California Code
PART 1 - LEGISLATURE
CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions

Section 9350. - 9350. This chapter may be cited as the Legislators’ Retirement...

Section 9350.1. - 9350.1. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general...

Section 9350.2. - 9350.2. “Retirement system” or “this system” means the Legislators’ Retirement...

Section 9350.3. - 9350.3. “Board of Administration” or “board” means the Board of...

Section 9350.4. - 9350.4. “Retirement Fund” or “fund” means the Legislators’ Retirement Fund...

Section 9350.5. - 9350.5. “Member” means any person who is a member of...

Section 9350.55. - 9350.55. “Legislative statutory officer” means any of the following officers...

Section 9350.56. - 9350.56. “State service,” within the meaning of Sections 9350.55, 9356.15,...

Section 9350.6. - 9350.6. (a) “Compensation” and “salary” mean the remuneration paid in...

Section 9350.7. - 9350.7. “Regular interest” means interest at the annual rate fixed...

Section 9350.8. - 9350.8. “Contributions” means contributions made by a member at the...

Section 9350.9. - 9350.9. “Accumulated contributions” means the sum of all contributions standing...

Section 9350.10. - 9350.10. “Net earnings” means the earnings of the retirement fund...

Section 9351. - 9351. “Service” means the period of time, computed in years...

Section 9351.1. - 9351.1. “Retirement” means withdrawal from membership in this system with...

Section 9351.2. - 9351.2. “Benefit” means the retirement or survivor allowance granted under...

Section 9351.3. - 9351.3. “Legislator” means a Member of the Assembly or a...

Section 9351.4. - 9351.4. All references to “spouse,” “surviving spouse,” or “marriage” in...

ARTICLE 2 - Administration

Section 9353. - 9353. This system shall be administered by the Board of...

Section 9353.1. - 9353.1. The board may make such rules as it deems...

Section 9353.2. - 9353.2. The board shall determine who are members of this...

Section 9353.3. - 9353.3. From time to time the board shall determine the...

Section 9353.4. - 9353.4. At the end of each fiscal year the board...

Section 9353.5. - 9353.5. Each member of this system shall file with the...

Section 9353.6. - 9353.6. The Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall give the...

Section 9353.7. - 9353.7. If it is impracticable for the board to determine...

Section 9353.8. - 9353.8. If more or less than the correct amount of...

Section 9354. - 9354. The Legislators’ Retirement Fund in the State Treasury is...

Section 9354.1. - 9354.1. The board has the exclusive control of the administration...

Section 9354.2. - 9354.2. In addition to other records and accounts, the board...

Section 9354.3. - 9354.3. As soon as practicable after the close of each...

Section 9354.5. - 9354.5. The board shall keep in convenient form such data...

Section 9354.6. - 9354.6. When there is insufficient data upon which to establish...

Section 9354.7. - 9354.7. (a) Whenever a person entitled to payment of a...

ARTICLE 3 - Membership

Section 9355. - 9355. Any Member of the Senate or Assembly may file...

Section 9355.1. - 9355.1. A person ceases to be a member of this...

Section 9355.16. - 9355.16. Any member of this system who is charged, by...

Section 9355.2. - 9355.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the...

Section 9355.3. - 9355.3. Any member may resign from this system at any...

Section 9355.4. - 9355.4. (a) Every elective officer of the state whose office...

Section 9355.41. - 9355.41. (a) The Insurance Commissioner may become a member of...

Section 9355.45. - 9355.45. (a) Every legislative statutory officer may become a member...

Section 9355.5. - 9355.5. Membership in this system is exclusive of membership in...

Section 9355.6. - 9355.6. A member is absent on military service while serving...

Section 9355.7. - 9355.7. Any member who, while serving a term of office...

Section 9355.8. - 9355.8. For purposes of Section 9355.7, “public office” includes, but...

ARTICLE 4 - Service

Section 9356. - 9356. Each member of this system shall receive credit for...

Section 9356.1. - 9356.1. Each member who rendered service prior to the date...

Section 9356.15. - 9356.15. Any person who is a member of the system...

Section 9356.16. - 9356.16. Any person who is a member of the system...

Section 9356.2. - 9356.2. Each member shall receive credit for service while absent...

Section 9356.21. - 9356.21. Each member or former member who has 10 years...

Section 9356.3. - 9356.3. This section applies to any member heretofore or hereafter...

Section 9356.5. - 9356.5. Any member whose service is discontinued but whose membership...

ARTICLE 5 - Contributions

Section 9357. - 9357. For each year of service rendered after the date...

Section 9357.01. - 9357.01. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9357 or 9357.05, the...

Section 9357.05. - 9357.05. Each person who is a member of the system...

Section 9357.1. - 9357.1. Immediately upon receipt of the written election of a...

Section 9357.15. - 9357.15. With respect to each person who is a member...

