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CA Educ Code § 24604 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24604.

24604.  (a) A member, nonmember spouse, or beneficiary under this part shall specify whether monthly benefit payments are to be disbursed by one of the following:(1) Direct deposit (electronic funds transfer). (2) Direct mail to a financial or other institution.(3) Mailing to a payment address provided by the member, nonmember spouse, or beneficiary.(b) A member, nonmember spouse, or beneficiary under this part to whom a lump-sum payment or benefit is to be disbursed, and who is receiving payment for an ongoing benefit by electronic funds transfer, may have the lump-sum payment disbursed by electronic funds transfer to the financial institution on file for payment of the ongoing benefit.(c)  A member, nonmember spouse, or beneficiary under this part who is not receiving payment for an ongoing benefit by electronic funds transfer and to whom a lump-sum payment or benefit is to be disbursed shall specify the address to which the payment shall be mailed.(d) The system shall make available an electronic copy of the benefit payment information to any member, nonmember spouse, or beneficiary under this part who receives a monthly benefit payment.(e) (1) The system may designate electronic delivery the default method of delivery of the benefit payment information, unless a member, nonmember spouse, or beneficiary under this part submits a written request as described in paragraphs (3) and (4).(2) The system shall notify the member, nonmember spouse, or beneficiary that he or she has the right to request that a copy of the benefit payment information be mailed.(3) If the system has received a written request from any member, nonmember spouse, or beneficiary under this part, the system shall mail a copy of the monthly benefit payment information to that person.(4) If the system has received a written request from any member, nonmember spouse, or beneficiary under this part, the system shall mail a copy of the benefit payment information to that person, only when there is an adjustment in the allowance due to an annual benefit enhancement, pursuant to Sections 22140 and 24402, or a change in any amount deducted from the allowance due to an adjustment to an income tax withholding tax table made by the Internal Revenue Service or the Franchise Tax Board.(f)  A payment disbursed as specified by the member, nonmember spouse, or beneficiary under this part shall fully discharge the board, system, and plan from any claim resulting from actions taken under this section.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 558, Sec. 45. (AB 1379) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Educ Code § 24605 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24605.

24605.  Upon receipt of proof satisfactory to the board, that a warrant drawn in payment of a retirement allowance or in payment of any other account due from the plan under this part, has been lost or that payment transmitted electronically cannot be credited to an account, the Controller upon the request of the board shall issue a replacement warrant in payment of the same amount, without requiring a bond from the payee, and any loss incurred in connection therewith shall be charged against the fund from which the payment was derived.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 207. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Educ Code § 24606 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24606.

24606.  (a) If any payment of contributions or accumulated contributions or benefits under this plan remains unclaimed and, after a good faith effort, the legal claimant cannot be found, the board shall redeposit the proceeds in the retirement fund, and shall hold the proceeds for the legal claimant without further accumulation of interest. The redeposit does not operate to establish the membership of the claimant in this plan.(b) Subdivision (a) applies to warrants drawn and canceled by the Controller and payments rejected via electronic funds transfer. Upon notice of cancellation or rejection, the proceeds revert to and become a part of the retirement fund, and shall be applied to meet the liabilities of the retirement fund.(c) The board may at any time after reversion of proceeds, as provided above to the retirement fund, and upon receipt of proper information satisfactory to it, return from the retirement fund an amount equal to those proceeds to the credit of the legal claimant.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 218, Sec. 37. (SB 1352) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Educ Code § 24607 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24607.

24607.  Any warrant in an amount less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) paid by the system under this part, for the month in which a retired member or disabled member dies, shall not be invalidated by the system, except upon the request of the beneficiary of the retired member or disabled member.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 209. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Educ Code § 24608 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24608.

24608.  (a) Persons entitled to receive allowances under the plan under this part may authorize deductions to be made from those allowances, in accordance with procedures established by the board.(b) The board shall determine the additional cost involved in making deductions under this section, and may require the public agency, association, insurance carrier, or unit thereof to pay the amount of the additional cost to the board for deposit in the retirement fund to the credit of the Defined Benefit Program.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 210. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Educ Code § 24609 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24609.

24609.  Any allowance payable under this part to a retired member, that has accrued and remains unpaid at the time of his or her death, shall be paid to either of the following:(a) The option beneficiary entitled to payment in accordance with an option elected by the member.(b) The beneficiary entitled to receive the lump-sum death benefit provided upon death of a retired member if the member has not elected an option.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 211. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Educ Code § 24610 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24610.

