California Code
PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
CHAPTER 2 - Definitions

Section 22100. - 22100. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth...

Section 22101. - 22101. “Accumulated annuity deposit contributions” means the sum of all...

Section 22101.5. - 22101.5. “Accumulated Defined Benefit Supplement account balance” means the amount...

Section 22102. - 22102. “Accumulated retirement contributions” means the sum of the member...

Section 22103. - 22103. “Accumulated tax-sheltered annuity contributions” means the tax-sheltered contributions made...

Section 22104. - 22104. “Actuarial equivalent” means an allowance of equal value when...

Section 22104.5. - 22104.5. “Actuary” means a person professionally trained in the technical...

Section 22104.7. - 22104.7. “Additional earnings credit” means an amount derived from investment...

Section 22104.8. - 22104.8. (a) “Annualized pay rate” means the salary or wages,...

Section 22104.9. - 22104.9. “Annuitant Reserve” means a segregated account within the retirement...

Section 22105. - 22105. (a) “Annuity,” with respect to the Defined Benefit Program,...

Section 22105.5. - 22105.5. “Annuity beneficiary” means the person or trust designated by...

Section 22106. - 22106. “Annuity deposit contributions” means additional contributions made by a...

Section 22106.1. - 22106.1. For the purposes of determining supplemental benefits pursuant to...

Section 22106.2. - 22106.2. “Base days” means the number of days of creditable...

Section 22106.3. - 22106.3. “Base hours” means the number of hours of creditable...

Section 22106.5. - 22106.5. “Basis of employment” means the standard of time over...

Section 22107. - 22107. (a) “Beneficiary,” with respect to the Defined Benefit Program,...

Section 22108. - 22108. (a) “Benefit” or “benefits,” with respect to the Defined...

Section 22109. - 22109. “Board” means the Teachers’ Retirement Board. (Repealed and added...

Section 22109.8. - 22109.8. “California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013” means...

Section 22110. - 22110. “California service” means service performed in California for which...

Section 22110.1. - 22110.1. “Cash Balance Benefit Program” means the benefit program of...

Section 22110.2. - 22110.2. “Credential,” “credentials,” and “certificate” mean any life diploma, credential,...

Section 22110.5. - 22110.5. “Certificated” means the holding by a person of a...

Section 22111. - 22111. “Child’s portion” or “children’s portion” means the amount of...

Section 22112.5. - 22112.5. (a) “Class of employees” means a number of employees...

Section 22112.6. - 22112.6. Notwithstanding Section 22112.5, any county office of education that,...

Section 22113. - 22113. “Comparable level position” means any job in which the...

Section 22115. - 22115. (a) “Compensation earnable” means the sum of the following:...

Section 22115.2. - 22115.2. “Concurrent membership” means membership in the Defined Benefit Program...

Section 22115.5. - 22115.5. (a) “Concurrent retirement” entitles a member of the Defined...

Section 22117. - 22117. “Contribution rate for additional service credit” means the contribution...

Section 22118. - 22118. “County” includes “city and county.” (Repealed and added by...

Section 22119. - 22119. “County superintendent” means the county superintendent of schools. (Repealed...

Section 22119.2. - 22119.2. (a) “Creditable compensation” means the following remuneration that is...

Section 22119.3. - 22119.3. (a) “Creditable compensation” for members who are subject to...

Section 22119.5. - 22119.5. (a) “Creditable service” means any of the activities described...

Section 22119.6. - 22119.6. (a) Creditable service shall also include any activities that...

Section 22120. - 22120. “Credited interest” means interest that is credited to active...

Section 22121. - 22121. (a) “Credited service” means service for which the required...

Section 22122. - 22122. “Custodian” as used in Section 22359, means any bank...

Section 22122.4. - 22122.4. “Death payment” means the amount payable upon the death...

Section 22122.5. - 22122.5. “Defined Benefit Program” means the Defined Benefit Program provided...

Section 22122.7. - 22122.7. “Defined Benefit Supplement contributions” means member contributions and employer...

Section 22123. - 22123. (a) “Dependent child” or “dependent children” under the disability...

Section 22123.5. - 22123.5. (a) “Dependent child” or “dependent children” under the disability...

Section 22124. - 22124. “Dependent parent” means a natural parent of a member,...

Section 22126. - 22126. “Disability” or “disabled” means any medically determinable physical or...

Section 22127. - 22127. “Disability allowance” means the amount payable to a disabled...

Section 22127.2. - 22127.2. “Disability benefit” means the amount payable under the Defined...

Section 22128. - 22128. “Early retirement” and “early retirement age” mean the age...

Section 22129. - 22129. “Educational institution” means any accredited public or private institution...

Section 22130. - 22130. “Effective date” means the date upon which the benefit...

Section 22131. - 22131. (a) (1) “Employer” or “employing agency” means the state...

Section 22132. - 22132. “Employed” or “employment” means employment to perform creditable service...

Section 22132.5. - 22132.5. “Exclusive representative” means an exclusive representative as defined in...

Section 22133. - 22133. “Family allowance” means amounts payable to eligible survivors provided...

Section 22133.5. - 22133.5. “Final benefit” means the amount payable to a beneficiary...

Section 22134. - 22134. (a) “Final compensation” means the highest average annual compensation...

