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The following words and phrases as used in this section, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meaning:
"Retirement allowance," or "allowance," shall mean equal monthly payments, beginning to accrue upon the date of retirement, and continuing for life unless a different term of payment is definitely provided by the context.
"Compensation," as distinguished from benefits under the workers' compensation laws of the State of California shall mean all remuneration whether in cash or by other allowances made by the City and County, for service qualifying for credit under this section, but excluding remuneration for overtime.
"Compensation earnable" shall mean the compensation as determined by the retirement board, which would have been earned by the member had he worked, throughout the period under consideration, the average number of days ordinarily worked by persons in the same grade or class of positions as the positions held by him during such period and at the rate of pay attached to such positions, it being assumed that during any absence, he was in the position held by him at the beginning of the absence, and that prior to entering City service, he was in the position first held by him in City service.
"Benefit" shall include "allowance," "retirement allowance," and "death benefit."
"Average final compensation" shall mean the average monthly compensation earned by a member during any three consecutive years of credited service in the Retirement System in which his average final compensation is the highest.
For the purposes of the Retirement System and of this section, Section 8.584 and Sections 8.584-2 through 8.584-12, the terms "miscellaneous officer or employee," or "member," shall mean any officer or employee employed after November 1, 1976 who is not a member of the police or fire departments as defined in the Charter for the purposes of the Retirement System, provided that said terms shall not include those persons who become members under the Public Employees' Retirement System of the State of California pursuant to Section 8.506 of this Charter or members of State Teachers' Retirement System of the State of California pursuant to Section 8.506- 1 of this Charter.
"Retirement system" or "system" shall mean San Francisco City and County Employees' Retirement System as created in Section 8.500 of the Charter.
"Retirement board" shall mean "retirement board" as created in Section 3.670 of the Charter.
"Charter" shall mean the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco.
Words used in the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders, and singular numbers shall include the plural and the plural the singular.
"Interest" shall mean interest at the rate adopted by the retirement board.
Any member who completes at least 20 years of service in the aggregate credited in the Retirement System and attains the age of 50 years, or at least 10 years of service in the aggregate credited in the Retirement System, and attains the age of 60 years, said service to be computed under Section 8.584-7 may retire for service at his option. Members shall be retired on the first day of the month next following the attainment by them of the age of 65 years. A member retired after reaching the age of 60 years shall receive a service retirement allowance at the rate of 12/3 percent of said average final compensation for each year of service; provided, however, that upon the compulsory retirement of a member upon his attainment of the age of 65 years, if the allowance available to such member pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.584-6 shall be greater in amount than the service retirement allowance otherwise payable to such member under this section, then such member shall receive as his service retirement allowance, in lieu of the allowance otherwise payable under this section, an allowance computed in accordance with the formula provided in said Section 8.584-6. The service retirement allowance of any member retiring prior to attaining the age of 60 years, and after rendering 20 years or more of such service, computed under Section 8.584-7, and having attained the age of 50 years, shall be an allowance equal to the percentage of said average final compensation set forth opposite his age at retirement, taken to the preceding completed quarter year, for each year of service, computed under Section 8.584-7:
Age at Retirement | Percent for Each Year of Credited Service |
Age at Retirement | Percent for Each Year of Credited Service |
50 | 1.0000 |
50¼ | 1.0167 |
50½ | 1.0333 |
50¾ | 1.0500 |
51 | 1.0667 |
51¼ | 1.0833 |
51½ | 1.1000 |
51¾ | 1.1167 |
52 | 1.1333 |
52¼ | 1.1500 |
52½ | 1.1667 |
52¾ | 1.1833 |
53 | 1.2000 |
53¼ | 1.2167 |
53½ | 1.2333 |
53¾ | 1.2500 |
54 | 1.2667 |
54¼ | 1.2833 |
54½ | 1.3000 |
54¾ | 1.3167 |
55 | 1.3333 |
55¼ | 1.3500 |
55½ | 1.3667 |
55¾ | 1.3833 |
56 | 1.4000 |
56¼ | 1.4167 |
56½ | 1.4333 |
56¾ | 1.4500 |
57 | 1.4667 |
57¼ | 1.4833 |
57½ | 1.5000 |
57¾ | 1.5167 |
58 | 1.5333 |
58¼ | 1.5500 |
58½ | 1.5667 |
58¾ | 1.5833 |
59 | 1.6000 |
59¼ | 1.6167 |
59½ | 1.6333 |
59¾ | 1.6500 |
60 | 1.6667 |
In no event shall a member's retirement allowance exceed seventy percent of his average final compensation.
Before the first payment of a retirement allowance is made, a member, retired under this section or Section 8.584-3, may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of his allowance, partly in an allowance to be received by him throughout his life, and partly in other benefits payable after his death to another person or persons, provided that such election shall be subject to all the conditions prescribed by the Board of Supervisors to govern similar elections by other members of the Retirement System, including the character and amount, of such other benefits; provided, however, that at any time within 30 days after the date on which his compulsory retirement would otherwise have become effective, a member who has attained the age of 65 years may elect, without right of revocation, to withdraw his accumulated contributions, said election to be exercised in writing on a form furnished by the Retirement System and filed at the office of said system and a member so electing shall be considered as having terminated his membership in said system on the date immediately preceding the date on which his compulsory retirement would otherwise have become effective and he shall be paid forthwith his accumulated contributions, with interest credited thereon. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.514 of this Charter, the portion of service retirement allowance provided by the City and County's contributions shall be not less than $100 per month upon retirement after thirty years of service and after attaining the age of 60 years, and provided further that as to any member within 15 years or more of service at the compulsory retirement age of 65, the portion of the service retirement allowance provided by the City and County's contribution shall be such that the total retirement allowance shall not be less than $100 per month. In the calculations under this section of the retirement allowance of a member having credit for service in a position in the evening schools and service in any other position, separate retirement allowances shall be calculated, in the manner prescribed for each class of service, the average final compensation in each case being that for the respective class of service, provided that the aggregate retirement allowance shall be taken into account in applying the provisions of this section providing for a minimum retirement allowance. Part-time service and compensation shall be reduced to full-time service and compensation in the manner prescribed by the Board of Supervisors, and when so reduced shall be applied on full-time service and compensation in the calculation of retirement allowances.
Any member who becomes incapacitated for performance of duty because of disability determined by the retirement board to be of extended and uncertain duration, and who shall have completed at least 10 years of service credited in the aggregate, computed as provided in Section 8.584-7, shall be retired upon an allowance of 1½ percent of the average final compensation of said member, as defined in Section 8.584-1 for each year of credited service, if such retirement allowance exceeds one-third of his average final compensation; otherwise 1½ percent of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of City service which would be credited to him were such City service to continue until attainment by him of age 60, but such retirement allowance shall not exceed one-third of such average final compensation. In the calculation under this section of the retirement allowance of a member having credit for service in a position in the evening schools and service in any other position, separate retirement allowances shall be calculated, in the manner prescribed, for each class of service, the average final compensation in each case being that for the respective class of service; provided that the average final compensation upon which the minimum total retirement allowance is calculated in such case shall be based on the compensation earnable by the member in the classes of service rendered by him during the three years immediately preceding his retirement. Part-time service and compensation shall be reduced to full-time service and compensation in the manner prescribed by the Board of Supervisors, and when so reduced shall be applied as full-time service and compensation in the calculation of retirement allowances. The question of retiring a member under this subsection may be brought before the retirement board on said board's own motion, by recommendation of any commission or board, or by said member or his guardian. If his disability shall cease, his retirement allowance shall cease, and he shall be restored to service in the position or classification he occupied at the time of his retirement.
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