California Code
DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS
PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 22000. - 22000. This part may be known and cited as the...

Section 22001. - 22001. In order to provide a financially sound plan for...

Section 22001.5. - 22001.5. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that on July...

Section 22002. - 22002. The Legislature recognizes that the assets of the State...

Section 22002.5. - 22002.5. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 22003. - 22003. The revision of the State Teachers’ Retirement Law, enacted...

Section 22004. - 22004. If the provisions of this part are in conflict...

Section 22005. - 22005. The right of a person to a pension, retirement...

Section 22006. - 22006. The right of a person to an annuity or...

Section 22007. - 22007. The obligations of any member, or the member’s beneficiaries,...

Section 22007.5. - 22007.5. Except as excluded by subdivision (d) of Sections 22661...

Section 22008. - 22008. For the purposes of payments into or out of...

Section 22009. - 22009. If any provision of this part or the application...

Section 22010. - 22010. (a) It is unlawful for a person to do...

Section 22011. - 22011. For an application or document requiring a signature, that...

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...

CHAPTER 3 - Retirement Board

Section 22200. - 22200. (a) The plan and the system are administered by...

Section 22200.5. - 22200.5. (a) The board shall conduct the elections of members...

Section 22201. - 22201. (a) The board shall set policy and shall have...

Section 22201.2. - 22201.2. A quorum of the board shall consist of the...

Section 22201.3. - 22201.3. The chief executive officer of the system shall act...

Section 22202. - 22202. The board has exclusive control of the administration of...

Section 22203. - 22203. The board has exclusive control of the investment of...

Section 22203.5. - 22203.5. (a) All investment transaction decisions made during a closed...

Section 22204. - 22204. Each member of the board may administer oaths and...

Section 22205. - 22205. The board has the authority to negotiate, and enter...

Section 22206. - 22206. (a) As often as the board determines necessary, it...

Section 22206.1. - 22206.1. (a) Before auditing, or causing to be audited, the...

Section 22206.2. - 22206.2. (a) The board shall provide the final audit report...

Section 22206.3. - 22206.3. (a) If the public agency audited pursuant to Section...

Section 22206.4. - 22206.4. (a) If a member affected by an audit disagrees...

Section 22206.5. - 22206.5. The system shall make all final employer audit reports...

Section 22207. - 22207. The board shall perform any other acts necessary for...

Section 22208. - 22208. The board may appoint a committee of two or...

Section 22209. - 22209. The office of chief executive officer shall be filled...

Section 22210. - 22210. (a) Reversal by the board of any act of...

Section 22212. - 22212. The board shall appoint such employees as are necessary...

Section 22212.5. - 22212.5. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d), this...

Section 22213. - 22213. The board shall regulate the duties of employers, employing...

Section 22214. - 22214. The board may take any action it deems necessary...

Section 22215. - 22215. The board shall determine the service performed by members...

Section 22216. - 22216. (a) The board shall annually adopt as a plan...

Section 22217. - 22217. (a) The board shall employ a certified public accountant...

Section 22218. - 22218. The board shall establish and maintain records and accounts...

Section 22219. - 22219. (a) The board may in its discretion hold a...

Section 22220. - 22220. In addition to the authority granted pursuant to Section...

Section 22221. - 22221. The board shall adopt, upon the recommendation of the...

Section 22222. - 22222. The board may adjust the amounts of the death...

Section 22223. - 22223. The members of the board who are not active...

Section 22224. - 22224. Members of the Defined Benefit Program and participants of...

Section 22225. - 22225. (a) The compensation of the members of the Defined...

Section 22226. - 22226. (a) The board shall conduct a study on providing...

Section 22227. - 22227. It is the intent of the Legislature that candidates...

Section 22228. - 22228. (a) Commencing March 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the...

CHAPTER 4 - Fiduciary Duties

Section 22250. - 22250. The board and its officers and employees of the...

Section 22251. - 22251. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the assets...

Section 22252. - 22252. Except as otherwise provided by law, the board and...

Section 22253. - 22253. The board and its officers and employees of the...

Section 22254. - 22254. (a) Any board member or officer who breaches any...

Section 22255. - 22255. (a) No board member or officer shall be personally...

Section 22256. - 22256. A board member or officer shall be liable for...

Section 22257. - 22257. (a) Notwithstanding Section 22203, the board may contract with...

Section 22258. - 22258. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is...

