Section 50961 Of Article 3. Service Credit And Contributions From California Government Code >> Division 1. >> Title 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4.5. >> Article 3.
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. (a) The governing body of each contracting department shall
establish a qualifications review commission that shall include the
fire chief, one member of the governing body appointed by the
governing body, and one volunteer elected by the volunteers employed
by the contracting department.
(b) The qualifications review commission shall review the list of
department members each year, and prior to October 1 of each year
shall certify to the board those volunteers who have qualified.
(c) In no event shall a member be credited with more than the
maximum number of years of service allowed in the award system, as
established by the rules and regulations of the board.
(d) With respect to each contracting department that provides
benefits for prior service credit, the qualifications review
commission shall promulgate and publish guidelines for computing
prior service credit. The guidelines shall require the prior service
credit to be verified and certified and, in the event that there are
no records in existence, the members of the commission and the
volunteer shall sign an affidavit certifying that the prior service
met the criteria prescribed in Section 50960. The affidavit shall be
signed under penalty of perjury. Thereafter, the qualifications
review commission shall certify to the board certified prior service
credit that has been earned by each member.