Title GOV — California Gov. Code

Notwithstanding Sections 31727 and 31727.4, if the member is eligible to retire without relying upon service in another retirement system, the disability retirement pension of a member covered under Section 31751 shall be such an amount as with that portion of the member’s annuit…

In counties adopting Section 31676.12, a member upon retirement for non-service-connected disability, who has attained age 62, shall receive his service retirement allowance. The non-service-connected disability retirement pension for a member under age 62 shall be such an amount…

The non-service-connected disability retirement pension for a safety member shall be such an amount as with that portion of his annuity provided by his accumulated normal contributions, will make his disability retirement allowance equal: (a) Ninety percent of one-fiftieth of his…

In counties adopting Section 31676.15, the non-service-connected disability retirement pension shall be such an amount as with that portion of a member’s annuity provided by his accumulated normal contributions will make his disability retirement allowance, exclusive of the annui…

Upon retirement of any member for service-connected disability, he shall receive an annual retirement allowance payable in monthly installments, equal to one-half of his final compensation. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, any member upon retirement for servi…

The board of supervisors in any county, by a majority vote, may enact an ordinance providing that the maximum annual allowance payable to a member pursuant to Section 31727.4 who is totally disabled shall be increased to 60, 70, 80, or 90 percent of the member’s final compensatio…

Every retirement allowance payable for time commencing on the effective date of this section to or on account of any member of this system who was retired for service-connected disability prior to September 11, 1957, shall be calculated pursuant to the provisions of Section 31727…

Upon retirement for nonservice-connected disability, in lieu of any other allowance, a member who has five years or more credited service shall receive a disability allowance equal to the percentage of final compensation set forth opposite the member’s number of years of credited…

If, in the opinion of the board, the disability is due to intemperate use of alcoholic liquor or drugs, wilful misconduct, or violation of law on the part of the member, and his annuity is less than two hundred forty dollars ($240) a year, the board may pay the member his accumul…

Notwithstanding Section 31728, if, in the opinion of the board, the disability is due to willful misconduct or violation of law on the part of the member covered under Section 31751, and the member’s annuity is less than two hundred forty dollars ($240) a year, the board may pay …

Notwithstanding Sections 31728 and 31728.1, if, in the opinion of the board, the disability is due to or results from the conviction of the member of a felony under state or federal law or if the board determines that the criminal activity caused or resulted in the member’s disab…

The board may require any disability beneficiary under age 55 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 beneficiary or other place mutually agreed upon. Upon the basis of the exa…

If the board determines that the beneficiary is not incapacitated, and his or her employer offers to reinstate that beneficiary, his or her retirement allowance shall be canceled forthwith, and he or she shall be reinstated in the county service pursuant to the regulations of the…

If any disability beneficiary under age 55 refuses to submit to medical examination, his pension shall be discontinued until his withdrawal of such refusal, and if his refusal continues for one year, his retirement allowance shall be canceled.

The board shall secure such medical, investigatory and other service and advice as is necessary to carry out the purpose of this article. Notwithstanding Section 31529, the board may contract with an attorney in private practice for the legal services and advice necessary to carr…

If a disability beneficiary is determined by the board to be no longer incapacitated and re-enters the service of a public agency covered by the retirement system under which he retired, his disability retirement allowance shall cease immediately upon such re-entry. If such disab…

If the retirement allowance of any disability beneficiary is canceled for any cause other than under Section 31733, he shall be paid his accumulated contributions, less the annuity payments made to him.

Each payment of a retirement allowance, after the effective date of this section, to a beneficiary who retired prior to September 20, 1947, shall be calculated according to the provisions of this chapter as they existed on September 20, 1947.

Every retirement allowance payable for time commencing on the effective date of this section to or on account of any member of this system or of a superseded system, who was retired for disability prior to January 1, 1948, is hereby increased by twenty-five dollars ($25) per mont…

Every retirement allowance for time commencing on the effective date of this section to or on account of any member of this system or of a superseded system, who was retired for disability on or after January 1, 1948, but prior to February 1, 1955, or such other date prior to Feb…

Every retirement allowance payable for time commencing on the effective date of this section to or on account of any member of this system, or of a superseded system, who has been retired for disability, is increased as follows: Period during which Percentage of increase in retir…

Every retirement allowance, optional death allowance, or annual death allowance (including an allowance payable to a survivor of a member) payable to or on account of any member of this system or of a superseded system who has been or was retired for disability is increased as fo…

Every retirement allowance, optional death allowance, or annual death allowance, including an allowance payable to a survivor of a member, payable to or on account of any member of this system or of a superseded system who has been or was retired for disability is increased as fo…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a retirement allowance, optional death allowance, or annual death allowance, including an allowance payable to a survivor of a member, payable to or on account of any member of this system or of a superseded system who has been or was re…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section, a retirement allowance, optional death allowance or annual death allowance, including an allowance payable to a survivor of a member, payable to or on account of any member of this system, or of a superseded system, who r…

