Title GOV — California Gov. Code

(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.

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.

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.

(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…

“Survivor allowance” means the allowance provided for in Section 9374.

“Disability,” “disabled” or “incapacitated” means, with respect to qualification for a survivor allowance, inability to engage in any substantial gainful occupation by reason of any physical or mental impairment which is determined on the basis of competent medical opinion secure…

Upon the death of a member before retirement (a) the surviving spouse of the member, who has the care of children, including stepchildren, of the member who are not married or in registered domestic partnerships and are under 18 years of age, or are incapacitated because of disab…

For the purposes of Section 9374, a person shall be considered to be under the age of 18 if he or she is under the age of 22 and a full-time student.

When the survivor is entitled to receive a monthly allowance as a death benefit provided by any other provision of this chapter and at the same time is entitled to receive a survivor allowance, the survivor allowance payable in any month shall be reduced by the amount of such oth…

The rate of contribution of a member subject to this article shall include in addition to his normal rate, two dollars ($2) per month. Such contributions shall not become a part of a member’s accumulated contributions or be treated or administered as normal contributions and shal…

A person who in any month is an eligible survivor of more than one member, shall receive only one allowance under this article, which shall be the largest of the monthly allowances to which he or she would otherwise be entitled.