Title EDC — California Educ. Code

The Defined Benefit Supplement Program is hereby established to provide supplemental benefits for members of the Defined Benefit Program. The Teachers’ Retirement Board shall administer the Defined Benefit Supplement Program in accordance with the provisions of this part.

The design and administration of the Defined Benefit Supplement Program shall comply with the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and the Revenue and Taxation Code. The board may amend the plan with respect to the Defined Benefit Supplement Program to do any of the…

(a) A member shall have a vested right to a benefit under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program in an amount equal to the balance of credits in the member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account. That right shall accrue when the member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account is establ…

(a) For purposes of this chapter and Section 23300, “nonmember spouse” means a member’s spouse or former spouse who is being or has been awarded a community property interest in the service credit, accumulated retirement contributions, accumulated Defined Benefit Supplement accou…

(a) The board shall establish a segregated account within the retirement fund to be known as the Gain and Loss Reserve, and the board shall have sole authority over the reserve. The Gain and Loss Reserve shall be maintained for the Defined Benefit Supplement Program and may be us…

The board shall establish and maintain a segregated account within the retirement fund to be known as the Annuitant Reserve and the board shall have sole authority over the reserve. The Annuitant Reserve shall be used for the payment of annuities under the Defined Benefit Supplem…

The board may transfer amounts between the Gain and Loss Reserve and the Annuitant Reserve upon the recommendation of the actuary.

Member accounts under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program shall be nominal accounts. Member contributions and employer contributions on behalf of the member that are specifically identified as creditable to the Defined Benefit Supplement Program shall be treated as credits to …

(a) Prior to July 1 of the initial plan year, and prior to the beginning of each plan year thereafter, the board shall adopt a plan amendment with respect to the Defined Benefit Supplement Program to declare the rate at which interest shall be credited to Defined Benefit Suppleme…

(a) The board may declare an additional earnings credit to be applied to Defined Benefit Supplement accounts for a plan year. Prior to declaring an additional earnings credit, the board shall consider all of the following: (1) Whether the plan’s investment earnings with respect t…

When the board declares an additional earnings credit for a plan year, the board also may declare by plan amendment an additional annuity credit, for members and annuity beneficiaries who are receiving an annuity as of the date specified by the board pursuant to Section 25006, ba…

A member’s right to an amount equal to the member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account balance shall be vested at the time contributions are initially credited to the member’s account.

Notwithstanding any other law, if (a) a member or beneficiary whose effective date for a benefit received pursuant to any other chapter of this part was prior to January 1, 2010, (b) the member or beneficiary was required to receive a distribution of the balance of credits from t…

(a) A member’s retirement benefit under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program shall be an amount equal to the balance of credits in the member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account on the date the retirement benefit becomes payable. (b) A retirement benefit shall be a lump-sum pa…

(a) A member who meets the following eligibility requirements shall receive a retirement benefit under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program: (1) The member has terminated all employment to perform creditable service subject to coverage by the plan. The member’s employer, or emp…

(a) A member or nonmember spouse may elect to receive the retirement benefit as an annuity payable in monthly installments, provided the balance of credits in the member’s or nonmember spouse’s respective Defined Benefit Supplement account on the date the retirement benefit becom…

(a) A member may elect to receive the retirement benefit as an annuity payable in monthly installments, provided the balance of credits in the member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account on the date the retirement benefit becomes payable equals at least three thousand five hundre…

(a) A member who retired and elected an annuity pursuant to Section 25011 may elect to change annuities, subject to all of the following: (1) A member who elected a single life annuity with or without a cash refund feature or elects a period certain annuity may not change his or …

(a) A member who retired and elected a beneficiary annuity pursuant to Section 25011.1 with his or her same-sex spouse or same-sex former spouse designated as annuity beneficiary pursuant to Section 25015 may elect to change his or her annuity subject to the following: (1) A memb…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an annuity payable under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program shall be determined as a value actuarially equivalent to the balance of credits in the member’s Defined Benefit Supplement Program account on the member’s retirement date an…

Upon election by the member to receive a benefit payable under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program in the form of an annuity, the balance of credits in the member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account shall be transferred to the Annuitant Reserve.

(a) If a member reinstates from service retirement under this part, payment of a retirement annuity based on the balance of credits that was transferred from the member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account to the Annuitant Reserve shall terminate. The member’s Defined Benefit Sup…

(a) If a member elects to receive a benefit payable under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program as a joint and survivor annuity, the designation of the beneficiary made pursuant to Section 24300 or 24300.1 shall apply to the benefit payable under this chapter. The annuity benefi…

(a) A member’s disability benefit under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program shall be an amount equal to the balance of credits in the member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account on the date the disability benefit becomes payable. (b) A disability benefit shall be a lump-sum pa…

(a) A member shall receive a disability benefit under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program beginning on the effective date of the member’s disability allowance pursuant to Chapter 25 (commencing with Section 24001) or a disability retirement allowance pursuant to Chapter 26 (co…

(a) A member may elect to receive the disability benefit as an annuity, payable in monthly installments, provided the balance of credits in the member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account on the date the disability benefit becomes payable equals at least three thousand five hundr…

(a) A member may elect to receive the disability benefit as an annuity, payable in monthly installments, provided the balance of credits in the member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account on the date the disability benefit becomes payable equals at least three thousand five hundr…

(a) A member who is disabled and elected an annuity pursuant to Section 25018 may elect to change annuities, subject to all of the following: (1) A member who elected a single life annuity with or without a cash refund feature or elected a period certain annuity may not change hi…

When a disabled member returns to work in his or her former position of employment or in a comparable level position and within six months of return experiences a recurrence of the original disability, it shall be considered, for the purpose of determining the duration of the dis…

(a) A member receiving a disability retirement allowance who elected a beneficiary annuity pursuant to Section 25018.1 with a same-sex spouse or same-sex former spouse designated as annuity beneficiary pursuant to Section 25015 may elect to change his or her annuity subject to th…

(a) If a member’s disability allowance or disability retirement allowance under this part is terminated, payment of a disability annuity based on the balance of credits transferred from the member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account to the Annuitant Reserve also shall terminate.…

(a) A final benefit under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program shall become payable when the system receives proof of the member’s death. For a member who died on or after January 1, 2010, no benefit shall be paid to a beneficiary of the member pursuant to other chapters of thi…

(a) A beneficiary, other than an entity, may elect to receive the final benefit payable under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program as an annuity payable in monthly installments provided the balance of credits in the member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account that is payable to…

(a) If the death of a member occurs while the member is receiving an annuity under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program, the final benefit shall be payable in accordance with the terms of the annuity elected by the member. (b) If the member was receiving a single life annuity w…

(a) If the death of a nonmember spouse occurs while the nonmember spouse is receiving an annuity under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program, the final benefit shall be payable in accordance with the terms of the annuity elected by the nonmember spouse. (b) If the nonmember spou…

(a) Upon the death of an annuity beneficiary who was receiving an annuity under a joint and survivor annuity elected by the member no further payment shall be made other than the accrued annuity for the month in which the annuity beneficiary’s death occurred, which shall be paid …

(a) Upon the termination of all employment to perform creditable service subject to coverage under the plan for a reason other than retirement, disability, or death, a member shall be eligible for a termination benefit under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program. (b) A member sh…

A member who is reemployed and again performs creditable service subject to coverage under the plan may not receive a termination benefit under this part if less than five years have elapsed following the date the most recent termination benefit was distributed to the member. Thi…

(a) A termination benefit under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program shall be payable after 180 calendar days have elapsed following the date the member terminated employment as specified in Section 25024. (b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the application for the termi…