Separation from service - Following resignation or discharge.
San José Municipal Code § 3.32.370
in effect3.32.370 - Separation from service - Following resignation or discharge.
Any member of the police or fire department with more than twenty years aggregate service, and who is not fifty-five years of age, who resigns or is discharged, may elect either to receive from the retirement fund the amount of his contributions to the fund plus interest in excess of two percent per year on his contributions; or said member may elect to contribute monthly to said retirement fund, until eligible for retirement, the sum total of the monthly contributions of both the city and the member that would have been contributed to said retirement fund by both the city and the member had the member so elected to pay both contributions continued as a member of the police or fire department until eligible for retirement.
(Prior code § 2903.35; Ords. 29266, 29879.)
Source: City of San José, Municipal Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/san_jose/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT3PE_IIREPL_CH3.32POFIDEREPL_3.32.370SESEOLREDIFetched: 11/1/2026
