§ 3-524. PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS OF MEMBERS BY CITY, APPLICATION OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LAWS.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city shall pay all of the contributions required to be paid by all members. Such payments shall be reported as employer-paidl", "picked-up" contributions under Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, although designated as normal contributions under this Code, and shall be credited to the members' accounts. Such payments shall be made in lieu of a like amount of salary otherwise payable to all members, so that the member's compensation shall in no way be affected by such payments. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a member shall not be permitted to opt out of this Section or to receive the contributed amounts directly instead of having them paid by the city to the City of Fresno Employees Retirement System.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the city to periodically increase, reduce, or eliminate the payment by the city of all or a portion of the contributions required to be paid by the members.

The provisions of this section shall be subject to any applicable collective-bargaining laws.

(Added Ord. 86-39, § 2, eff. 4-18-86; Am. Ord. 2011-2, § 7, eff. 3-7-11).