Every retirement allowance payable during the time this section is operative in any county to, or on account of any member of this system or of a superseded system, who has been retired for disability shall be increased by an amount equal to the product one dollar ($1) times year…

The provision in Section 31681.8, when adopted or readopted, shall apply to members of this system or a superseded system who retired for disability, except that payments to a member of this system or a superseded system who retired for service-connected disability or to the surv…

In any county which has implemented the provisions of Article 15.6 (commencing with Section 31855), any member who is thereafter retired for disability shall receive a supplemental disability retirement allowance in the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) per month in addition to…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) (1) The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County may make this section, Tier Two, applicable to officers and employees of the county, by adopting a resolution specifying the future operative date of its application. (2) After the…

This section shall apply to members subject to Section 31751. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the current service pension or the current service pension combined with the prior service pension is an additional pension for members purchased by the contribution…

(a) (1) The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County may make this section, Tier Three, applicable to officers and employees for whom it is the governing body, by adopting an ordinance specifying the future operative date of its application. (2) As used in this section, “Tier …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) (1) The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County may, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding in accordance with the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1), adopt a resoluti…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) (1) The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County may, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding in accordance with the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1), adopt a resoluti…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) (1) The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County may, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding in accordance with the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1), adopt a resoluti…

(a) The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County may, by adopting an ordinance, make this section applicable to officers and employees for whom the board is the governing body. (b) This section shall not apply to any officer or employee who is a safety member. (c) Notwithstand…

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), until the first payment of any retirement allowance is made, a member or retired member, in lieu of the retirement allowance for the member’s life alone, may elect to have the actuarial equivalent of their retirement allowance a…

Upon the death of any member after retirement for service or non-service-connected disability from a retirement system established in a county subject to the provisions of Section 31676.1, 60 percent of the member’s retirement allowance, if not modified in accordance with one of …

Notwithstanding Section 31760.1, upon the death after retirement of any member covered under Section 31751, 60 percent of the member’s retirement allowance, if not modified in accordance with one of the optional settlements specified in this article, shall be continued throughout…

Notwithstanding Section 31760.1, each survivor allowance paid pursuant to Section 31760.1 on account of a member who retires on or after the operative date of this section shall be equal to 65 percent of the member’s monthly retirement allowance, if not modified in accordance wit…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 31760.1, each survivor allowance paid on or after the operative date of this section pursuant to Section 31760.1 on account of a member who retires before the operative date of this section shall be equal to 65 percent of the member’s monthly retiremen…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 31481 or 31760.1, upon the death of any member after retirement for service or non-service-connected disability from a retirement system established in a county pursuant to this chapter, 60 percent of the member’s retirement allowance, if not modified …

The sole purpose of this section is to notify the current spouse of the selection of benefits or change of beneficiary made by a member. Nothing in this section is intended to conflict with community property law. An application for a refund of the member’s accumulated contributi…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 31760 and in lieu of the retirement allowance and the continuing or survivor allowance, if any, otherwise payable to a retired member and his or her surviving spouse pursuant to this article, a member may elect in writing to have the actuarial equivale…

(a) A retired member, in order to provide for his or her domestic partner, shall be entitled to elect or change any optional retirement allowance pursuant to this article, if all of the following criteria are satisfied: (1) The member retired on or before January 1, 2006. (2) At …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 31782, a retired member, in order to provide for his or her spouse, shall be entitled to revise the designated beneficiary of an optional settlement elected pursuant to Section 31762, 31763, or 31764 at the time of retirement, if all of the following c…

Optional settlement 1 consists of the right to elect in writing to have a retirement allowance paid to the member until the member’s death and, if the member dies before receiving in annuity payments the amount of the member’s accumulated contributions at retirement, to have the …

Optional settlement 2 consists of the right to elect in writing to have a retirement allowance paid to the member until the member’s death, and thereafter to the natural person, having an insurable interest in the member’s life, as the member nominates by written designation duly…

Optional settlement 3 consists of the right to elect in writing to have a retirement allowance paid to the member until the member’s death, and thereafter to have one-half of the member’s retirement allowance paid to the natural person, having an insurable interest in the member’…

Optional settlement 4 consists of the right to elect in writing to have a retirement allowance paid to the member until the member’s death and thereafter to have other benefits as are approved by the board, upon the advice of the actuary, continued throughout the life of and paid…

(a) At retirement, a member who elects an optional settlement pursuant to Section 31762, 31763, or 31764 may elect to reduce his or her allowance to provide that if the named beneficiary predeceases the member, the member’s allowance shall be adjusted to the amount he or she woul…