PERS-CASD-801 (12/12)
EMPLOYEE INSTRUCTIONS
1. The Member Reciprocal Self-Certification Form will assist your employer in determining whether
you are considered a new member or a classic member under PEPRA.
2. As the new employee, you must complete, sign and date the Member Reciprocal Self-Certification
Form to self-certify your most recent service in a reciprocal California Public Retirement System,
your first membership date in any previous California Public Retirement System and your
permanent separation date from the most recent California Public Retirement System; or indicate
that you are not a member of any California Public Retirement System that is subject to
Reciprocity.
3. As the new employee, you must return the Member Reciprocal Self-Certification Form to your
Personnel Office within 10 business days of employment.
4. The completion of the Member Reciprocal Self-Certification Form does not establish reciprocity
and is not a request to establish reciprocity. In order to request that reciprocity be established,
visit the CalPERS web-site at: www.calpers.ca.gov
and download the publication: “When You
Change Retirement Systems”, PUB-16. It is the responsibility of the employee to complete
and send the “Election to Coordinate Retirement When Changing Retirement Systems,”
PERS-MSD-255 Form to CalPERS.
Reciprocal 1937 Act Counties Reciprocal Public Agencies
Alameda Sacramento *City of Concord
Contra Costa San Bernardino *City of Costa Mesa (Safety employees only)
Fresno San Diego City of Fresno (Miscellaneous and
Imperial San Joaquin Safety Retirement Systems)
Kern San Mateo City of Los Angeles (non-Safety only)
Los Angeles Santa Barbara City of Oakland (non-Safety
Marin Sonoma employees only)
Mendocino Stanislaus City of Pasadena (Fire and Police
Merced Tulare Retirement System)
Orange Ventura *City of Sacramento
*City of San Clemente (non-Safety
employees only)
Non-Reciprocal & UCRS Retirement Systems City of San Diego
*City and County of San Francisco
Non-reciprocal systems are not covered by City of San Jose
reciprocity retirement laws, but participate Contra Costa Water District
in retirement agreements with other systems. County of San Luis Obispo
East Bay Municipal Utility District
State Teachers’ Retirement System East Bay Regional Park District
Legislators’ Retirement System (Safety employees only)
Judges’ Retirement System Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Judges’ Retirement System II Transportation Authority
University of California Retirement System (Non-Contract Employees’ Retirement
Income Plan, formerly Southern
California Rapid Transit District)
*Also CalPERS-covered agency