California Code
TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS
CHAPTER 11 - Judges Retirement Law

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 75000. - 75000. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 75001. - 75001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general...

Section 75002. - 75002. “Judge” means a justice of the Supreme Court or...

Section 75003. - 75003. “Salary” means the compensation received by a judge as...

Section 75004. - 75004. “Service” means the period of time a person has...

Section 75004.5. - 75004.5. All references to “spouse,” “surviving spouse,” or “marriage” in...

Section 75005. - 75005. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this chapter shall...

Section 75006. - 75006. (a) Any allowance payable to a retired judge or...

Section 75006.6. - 75006.6. The surviving spouse or eligible surviving child of a...

ARTICLE 2 - Retirement for Service

Section 75025. - 75025. Every judge who has the age and service qualifications...

Section 75025.1. - 75025.1. A judge whose service is discontinued by the expiration...

Section 75026. - 75026. Except as provided in Section 75029, no judge shall...

Section 75027. - 75027. Any judge whose term of office expires within 60...

Section 75028. - 75028. (a) Except as provided in Sections 75060.6, 75080, and...

Section 75028.1. - 75028.1. (a) At the time of the filing of a...

Section 75028.2. - 75028.2. A retired judge on senior judge status shall not...

Section 75028.3. - 75028.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, senior judge status...

Section 75028.4. - 75028.4. (a) A judge whose senior judge status is terminated...

Section 75028.5. - 75028.5. After a judge has withdrawn his or her accumulated...

Section 75028.6. - 75028.6. The senior judge status program shall terminate on January...

Section 75029. - 75029. For any judge who, prior to becoming a judge,...

Section 75029.1. - 75029.1. On and after January 1, 1990, the right to...

Section 75029.5. - 75029.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any justice court...

Section 75030.5. - 75030.5. (a) Any judge who first becomes a judge on...

Section 75030.6. - 75030.6. On and after October 1, 1961, the right to...

Section 75030.7. - 75030.7. Any judge has a right to elect, by written...

Section 75030.8. - 75030.8. (a) A judge may elect, by written election filed...

Section 75030.9. - 75030.9. A Member of the Senate or Assembly whose contributions...

Section 75030.10. - 75030.10. Any person who filed a declaration of candidacy for...

Section 75031. - 75031. In computing the number of years a person has...

Section 75031.5. - 75031.5. (a) A judge may elect, in writing filed with...

Section 75032. - 75032. Every judge who has retired or who retires pursuant...

Section 75032.5. - 75032.5. Retired judges, and beneficiaries, who are entitled to receive...

Section 75033. - 75033. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the...

Section 75033.1. - 75033.1. Any judge who is removed from office by the...

Section 75033.2. - 75033.2. A judge who pleads guilty or no contest or...

Section 75033.5. - 75033.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any judge...

Section 75033.6. - 75033.6. If a judge retires pursuant to Section 75033 or...

Section 75035. - 75035. “Resignation,” as used in this article, does not include...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Community Property

Section 75050. - 75050. (a) Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage...

Section 75051. - 75051. “Nonmember,” as used in this article, means the spouse...

Section 75052. - 75052. (a) The nonmember who is awarded a separate account...

Section 75052.5. - 75052.5. If the nonmember withdraws accumulated contributions in accordance with...

Section 75053. - 75053. (a) The nonmember who is awarded a separate account...

Section 75054. - 75054. (a) The nonmember shall have the right to purchase...

Section 75055. - 75055. A nonmember shall be retired upon his or her...

Section 75056. - 75056. Retirement shall be effective and the retirement allowance shall...

Section 75057. - 75057. For a nonmember, the retirement allowance shall be based...

Section 75058. - 75058. (a) A nonmember shall be entitled to a retirement...

Section 75059. - 75059. (a) Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage...

Section 75059.1. - 75059.1. (a) A former spouse of a judge retired or...

ARTICLE 3 - Disability Retirement

Section 75060. - 75060. (a) Any judge who is unable to discharge efficiently...

Section 75060.1. - 75060.1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, every...

Section 75060.5. - 75060.5. Every judge retired under Section 75060, who on the...

Section 75060.6. - 75060.6. The Commission on Judicial Performance, in its discretion, but...

Section 75061. - 75061. (a) Any person who becomes a judge during the...

Section 75062. - 75062. A judge who applies for disability retirement and against...

Section 75063. - 75063. A judge against whom there is pending a disciplinary...

Section 75064. - 75064. A member who is defeated at an election and...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Payment of Benefits

Section 75070. - 75070. In lieu of electing the unmodified allowance for his...

Section 75070.5. - 75070.5. If a judge elects an optional settlement that provides...

Section 75071. - 75071. This section shall apply to any judge who retires...

Section 75071.5. - 75071.5. This section shall apply to any judge who retires...

Section 75072. - 75072. If, during the life of a judge who has...

Section 75073. - 75073. A judge who elects to receive optional settlement two...

Section 75074. - 75074. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a judge...

Section 75074.5. - 75074.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the designated...

ARTICLE 3.6 - Benefits Payable

Section 75075. - 75075. Any judge hereafter retiring pursuant to Section 75025 or...

Section 75075.01. - 75075.01. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the...