24610.  Any disability allowance under this part that has accrued and remains unpaid to a disabled member at the time of death shall be paid to the person entitled to receive a family allowance under this part or, if none, to the beneficiary entitled to receive the death payment under this part.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 212. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Educ Code § 24611 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24611.

24611.  Part 5 (commencing with Section 220) of Division 2 of the Probate Code, when applicable, shall govern the distribution of the proceeds of any death benefit payable under this part. In applying Part 5 (commencing with Section 220) of Division 2 of the Probate Code with respect to proceeds payable to a beneficiary, membership shall be considered as having the same status as an insurance policy issued after December 31, 1984.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 634, Sec. 268. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Educ Code § 24612 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24612.

24612.  (a) If any person entitled to a benefit from the plan under this part is a minor who has no guardian of his or her estate, the benefit, not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000), may be paid to the person entitled to the custody of the minor to hold for the minor, upon the written statement, duly acknowledged and verified, of the person that the total estate of the minor does not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in value.(b) The payment shall constitute full discharge of any and all liabilities of the board, system, and plan.(c) The person shall account to the minor for the money when the minor reaches the age of majority.(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a natural parent or an adoptive parent having custody of the minor shall not be required to establish a guardianship for the purpose of collecting a survivor benefit, family benefit, or death benefit under this part.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 213. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Educ Code § 24613 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24613.

24613.  (a) Payment pursuant to the board’s determination in good faith of the existence, identity, or other facts relating to entitlement of persons under this part constitutes a complete discharge and release of the board, system, and plan from liability for that payment.(b) Notwithstanding Sections 751 and 1100 of the Family Code relating to community property interests, whenever payment or refund is made by this system to a member, former member, or beneficiary of a member pursuant to this part, the payment shall fully discharge the board, system, and plan from all adverse claims thereto unless, before payment is made, a written notice of adverse claim is received at the system’s headquarters office.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 558, Sec. 46. (AB 1379) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Educ Code § 24613.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24613.5.

24613.5.  The board shall not be required to determine the powers of a trustee or the validity of a trust or of any of the terms of a trust that is elected as a beneficiary, option beneficiary, or other payee under the plan. Such a determination by the board shall not be inferred from the fact that a member or trustee has provided a copy of all or part of the trust instrument. The acknowledged certification pursuant to Section 22450 by the member or trustee that the trustee has the powers declared therein and that the trust meets the requirements described in this part and Part 14 shall be conclusive. Payment of benefits to a trust pursuant to the board’s determination in good faith of the existence, identity, or other facts relating to entitlement of the trust to receive a benefit under this part constitutes a complete discharge and release of the board, system, and plan from liability for the benefit.(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 559, Sec. 11. (AB 1875) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Educ Code § 24614 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24614.

24614.  (a) This section shall only be applicable to a district retirement salary plan in a unified district presently having an average daily attendance of less than 200,000 pupils and which was discontinued by the governing board of the district.(b) The district shall continue to pay monthly to teachers and other persons who were retired prior to the date of the discontinuance an amount equal to the amount by which the retirement allowance to which any of the retired teachers or other persons were entitled under the district plan exceeds the increase in the teacher’s or other person’s retirement allowance under this part resulting from the discontinuance. The arrangement under which those amounts are paid by the district shall not be considered to be a local retirement system for the purposes of this part, nor shall those amounts be taken into account in the calculation of retirement allowances under this part.(c) The reserve fund created by the district from the assets delivered to it by the discontinued district retirement plan under subdivision (c) of former Section 14690 prior to its repeal is continued in existence and the amounts payable under subdivision (b) of this section shall be paid from that reserve fund.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 634, Sec. 271. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Educ Code § 24615 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24615.

24615.  (a) If the system determines that contributions are due under this part from a retired member, disabled member, or a person who has died, and the person is unable to pay the amount due, the system may withhold all or part of subsequent payments due the retired member, disabled member, or survivor, until the amounts withheld equal the contributions due plus regular interest to the date of payment. Total contributions plus regular interest due shall be recovered by the system within 18 months.(b) Any payment of contributions that a member or beneficiary is required by law to make to the system shall be paid upon receipt of written notice from the system, except as provided in subdivision (c). Payment may be made either in a lump sum or installments, as permitted by the system. Payment of contributions due the system not discovered or unpaid, for whatever reason, prior to the time of retirement, disability, or death shall be paid prior to granting an allowance or benefit to the member or beneficiary unless, in the opinion of the board, the making of the payment prior to receipt of an allowance or benefit would impose an undue hardship, in which case payment may be made by the system withholding not more than 18 consecutive monthly installments from payments due from the system. Those installments may not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month, except for the last installment, which may be less than twenty-five dollars ($25).(c) The mode of notice and the measurement of time within which a redeposit described in subdivision (b) shall be made is subject to Section 22337.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 459, Sec. 9. (AB 989) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Educ Code § 24616 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24616.

