Title GOV, California Gov. Code

A retirement allowance granted by this chapter is payable in equal monthly installments but a smaller pro rata amount may be paid for part of a month when the period of payment begins after the first or ends before the last day of the month. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 879.)

The right of a person to any benefit or other right under this chapter and the money in the Legislators’ Retirement Fund are not subject to execution or any other process whatsoever except to the extent permitted by Section 704.110 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and are unassign…

A member may at any time designate a beneficiary to receive those benefits as may be payable to his or her beneficiary or estate under this chapter, by a writing filed with the board. To be eligible to be so designated a person shall have an insurable interest in the life of the …

The designation of a beneficiary under this system, other than designations under Optional Settlements 2, 3 and 4, may be revoked at the pleasure of the person who made it and a different beneficiary designated by a writing filed with the board. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 879.)

The designation of a beneficiary by a member is not affected by termination of nor a break in his membership. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 879.)

If any person entitled to a benefit of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) from this system is a minor who has no guardian of his estate, the board may pay it to the person entitled to the custody of the minor to hold for the minor, if the person files with the board his ac…

Upon the death of any member before retirement, the member’s accumulated contributions shall be paid to the member’s beneficiary, if he or she has designated one, and if not, to his or her estate. There shall also be paid to his or her beneficiary or estate an amount equal to one…

Retired members of the system, and beneficiaries, who are entitled to receive allowances under the provisions of this chapter, may authorize deductions to be made from their retirement allowance payments, in accordance with regulations established by the board, for the payment of…

Upon the death of any person, after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, there shall be paid to his or her estate or to those beneficiaries as he or she shall nominate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600). (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec.…

(a) If a beneficiary is not designated, or if the estate is the beneficiary and the estate would not be probated if no amount were due from this system, all of the amount due by reason of the death of a member or retired member, including retirement allowances accrued but not rec…

In addition to any other benefits provided for in this chapter, upon the death, on or after January 1, 1959, and before retirement, of any member who, at the time of his or her death was a legislator, there shall be paid to his or her beneficiary, if he or she has designated one,…

No payment shall be made to persons included in any group if at the date of payment there are living persons in any of the groups preceding it, as listed. Payment to the persons in any group, upon receipt from them of an affidavit upon a form supplied by the board, that there are…

If the estate of the deceased member is his beneficiary, or if no beneficiary has been designated by him, or if the designated beneficiary cannot be found by the board, it may in its discretion pay to the funeral director who conducted the funeral, or to any person or organizatio…

On or before January 15, 1968, and on or before January 15 of each year thereafter, the amount of any allowances provided by this chapter and not subject to Section 9360.9 shall be adjusted by the board to reflect any increase in cost of living occurring after January 1 of the im…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, any member who would have been eligible to retire under Section 9359.01 had it not been repealed because he or she did not return to office or who would have been eligible to retire under that section had it not been repealed …

As used in this chapter, “disability” and “incapacity for performance of duty” as a basis of retirement, mean disability of permanent or extended and uncertain duration, as determined by the board on the basis of competent medical opinion. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1109.)

Application to the board for retirement of a member for disability may be made by the member or any person in his or her behalf. Upon receipt of the application and determination of the board that the applicant is incapacitated for the performance of duty, the board shall retire …

The board may require any recipient of a disability allowance under the minimum age for voluntary retirement to undergo medical examination. The examination shall be made by a physician or surgeon, appointed by the board, at the place of residence of the recipient or other place …

If any recipient of a disability retirement allowance under the minimum age for voluntary retirement refuses to submit to medical examination, the retirement allowance shall be discontinued until he or she agrees to submit to the examination. If the refusal continues for one year…

The disability allowance for other than legislative statutory officers is the same as the retirement allowance that would be payable to the member had he or she retired under this chapter for reasons other than disability, and shall be paid regardless of the age of the member at …

(a) Any Member of the Senate or Assembly who, after the effective date of this section, retires for service or disability shall receive the retirement allowance provided by this chapter unmodified by any optional settlement elected pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 9…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the provisions of this section shall be applicable to all allowances granted by this chapter commencing with each installment paid or payable on or after January 1, 1964, with respect to Members of the Senate or the Assembly n…

The office, at the request of any standing, select, or joint committee of the Legislature, shall initiate a priority review of any regulation, group of regulations, or series of regulations that the committee believes does not meet the standards set forth in Section 11349.1. The …

