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CA Govt Code § 21269 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 21269.

21269.  (a) Any person entitled to a benefit from this system may request that payment be made by deposit by electronic fund transfer in the person’s bank, savings and loan association, or credit union account.(b) If deposit pursuant to subdivision (a) is not available, deposit may be made by mail in the person’s bank, savings and loan association, or credit union account.(c) Mailing of the warrant or electronic fund transfer is a full discharge of the board and this system.(d) The board shall make available, in a manner it determines appropriate, copies of the monthly benefit payment information electronically or by mail.(1) If the board elects to mail copies of this payment information to all or a portion of persons receiving monthly benefit payments, it shall not send a copy of the benefit payment information to any person who has had payment made by electronic fund transfer or by mail pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b), if the board has received a written request from that person that it not be sent.(2) The board shall notify persons subject to this section, in the monthly benefit payment notice, of their right to request that no copy of the benefit payment information be mailed, pursuant to paragraph (1).(3) If the board does not elect to mail copies of this payment information to all or a portion of persons receiving monthly benefit payments, it shall notify a person subject to this section of his or her right to request that a copy of the benefit payment information be mailed. The board shall mail a copy of the benefit payment information if the system has received a written request to do so from that person.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 778, Sec. 5. (SB 215) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Govt Code § 21291 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits|ARTICLE 2 - Community Property|Section 21291.

21291.  “Nonmember,” as used in this article, means the spouse or former spouse of a member, who as a result of petitioning the court for the division of community property, has been awarded a distinct and separate account reflecting specific credited service and accumulated contributions.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 21291.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits|ARTICLE 2 - Community Property|Section 21291.5.

21291.5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a spouse or registered domestic partner who is not an alternate payee, as defined in Section 414(p)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 401 et seq.) shall not receive a distribution until the member separates from employment.(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 418, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Govt Code § 21292 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits|ARTICLE 2 - Community Property|Section 21292.

21292.  (a) The nonmember who is awarded a separate account shall have the right to a refund of the accumulated contributions in the separate account of the nonmember.(b) The nonmember shall file an application on a form provided by this system to obtain the refund.(c) The refund shall be effective when this system deposits in the United States mail an initial warrant drawn in favor of the nonmember and addressed to the latest address for the nonmember on file with this system.(d) The nonmember is deemed to have permanently waived all rights in this system and all rights to any future retirement benefits pertaining to the service credit accumulated contributions, or both, when the refund becomes effective.(e) The nonmember may not cancel a refund once it has become effective.(f) The nonmember shall have no right to elect to redeposit the refunded accumulated contributions from the nonmember’s account after the refund is effective, and shall have no right to redeposit under Section 20750 or 20752 , or to purchase service credit under Article 4 (commencing with Section 20990) or Article 5 (commencing with Section 21020) of Chapter 11 after the refund becomes effective.(g) If at the time of the marriage dissolution or legal separation, the member does not have the necessary minimum credited service to retire, the nonmember shall receive a refund of the accumulated contributions placed in the nonmember’s account.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 21293 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits|ARTICLE 2 - Community Property|Section 21293.

21293.  (a) The nonmember who is awarded a separate account may redeposit accumulated contributions previously refunded to the member in accordance with the determination of the court required by Section 21290.(b) The nonmember may redeposit only those accumulated contributions that were previously refunded to the member and that the court has determined to be the community property interest of the nonmember in the accumulated contributions.(c) If the nonmember elects to redeposit, he or she shall repay the accumulated contributions pursuant to Section 20750 or Section 20752.(d) An election to redeposit shall be considered an election to repay all accumulated contributions previously refunded that the nonmember is entitled to redeposit.(e) The right of the nonmember to redeposit is subject to the regulations of the board.(f) The member has no right to redeposit the share of the nonmember in the previously refunded accumulated contributions unless the nonmember has permanently waived all rights in the system by effecting a refund of accumulated contributions pursuant to Section 21292. However, any right to redeposit previously refunded accumulated contributions not explicitly awarded to the nonmember by the judgment or court order shall be deemed the exclusive property of the member.(g)  If the nonmember elected to redeposit upon retirement and has subsequently died, prior to completing the redeposit, the board shall file a claim against the estate of the decedent to recover benefit payments that exceeded those for which payment was made.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 855, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Govt Code § 21294 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits|ARTICLE 2 - Community Property|Section 21294.

21294.  (a) The nonmember shall have the right to purchase service credit pursuant to the determination of the court required by Section 21290.(b) The nonmember may purchase only that service credit that the court, pursuant to Section 21290 has determined to be the community property interest of the nonmember spouse.(c) If the nonmember elects to purchase service credit, he or she shall pay, prior to retirement, the contributions and interest required by Article 4 (commencing with Section 20990) and Article 5 (commencing with Section 21020) of Chapter 11 and pursuant to the regulations of the board.(d) The nonmember shall have no right to purchase the service credit after the effective date of a refund of the accumulated contributions in the separate account of the nonmember.(e) The member has no right to purchase the community property interest of the nonmember of the service credit unless the nonmember has permanently waived all rights in the system by effecting a refund of accumulated contributions pursuant to Section 21292. However, any service credit eligible for purchase that is not explicitly awarded to the nonmember by the judgment or court order shall be deemed the exclusive property of the member.(f) If the nonmember elected to purchase service credits upon retirement and has subsequently died, prior to completing the purchase, the board shall file a claim against the estate of the deceased to recover benefit payments that exceeded those for which payment was made.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 855, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Govt Code § 21295 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits|ARTICLE 2 - Community Property|Section 21295.