Section 22259. - 22259. (a) All board members and officers and employees of...

Section 22260. - 22260. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the system may...

Section 22261. - 22261. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may...

CHAPTER 5 - Administration

Section 22300. - 22300. The chief executive officer is the chief administrative officer...

Section 22301. - 22301. The chief executive officer has the authority and responsibility...

Section 22302. - 22302. (a) The board shall establish an ombudsperson position to...

Section 22302.5. - 22302.5. The board may contract with a qualified third-party administrator...

Section 22303. - 22303. (a) Due to an increase in the demand for...

Section 22303.5. - 22303.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board shall...

Section 22304. - 22304. (a) The costs of administration of the plan shall...

Section 22305. - 22305. Any rules and regulations adopted by the board for...

Section 22306. - 22306. (a) Information filed with the system by a member,...

Section 22307. - 22307. (a) The board may authorize the transfer and disbursement...

Section 22307.5. - 22307.5. (a) There is in the State Treasury a trust...

Section 22307.6. - 22307.6. The board may, by resolution, direct the Controller to...

Section 22308. - 22308. (a) Subject to subdivision (d), the board may, in...

Section 22309. - 22309. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the system...

Section 22310. - 22310. (a) If a benefit or refund cannot be paid...

Section 22311. - 22311. The board shall maintain all data necessary to perform...

Section 22311.5. - 22311.5. The board shall acquire the services of an actuary...

Section 22311.7. - 22311.7. Upon the basis of the actuarial investigation and actuarial...

Section 22311.9. - 22311.9. (a) The board shall report to the Legislature on...

Section 22313. - 22313. (a) No adjustment shall be included in new rates...

Section 22314. - 22314. The system shall inform a member, upon retirement, that...

Section 22317.5. - 22317.5. The amount of compensation that is taken into account...

Section 22318. - 22318. (a) The initial payment to a disabled member or...

Section 22319. - 22319. (a) The initial payment to a member retired for...

Section 22320. - 22320. The death benefits provided pursuant to Chapter 22 (commencing...

Section 22321. - 22321. The system shall pay interest for delays in excess...

Section 22322. - 22322. The system shall report monthly to the board on...

Section 22323. - 22323. The system shall report monthly to the board concerning...

Section 22324. - 22324. The board shall file an annual report with the...

Section 22325. - 22325. (a) The system, at least annually, shall provide resources...

Section 22326. - 22326. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Advisory...

Section 22327. - 22327. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Employment Development...

Section 22328. - 22328. (a) Upon termination of a retirement allowance or disability...

Section 22329. - 22329. In order to provide equitable telephone assistance to all...

Section 22330. - 22330. (a) The board shall provide the Legislature with an...

Section 22337. - 22337. (a) The requirements and procedures described in this section...

CHAPTER 6 - Investments

Section 22350. - 22350. The Legislature finds and declares that changing economic conditions...

Section 22351. - 22351. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 22352. - 22352. Upon a finding by the board that necessary investment...

Section 22353. - 22353. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board...

Section 22354. - 22354. (a) The board shall, pursuant to the state civil...

Section 22355. - 22355. In no event shall the board employ through interagency...

Section 22356. - 22356. The board may apply to reduce the book value...

Section 22359. - 22359. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may...

Section 22360. - 22360. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board...

Section 22360.5. - 22360.5. (a) The board may include in any investment program...

Section 22361. - 22361. (a) The board may, subject to and consistent with...

Section 22362. - 22362. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board...

Section 22363. - 22363. No matter involving any vendor or contractor, in their...

Section 22364. - 22364. (a) During the process leading to an award of...

CHAPTER 7 - System Headquarters

Section 22375. - 22375. Notwithstanding Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of Division...

Section 22376. - 22376. All buildings acquired or improvements constructed by the board...

Section 22377. - 22377. The board may contract with the Department of General...

Section 22378. - 22378. In the event that condemnation of the property selected...

Section 22380. - 22380. (a) The board shall establish a building account for...

CHAPTER 8 - Establishment and Control of Funds

Section 22400. - 22400. (a) There is in the State Treasury a special...

Section 22401. - 22401. Return on investments shall be collected by the Treasurer,...

Section 22402. - 22402. Earned interest on plan assets with respect to the...

Section 22403. - 22403. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that pursuant to...

Section 22404. - 22404. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part or...

