California Code
PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 21250. - 21250. A pension, an annuity, special death benefit or retirement...

Section 21251. - 21251. Notwithstanding Section 20172, the board may establish a special...

Section 21251.13. - 21251.13. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Sections 21070.5,...

Section 21251.15. - 21251.15. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, when...

Section 21252. - 21252. (a) A member’s written application for retirement, if submitted...

Section 21254. - 21254. The right of a person to a pension, retirement...

Section 21255. - 21255. The right of a person to any benefit or...

Section 21256. - 21256. Any allowance may be paid directly to a trust....

Section 21257. - 21257. The benefits payable after August 4, 1943 under this...

Section 21258. - 21258. For the purposes of determining eligibility for disability retirement,...

Section 21259. - 21259. Subject to compliance with this part, after a member...

Section 21260. - 21260. In lieu of receiving a monthly allowance that is...

Section 21261. - 21261. The sole purpose of this section is to notify...

Section 21263. - 21263. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 751 and 1100 of...

Section 21264. - 21264. Retired members of this system, and beneficiaries who are...

Section 21265. - 21265. Retired members of this system, and beneficiaries who are...

Section 21266. - 21266. Upon receipt of proof, satisfactory to the board, that...

Section 21267. - 21267. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person...

Section 21268. - 21268. The Controller may make an agreement with one or...

Section 21269. - 21269. (a) Any person entitled to a benefit from this...

ARTICLE 2 - Community Property

Section 21290. - 21290. (a) Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage...

Section 21291. - 21291. “Nonmember,” as used in this article, means the spouse...

Section 21291.5. - 21291.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a spouse...

Section 21292. - 21292. (a) The nonmember who is awarded a separate account...

Section 21293. - 21293. (a) The nonmember who is awarded a separate account...

Section 21294. - 21294. (a) The nonmember shall have the right to purchase...

Section 21295. - 21295. A nonmember shall be retired upon his or her...

Section 21296. - 21296. Retirement shall be effective and the retirement allowance shall...

Section 21297. - 21297. For a nonmember, “final compensation” means the highest average...

Section 21298. - 21298. (a) A nonmember entitled to receive a retirement allowance...

ARTICLE 3 - Cost-of-Living Adjustments

Section 21310. - 21310. It is the purpose of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 21310.5. - 21310.5. The cost-of-living adjustments under Section 415(d) of the Internal...

Section 21311. - 21311. The following definitions shall govern the application of this...

Section 21312. - 21312. Notwithstanding Section 20481, monthly allowances payable to persons retired...

Section 21313. - 21313. Monthly allowances shall be adjusted annually for time commencing...

Section 21317. - 21317. (a) In addition to the increase of allowance authorized...

Section 21318. - 21318. (a) In addition to the increase of allowance authorized...

Section 21319. - 21319. (a) In addition to the increase of allowance authorized...

Section 21320. - 21320. (a) In addition to the increase in allowance authorized...

Section 21322. - 21322. Section 21320 shall apply to any contracting agency that...

Section 21325. - 21325. (a) In addition to the increase in allowance authorized...

Section 21326. - 21326. (a) In addition to the increase in allowance authorized...

Section 21327. - 21327. In addition to the increase in allowance authorized and...

Section 21328. - 21328. (a) In addition to the increase in allowance authorized...

Section 21329. - 21329. The adjustments provided by this article are subject to...

Section 21330. - 21330. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this article, the...

Section 21331. - 21331. An adjustment in a monthly allowance under this article...

Section 21335. - 21335. Notwithstanding Section 21329, the adjustments in allowances for local...

Section 21337. - 21337. (a) On an annual basis, the board shall transfer...

Section 21337.1. - 21337.1. (a) All monthly allowances paid by the system to...

ARTICLE 4 - Retirement for Service

Section 21350. - 21350. Upon retirement for service, a member is entitled to...

Section 21351. - 21351. The actual amount of annuity receivable by a member...

Section 21352. - 21352. The service retirement annuity is the sum of the...

Section 21353. - 21353. (a) The combined current and prior service pensions for...