Section 75075.02. - 75075.02. The benefits payable to any person who first becomes...

Section 75075.03. - 75075.03. (a) The cost-of-living adjustments under Section 415(d) of the...

Section 75076. - 75076. (a) A judge who qualifies, as prescribed in Section...

Section 75076.1. - 75076.1. If a community property benefit has been awarded to...

Section 75076.2. - 75076.2. A judge who renders part-time service after January 1,...

Section 75076.5. - 75076.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in no event...

Section 75077. - 75077. The surviving spouse of a judge who qualifies, as...

Section 75077.5. - 75077.5. For a judge who dies after retirement, the spouse...

Section 75078. - 75078. The allowance to the judge and to his surviving...

Section 75079. - 75079. (a) When a judge elects and becomes entitled to...

Section 75079.5. - 75079.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a judge...

ARTICLE 4 - Employment of Retired Judges

Section 75080. - 75080. (a) If, after retirement for disability, a retired judge...

Section 75080.5. - 75080.5. (a) Except as described in subdivision (b), if a...

Section 75083. - 75083. Any judge retired pursuant to this chapter who is...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Extended Service Incentive Program

Section 75085. - 75085. The Extended Service Incentive Program is hereby created to...

Section 75085.1. - 75085.1. The design and administration of the Extended Service Incentive...

Section 75085.2. - 75085.2. If any provision of this article or application thereof...

Section 75085.3. - 75085.3. The board shall implement the Extended Service Incentive Program...

Section 75085.4. - 75085.4. The board may adopt regulations to implement the program....

Section 75085.5. - 75085.5. “Program” means the Extended Service Incentive Program. (Added by...

Section 75085.6. - 75085.6. “Extended service calculation date” means the later of (a)...

Section 75085.7. - 75085.7. “Extended service period” means a period of time commencing...

Section 75085.8. - 75085.8. “Program payment” means the amount to be paid to...

Section 75086. - 75086. A judge shall be eligible to participate in the...

Section 75086.1. - 75086.1. (a) A judge described in Section 75086 shall be...

Section 75086.2. - 75086.2. The judge’s retirement contribution shall continue during the extended...

Section 75087. - 75087. The program payment shall be calculated by the system...

Section 75088. - 75088. Upon the termination of employment and retirement of a...

Section 75088.3. - 75088.3. The required beginning date of distributions that reflect the...

Section 75088.4. - 75088.4. A judge described in Section 75086 may, at any...

Section 75089. - 75089. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a judge shall...

Section 75089.1. - 75089.1. The Judicial Council shall, on or before January 1,...

ARTICLE 5 - Survivor Benefits

Section 75090. - 75090. The benefits of this article are payable only to...

Section 75091. - 75091. (a) If a judge who is credited with at...

Section 75092. - 75092. Any judge electing to come within this article shall...

Section 75093. - 75093. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article to...

Section 75094. - 75094. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to...

ARTICLE 5.1 - Surviving Children Benefits

Section 75095. - 75095. The benefits of this article are payable only to...

Section 75096. - 75096. The monthly allowance payable pursuant to Section 75091 shall...

Section 75096.1. - 75096.1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article to the...

Section 75096.2. - 75096.2. A monthly allowance equivalent to the allowance payable pursuant...

Section 75096.3. - 75096.3. A monthly allowance equivalent to the allowance payable pursuant...

Section 75097. - 75097. Any judge electing to come within this article shall...

Section 75098. - 75098. If an allowance is paid under this article no...

ARTICLE 6 - Judges Retirement Fund

Section 75100. - 75100. There is in the State Treasury a fund known...

Section 75101. - 75101. The Controller shall at the end of each month...

Section 75102. - 75102. Except as provided in Section 75103.3, the Controller shall...

Section 75103. - 75103. Except as provided in Section 75103.3, the auditor of...

Section 75103.1. - 75103.1. The Legislature reserves the right to increase the rates...

Section 75103.2. - 75103.2. The Legislature reserves the right to reduce any benefits...

Section 75103.3. - 75103.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state and...

Section 75103.5. - 75103.5. No county shall directly or indirectly pay from its...

Section 75103.6. - 75103.6. Calculations of retirement benefits and Extended Service Incentive Program...

Section 75104. - 75104. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and...

Section 75104.4. - 75104.4. (a) The surviving spouse of any judge who dies...

Section 75104.5. - 75104.5. Upon the death of a judge before retirement there...

Section 75105. - 75105. The Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement...

Section 75106. - 75106. The State Treasurer is the custodian of the Judges’...

Section 75106.5. - 75106.5. A retired judge or the surviving spouse of a...

Section 75107. - 75107. Whenever it appears to the Judges’ Retirement System that...

Section 75108. - 75108. Notwithstanding any other provision, all expenses of administration of...

Section 75109. - 75109. If the Judges’ Retirement System determines that there has...

Section 75109.1. - 75109.1. (a) When there has been a payment of death...

Section 75109.5. - 75109.5. The Judges’ Retirement System shall keep in convenient form...

Section 75109.6. - 75109.6. When there is insufficient data upon which to establish...

Section 75109.7. - 75109.7. The board may assess a county a reasonable amount...

Section 75111. - 75111. (a) Whenever a person entitled to payment of a...