Government Code section 31517

(a)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, as provided in Section 53060.1, the benefits of any member of a legislative body of any county or district shall be no greater than that received by nonsafety employees of that public agency. In the case of agencies with different benefit structures, the benefits of members of the legislative body shall not be greater than the most generous schedule of benefits being received by any category of nonsafety employees.

(b)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, members of the legislative body of a county or district shall not be eligible to accrue multiple benefits greater than the most generous schedule of benefits being received by any category of nonsafety employees from two or more public agencies for concurrent service except in the case of a member who serves as a regular full-time employee in a separate public agency.

(c)

This section shall be applicable to any member of a legislative body whose first service commences on and after January 1, 1995.

Source: Section 31517, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=31517.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1996; accessed Sep. 14, 2026).

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