Section 21353.5. - 21353.5. The combined current and prior service pensions for a...

Section 21353.5. - 21353.5. (a) The combined current and prior service pensions for...

Section 21354. - 21354. The combined current and prior service pensions for a...

Section 21354.1. - 21354.1. (a) The combined current and prior service pensions for...

Section 21354.3. - 21354.3. (a) The combined current and prior service pensions for...

Section 21354.4. - 21354.4. (a) The combined current and prior service pensions for...

Section 21354.5. - 21354.5. (a) The combined current and prior service pensions for...

Section 21355. - 21355. Notwithstanding Sections 21353, 21354, and 21354.1, if the modification...

Section 21356. - 21356. (a) A member who elects, pursuant to Article 1.7...

Section 21357. - 21357. (a) For a member reinstated from service retirement or...

Section 21358. - 21358. Notwithstanding Section 21357, the retirement allowance of a state...

Section 21359. - 21359. Notwithstanding Section 21357, in determining the method of calculation...

Section 21362. - 21362. (a) The current service pension for patrol members and...

Section 21362.2. - 21362.2. (a) Upon attaining the age of 50 years or...

Section 21362.3. - 21362.3. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 21362.2, for the...

Section 21363. - 21363. (a) The combined current and prior service pensions for...

Section 21363.1. - 21363.1. (a) The combined current and prior service pensions for...

Section 21363.2. - 21363.2. (a) This section shall apply only to patrol members...

Section 21363.3. - 21363.3. (a) The combined current and prior service pensions for...

Section 21363.4. - 21363.4. (a) Upon attaining the age of 50 years or...

Section 21363.8. - 21363.8. (a) Upon attaining the age of 50 years or...

Section 21364. - 21364. A contracting agency may elect to be subject to...

Section 21365. - 21365. If, pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500)...

Section 21366. - 21366. The combined prior and current service pensions for patrol...

Section 21367. - 21367. The fraction or percentage of final compensation, for purposes...

Section 21368. - 21368. The combined current and prior service pensions for a...

Section 21369. - 21369. (a) The combined prior and current service pension for...

Section 21369.1. - 21369.1. (a) The combined current and prior service pensions for...

Section 21369.2. - 21369.2. (a) The combined prior and current service pension for...

Section 21370. - 21370. (a) The combined prior and current service pension for...

Section 21371. - 21371. The combined current and prior service pensions, disability retirement...

Section 21372. - 21372. The combined current and prior service pensions of a...

Section 21373. - 21373. The combined current and prior service pensions for a...

Section 21374. - 21374. The combined current and prior service pensions for a...

Section 21375. - 21375. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and with respect...

Section 21376. - 21376. Whenever a contracting agency amends its contract to become...

Section 21380. - 21380. If a state safety member retires for service before...

Section 21381. - 21381. (a) The retirement allowance referred to in this section...

Section 21383. - 21383. The prior service pensions for state members are derived...

Section 21384. - 21384. The prior service pension for local members is a...

Section 21385. - 21385. The prior service pension of a member reinstated from...

Section 21390. - 21390. Notwithstanding Sections 21362, 21362.2, 21363, 21363.1, 21369, 21370, and...

ARTICLE 5 - Disability Retirement Benefits

Section 21400. - 21400. A safety member who retires on or after January...

Section 21404. - 21404. Upon retirement for disability, a local miscellaneous member who...

Section 21405. - 21405. Upon retirement for nonindustrial disability, a local safety member...

Section 21406. - 21406. Upon retirement of a patrol member for industrial disability...

Section 21407. - 21407. Upon retirement of a state peace officer/firefighter member or...

Section 21408. - 21408. Upon the industrial disability retirement of a state miscellaneous...

Section 21409. - 21409. Upon the industrial disability retirement of a state miscellaneous...

Section 21410. - 21410. Notwithstanding Sections 21406, 21407, 21408, 21409, and 21411, any...

Section 21411. - 21411. Upon retirement of a state safety member for industrial...

Section 21412. - 21412. Upon retirement of a state industrial member for industrial...

Section 21413. - 21413. Upon retirement of a local safety member for industrial...

