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2019 California Code
Government Code - GOV
TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES
DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES
PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES
CHAPTER 2 - Officers and Employees
ARTICLE 1.5 - Pension Trusts
Section 53222.5.
Universal Citation: CA Govt Code § 53222.5 (2019)
53222.5.
If a local legislative body establishes a pension trust pursuant to this article that provides for disability retirement or has established reciprocity with a retirement system that provides for disability retirement, the legislative body of the local agency, in determining whether a member is eligible to retire for disability, shall make a determination on the basis of competent medical opinion and shall not use disability retirement as a substitute for the disciplinary process.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 370, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2009.)
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