24616.  Any overpayment made to or on behalf of any member, former member, or beneficiary, including but not limited to contributions, interest, benefits of any kind, federal or state tax, or insurance premiums, shall be deducted from any subsequent benefit that may be payable under either the Defined Benefit Program, the Defined Benefit Supplement Program, or the Cash Balance Benefit Program, except as provided in Section 24616.5. These deductions shall be permitted concurrently with any suit for restitution, and recovery of overpayment by adjustment shall reduce by the amount of the recovery the extent of liability for restitution.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 207, Sec. 24. (AB 2260) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Educ Code § 24616.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24616.5.

24616.5.  If an employer reports erroneous information, the system shall calculate the actuarial present value of the expected payments from the member, the former member, or beneficiary pursuant to Sections 22008 and 24617. The employer shall pay the difference between the total amount of the overpayment and the calculation of the actuarial present value of expected payments.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 207, Sec. 25. (AB 2260) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Educ Code § 24617 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24617.

24617.  (a) To recover an amount overpaid under this part or Part 14 (commencing with Section 26000), the corrected monthly allowance payable under the Defined Benefit Program or benefit payable under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program or the Cash Balance Benefit Program may be reduced by no more than 5 percent if the overpayment was due to error by the system, the county superintendent of schools, a school district, or a community college district, and by no more than 15 percent if the error was due to inaccurate information or nonsubmission of information by the recipient of the allowance or benefit.(b) This section does not apply to the collection of overpayments due to fraud or intentional misrepresentation of facts by the recipient of the allowance or benefit.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 323, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Educ Code § 24618 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24618.

24618.  Losses or gains resulting from overpayment or underpayment of contributions or other amounts under this part within the limits set by the Department of General Services for automatic writeoff, and losses or gains in greater amounts specifically approved for writeoffs by the Department of General Services, shall be debited or credited, as the case may be, to the appropriate reserve in the retirement fund.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. 20. (SB 836) Effective June 27, 2016.)
CA Educ Code § 24619 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 31 - Procedures Concerning Payment|Section 24619.

24619.  The system shall annually report to the board the following information:(a) The amount of underpayment made to recipients under this part.(b) The amount to be recovered because of overpayments and the number of overpayments under this part.(c) The actions taken by the board and the system to reduce the number and amount of overpayments and underpayments under this part.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 218. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Educ Code § 24700 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 32 - San Francisco Local System|Section 24700.

24700.  On July 1, 1972, and thereafter all persons who first enter employment in the San Francisco Unified School District or the San Francisco Community College District to perform creditable service subject to coverage under the Defined Benefit Program are members of the plan in accordance with Section 22501. These new members are excluded from coverage under Subchapter II (commencing with Section 401) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code, for service performed as a member of the plan.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 219. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Educ Code § 24701 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 32 - San Francisco Local System|Section 24701.

24701.  Those credentialed members of the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System on June 30, 1972, who make an irrevocable election to be covered only by the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan under this part for prior and future service performed in San Francisco, shall be allowed to be covered for other certificated service concurrently, where the provisions of the city and county charter permit. This shall not include any credited service, as defined in Section 22121.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 351, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Educ Code § 24702 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 32 - San Francisco Local System|Section 24702.

24702.  (a) All persons on the San Francisco system retired rolls on June 30, 1972, shall remain on the local rolls. The State Teachers’ Retirement System shall continue the subvention in Section 24706 for those persons, shall apply the percentage update and annual improvement factor to payments being made under the Defined Benefit Program directly to those persons, and shall pay the retired death payment upon their death.(b) The allowance that would have been payable had the member retired solely under the Defined Benefit Program, including the percentage update calculated under Sections 14332, 14333, and 14334, as enacted by Chapter 2 of the Statutes of 1959, as those sections read on December 31, 1974, shall be taken into account in computing the amount of increase for the ten dollar ($10) a month per year of service minimum unmodified allowance.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 221. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Educ Code § 24703 (2021)
2021 California Code|Education Code - EDC|TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS|PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 32 - San Francisco Local System|Section 24703.

24703.  Persons who select to be covered only by the Defined Benefit Program and already have credit for classified or other noncertificated service in the San Francisco system shall not have that credit transferred to the Defined Benefit Program.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 655, Sec. 47. Effective January 1, 2007.)