§ 31515 County Retirement Benefit Limits

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•This law is about retirement benefits for county and district leaders.
•It limits the retirement money (not health benefits) these leaders can get.
•It makes sure that raising salaries or benefits doesn’t hurt the retirement fund.
•The law is called the 'Responsibility in Pensions Act of 1995'.

Example

A county supervisor gets a big raise in salary.

This law makes sure that even if the supervisor gets a raise, their retirement money doesn’t get too big and hurt the retirement fund for everyone else.

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§ 31515 County Retirement Benefit Limits

It is the intent of the Legislature to specifically include in the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 provisions of law that limit public retirement benefits, other than health benefits, for the members of the legislative bodies of counties and districts and provisions respecting the impact of salary and benefit increases upon the funding status of county retirement systems. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Responsibility in Pensions Act of 1995. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 558, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Last verified: January 22, 2026

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retirement responsibility in pensions act of 1995.benefits health employee salary legislature

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Government Code. Section 31515.

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