Service retirement.
San José Municipal Code § 3.20.130
in effect3.20.130 - Service retirement.
Any such employee who shall have served in the employ of the city for thirty years and who is sixty years of age, with a minimum of thirty years in the aggregate in any capacity whatsoever, shall, on his petition as prescribed in Section 3.20.470, or by order of the board of administration if it be deemed for the good of the service, be retired from further service and shall thereafter, during his lifetime, be paid in equal monthly installments from the retirement fund a yearly retirement allowance equal to one-half of the average annual salary attached to the position held by him during five years prior to the date of such petition or such order of the retirement board; provided, that for the purpose of this chapter, no average monthly salary shall, for the purpose of computing retirement allowance, be held as exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars per month. No involuntary removal of any such employee from the service shall deprive him of the benefits of this section after said employee has thirty years' service.
(Prior code § 2901.7.)
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_CH3.20FEEMRESY_3.20.130SEREFetched: 11/1/2026