Section 9357.2. - 9357.2. Any member who rendered service prior to the date...

Section 9357.3. - 9357.3. If the membership of a member is terminated, except...

Section 9357.4. - 9357.4. A member may redeposit in the Legislators’ Retirement Fund,...

Section 9357.45. - 9357.45. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a person...

Section 9357.46. - 9357.46. Any person who was a member and who withdrew...

Section 9357.5. - 9357.5. Upon reentering this system after a termination of his...

Section 9358. - 9358. (a) On and after January 1, 2000, the state’s...

Section 9358.01. - 9358.01. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state may...

Section 9358.1. - 9358.1. The board shall report annually to the Joint Rules...

ARTICLE 6 - Benefits

Section 9359. - 9359. Upon his or her written application to the Board...

Section 9359.01. - 9359.01. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the...

Section 9359.02. - 9359.02. (a) The amount of compensation used to compute benefits...

Section 9359.03. - 9359.03. If a person qualifies to retire as a legislative...

Section 9359.05. - 9359.05. The amount of compensation that is taken into account...

Section 9359.06. - 9359.06. (a) The cost-of-living adjustments under Section 415(d) of the...

Section 9359.1. - 9359.1. (a) The retirement allowance for a member all of...

Section 9359.10. - 9359.10. The retirement allowance for a legislative statutory officer is...

Section 9359.11. - 9359.11. Any contrary provisions of Section 9359.1 notwithstanding, in computing...

Section 9359.12. - 9359.12. (a) Any contrary provisions of Section 9359.1 or Section...

Section 9359.13. - 9359.13. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of Section 9359.1 the retirement...

Section 9359.15. - 9359.15. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no retirement...

Section 9359.16. - 9359.16. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9359, a member of...

Section 9359.17. - 9359.17. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9359, a legislative statutory...

Section 9359.2. - 9359.2. A retirement allowance granted by this chapter is payable...

Section 9359.3. - 9359.3. The right of a person to any benefit or...

Section 9359.4. - 9359.4. A member may at any time designate a beneficiary...

Section 9359.5. - 9359.5. The designation of a beneficiary under this system, other...

Section 9359.6. - 9359.6. The designation of a beneficiary by a member is...

Section 9359.7. - 9359.7. If any person entitled to a benefit of not...

Section 9359.8. - 9359.8. Upon the death of any member before retirement, the...

Section 9359.83. - 9359.83. Retired members of the system, and beneficiaries, who are...

Section 9359.85. - 9359.85. Upon the death of any person, after retirement and...

Section 9359.9. - 9359.9. (a) If a beneficiary is not designated, or if...

Section 9359.95. - 9359.95. In addition to any other benefits provided for in...

Section 9360. - 9360. No payment shall be made to persons included in...

Section 9360.1. - 9360.1. If the estate of the deceased member is his...

Section 9360.2. - 9360.2. As used in this chapter, “disability” and “incapacity for...

Section 9360.3. - 9360.3. Application to the board for retirement of a member...

Section 9360.4. - 9360.4. The board may require any recipient of a disability...

Section 9360.5. - 9360.5. If any recipient of a disability retirement allowance under...

Section 9360.6. - 9360.6. The disability allowance for other than legislative statutory officers...

Section 9360.7. - 9360.7. (a) Any Member of the Senate or Assembly who,...

Section 9360.9. - 9360.9. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the provisions...

Section 9360.10. - 9360.10. On or before January 15, 1968, and on or...

Section 9360.11. - 9360.11. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, any member...

ARTICLE 7 - Optional Settlements

Section 9361. - 9361. In lieu of the retirement allowance for his life...

Section 9361.1. - 9361.1. (a) The election, revocation, or change of election set...

Section 9361.12. - 9361.12. Notwithstanding any provision of this part, a retired member...

Section 9361.15. - 9361.15. A member may designate one or more persons as...

Section 9361.2. - 9361.2. Optional Settlement 1 consists of the right to have...

Section 9361.3. - 9361.3. Optional Settlement 2 consists of the right to have...

Section 9361.4. - 9361.4. Optional Settlement 3 consists of the right to have...

Section 9361.5. - 9361.5. Optional Settlement 4 consists of such other benefits as...

ARTICLE 8 - Survivor s Allowances

Section 9371. - 9371. (a) This article applies to members who elect to...

Section 9372. - 9372. “Survivor allowance” means the allowance provided for in Section...

Section 9373. - 9373. “Disability,” “disabled” or “incapacitated” means, with respect to qualification...

Section 9374. - 9374. Upon the death of a member before retirement (a)...

Section 9375. - 9375. For the purposes of Section 9374, a person shall...

Section 9376. - 9376. When the survivor is entitled to receive a monthly...

Section 9377. - 9377. The rate of contribution of a member subject to...

Section 9378. - 9378. A person who in any month is an eligible...