21295.  A nonmember shall be retired upon his or her written application to the board if all of the following conditions are met:(a) The nonmember has attained the minimum age prescribed by the applicable service retirement formula of the member.(b) On the date of marriage dissolution or legal separation, the member had sufficient credited service to retire for service.(c) On the date of application, the member has attained minimum retirement age to receive a service retirement allowance.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 21296 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits|ARTICLE 2 - Community Property|Section 21296.

21296.  Retirement shall be effective and the retirement allowance shall begin to accrue as of the date designated in the nonmember’s application as the effective date of retirement, or the day following the date of court order dividing the community property of the member and nonmember, if later. If the retirement application is not received within nine months of the requested effective date, in no event shall the retirement become effective or the retirement allowance begin to accrue earlier than the first day of the month in which the nonmember’s application is received at an office of the board or by an employee of this system designated by the board, or, if the nonmember has been incompetent to act on his or her own behalf continuously from the date of dissolution or legal separation, one year prior to the month in which an application by the guardian of his or her estate is so received. An application for retirement may only be filed by or for a nonmember who is living on the date the application is actually received by this system. The effective date of a nonmember application for retirement received more than nine months after the requested effective date shall be determined in accordance with Section 20160.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 130, Sec. 30. (AB 966) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Govt Code § 21297 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits|ARTICLE 2 - Community Property|Section 21297.

21297.  For a nonmember, “final compensation” means the highest average annual compensation earnable by the member during the three consecutive years, or one year where applicable, prior to the date of dissolution of marriage or legal separation. The nonmember may designate an earlier period to be used where the time period of the nonmember’s marriage to the member and membership correspond.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 21298 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits|ARTICLE 2 - Community Property|Section 21298.

21298.  (a) A nonmember entitled to receive a retirement allowance shall receive a retirement allowance based on the service retirement formula applicable to the service credited to the nonmember.(b) The retirement allowance shall consist of a pension and an annuity, the latter of which shall be derived from the nonmember’s accumulated contributions. The nonmember’s retirement allowance, based upon the service credited by the employer and the nonmember’s effective date of retirement, shall be subject to all cost-of-living increases, ad hoc increases, and increases provided by Section 21337 or 21337.1.(c) If, prior to the nonmember’s retirement, there is any increase in the service retirement formula that applies to service credited to the nonmember, that increase shall apply to the applicable service credited to the nonmember, provided that the same increase also applies to the applicable service credited to the member from whose account the nonmember’s service was derived.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 793, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Govt Code § 21310 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits|ARTICLE 3 - Cost-of-Living Adjustments|Section 21310.

21310.  It is the purpose of the Legislature in enacting this article to provide for the preservation of the purchasing power of benefits under the Public Employees’ Retirement Law through a system of adjustments in benefits based on changes in living costs.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 21310.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits|ARTICLE 3 - Cost-of-Living Adjustments|Section 21310.5.

21310.5.  The cost-of-living adjustments under Section 415(d) of the Internal Revenue Code to the limits described in Section 415(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as prescribed by the regulations of the Department of the Treasury of the United States, are hereby incorporated by reference and shall continue to apply after a member’s severance from employment or annuity starting date. The amount payable to a member in any limitation year, including any cost-of-living adjustments provided under this article, shall not be greater than the limit applicable under Section 415(b) of the Internal Revenue Code at the annuity starting date, as increased in subsequent years pursuant to Section 415(d) of the Internal Revenue Code and the associated regulations.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 130, Sec. 31. (AB 966) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Govt Code § 21311 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits|ARTICLE 3 - Cost-of-Living Adjustments|Section 21311.

21311.  The following definitions shall govern the application of this article:(a) “Monthly allowance” means any allowance payable monthly to a retired person, a survivor or beneficiary of a member or a retired person, other than a monthly installment of a basic death benefit, the commuted value of an unpaid temporary annuity, or an optional settlement 1, or allowances payable under Article 3 (commencing with Section 21570) of Chapter 14. There shall be excluded from the monthly allowance, for purposes of any adjustment under this article, any portion of the allowance derived from accumulated additional contributions of a member.(b) “Base allowance” means the amount of monthly allowance that would be payable to the recipient at the time of an annual adjustment under this article had this article not been enacted.(c) Effective January 1, 1978, “Consumer Price Index” means the United States city average “Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.” The “Consumer Price Index” for any period prior to January 1, 1978, means the United States city average consumer price index. Should the reference base of the consumer price indices (presently 1957–59=100) be changed, each of the indices used to determine the consumer price index as defined in this section will be the indices converted to the new base by standard statistical methods.(d) “Base year” means:(1) The calendar year 1965 for all members whose retirement occurred prior to January 1, 1966, and for the beneficiaries and survivors of those retired members.(2) The calendar year of retirement for all members whose retirement occurs after December 31, 1965, and for the beneficiaries and survivors of those members.(3) The calendar year 1965 for survivors of members whose death occurred before January 1, 1966.(4) The calendar year in which a member’s death occurs for survivors of members whose death occurred before retirement and on or after January 1, 1966.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 21312 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits|ARTICLE 3 - Cost-of-Living Adjustments|Section 21312.

