Section 20571.5 Of Article 5. Termination Of Contracts From California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 5.
20571.5
. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the
board may enter into an agreement with the governing body of a
contracting agency for the termination of a portion of the contract
with respect to a member classification with no active employees. The
terms of the agreement shall be reflected in an amendment to the
agency's contract with the board. The board may require that the
portion of the contract being terminated be in effect for at least
five years. Upon the termination of a portion of a contract, the
board shall do the following:
(a) Hold for the benefit of the members of this system who are
credited with service rendered as employees of the contracting
agency, and for the benefit of beneficiaries of this system who are
entitled to receive benefits on account of that service, the portion
of the accumulated contributions then held by this system and
credited to, or as having been made by, the agency. This portion of
the accumulated contributions shall not exceed the difference between
the following:
(1) An amount actuarially equivalent, including contingencies for
mortality fluctuations, as determined by the actuary and approved by
the board, to the amount this system is obligated to pay after the
effective date of termination to, or on account of, persons who are
or have been employed by, and on account of service rendered by them
to, the agency.
(2) The contributions, with credited interest thereon, then held
by this system as having been made by those persons as employees of
the agency.
(b) Merge all plan assets and liabilities into the terminated
agency pool to provide exclusively for the payment of benefits to
members of these plans.
(1) If the sum of the accumulated contributions is less than the
actuarial equivalent specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a),
the agency shall contribute to the system, under the terms fixed by
the board, an amount equal to the difference between the amount
specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) and the accumulated
contributions.
(2) If the sum of accumulated contributions exceeds the amount
specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), the excess
contributions shall be merged into the active plan or plans of the
contracting agency, as determined by the chief actuary.
(c) Enter into an agreement with the governing body of a
contracting agency terminating a portion of a contract in order to
ensure both of the following:
(1) The final compensation used in the calculation of benefits of
its employees is calculated in the same manner as the benefits of
employees of agencies that are not terminating, regardless of whether
the employees of the terminating agency retire directly from
employment with the contracting agency terminating a portion of a
contract or continue in other public service.
(2) Related necessary adjustments in the employer's contribution
rate are made, from time to time, by the board prior to the date of
termination to ensure adequate funding of benefits or the governing
body of the contracting agency terminating a portion of a contract
and the board agree to another actuarially sound payment technique,
including a lump-sum payment at termination.