(a) If the office is notified of, or on its own becomes aware of, an existing regulation in the California Code of Regulations for which the statutory authority has been repealed or becomes ineffective or inoperative by its own terms, the office shall order the adopting agency to…

(a) To initiate a review of the office’s Notice of Repeal pursuant to Section 11349.8, the agency shall appeal the office’s decision by filing a written Request for Review with the Governor’s Legal Affairs Secretary within 10 days of receipt of the Notice of Repeal and written de…

The proceeds from the sale of all bonds authorized under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the treasury of the local agency to the credit of the construction fund which the treasurer is hereby directed to establish for the particular project for which the bonds we…

If any surplus shall exist in the construction fund after the payment in full of all costs of acquisition, construction and completion of the project for which the revenue bonds were issued, the same may be paid out and disbursed for any of the purposes provided for in this chapt…

The board may provide for the payment of the interest becoming due and payment on the principal of revenue bonds prior to and during the period of actual construction of the project for which the bonds are issued and for the period specified in the indenture for the issuance of t…

Moneys in the construction fund not required to meet acquisition or construction costs or expenses payable from the construction fund or interest on the bonds, may be invested in bonds and other obligations eligible for investment of surplus county moneys; subject to such limitat…

All revenues received from the operation of the project acquired, constructed or completed by the board shall be paid into the treasury of the local agency to the credit of the revenue fund which the treasurer is hereby directed to establish for the particular project for which t…

In lieu of the retirement allowance for his life alone, a member or retired member may elect, or revoke or change a previous election, to have the actuarial equivalent of his retirement allowance as of the date of retirement applied to a lesser retirement allowance, in accordance…

(a) The election, revocation, or change of election set forth in Section 9361 may be made at any time before the effective date of retirement or after the effective date and prior to the making of the first payment on account of any retirement allowance. (b) If at any time before…

Notwithstanding any provision of this part, a retired member who was a Member of the Senate or Assembly may revoke an optional settlement and may designate a different beneficiary by a writing filed with the board. The new beneficiary shall receive an allowance based upon the act…

A member may designate one or more persons as beneficiaries. If more than one person is designated under an optional settlement involving life contingency of the beneficiary, the member will be deemed to have elected such optional settlement on an equal portion of his allowance i…

Optional Settlement 1 consists of the right to have a retirement allowance paid him or her until his or her death and if he or she dies before he or she receives the amount of his or her accumulated contributions at retirement, to have the balance at death paid to his or her bene…

Optional Settlement 2 consists of the right to have a retirement allowance paid him or her until his or her death and thereafter to his or her beneficiary for life. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 93. Effective January 1, 2003.)

Optional Settlement 3 consists of the right to have a retirement allowance paid him or her until his or her death, and thereafter to have one-half of his or her retirement allowance paid to his or her beneficiary for life. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 93.1. Effective Ja…

Optional Settlement 4 consists of such other benefits as are the actuarial equivalent of his retirement allowance, that he may select subject to the approval of the board. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 879.)

(a) Any interested person may obtain a judicial declaration as to the validity of any regulation or order of repeal by bringing an action for declaratory relief in the superior court in accordance with the Code of Civil Procedure. The right to judicial determination shall not be …

Any interested person may obtain a judicial declaration as to the validity of a regulation or order of repeal which the office has disapproved pursuant to Section 11349.3, or 11349.6, or of a regulation that has been ordered repealed pursuant to Section 11349.7 by bringing an act…

This chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out its objects and purposes and to finance the construction of needed public improvements through the medium of revenue bonds and to protect the holders of such bonds. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2066.)

“Bonds” as used in this chapter means the written evidence of any obligation incurred by the board payable out of revenues as provided in this chapter in order to secure funds with which to carry out the purposes of this chapter irrespective of the form of such obligation whether…

“Revenue” as used in this chapter shall mean all fees, rates, charges, rentals or other income and revenue actually received or receivable by or for the account of the board from the operation of any particular project including without limiting the generality of the foregoing in…

“Board” as used in this chapter means the board of supervisors in the case of a county or city and county, and city council or board of trustees in the case of a city. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2066.)

This chapter shall not be operative in any local agency until the board, either at a general or a special election, shall submit to the electors of the local agency the question as to whether the board shall be authorized to adopt the revenue-bond method of financing for the impr…

(a) This article applies to members who elect to be subject to its provisions and does not apply to any member while his or her services are included in the federal social security system. (b) An election pursuant to this section shall be in writing and shall be effective only wh…