California Code
TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS
CHAPTER 11.5 - Judges Retirement System II

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 75500. - 75500. (a) This chapter shall be known and may be...

Section 75501. - 75501. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general...

Section 75502. - 75502. (a) “Judge” means a justice of the Supreme Court...

Section 75505. - 75505. (a) This chapter shall be administered and governed pursuant...

Section 75506. - 75506. The board shall, annually, send each judge a member...

Section 75506.5. - 75506.5. (a) Any judge may elect, by written election filed...

Section 75506.6. - 75506.6. (a) A judge may elect, in writing filed with...

Section 75506.7. - 75506.7. (a) A judge may receive service credit for the...

Section 75506.8. - 75506.8. When a judge that satisfies the requirements of Section...

Section 75507. - 75507. (a) Any allowance payable to a retired judge or...

Section 75508. - 75508. The surviving spouse or eligible surviving child of a...

ARTICLE 2 - Early Retirement and Normal Retirement

Section 75520. - 75520. (a) A judge shall, monthly, accrue monetary credits equal...

Section 75521. - 75521. (a) A judge who leaves judicial office before accruing...

Section 75522. - 75522. (a) A judge is eligible to retire pursuant to...

Section 75522.5. - 75522.5. (a) On and after January 1, 2024, a judge...

Section 75523. - 75523. (a) The retirement allowance of retired judges who have...

Section 75524. - 75524. Any designation as a temporary judge or any assignment...

Section 75525. - 75525. Retired judges, and beneficiaries, who are entitled to receive...

Section 75526. - 75526. A judge who pleads guilty or no contest or...

Section 75527. - 75527. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the benefits...

Section 75527.5. - 75527.5. (a) The cost-of-living adjustments under Section 415(d) of the...

Section 75528. - 75528. A judge must have a minimum of six years...

ARTICLE 3 - Community Property

Section 75550. - 75550. In this article, unless the context indicates otherwise: (a)...

Section 75551. - 75551. (a) If a member’s marriage is dissolved or a...

Section 75552. - 75552. (a) After payment of a portion of the member’s...

Section 75553. - 75553. (a) If a member leaves judicial office after a...

ARTICLE 4 - Disability Retirement

Section 75560. - 75560. No judge shall be eligible to be retired for...

Section 75560.1. - 75560.1. (a) Any judge who is unable to discharge efficiently...

Section 75560.4. - 75560.4. (a) A judge who retires for disability shall receive...

Section 75560.6. - 75560.6. The Commission on Judicial Performance, in its discretion, but...

Section 75562. - 75562. A judge who applies for disability retirement and against...

Section 75563. - 75563. A judge against whom there is pending a disciplinary...

Section 75564. - 75564. A member who is defeated at an election and...

ARTICLE 5 - Payment of Benefits

Section 75570. - 75570. (a) In lieu of electing the unmodified allowance under...

Section 75570.5. - 75570.5. If a judge elects an optional settlement that provides...

Section 75571. - 75571. This section shall apply to any judge who retires...

Section 75571.5. - 75571.5. This section shall apply to any judge who retires...

Section 75572. - 75572. The benefits payable to any person who first becomes...

Section 75573. - 75573. A judge who elects to receive optional settlement two...

ARTICLE 6 - Employment of Retired Judges

Section 75580. - 75580. (a) If a judge who is retired for disability...

Section 75580.5. - 75580.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if a...

Section 75583. - 75583. (a) Any judge retired pursuant to this chapter who...

ARTICLE 7 - Survivor and Insurance Benefits

Section 75590. - 75590. (a) A surviving spouse of a judge who was...

Section 75590. - 75590. (a) A surviving spouse of a judge who was...

Section 75590. - 75590. (a) A surviving spouse of a judge who was...

Section 75591. - 75591. (a) A surviving spouse of a judge who dies...

Section 75592. - 75592. Each judge shall receive the same group term life...

ARTICLE 8 - Fund

Section 75600. - 75600. There is in the State Treasury, subject to the...

Section 75600.5. - 75600.5. (a) The Controller shall at the end of each...

Section 75601. - 75601. Except as provided in Section 75605, the Controller shall...

Section 75602. - 75602. Except as provided in Section 75605, the Controller or...

Section 75603. - 75603. The Legislature reserves the right to increase the rates...

Section 75604. - 75604. The Legislature reserves the right to reduce any benefits...

Section 75605. - 75605. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state...

Section 75605.1. - 75605.1. Calculations of retirement benefits and monetary credit under this...

Section 75606. - 75606. (a) A judge who has filed a declaration of...

Section 75607. - 75607. The board may invest the money contained in the...

Section 75608. - 75608. The Treasurer is the custodian of the Judges’ Retirement...

Section 75609. - 75609. A retired judge or the surviving spouse of a...

Section 75610. - 75610. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all expenses of...

Section 75611. - 75611. If the board determines that there has been an...

Section 75611.5. - 75611.5. (a) When there has been a payment of death...

Section 75612. - 75612. (a) The board may assess a county a reasonable...

Section 75613. - 75613. (a) Whenever a person entitled to payment of a...