Title GOV — California Gov. Code

(a) Shasta County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Anderson District, which is comprised of the City of Anderson. (2) Central Valley District, which is comprised of the City of Shasta Lake. (3) Redding District, which is comprised of the City of Redding. (b) Fo…

Sierra County contains a single, countywide public notice district.

(a) Siskiyou County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Dorris District, which is comprised of the City of Dorris. (2) Dunsmuir-Mount Shasta District, which is comprised of the Cities of Dunsmuir and Mount Shasta. (3) Scott Valley District, which is comprised of t…

(a) Solano County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Benicia District, which is comprised of the City of Benicia. (2) Dixon District, which is comprised of the City of Dixon. (3) Fairfield-Suisun District, which is comprised of the Cities of Fairfield and Suisun.…

(a) Sonoma County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Central Sonoma County District, which is comprised of the Cities of Cotati, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, and Sebastopol and the unincorporated areas known as Bloomfield, Forestville, and Guerneville. (2) Northern …

(a) Stanislaus County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Ceres District, which is comprised of the Cities of Ceres and Hughson and the unincorporated areas known as Bystrom, Keyes, and Parklawn. (2) Modesto District, which is comprised of the City of Modesto and …

(a) Sutter County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Butte District, which is comprised of the City of Live Oak. (2) Yuba District, which is comprised of Yuba City. (b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Sutter County that is not …

(a) Tehama County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Corning District, which is comprised of the City of Corning and the unincorporated area known as Los Molinos. (2) Red Bluff District, which is comprised of the Cities of Red Bluff and Tehama and the unincorpora…

Trinity County contains a single, countywide public notice district.

(a) Tulare County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Dinuba District, which is comprised of the City of Dinuba and the unincorporated areas known as Cutler and Orosi. (2) Exeter-Farmersville District, which is comprised of the Cities of Exeter and Farmersville. (…

(a) Tuolumne County contains the Sonora District public notice district, which is comprised of the City of Sonora. (b) For the purpose of publishing notice arising from a location within Tuolumne County that is not within the district described in subdivision (a): (1) If the loca…

Ventura County contains a single, countywide public notice district.

(a) Yolo County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Davis District, which is comprised of the City of Davis. (2) Washington District, which is comprised of the City of West Sacramento. (3) Winters District, which is comprised of the City of Winters. (4) Woodland D…

(a) Yuba County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Marysville District, which is comprised of the City of Marysville and the unincorporated areas known as Linda, Olivehurst, and Plumas Lake. (2) Wheatland District, which is comprised of the City of Wheatland and …

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Judges’ Retirement Law.” The retirement system established by this chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Judges’ Retirement System.”

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.

“Judge” means a justice of the Supreme Court or of a court of appeal, or a judge of a superior court, municipal court, or justice court. A retired justice court judge does not acquire status as a judge for the purposes of this chapter by reason of designation as a judge pro tempo…

“Salary” means the compensation received by a judge as the emolument of the office of judge, and as limited by Section 75075.02, but, except as provided by Section 75076.2, does not include any additional compensation received by reason of designation as a judge pro tempore, assi…

“Service” means the period of time a person has made contributions by reason of holding office as a judge of any one or more of the courts of this state specified in Section 75002, computed in years and fractions of years.

All references to “spouse,” “surviving spouse,” or “marriage” in this chapter apply equally to a domestic partner or domestic partnership, as defined in Section 297 of the Family Code, and all rights and responsibilities granted to a spouse or surviving spouse shall be granted eq…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this chapter shall be administered and governed by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System in accordance with the Public Employees’ Retirement Law to the same extent and with the same effect as if those pr…

(a) Any allowance payable to a retired judge or to a surviving spouse or to an eligible surviving child which has accrued and remained unpaid at the time of the judge’s or the surviving spouse’s or surviving child’s death, or any unclaimed warrant issued prior to the date of deat…

The surviving spouse or eligible surviving child of a deceased judge who is receiving a monthly allowance from the Judges’ Retirement System, or a retired judge, if there is no spouse or eligible child, may designate a beneficiary to receive the pro rata allowance remaining payab…

Every judge who has the age and service qualifications specified in one of the following subdivisions, and who is not ineligible for retirement under Section 75026, shall be retired for service upon filing notice of retirement with the Judges’ Retirement System, specifying the da…

A judge whose service is discontinued by the expiration of his term of office and who is otherwise eligible to retire under this chapter may file the notice of retirement provided for in Section 75025 or an election to retire under Section 75033.5 within 90 days after such termin…

Except as provided in Section 75029, no judge shall be eligible to retire under Section 75025 if he or she has not received a salary from which contributions for the Judges’ Retirement Fund have been deducted for a period or periods aggregating at least 10 years unless, prior to …

