{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-31542","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 31542","heading":"","body":"(a) The board shall establish a procedure for assessing and determining whether an element of compensation was paid to enhance a member’s retirement benefit. If the board determines that compensation was paid to enhance a member’s benefit, the member or the employer may present evidence that the compensation was not paid for that purpose. Upon receipt of sufficient evidence to the contrary, a board may reverse its determination that compensation was paid to enhance a member’s retirement benefits.\n(b) Upon a final determination by the board that compensation was paid to enhance a member’s retirement benefit, the board shall provide notice of that determination to the member and employer. The member or employer may obtain judicial review of the board’s action by filing a petition for writ of mandate within 30 days of the mailing of that notice.\n(c) Compensation that a member was entitled to receive pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that was subsequently deferred or otherwise modified as a result of a negotiated amendment of that agreement shall be considered compensation earnable and shall not be deemed to have been paid to enhance a member’s retirement benefit.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES [23000. - 33205.]","DIVISION 4. EMPLOYEES [31000. - 33017.]","PART 3. RETIREMENT SYSTEMS [31200. - 33017.]","CHAPTER 3. County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 [31450. - 31898.]","ARTICLE 3. Retirement Board [31520. - 31543.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"fd4692a9cdf1fbdf196fdb09a64a7a1ad0426577dc0d497ab073e07b93ec356b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-31541.2","next":"us-ca/gov-31542.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}