Santa Ana Municipal Code Art. XIV Retirement

(a) Duty to provide retirement system. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, the council shall provide, by ordinance or ordinances, for the creation, establishment and maintenance of a retirement plan or plans for all officers and employees of the City. Such plan or plans need not be the same for all officers and employees. Subject to other provisions of this article, the council may at any time, or from time to time, amend or otherwise change any retirement plan or plans or adopt or establish a new or different plan or plans for all or any officers or employees.

(b) Authority to join other systems. Subject to other provisions of this article, the City, by and through its council, is hereby empowered, but not required, to join or continue as a contracting agency in any retirement or pension system or systems existing or hereafter created under the laws of the State of California or of the United States of America to which municipalities and municipal officers or employees are eligible for membership.

(c) Continuance of existing retirement system. Until otherwise provided by ordinance, the City shall continue to participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System of the State of California, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended. The City Council may not terminate any such contract with the Public Employees' Retirement System of the State of California, and may not amend any such contract in a manner which would decrease or eliminate any benefit accruing to persons employed by the City at the time of such contract termination or amendment, unless such amendment shall substitute a retirement system or systems providing equal or greater benefits for said persons.

(d) Exclusions. The council in its discretion may exclude all or any of the following persons from any or all retirement plans, to wit:

Persons mentioned in subsections (a)(1), (5)—(10) of Charter Section 1002;

Persons in City service primarily for training, study or educational purposes;

Persons employed or paid on a part-time, per diem, per hour or any basis other than a monthly basis.

(Prop. of 2-4-63, approved on 4-2-63; Res. No. 63-027; Ord. No. NS-1405, 3-13-78, approved at election 6-6-78; Res. No. 2022-044, 8-2-22, approved at the election 11-8-22)