Any judge whose term of office expires within 60 days before he or she has rendered the minimum service required for retirement at his or her age shall be deemed to have rendered that minimum service. Any judge whose term of office expires within 60 days before he or she attains …

(a) Except as provided in Sections 75060.6, 75080, and 68543.5, any designation as a judge pro tempore or any assignment by the Chairperson of the Judicial Council shall be disregarded for purposes of this chapter. For the purposes of this chapter no person shall acquire status a…

(a) At the time of the filing of a notice of retirement under the Judges’ Retirement Law to be effective after 691/2 years of age but before the end of the term of office during which the judge attains 70 years of age, a judge may apply to the chairperson of the Judicial Council …

A retired judge on senior judge status shall not receive a retirement allowance, except for health and welfare benefits generally available to judges of courts on which the judge served as an active judge. The Controller shall administer payment of salary to retired judges on sen…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, senior judge status shall terminate at the end of five years, except that the status shall terminate earlier when any of the following occurs: (a) The judge on senior judge status requests termination. (b) The judge fails to perform ser…

(a) A judge whose senior judge status is terminated may elect to receive the retirement benefits for which the judge was eligible at the time he or she elected senior judge status. (b) If the senior judge status is terminated before the end of five years because of the judge’s de…

After a judge has withdrawn his or her accumulated contributions upon discontinuance of his or her service, that service shall not count in the event he or she later becomes a judge again, until he or she pays into the Judges’ Retirement Fund the amount of accumulated contributio…

The senior judge status program shall terminate on January 1, 1997. No person may elect senior judge status or exercise any of the rights thereof on or after that date, except that all persons holding senior judge status on that date may exercise the termination rights specified …

For any judge who, prior to becoming a judge, served as a “judge of an excluded court” as defined below, there shall be included in the computation of the number of years of service as a judge the number of years he or she served as a “judge of an excluded court” if prior to the …

On and after January 1, 1990, the right to elect to receive credit for prior service as a judge of an excluded court pursuant to Section 75029 shall apply only to a justice of the Supreme Court or a court of appeal or a judge of a superior or municipal court.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any justice court judge who was a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System on December 31, 1989, and became a member of this system on January 1, 1990, pursuant to Chapter 1417 of the Statutes of 1989, may irrevocably elect to …

Any person who filed a declaration of candidacy for a judicial office pursuant to Section 8023 or 8201 of the Elections Code prior to May 1, 1962, and was elected to that office at the subsequent election, may elect pursuant to the provisions of Section 75030.5 to make contributi…

(a) Any judge who first becomes a judge on or after May 1, 1962, and who has served as an elected state constitutional officer before becoming a judge, or any judge who first became a judge prior to that date who has served as a constitutional officer or as a public legal officer…

On and after October 1, 1961, the right to elect to receive credit for service pursuant to Section 75030.5 shall apply only to a judge who has served as a judge as defined by Section 75002 for at least six years or who is elected to the office of judge as defined by Section 75002…

Any judge has a right to elect, by written election filed with the Judges’ Retirement System at any time prior to retirement, to make contributions pursuant to this section for, and receive service credit in this system for all of the time he or she served as a federal judicial o…

(a) A judge may elect, by written election filed with the board at any time prior to retirement, to make contributions and receive service credit for all of the time he or she served as a full-time subordinate judicial officer, as defined in Section 71601, prior to becoming a jud…

A Member of the Senate or Assembly whose contributions as a judge remain on deposit in the fund under Section 75033, shall, during the term of office for which he or she was elected: (a) Have a right under Section 75030.5 to elect by written election filed with the Judges’ Retire…

In computing the number of years a person has been a judge for the purposes of retirement under Sections 75025 or 75060, there shall be included any time as he or she was absent from his or her position as judge by reason of service with the armed forces of the United States duri…

(a) A judge may elect, in writing filed with the Judges’ Retirement System, to make contributions and receive service credit in this system for active service, performed prior to entering the system, of not less than one year in the Armed Forces of the United States or not less t…

Every judge who has retired or who retires pursuant to Section 75025 before or after September 11, 1957, shall, during the remainder of his or her life, receive an allowance equal to one-half the salary payable, at the time payment of the allowance falls due, to the judge holding…

Retired judges, 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 Controller for payment of group life ins…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the service of a judge, who has been elected or appointed as such, is discontinued by any means other than death, resignation, recall, impeachment, or retirement pursuant to this chapter, he or she shall have the right to el…

Any judge who is removed from office by the Supreme Court shall not receive any of the benefits provided by Section 75033. The amount of his accumulated contributions shall be paid to him by the Judges’ Retirement System. This section shall be applicable only to a person who beco…

A judge who pleads guilty or no contest or is found guilty of a crime committed while holding judicial office which is punishable as a felony under California or federal law and which either involves moral turpitude under that law or was committed in the course and scope of perfo…