Section 20590 Of Article 5. Termination Of Contracts From California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 5.
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. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the
board may enter into an agreement with the governing body of a
contracting agency, other than a housing authority, and the governing
body of a city with a population in excess of 2,000,000 and
maintaining its own retirement system, for termination of the
contracting agency's participation in this system and inclusion of
the employees in the city retirement system.
(b) The agreement shall contain provisions the board finds
necessary to protect the interests of this system, including
provisions for determination of the amount, time, and manner of
transfer of cash or securities, or both, to be transferred to the
city system representing the value of the interests in the retirement
fund of the contracting agency and its employees by reason of
contributions and interest credited to the agency and its employees.
The agreement may also contain any other provisions that the board
deems necessary to address issues related to the transfer, including,
but not limited to, benefits subject to an outstanding domestic
relations order and benefits subject to a lien.
(c) All liability of this system with respect to members and
retired persons under the contract shall cease and shall become the
liability of the city system as of the date of termination specified
in the agreement. Liability of the city system shall be for payment
of benefits to persons retired on the termination date and their
beneficiaries and of beneficiaries of deceased members in at least
the amount provided under the agency's contract as it was on that
date. The termination may not affect the contribution rate of any
member in any other employment under this system on the date of
termination or any retirement allowance or other benefit based on
service.
(d) Any member who becomes a member of a city system upon the
contract termination shall be subject to those provisions of this
part extending rights to a member or subjecting the member to
limitations because of membership in another retirement system to the
same extent that the member would have been had he or she been a
member of the city system during his or her membership in this system
under the terminated contract.