CORRESPONDING TIERS. GENERAL/MISC. SAFETY Tier I Tier II Tier III Tier I Tier II NOTE: Employees initially enrolled in Tier III General/Miscellaneous who become enrolled in Tier II Safety and subsequently return to a permanent position in a General/Miscellaneous classification shall be re-enrolled into Tier III General/Miscellaneous. Any employee who deferred retirement prior to the December 15, 2000, Ventura II settlement agreement who subsequently rejoins the retirement association shall be enrolled in Tier I. Any other employee who defers retirement and subsequently rejoins the retirement association shall continue under the retirement tier he or she was enrolled in prior to deferral provided that tier is available. If that tier is no longer available, the employee shall be enrolled in the retirement tier offered to newly hired employees. Any employee, who is enrolled in Tier II retirement plan, whether voluntarily or mandatorily, shall not be eligible for the Tier III retirement plan. Effective December 31, 2007, any employee newly hired into a permanent General/Miscellaneous position represented by the Fresno County Prosecutors Association shall be enrolled pursuant to the following sections of the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (Tier III): General/Miscellaneous Employees – GC Section 31676.15 ▪ 2.6186% @ age 60; 3.1336% @ age 65 ▪ 3 year average for final compensation The vested “health benefit” (currently $3.00 per year of service) resulting from the Settlement Agreement (Fresno County Superior Court Cases 605588-3, 608028-7 and 634171-3) [see Section 9] entered into judgment on December 15, 2000, shall be extended to employees enrolled in Tier III. Any employee occupying a permanent position that is represented or unrepresented, who promotes, demotes or transfers into a permanent position represented by the Fresno County Prosecutors Association, shall continue under the retirement tier which they were enrolled in immediately prior to their promotion, demotion or transfer. Any employee represented by the Fresno County Prosecutors Association, who promotes, demotes or transfers into a permanent position that is represented or unrepresented, shall continue under the retirement tier which they were enrolled in immediately prior to their promotion, demotion or transfer. Any employee who promotes, demotes or transfers from a Safety classification to a General/Miscellaneous classification, or vice versa, shall be enrolled in the corresponding retirement tier (e.g., T...