Section 21414. - 21414. Upon retirement of a local miscellaneous member for industrial...

Section 21415. - 21415. Notwithstanding any provision of this part to the contrary,...

Section 21416. - 21416. Notwithstanding any provision of this part, a state safety...

Section 21418. - 21418. The disability retirement allowance for a patrol, state safety,...

Section 21419. - 21419. This system shall deduct the amount of advanced disability...

Section 21419.5. - 21419.5. The system shall deduct the amount of interim disability...

Section 21420. - 21420. If a member retired for industrial disability has made...

Section 21422. - 21422. Every member retired for disability for whom a different...

Section 21423. - 21423. The disability retirement pension, other than an industrial disability...

Section 21424. - 21424. The nonindustrial disability retirement pension for state miscellaneous or...

Section 21426. - 21426. In no event shall the disability retirement pension under...

Section 21427. - 21427. The disability retirement allowance of a local miscellaneous and...

Section 21428. - 21428. Upon retirement of a local safety member or a...

Section 21428.1. - 21428.1. (a) Upon retirement of a patrol member for industrial...

Section 21430. - 21430. Upon retirement of a local safety member for industrial...

Section 21432. - 21432. If, prior to attaining the minimum age for voluntary...

ARTICLE 6 - Optional Settlements Prior to January 1, 2018

Section 21450. - 21450. This system shall provide to any member who requests...

Section 21451. - 21451. In lieu of the retirement allowance for his or...

Section 21452. - 21452. The lesser retirement allowance under an optional settlement elected...

Section 21453. - 21453. An election, revocation, or change of election shall be...

Section 21454. - 21454. Notwithstanding Section 21453, an election of optional settlement 2...

Section 21455. - 21455. Optional settlement 1 consists of the right to have...

Section 21456. - 21456. Optional settlement 2 consists of the right to have...

Section 21457. - 21457. Optional settlement 3 consists of the right to have...

Section 21458. - 21458. Optional settlement 4 consists of such other benefits as...

Section 21459. - 21459. A member who elects to receive optional settlement 2...

Section 21460. - 21460. A member who elects to receive the unmodified allowance...

Section 21461. - 21461. (a) A member retiring for service may elect to...

Section 21461.5. - 21461.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 21461, a member retiring for service...

Section 21462. - 21462. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part,...

Section 21463. - 21463. A member who elected to receive optional settlement 2...

Section 21464. - 21464. Notwithstanding any provision of this part, a retired member...

Section 21465. - 21465. (a) Optional settlement 5 consists of a partial distribution...

ARTICLE 7 - Optional Settlements On and After January 1, 2018

Section 21470. - 21470. This system shall provide to any member who retires...

Section 21471. - 21471. (a) The unmodified allowance consists of the right to...

Section 21471.1. - 21471.1. (a) In lieu of electing the unmodified allowance, a...

Section 21471.2. - 21471.2. If a member elects an optional settlement that provides...

Section 21472. - 21472. (a) An election, revocation, or change of election shall...

Section 21473. - 21473. (a) Notwithstanding Section 21472, the election of an optional...

Section 21474. - 21474. (a) The Return of Remaining Contributions Option 1 consists...

Section 21475. - 21475. (a) The 100 Percent Beneficiary Option 2 consists of...

Section 21475.5. - 21475.5. (a) The 100 Percent Beneficiary Option 2 with Benefit...

Section 21476. - 21476. (a) The 50 Percent Beneficiary Option 3 consists of...

Section 21476.5. - 21476.5. (a) The 50 Percent Beneficiary Option 3 with Benefit...

Section 21477. - 21477. (a) The Flexible Beneficiary Option 4 consists of the...

Section 21478. - 21478. (a) A member who elects to receive the unmodified...

Section 21479. - 21479. (a) A member retiring for service may elect to...

Section 21480. - 21480. (a) Notwithstanding Section 21479, a member retiring for service...

Section 21481. - 21481. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part,...

Section 21482. - 21482. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this part, a retired...

Section 21483. - 21483. (a) Optional settlement 5 consists of a partial distribution...

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California Code PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits

California Code
PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits