase of four percent for retirement allowances of all members who are retired prior to July 1, 1977, and an additional cost-of-living increase of three percent for retirement allowances of all members who are retired prior to July 1, 1978, shall be effective, on a prospective basis only, on and after July 1, 1979, as provided in Government Code § 31877. (14) An additional cost-of-living increase of five percent for retirement allowances of all members who are retired prior to July 1, 1979, shall be effective, on a prospective basis only, on and after July 1, 1980, as provided in Government Code § 31877. (15) An additional cost-of-living increase of three percent for retirement allowances of all members who are retired prior to July 1, 1980, and an additional cost-of-living increase of five percent for retirement allowances of all members who are retired prior to November 27, 1970, shall be effective, on a prospective basis only, on and after July 1, 1981, as provided in Government Code § 31877. (16) An additional cost-of-living increase of three percent for retirement allowances of all members who are retired prior to July 1, 1981, shall be effective, on a prospective basis only, on and after July 1, 1982, as provided in Government Code § 31877. (e) The provisions of subdivisions 12.1401(d)(1), 12.1401(d)(2), and 12.1401(d)(3) shall not be applicable to any person who is not a member of the San Bernardino County Employees Retirement Association on or before August 18, 1975. (Am. Ord. 1296, passed - -1966; Am. Ord. 1350, passed - -1967; Am. Ord. 1425, passed - -1968; Am. Ord. 1482, passed - -1969; Ord. 1546, passed - -1970; Ord. 1632, passed - -1971; Ord. 1711, passed - -1972; Ord. 1817, passed - -1973; Ord. 1912, passed - -1974; Ord. 2004, passed - -1975; Ord. 2019, passed - -1975; Ord. 2081, passed - -1976; Ord. 2171, passed - -1977; Ord. 2353, passed - -1979; Ord. 2434, passed - -1980; Ord. 3554, passed - -1981; Ord. 2659, passed - -1982) § 12.1402 Applicability of Government Code § 31558.1. Government Code § 31558.1, as enacted by Chapter 491 of the 1974 Statutes, is hereby made applicable in San Bernardino County. (Ord. 1978, passed - -1975)

§ 12.1403 Implementation of Government Code § 31725.5. The provisions of Government Code § 31725.5 may be implemented by the Board of Retirement of the County of San Bernardino. Such implementation may include application to persons retired for disability before the effective date of this Section. (Ord. 2237, passed - -1978) § 12.1404 Implementation of Government Code § 31641.04. Government Code § 31641.04, as enacted by Chapter 971 of the 1982 Statutes, is hereby made applicable in San Bernardino County. (Ord. 2751, passed - -1983; Am. Ord. 2751, passed - -1983) § 12.1405 Applicability of Government Code § 31870 Re: Cost-of-Living Adjustment. Pursuant to Government Code § 31874, the Board of Supervisors hereby makes Article 16.5 of the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, as amended, applicable in San Bernardino County, and implements an annual cost of living adjustment for every retirement allowance, optional death allowance or annual death allowance, not to exceed two percent per year, in accordance with the provisions or Government Code § 31870. The cost of living adjustment hereby provided shall be first implemented on April 1, 1984. (Ord. 2764, passed - -1983)