CHAPTER 9 - Member and Employer Duties

Section 22450. - 22450. (a) Each member and beneficiary shall furnish to the...

Section 22451. - 22451. (a) Each member shall file a statement with the...

Section 22451.5. - 22451.5. (a) Upon request by the system, a member shall...

Section 22451.7. - 22451.7. The system may withhold benefit payments until proof of...

Section 22453. - 22453. (a) Except as provided in Section 22454, the signature...

Section 22454. - 22454. If a spouse refuses to sign an application, as...

Section 22455. - 22455. (a) The county superintendent and other employing agencies shall...

Section 22455.5. - 22455.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the federal...

Section 22456. - 22456. At any time upon the request of the system,...

Section 22457. - 22457. (a) Each county superintendent shall give immediate notice in...

Section 22458. - 22458. Each employer shall provide the system with information regarding...

Section 22458.5. - 22458.5. Upon request from the system, each employer shall provide...

Section 22459. - 22459. (a) The county superintendent or other employing agency shall...

Section 22460. - 22460. (a) If a member terminates employment with less than...

Section 22461. - 22461. (a) Upon retaining the services of a retired member...

CHAPTER 10 - Membership

Section 22500. - 22500. All persons who were members of the California State...

Section 22501. - 22501. (a) Any person who is not already a member...

Section 22502. - 22502. (a) (1) Any person who is not already a...

Section 22503. - 22503. (a) Any person who is not already a member...

Section 22504. - 22504. (a) Any person who is not already a member...

Section 22508. - 22508. (a) A member who becomes employed by the same...

Section 22508.5. - 22508.5. (a) Any person who is a member of the...

Section 22508.6. - 22508.6. (a) Any person who is a member of the...

Section 22508.7. - 22508.7. (a) This section shall apply to service deemed creditable...

Section 22509. - 22509. (a) Within 10 working days of the date of...

Section 22515. - 22515. (a) Persons excluded from membership pursuant to Sections 22601.5,...

Section 22516. - 22516. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed or...

CHAPTER 11 - Exclusions from Membership

Section 22601. - 22601. Persons serving as exchange teachers or sojourn teachers from...

Section 22601.5. - 22601.5. (a) Any person who is not already a member...

Section 22602. - 22602. (a) Any person who is not already a member...

Section 22604. - 22604. (a) Any person who is not already a member...

CHAPTER 12 - Community Property

Section 22650. - 22650. (a) This chapter establishes the power of a court...

Section 22651. - 22651. (a) For purposes of this chapter and Section 23300,...

Section 22652. - 22652. (a) Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage...

Section 22653. - 22653. (a) The nonmember spouse who is awarded a separate...

Section 22655. - 22655. (a) Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage...

Section 22656. - 22656. No judgment or court order issued pursuant to this...

Section 22657. - 22657. (a) The following provisions shall apply to a nonmember...

Section 22658. - 22658. (a) A separate account awarded to a nonmember spouse...

Section 22659. - 22659. Upon being awarded a separate account or an interest...

Section 22660. - 22660. (a) The nonmember spouse who is awarded a separate...

Section 22661. - 22661. (a) The nonmember spouse who is awarded a separate...

Section 22662. - 22662. The nonmember spouse who is awarded a separate account...

Section 22663. - 22663. The nonmember spouse who is awarded a separate account...

Section 22664. - 22664. The nonmember spouse who is awarded a separate account...

Section 22665. - 22665. The system shall include the service credit awarded to...

Section 22666. - 22666. It is the intent of the Legislature to abolish...

CHAPTER 13 - Service Credit

Section 22700. - 22700. This chapter governs the computation of service to be...

Section 22701. - 22701. (a) Service performed prior to July 1, 1972, shall...

Section 22703. - 22703. (a) Service shall be credited to the Defined Benefit...

Section 22704. - 22704. In any school district that is conducting a year-round...

Section 22705. - 22705. No service shall be included under this part for...

Section 22705.5. - 22705.5. Service subject to coverage by the San Francisco Employees’...

Section 22706. - 22706. A member shall not receive credit for service performed...

Section 22708. - 22708. (a) The calculations of retirement allowances under this part...

Section 22709. - 22709. A member shall receive credit under this part for...

Section 22710. - 22710. (a) Service shall be credited under this part, upon...

Section 22711. - 22711. An elected officer of an employee organization that is...

Section 22712. - 22712. A member under this part shall receive credit for...

Section 22712.5. - 22712.5. All members under this part who are employed by...

Section 22713. - 22713. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if...

Section 22714. - 22714. (a) Whenever the governing board of a school district...

Section 22715. - 22715. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, whenever...

Section 22716. - 22716. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member of...

Section 22717. - 22717. (a) Upon certification by the employer or employers, a...

Section 22717.5. - 22717.5. (a) A member shall be credited at service retirement...

Section 22718. - 22718. (a) The Teachers’ Retirement Board shall bill school employers...

Section 22719. - 22719. If the allowance of a retired member is terminated,...

Section 22720. - 22720. The service credited pursuant to Section 22717 may not...

Section 22721. - 22721. Except as provided in Section 22717, no service credit...

Section 22724. - 22724. (a) To determine the number of excess sick leave...

CHAPTER 14 - Permissive and Additional Service Credit

Section 22800. - 22800. (a) Claims for permissive and additional service credit under...

Section 22801. - 22801. (a) A member who requests to purchase additional service...

Section 22801.5. - 22801.5. (a) A member who elects pursuant to Section 22508.6...

Section 22802. - 22802. (a) A member, other than a retired member, who...

Section 22803. - 22803. (a) A member, other than a retired member, may...

Section 22804. - 22804. For the purposes of this chapter, war with a...

Section 22805. - 22805. (a) A member may request to receive credit under...

Section 22806. - 22806. (a) A member who retired on or after December...

Section 22807. - 22807. (a) A member of the Defined Benefit Program who...

Section 22808. - 22808. A member of the Defined Benefit Program shall not...

Section 22809. - 22809. A member of the Defined Benefit Program may elect...

Section 22810. - 22810. (a) Any member of the Defined Benefit Program, who...

Section 22811. - 22811. Pursuant to terms and conditions established by the board,...

CHAPTER 14.2 - Out-of-State Service Credit

Section 22820. - 22820. (a) A member, other than a retired member, may...

Section 22821. - 22821. A member’s request to purchase out-of-state service credit pursuant...

Section 22822. - 22822. A request pursuant to Section 22820 to purchase out-of-state...

Section 22823. - 22823. A member who requests to purchase out-of-state service credit...

Section 22824. - 22824. No provision of this chapter shall apply to the...

Section 22825. - 22825. This chapter shall become operative on January 1, 1999....

Section 22826. - 22826. (a) A member, other than a retired member, may...

Section 22827. - 22827. (a) A member who retired for service between June...

Section 22828. - 22828. A request to purchase out-of-state service credit pursuant to...

Section 22829. - 22829. (a) This section applies only to a member who...

CHAPTER 14.5 - Military Service

Section 22850. - 22850. (a) The Legislature hereby declares its intent to provide...

Section 22851. - 22851. The right to pension benefits under this part of...

Section 22852. - 22852. (a) An employer reemploying a member of the Defined...

Section 22853. - 22853. For purposes of this chapter, creditable compensation during the...

Section 22853.5. - 22853.5. For purposes of this chapter, compensation earnable during the...

Section 22854. - 22854. A reemployed member who has been absent from a...

Section 22855. - 22855. A member of the Defined Benefit Program shall have...

Section 22856. - 22856. No provision of this chapter shall apply to the...

CHAPTER 15 - Employee Contributions

Section 22900. - 22900. By accepting employment to perform creditable service, a person...

Section 22901. - 22901. (a) Each member of the Defined Benefit Program shall...

Section 22901.3. - 22901.3. (a) Notwithstanding Section 22901, the normal rate of contribution...

Section 22901.7. - 22901.7. (a) Commencing July 1, 2014, the amount of contributions...

Section 22902. - 22902. Members’ accumulated retirement contributions and those other contributions required...

Section 22903. - 22903. Notwithstanding Sections 22901, 22901.3, 22901.7, 22956, and 23000, the...

Section 22904. - 22904. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state may...

Section 22905. - 22905. (a) Member contributions pursuant to Sections 22901, 22901.3, and...

Section 22906. - 22906. A member’s contributions that were made with respect to...

Section 22907. - 22907. Accumulated retirement contributions credited under this part to the...

Section 22908. - 22908. (a) Subject to rules prescribed by the board, any...

Section 22909. - 22909. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 22901, 22956, and 23000, an employer...

