Section 31706 Of Article 9. Deferred Retirement From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 3. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 9.
31706
. Any member who has left county service and has elected to
leave accumulated contributions in the retirement fund or who is
deemed to have elected a deferred retirement pursuant to subdivision
(b) of Section 31700 and has attained age 70 but has not yet applied
for a deferred retirement allowance and who is not a reciprocal
member of a retirement system established pursuant to this chapter or
the Public Employees' Retirement Law shall be notified in writing by
the treasurer, or other entity authorized by the board, that the
member is eligible to apply for and shall begin receiving a deferred
retirement allowance by April 1 of the year following the year in
which the member attains age 70 1/2. The notification shall be made
at the time the deferred member attains age 70 and shall be sent by
certified mail to the member's last known address, or to the member's
last known employer, as shown by the records of the retirement
system. If the member can be located but does not make proper
application for a deferred retirement allowance with retirement to be
effective by April 1 of the year in which the member attains age 70
1/2, the retirement system shall commence paying an unmodified
allowance to the member. If the member cannot be located by April 1
of the year following the year in which the member attains age 70
1/2, all of the member's accumulated contributions and interest
thereon shall be deposited in, and become a part of, the current
pension reserve fund of the retirement system. The board may at any
time after transfer of proceeds to the reserve fund upon receipt of
proper information satisfactory to it, redeposit the proceeds to the
credit of the claimant, to be administered in the manner provided
under this law. This section shall not apply to a member while the
member is actively employed past mandatory retirement age in a
retirement system established under the provisions of this chapter or
the Public Employees' Retirement Law.