(a) Any cost-of-living contributions required for benefits under Section 31870.3 shall be shared equally between the county or district and the contributing members. The individual memberâs contributions shall be based upon the memberâs age at the memberâs nearest birthday at time of entrance into the retirement system, and shall be expressed as a percentage of the memberâs normal contribution rate. The board of supervisors by a majority vote may elect to pay all or part of the costs of the contributions which would otherwise be assessed to the individual members. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), pursuant to Section 7522.30, the board of supervisors shall not pay any part of the costs of the member contributions of new members as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 7522.04. (c) Until revised by subsequent actuarial studies, the memberâs cost-of-living contribution rate shall be 39.57 percent of the memberâs normal contribution rate. These initial cost-of-living contribution rates are shown in the following table, according to the memberâs age at the time of entry into the system: Age of entry Percentage into system of contribution 16 1.16 17 1.16 18 1.16 19 1.16 20 1.16 21 1.16 22 1.16 23 1.16 24 1.16 25 1.17 26 1.17 27 1.18 28 1.18 29 1.19 30 1.20 31 1.20 32 1.21 33 1.22 34 1.23 35 1.24 36 1.25 37 1.26 38 1.27 39 1.28 40 1.29 41 1.30 42 1.31 43 1.32 44 1.33 45 1.34 46 1.36 47 1.37 48 1.38 49 1.40 50 1.41 51 1.43 52 1.44 53 1.46 54 and over 1.47
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