Section 22134.5. - 22134.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 22134, “final compensation” means the highest...

Section 22135. - 22135. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 22134, “final compensation”...

Section 22137. - 22137. With respect to a state employee member who dies...

Section 22138. - 22138. “Final vesting” means the right of a member or...

Section 22138.5. - 22138.5. (a) (1) “Full time” means the days or hours...

Section 22138.6. - 22138.6. “Full-time equivalent” means the days or hours of creditable...

Section 22139.5. - 22139.5. “Gain and Loss Reserve” means a segregated account within...

Section 22140. - 22140. (a) “Improvement factor,” with respect to the Defined Benefit...

Section 22141. - 22141. (a) Notwithstanding Section 22140, “improvement factor” means an increase...

Section 22142. - 22142. “Indexed final compensation” means final compensation upon which a...

Section 22143. - 22143. “Investment manager” and “investment adviser” mean any person, firm,...

Section 22144. - 22144. “Investment transactions” means investment services of an asset management...

Section 22144.3. - 22144.3. (a) “Leave of absence” means a period of leave...

Section 22144.5. - 22144.5. “Liability gains and losses” means the difference between actual...

Section 22145. - 22145. “Local system” means any retirement system, exclusive of this...

Section 22146. - 22146. “Member” means any person, unless excluded under other provisions...

Section 22146.2. - 22146.2. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 7522.04 of the...

Section 22146.5. - 22146.5. “Membership” means membership in the Defined Benefit Program, except...

Section 22146.7. - 22146.7. “Minimum interest rate” means the annual interest rate determined...

Section 22147. - 22147. (a) “Month” means 20 working days or four weeks...

Section 22147.5. - 22147.5. “Nonqualified service” means any time during which a member...

Section 22148. - 22148. “Normal retirement” and “normal retirement age” mean 60 years...

Section 22149. - 22149. (a) “Option beneficiary” means the person or trust designated...

Section 22150. - 22150. “Other public systems” means any of the following: (a)...

Section 22152. - 22152. “Parent” means a natural parent of a member or...

Section 22154. - 22154. “Pay period” means a payroll period of not less...

Section 22155. - 22155. “Payroll” includes registers, warrants, and any other documents upon...

Section 22155.5. - 22155.5. “Plan” means the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan. (Amended by...

Section 22156. - 22156. “Plan vesting,” with respect to benefits payable under the...

Section 22156.05. - 22156.05. “Plan year” means the period of time beginning on...

Section 22156.1. - 22156.1. “Present value,” for purposes of Section 22718, means the...

Section 22156.2. - 22156.2. “Present value factor,” for purposes of Section 22156.1, means...

Section 22156.5. - 22156.5. “Prior year’s compensation earnable” means the compensation earnable for...

Section 22157. - 22157. “Projected final compensation” means the final compensation used in...

Section 22158. - 22158. (a) “Projected service” means the sum of credited service...

Section 22159. - 22159. “Proof of death” means providing to the system any...

Section 22160. - 22160. “Provisional vesting” means the member has reached the minimum...

Section 22160.5. - 22160.5. “Public employer” means a public employer as defined in...

Section 22161. - 22161. “Public school” means any day or evening elementary school,...

Section 22161.3. - 22161.3. Qualified military service is military service as defined in...

Section 22161.5. - 22161.5. “Refund” means the lump-sum return of a member’s accumulated...

Section 22162. - 22162. “Regular interest” means interest that is equal to the...

Section 22162.5. - 22162.5. “Regular meeting” means a meeting of the board held...

Section 22163. - 22163. “Reinstatement” means the change in status with respect to...

Section 22164. - 22164. “Replacement benefits program” means the program established pursuant to...

Section 22164.5. - 22164.5. (a) “Retired member activities” means one or more activities...

Section 22165. - 22165. “Retirement” means termination of employment subject to coverage by...

Section 22166. - 22166. “Retirement allowance” means the amount payable to a retired...

Section 22166.5. - 22166.5. “Retirement benefit” means the amount payable under the Defined...

Section 22167. - 22167. “Retirement fund” means the Teachers’ Retirement Fund. (Repealed and...

Section 22168. - 22168. “Return on investments” means income received or receivable from...

Section 22168.5. - 22168.5. “School term” means a minimum period of 35 weeks...

Section 22169. - 22169. “School year” means the period of time beginning on...

Section 22170. - 22170. “Service” means work performed for compensation in a position...

Section 22170.5. - 22170.5. (a) “Sick leave days” means the number of days...

Section 22171. - 22171. (a) “Spouse” means a person who was continuously married...

Section 22172. - 22172. “Survivor allowance” means the allowance provided for in Section...

Section 22173. - 22173. “Survivor benefit allowance” means the monthly allowance that a...

Section 22174. - 22174. “System” means the State Teachers’ Retirement System. (Repealed and...

Section 22175. - 22175. “System’s headquarters office” means the office building established as...

Section 22176. - 22176. “Termination benefit” means a benefit equal in amount to...

Section 22177. - 22177. (a) “Unfunded actuarial obligation,” with respect to the Defined...

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California Code PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM CHAPTER 2 - Definitions

California Code
PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
CHAPTER 2 - Definitions