Authority of City Council to Allow Transfer of Police, Airport, Harbor, Recreation and Parks Peace Officer Personnel to Tier 6 and to Require Transfer of All Prior LACERS Service at Full Actuarial Cost.

Los Angeles City Charter § 1709

in effect

Sec. 1709. Authority of City Council to Allow Transfer of Police, Airport, Harbor, Recreation and Parks Peace Officer Personnel to Tier 6 and to Require Transfer of All Prior LACERS Service at Full Actuarial Cost. (a) Council Authority to Allow Transfers of Police, Airport, Harbor, Recreation and Parks Peace Officer Personnel. The Council may, by ordinance adopted in accordance with the provisions of this section, and pursuant to applicable provisions of the Charter and the Los Angeles Administrative Code, allow a person, actively employed on January 12, 2025, as a sworn peace officer by the Police Department, as defined in Section 1702(b), the Department of Airports, as defined in Section 1702(d), the Harbor Department, as defined in Section 1702(c), or the Department of Recreation and Parks, as defined in Section 1702(e), to become a Tier 6 Plan Member in lieu of membership in Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System (LACERS), provided such person shall transfer all prior City service from LACERS to Tier 6 after they become a Tier 6 Plan Member, and continue to make pre-tax member contributions at the rate applicable to their LACERS membership to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code and as further described in Section 1714(a)(3). Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1702(r), service transferred pursuant to this section and the implementing ordinance adopted by Council shall count as Years of Service for all Tier 6 purposes. (b) Requirements for Transfer of City Service. The authority given to the Council to allow the transfer of personnel and prior City service is specifically limited as follows: (1) Costs Associated with Transfer. The City shall be required to pay the full actuarial cost to transfer personnel and prior City service to Tier 6, as determined by the Plan’s actuary. The actuarial cost shall include costs attributable to the initial transfer of prior City service in addition to all future costs to the Plan attributable to this transfer of membership. This amount shall be reduced by the amount of any funds transferred from LACERS to the Plan in connection with the transferred service, which shall include both employee and employer contributions and any interest credited to an employee’s LACERS account as provided in Section 1162(b). (2) All Prior City Service Must Be Transferred. As a condition of transferring from LACERS to Tier 6, a Member must transfer all prior City service from LACERS to Tier 6, including prior service earned as a contributing member of LACERS, regardless of the duties performed at the time such service was earned, and any service purchased from LACERS. City service that was previously excluded from transfer pursuant to Section 1703(b)(2) will be transferred to Tier 6 according to the terms and conditions described in Subsection (b)(1) of this section. (3) Irrevocable Election to Transfer to Tier 6. A Member’s election to transfer into Tier 6 and the transfer of the Member’s City service to Tier 6 shall be irrevocable after January 11, 2026 or after some other date as provided by ordinance, whichever date is earlier. Neither the Council nor the Board shall have the authority to revoke or to allow transfers after either January 11, 2026 or some other date as provided by ordinance, whichever date is earlier. (c) Mode of Adoption. Ordinances adopted pursuant to this section shall be adopted in the same manner as provided in Section 1618(b), but the Council shall be advised in writing by an enrolled actuary as to the full actuarial cost of the proposed change. SECTION HISTORY Added by Charter Amendment FF, approved November 5, 2024, effective January 8, 2025.

Source: City of Los Angeles, Charter and Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/los_angeles/latest/laac/0-0-0-127452Fetched: 10/24/2026