Section 20904 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 11. >> Article 1.
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. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, when any
county superintendent of schools determines that because of an
impending curtailment of, or change in the manner of performing
service, the best interests of the county superintendent of schools
would be served, a school member shall be eligible to receive
additional service credit if the following conditions exist:
(a) The member is employed in a job classification or an
organizational unit designated by the county superintendent of
schools and retires within any period designated in and subsequent to
the effective date of the contract amendment provided the period is
not less than 90 days nor more than 180 days.
(b) The county superintendent of schools transmits to the
retirement fund an amount determined by the board that is equal to
the actuarial equivalent of the difference between the allowance the
member receives after the receipt of service credit under this
section and the amount he or she would have received without the
service credit. The transfer to the retirement fund shall be made in
a manner and time period acceptable to the employer and the board.
(c) The county superintendent of schools shall certify that it is
his or her intention at the time that this section is made operative
that if any early retirements are granted after receipt of service
credit pursuant to this section, that the retirements will either:
(1) result in a net savings to the district or county superintendent
of schools, or (2) result in an overall reduction in the work force
of the organizational unit because of impending mandatory transfers,
demotions, and layoffs that constitute at least 1 percent of the job
classification, as designated by the county superintendent of
schools, resulting from the curtailment of, or change in the manner
of performing, its services.
The amount of service credit shall not be more than two years
regardless of credited service and shall not exceed the number of
years intervening between the date of his or her retirement and the
date he or she would be required to be retired because of age.
A county superintendent of schools that elects to make the payment
prescribed by subdivision (b) shall make the payment with respect to
all eligible employees who retire during the specified period.
This section shall not be applicable to any member otherwise
eligible if the member receives any unemployment insurance payments
during the specified period.
Any member who qualifies under this section, upon subsequent
reentry to this system shall forfeit the service credit acquired
under this section.
This section shall not apply to any member who is not employed by
the county superintendent of schools during the period designated in
subdivision (a) and who has less than five years of service credit.
This section shall not apply to any county superintendent of
schools unless and until the county superintendent of schools elects
to be subject to this section by amendment to the contract made in
the manner prescribed for approval of contracts, except an election
among the employees is not required, or, in the case of contracts
made after July 30, 1982, by express provision in the contract making
the county superintendent of schools subject to the provisions of
this section.
Notwithstanding Section 20790, an election to become subject to
this section shall not exclude a county superintendent of schools
from the definition of "employer" for purposes of Section 20790.