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Code · California · Government Code

§ 20577

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If, at the date of termination, the sum of the accumulated contributions credited to, or held as having been made by, the contracting agency and the accumulated contributions credited to or held as having been made by persons who are or have been employed by the agency, as employees of the agency, is less than the actuarial equivalent specified in clause
(1)of subdivision
(a)of Section 20576, the agency shall contribute to this system under terms fixed by the board, an amount equal to the difference between the amount specified in clause
(1)of subdivision
(a)of Section 20576 and the accumulated contributions. The amount of the difference shall be subject to interest at the actuarial rate from the date of contract termination to the date the agency pays this system. If the agency fails to pay to the board the amount of the difference, all benefits under the contract, payable after the board declares the agency in default therefor, shall be reduced by the percentage that the sum is less than the amount in clause
(1)of subdivision
(a)of Section 20576 as of the date the board declared the default. If the sum of the accumulated contributions is greater than the amount in clause
(1)of subdivision
(a)of Section 20576, an amount equal to the excess shall be paid by this system to the contracting agency, including interest at the actuarial rate from the date of contract termination to the date this system makes payment. The market value used shall be the value calculated in the most recent annual closing.
The right of an employee of a contracting agency, or his or her beneficiary, to a benefit under this system, whether before or after retirement or death, is subject to the reduction.
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