CHAPTER 16 - Employer and State Contributions

Section 22950. - 22950. (a) Employers shall contribute monthly to the system 8...

Section 22950.5. - 22950.5. (a) Commencing July 1, 2014, the amount of contributions...

Section 22950.6. - 22950.6. The Legislature hereby appropriates two billion two hundred forty-six...

Section 22951. - 22951. In addition to any other contributions required by this...

Section 22951.5. - 22951.5. In addition to any other contributions required by this...

Section 22954. - 22954. (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, a...

Section 22954.1. - 22954.1. (a) Consistent with a process it establishes pursuant to...

Section 22954.5. - 22954.5. (a) In addition to the amounts appropriated for transfer...

Section 22955. - 22955. (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, commencing...

Section 22955.1. - 22955.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, commencing...

Section 22955.2. - 22955.2. (a) In addition to the appropriation required pursuant to...

Section 22955.5. - 22955.5. (a) For purposes of Sections 22954, 22955, and 22955.1,...

Section 22956. - 22956. Employer and state contributions made to the plan pursuant...

Section 22957. - 22957. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the...

Section 22958. - 22958. (a) Any action or proceeding challenging the validity of...

CHAPTER 17 - Employer Collection and Reporting Procedures

Section 23000. - 23000. Each employer shall deduct from the creditable compensation of...

Section 23001. - 23001. Each county superintendent, district superintendent, chancellor of a community...

Section 23001.5. - 23001.5. (a) All contributions due to the system by an...

Section 23002. - 23002. Member and employer contributions required by this part and...

Section 23002.5. - 23002.5. Member and employer contributions from school districts conducting a...

Section 23003. - 23003. (a) If a county superintendent of schools or employing...

Section 23004. - 23004. The county superintendent of schools or employing agency shall,...

Section 23005. - 23005. Monthly reports are due in the office of the...

Section 23006. - 23006. (a) If a county superintendent of schools or employing...

Section 23007. - 23007. If any county superintendent, district superintendent, chancellor of a...

Section 23008. - 23008. (a) If more or less than the required contributions...

Section 23009. - 23009. The board, if in the interest of the plan,...

Section 23010. - 23010. A person or entity that reports directly to the...

Section 23011. - 23011. Penalties and interest due to the system pursuant to...

Section 23012. - 23012. (a) For the purpose of remitting contributions, assessments, or...

CHAPTER 18 - Refund of Contributions

Section 23100. - 23100. (a) Upon termination of employment, a member may elect...

Section 23101. - 23101. (a) When a member’s accumulated retirement contributions are refunded,...

Section 23102. - 23102. Prior to the system paying a refund of accumulated...

Section 23103. - 23103. Refunds to a member shall be made upon request...

Section 23104. - 23104. (a) Deposit in the United States mail of an...

Section 23106. - 23106. If a member ceases to be entitled to credit...

Section 23107. - 23107. Any member of the Defined Benefit Program without terminating...

CHAPTER 19 - Redeposit of Contributions

Section 23200. - 23200. (a) If a person, whose accumulated retirement contributions have...

Section 23201. - 23201. Any person whose accumulated retirement contributions were refunded, who...

Section 23202. - 23202. (a) An election pursuant to Section 23200 to redeposit...

Section 23203. - 23203. (a) A member who elects to redeposit refunded accumulated...

CHAPTER 20 - Beneficiary Designation

Section 23300. - 23300. (a) A member of the Defined Benefit Program may...

Section 23301. - 23301. A corporation, trust, charitable organization, parochial institution, or public...

Section 23302. - 23302. Payment under this part to a beneficiary designated in...

Section 23303. - 23303. (a) If the whereabouts of the designated beneficiary cannot...

Section 23304. - 23304. If no beneficiary designation is in effect on the...

CHAPTER 21 - Pre-1972 Benefits

Section 23400. - 23400. (a) If, prior to attaining the age of 55...

Section 23401. - 23401. The board may require any member who retired for...

Section 23402. - 23402. Benefits payable on account of deaths that occurred prior...

Section 23403. - 23403. Survivor benefits payable on account of deaths that occurred...

Section 23404. - 23404. Upon termination of the retirement allowance that began to...

CHAPTER 21.5 - Election of Disability and Death Benefit Coverage

Section 23701. - 23701. (a) The election of disability and death benefit programs...

Section 23702. - 23702. (a) All members in the Defined Benefit Program on...