21312.  Notwithstanding Section 20481, monthly allowances payable to persons retired under a local system of a contracting agency at the time of contract shall be adjusted in accordance with this article. However, with respect to those retired persons under a contract effective on or after April 1, 1973, the “base year” shall be the year in which the contract is effective. Allowances payable for service to a public agency whose contract is terminated on or after December 1, 1969, shall be adjusted in accordance with this article subject to reduction in accordance with Section 20577. Allowances payable for service to a public agency whose contract was terminated prior to December 1, 1969, shall not be adjusted in accordance with this article.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 21313 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits|ARTICLE 3 - Cost-of-Living Adjustments|Section 21313.

21313.  Monthly allowances shall be adjusted annually for time commencing on April 1 and effective with the monthly allowance regularly payable on the first day of May beginning with May 1, 1969. The adjusted monthly allowance shall be equal to the base allowance multiplied by an adjustment factor which is equal to the ratio obtained by dividing the consumer price index for the immediately preceding year by the consumer price index for the recipient’s base year. The adjustments shall be subject to the conditions and limits provided in this article.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Govt Code § 21317 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits|ARTICLE 3 - Cost-of-Living Adjustments|Section 21317.

21317.  (a) In addition to the increase of allowance authorized by and granted pursuant to Section 21313 and notwithstanding the limitation in subdivision (b) of Section 21329, any monthly allowance computed under or limited by any section other than Section 21362, as amended by Chapter 96 of the Statutes of 1971, and paid with respect to a local safety member whose retirement for service or nonindustrial death before retirement occurred prior to the date the contracting agency elected to be subject to Section 21362 as so amended, shall be increased by 15 percent. The percentage shall be applied to the allowance payable on the date this section becomes applicable to the contracting agency and the allowance as so increased shall be paid for time on and after that date and until the first day of April immediately following the date of application. The base allowance shall be increased by the same percentage for annual adjustments beginning with the adjustment effective for time commencing with that annual adjustment.(b) For the purposes of this section, all contributions, liabilities, actuarial interest rates, and other valuation factors shall be determined on the basis of actuarial assumptions and methods that, in the aggregate, are reasonable and that, in combination, offer the actuary’s best estimate of anticipated experience under the system.(c) The additional employer contributions required under this section shall be computed as a level percentage of member compensation. The additional contribution rate required at the time this section is added to a contract shall not be less than the sum of (1) the actuarial normal cost and (2) the additional contribution required to amortize the increase in accrued liability attributable to benefits elected under this section over a period of not more than 30 years from the date this section becomes effective in the contracting agency’s contract.(d) This section shall not apply to any contracting agency nor to the employees of any contracting agency unless that agency elected to be subject to the provisions of this section in its contract with the board on or before December 31, 2001.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 793, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Govt Code § 21318 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL|PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM|CHAPTER 13 - Retirement Benefits|ARTICLE 3 - Cost-of-Living Adjustments|Section 21318.

21318.  (a) In addition to the increase of allowance authorized by and granted pursuant to Section 21313 and notwithstanding the limitation in subdivision (b) of Section 21329, any monthly allowance computed under or limited by any section other than Section 21362, as amended by Chapter 96 of the Statutes of 1971, and paid with respect to a local safety member whose retirement for service or nonindustrial death before retirement occurred, or who was granted an industrial or nonindustrial disability retirement, prior to the date the contracting agency elected to be subject to Section 21362 as so amended, shall be increased by 15 percent. The percentage shall be applied to the allowance payable on the date this section becomes applicable to the contracting agency and the allowance as so increased shall be paid for time on and after that date and until the first day of April immediately following the date of application. The base allowance shall be increased by the same percentage for annual adjustments beginning with the adjustment effective for time commencing with that annual adjustment.(b) For the purposes of this section, all contributions, liabilities, actuarial interest rates, and other valuation factors shall be determined on the basis of actuarial assumptions and methods that, in the aggregate, are reasonable and that, in combination, offer the actuary’s best estimate of anticipated experience under this system.(c) The additional employer contributions required under this section shall be computed as a level percentage of member compensation. The additional contribution rate required at the time this section is added to a contract shall not be less than the sum of (1) the actuarial normal cost and (2) the additional contribution required to amortize the increase in accrued liability attributable to benefits elected under this section over a period of not more than 30 years from the date this section becomes effective in the contracting agency’s contract.(d) This section shall not apply to any contracting agency nor to the employees of any contracting agency unless that agency elected to be subject to the provisions of this section in its contract with the board on or before December 31, 2001.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 793, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2002.)