Title GOV — California Gov. Code

“County retirement system” means a retirement system established under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 31450) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 3, the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937.

“Current service” means all state service rendered by a member on and after the date upon which he or she first became a member, service in employment while not a member but after persons employed in the status of the member were eligible for membership, and public service design…

“Dependent,” in reference to any benefit provided, upon the death of a member, for a surviving dependent parent, or parent dependent upon the member for support, shall mean receipt of at least one-half of the parent’s support from the member at the time of the member’s death dete…

“Disability” and “incapacity for performance of duty” as a basis of retirement, mean disability of permanent or extended duration, which is expected to last at least 12 consecutive months or will result in death, as determined by the board, or in the case of a local safety member…

“Disability,” “disabled,” or “incapacitated” means, with respect to qualification for an allowance payable to a surviving child, inability to engage in any substantial gainful occupation by reason of any physical or mental impairment that is determined by the board, on the basis …

(a) “Electronic funds transfer” means any transfer of funds, other than a transaction originated by check, draft, or similar paper instrument, that is initiated through an electronic terminal, telephonic instrument, or computer or magnetic tape, so as to order, instruct, or autho…

“Employee” means all of the following: (a) Any person in the employ of the state, a county superintendent of schools, or the university whose compensation, or at least that portion of his or her compensation that is provided by the state, a county superintendent of schools, or th…

“Employee federal contributions” means those contributions required of employees under the federal system with respect to wages paid to individuals who perform services in employment in any coverage group included in the federal-state agreement, at the rate of taxes imposed on em…

“Employer” means the state, the university, a school employer, and any contracting agency employing an employee.

“Employer federal contributions” means those contributions required of employers under the federal system with respect to wages paid to individuals who perform services in employment in any coverage group included in the federal-state agreement, at the rate of taxes imposed on em…

“Federal-state agreement” means the agreement or any modification thereof executed by the board pursuant to Section 418 of Title 42 of the United States Code.

“Federal system” means the old age, survivors, disability, and health insurance provisions of the Social Security Act.

The highest annual average compensation during any consecutive 12- or 36-month period of employment as a member of any retirement system maintained by the university shall be considered compensation earnable or pensionable compensation pursuant to Section 7522.34, whichever is ap…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 20037, “final compensation” for the purposes of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a state member who retires or dies on or after July 1, 1991, and with respect to benefits based on service with the state, means the highest annual compe…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, “final compensation,” for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a state miscellaneous member (1) who retires or dies on or after July 1, 2003, (2) who was a member of the state bargaining unit listed in sub…

(a) For purposes of this section, “pay letter” means the set of instructions issued by the Department of Human Resources to the Controller and other state agencies of approved changes to civil service pay scales that affect a supervisor or manager of State Bargaining Unit 9 or St…

Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, “final compensation,” for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a patrol member who retires or dies on or after July 1, 2003, who was a member of State Bargaining Unit 5, and whose monthly salary range that was…

Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, “final compensation” for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a patrol member who retires or dies on or after July 1, 2004, who was a member of State Bargaining Unit 5, and whose monthly salary range that was …

Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, “final compensation,” for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a state miscellaneous or peace officer/firefighter member who retires or dies on or after July 1, 2003, who was a member of State Bargaining Unit …

Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, “final compensation,” for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a member who retires or dies on or after July 1, 2003, who was a member of State Bargaining Unit 16, and whose monthly salary range that was to be…

Notwithstanding Section 20037, “final compensation” for the purposes of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a school member who retires or dies on or after January 1, 2000, and with respect to benefits based on service with a school employer, means the highest annu…

Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, “final compensation,” for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a member who retires or dies on or after July 1, 2003, who was a member of State Bargaining Unit 19, and whose monthly salary range that was to be…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, “final compensation,” for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a state miscellaneous member (1) who retires or dies on or after July 1, 2003, (2) who was a member of a state bargaining unit listed in subdi…

In the computation of the disability retirement allowance payable upon the retirement of a member for industrial disability, final compensation shall be determined only with respect to compensation earnable in the membership category applicable to the member at the time of the in…

For a state member, or for a local member who is an employee of a contracting agency that is subject to this section, “final compensation” means the highest annual average compensation earnable by a member during any consecutive 36-month period of employment preceding the effecti…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, final compensation for a person who is employed by the state for the first time and becomes a state member of the system on or after January 1, 2007, and is represented by State Bargaining Unit 7, means the highest average annual comp…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, final compensation for a person who is employed by the state for the first time and becomes a state member of the system on or after January 1, 2007, and is represented by State Bargaining Unit 10, means the highest average annual com…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, final compensation for a person who is employed by the state for the first time and becomes a state member of the system on or after January 1, 2007, and is represented by State Bargaining Unit 18, means the highest average annual com…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, for the purposes of determining any pension or benefit with respect to benefits based on service with the state, “final compensation” means the highest annual compensation that was earnable by the state member during any consecutive 3…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, final compensation for a person who is employed by the state for the first time and becomes a state member of the system on or after October 31, 2010, and is represented by State Bargaining Unit 5 or 8, means the highest average annua…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 3517.8, 20035, and 20037, final compensation for a person who is employed for the first time and becomes a member of the system on or after January 15, 2011, means the highest average annual compensation earnable by the member during any consecutive 3…

Notwithstanding Section 20035, “final compensation” for a state member who has elected to be subject to Section 21353.5, for the purposes of determining any pension or benefit based on service credited under that section, means the highest average annual compensation earnable by …

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, final compensation for a person who is employed by the state for the first time and becomes a state member of the system on or after July 1, 2006, and is represented by State Bargaining Unit 2, means the highest average annual compens…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, final compensation for a person who is employed by the state for the first time and becomes a state member of the system on or after January 1, 2007, and is represented by State Bargaining Unit 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, or 21, mean…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, final compensation for a person who is employed by the state for the first time and becomes a state member of the system on or after January 1, 2007, and is represented by State Bargaining Unit 12 or 13, means the highest average annu…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, final compensation for a person who is employed by the state for the first time and becomes a state member of the system on or after January 1, 2007, and is represented by State Bargaining Unit 16 or 19, means the highest average annu…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, “final compensation” of a local member for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit resulting from state service as an elective or appointed officer on a city council or a county board of supervisors accrued while in memb…

Notwithstanding Article 5 (commencing with Section 20350) of Chapter 3, or any other provision of this part, “final compensation” for the purposes of determining any pension or benefit for service with the California National Guard with respect to a National Guard member means th…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, “final compensation,” for the purposes of determining any benefits payable under this part for coverage under the Second Tier, shall not be reduced by any fraction or amount for any member included in the federal system.

On the election of a contracting agency, other than a county superintendent of schools with respect to a contract under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 20610), “final compensation” for a local member employed by that agency whose retirement is effective or whose death occurs a…

“Fiscal year” is any year commencing on July 1st and ending with June 30th next following.

“Highway patrol service” means service rendered as a member of the California Highway Patrol, only while the member is receiving compensation from the state for that service, except as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 20990) of Chapter 11.

“Industrial,” in reference to the death or disability of any member of this system who is in a membership category under which special benefits are provided by this part because the death or disability is industrial, means disability or death as a result of injury or disease aris…

“Industrial” with respect to state miscellaneous members also means death or disability on or after January 1, 1995, resulting from an injury that is a direct consequence of a violent act perpetrated on his or her person by a patient or client of the State Department of State Hos…

“Industrial” with respect to state miscellaneous members also means death or disability after January 1, 1993, resulting from an injury that is a direct consequence of a violent act perpetrated on his or her person by a patient or client of the State Department of State Hospitals…

“Industrial,” with respect to state miscellaneous members, means death or disability on or after January 1, 2002, or the date agreed to in the memorandum of understanding between the state employer and the recognized employee organization, resulting from an injury that is a direc…

“Industrial,” with respect to state industrial members, means death or disability resulting from an injury that is a direct consequence of a violent act perpetrated on his or her person by an inmate of a state prison, correctional school or facility of the Department of Correctio…

“Labor policy or agreement” means any written policy, agreement, memorandum of understanding, legislative action of the elected or appointed body governing the employer, or any other document used by the employer to specify the payrate, special compensation, and benefits of repre…

“Local safety service” means state service rendered as a local firefighter, local police officer, county peace officer, local safety officer, or positions defined as local safety member in Sections 20421 and 20422 except as provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 20890) an…

“Month,” except as otherwise expressly provided, means a period commencing on any day of a calendar month and extending through the day preceding the corresponding day of the succeeding calendar month, if there is any corresponding day, and if not, through the last day of the suc…