Section 23703. - 23703. A member’s election of disability or death benefit coverage...

Section 23704. - 23704. If a spouse refuses to sign the election document,...

Section 23705. - 23705. After receipt of a member’s election document, the system...

Section 23706. - 23706. (a) Failure to file an election pursuant to this...

CHAPTER 22 - Active Death Benefits: Family Allowance

Section 23800. - 23800. (a) This chapter governs the eligibility provisions, benefit provisions,...

Section 23801. - 23801. (a) A death payment of no less than five...

Section 23802. - 23802. (a) Upon receipt of proof of death of a...

Section 23803. - 23803. Notwithstanding Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 13100) of Part...

Section 23804. - 23804. (a) A family allowance is payable upon the death...

Section 23805. - 23805. A family allowance is payable in the amount and...

Section 23805.5. - 23805.5. (a) A parent claiming a benefit under Section 23805...

Section 23806. - 23806. (a) A dependent child who is not in the...

Section 23809. - 23809. The family allowance payable to the surviving spouse who...

Section 23810. - 23810. If the person or persons to whom a family...

Section 23811. - 23811. (a) Upon termination of family allowances under this part...

Section 23812. - 23812. (a) The surviving spouse of a deceased member who...

CHAPTER 23 - Active Death Benefits: Survivor Benefits

Section 23850. - 23850. This chapter governs the eligibility provisions, benefit provisions, allowance...

Section 23851. - 23851. (a) A death payment of not less than twenty...

Section 23852. - 23852. Upon receipt of proof of death of a member...

Section 23853. - 23853. Notwithstanding Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 13100) of Part...

Section 23854. - 23854. (a) A survivor benefit allowance is payable upon receipt...

Section 23855. - 23855. (a) The survivor benefit allowance is a monthly allowance...

Section 23856. - 23856. (a) A dependent child who is not in the...

Section 23858. - 23858. If the person or persons to whom a survivor...

Section 23859. - 23859. (a) Upon termination of a survivor benefit allowance pursuant...

CHAPTER 24 - Retired Death Benefits

Section 23880. - 23880. (a) A death payment of not less than five...

Section 23881. - 23881. (a) If upon receipt of proof of death of...

Section 23882. - 23882. Notwithstanding Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 13100) of Part...

CHAPTER 25 - Disability Allowance

Section 24001. - 24001. A member may apply for a disability allowance under...

Section 24001.5. - 24001.5. A member shall not be eligible for a disability...

Section 24002. - 24002. (a) The board may authorize payment of a disability...

Section 24003. - 24003. (a) The member shall provide medical documentation to substantiate...

Section 24004. - 24004. In cases of a member’s willful substance abuse or...

Section 24005. - 24005. (a) A disability allowance under this part shall become...

Section 24006. - 24006. Upon qualification for disability under this part, a member...

Section 24007. - 24007. A member who qualifies for a disability allowance under...

Section 24009. - 24009. A disability allowance payable pursuant to Sections 24006 and...

Section 24010. - 24010. Allowances payable under Sections 24006 and 24007 shall be...

Section 24011. - 24011. A member who qualifies for disability allowance pursuant to...

Section 24012. - 24012. (a) A member who is receiving a disability allowance...

Section 24013. - 24013. The board may require any member receiving a disability...

Section 24014. - 24014. A disabled member may be employed to perform creditable...

Section 24015. - 24015. Notwithstanding Section 22132, if a person who begins to...

Section 24016. - 24016. (a) For any one or more months in which...

Section 24017. - 24017. If a person who began receiving a disability allowance...

Section 24018. - 24018. When a disabled member returns to work in his...

CHAPTER 26 - Disability Retirement

Section 24100. - 24100. This chapter governs the eligibility, allowance computations, and related...

Section 24101. - 24101. A member may apply for a disability retirement under...

Section 24101.5. - 24101.5. A member shall not be eligible for disability retirement...

Section 24102. - 24102. (a) The board may authorize payment of a disability...

Section 24103. - 24103. (a) The member shall provide medical documentation substantiating the...

Section 24104. - 24104. In cases of a member’s willful substance abuse or...

Section 24105. - 24105. (a) A disability retirement allowance under this part shall...

Section 24106. - 24106. Upon retirement for disability pursuant to this chapter, a...

Section 24107. - 24107. A member retired for disability under this part may...

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California Code DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

California Code
DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS
PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM