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CA Govt Code § 31760.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 11 - Optional Retirement Allowances|Section 31760.7.

31760.7.  (a) A retired member, in order to provide for his or her domestic partner, shall be entitled to elect or change any optional retirement allowance pursuant to this article, if all of the following criteria are satisfied:(1) The member retired on or before January 1, 2006.(2) At retirement, the member elected an unmodified retirement allowance or one of the optional settlements specified in this article naming his or her domestic partner as beneficiary.(3) At the time of election under this section, the retired member and domestic partner are registered as domestic partners with the Secretary of State, and provide a copy of their Certificate of Registered Domestic Partnership to the retirement system.(4) The retired member and domestic partner sign an affidavit under penalty of perjury stating that at least one year prior to the member’s service retirement effective date or at the disability retirement date the member and partner would have qualified to be registered as domestic partners pursuant to Section 297 of the Family Code.(b) The retirement system has no obligation to locate or otherwise contact retired members who may qualify for allowances under the terms of this section.(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if a retired member elects to change his or her retirement election pursuant to this section, the member’s allowance shall be adjusted prospectively only. The adjusted retirement allowance shall be effective on the first day of the month following receipt of the member’s signed election. The member shall not be eligible to recover payment retroactively for any period between his or her retirement effective date and the date of election under this section.(d) This section does not apply to members who are required to provide a continuing benefit to a former spouse pursuant to court order.(e) The right of a member to make an election pursuant to this section shall expire on January 1, 2007.(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 418, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Govt Code § 31761 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 11 - Optional Retirement Allowances|Section 31761.

31761.  Optional settlement 1 consists of the right to elect in writing to have a retirement allowance paid him or her until his or her death and, if he or she dies before he or she receives in annuity payments the amount of his or her accumulated contributions at retirement, to have the balance at death paid to his or her estate or to the person, having an insurable interest in his or her life, as he or she nominates by written designation duly executed and filed with the board.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 982, Sec. 2.)
CA Govt Code § 31762 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 11 - Optional Retirement Allowances|Section 31762.

31762.  Optional settlement 2 consists of the right to elect in writing to have a retirement allowance paid to him or her until his or her death, and thereafter to the person, having an insurable interest in his or her life, as he or she nominates by written designation duly executed and filed with the board at the time of his or her retirement.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 183, Sec. 170. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Govt Code § 31763 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 11 - Optional Retirement Allowances|Section 31763.

31763.  Optional settlement 3 consists of the right to elect in writing to have a retirement allowance paid him or her until his or her death, and thereafter to have one-half of his or her retirement allowance paid to the person, having an insurable interest in his or her life, as he or she nominates by written designation duly executed and filed with the board at the time of his or her retirement.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 982, Sec. 4.)
CA Govt Code § 31764 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 11 - Optional Retirement Allowances|Section 31764.

31764.  Optional settlement 4 consists of the right to elect in writing to have a retirement allowance paid him or her until his or her death and thereafter to have other benefits as are approved by the board, upon the advice of the actuary, continued throughout the life of and paid to the persons, having an insurable interest in his or her life, as he or she nominates by written designation duly executed and filed with the board at the time of his or her retirement. The designation shall not, in the opinion of the board and the actuary, place any additional burden upon the retirement system.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 982, Sec. 5.)
CA Govt Code § 31764.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 11 - Optional Retirement Allowances|Section 31764.5.

31764.5.  (a) At retirement, a member who elects an optional settlement pursuant to Section 31762, 31763, or 31764 may elect to reduce his or her allowance to provide that if the named beneficiary predeceases the member, the member’s allowance shall be adjusted to the amount he or she would have been entitled to receive at retirement if his or her benefit had not been modified by an optional settlement, adjusted by any cost-of-living increases that would have been added to the monthly allowance. The adjusted allowance shall be effective on the first day of the month following the month in which notification of the beneficiary’s death is received by the board.(b) This section may not become operative if, in the opinion of the retirement board and the actuary, the allowances payable under this section would place an additional financial burden on the retirement system.(c) This section may not become operative until the board of supervisors elects, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, to make this section operative in the county.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 441, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Govt Code § 31764.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 11 - Optional Retirement Allowances|Section 31764.6.

31764.6.  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 31481 and 31760, optional settlement 5 consists of a retired member’s right to elect in writing to have his or her retirement allowance reduced and to designate his or her spouse who is not otherwise eligible to receive a survivor allowance. The survivor allowance shall be determined on an actuarial basis by the reduction in the member’s allowance and may not, in the opinion of the board and the actuary, place any additional financial burden on the retirement system.(b) A member who elected to receive an optional settlement under Section 31762, 31763, or 31764, involving a life contingency of a beneficiary, may elect optional settlement 5 if the beneficiary predeceases the member or, if a former spouse was named, in the event of a dissolution or annulment of the marriage or a legal separation in which the judgment dividing the community property awards the total interest in the retirement system to the retired member.(c) A member who married at least 12 months prior to the date this section becomes operative may file an election with the board of retirement within 60 days after the operative date. The election shall become effective the first day of the month following receipt of the election by the board. A member who fails to elect within that 60-day period shall retain the right to make an election under this section subject to the waiting period provided in subdivision (d).(d) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the election under this section shall become effective 12 months after the date it is filed with the board, provided that neither the member nor his or her spouse dies prior to the effective date of the election.(e) An election under this section is irrevocable.(f) This section may not become operative until the board of supervisors elects, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, to make this section operative in the county.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 441, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Govt Code § 31764.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 11 - Optional Retirement Allowances|Section 31764.7.

31764.7.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if a retired member elects to have his or her retirement allowance reduced pursuant to Section 31764.6 and if, thereafter, the member’s spouse predeceases the member, the member’s allowance shall be adjusted to the amount he or she received at retirement, adjusted by any cost-of-living increases that were or would have been added to the monthly allowance. The adjusted allowance shall be effective on the first day of the month following the month in which notification of the spouse’s or beneficiary’s death is received by the board.(b) This section may not become operative if, in the opinion of the retirement board and the actuary, the allowances payable under this section would place an additional financial burden on the retirement system.(c) This section may not become operative until the board of supervisors elects, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, to make this section operative in the county.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 441, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Govt Code § 31765 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 11 - Optional Retirement Allowances|Section 31765.

31765.  Upon the death of a member who was eligible to retire, in circumstances in which a death benefit is payable under Article 12, if the deceased member has designated as beneficiary the member’s spouse who survives the member by not less than 30 days, such surviving spouse may elect, at any time before acceptance of any benefits from the retirement system, to receive, in lieu of the death benefit otherwise payable under Article 12, the same retirement allowance as that to which such spouse would have been entitled had such member retired on the day of the member’s death and selected Optional Settlement 3. Such surviving spouse may elect in writing, before the first payment of any allowance is made, to receive in a lump sum payment all or any part of the member’s accumulated additional contributions. The sum so paid shall not be included in the calculation of the annuity of the surviving spouse.If, at the death of such spouse, the spouse is survived by one or more unmarried children of such member, under the age of 18, such retirement allowance shall continue to such child or children, collectively, until every child dies, marries, or attains age 18. If such spouse dies, either before or after the death of such member without either making such election or receiving any portion of the death benefit, and no part of the death benefit has been paid to any person, prior to the payment of any benefits, the legally appointed guardian of such children shall make the election herein provided for on behalf of such surviving children as in the guardian’s judgment may appear to be in their interest and advantage and the election so made shall be binding and conclusive upon all parties in interest.Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, the benefits otherwise payable to the children of the member shall be paid to those children up to the 22nd birthdays of the children if the children remain unmarried and are regularly enrolled as full-time students in an accredited school as determined by the board.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 275, Sec. 52. (AB 2101) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Govt Code § 31765.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 11 - Optional Retirement Allowances|Section 31765.1.

31765.1.  Upon the death of any member of a retirement system established in a county subject to the provisions of Section 31676.1 or Section 31695.1, eligible for retirement pursuant to Article 7.5, 8, or 8.7 who leaves a spouse designated as beneficiary, such surviving spouse may, in lieu of the death benefit provided for in Article 12, elect to receive a retirement allowance equal to 60 percent of the amount to which the member would have been entitled had the member retired on the date of the member’s death with a retirement allowance not modified in accordance with one of the optional settlements specified in Article 11. Such surviving spouse may elect in writing, before the first payment of any allowance is made, to receive in a lump sum payment all or any part of the member’s accumulated additional contributions. The sum so paid shall not be included in the calculations of the annuity of the surviving spouse.If, at the death of such spouse, the spouse is survived by one or more unmarried children of such member, under the age of 18, such retirement allowance shall continue to such child or children, collectively, until every child dies, marries, or attains age 18. If such spouse dies, either before or after the death of such member without either making such election or receiving any portion of the death benefit, and no part of the death benefit has been paid to any person, prior to the payment of any benefits, the legally appointed guardian of such children shall make the election herein provided for on behalf of such surviving children as in the guardian’s judgment may appear to be in their interest and advantage and the election so made shall be binding and conclusive upon all parties in interest.Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, the benefits otherwise payable to the children of the member shall be paid to those children up to the 22nd birthdays of the children if the children remain unmarried and are regularly enrolled as full-time students in an accredited school as determined by the board.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 275, Sec. 53. (AB 2101) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Govt Code § 31765.11 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 11 - Optional Retirement Allowances|Section 31765.11.

31765.11.  Notwithstanding Sections 31765 and 31765.1, upon the death of any member covered under Section 31751 who was either eligible for retirement or would have been entitled to disability retirement but died prior to such retirement and who leaves a spouse, such surviving spouse may, in lieu of the death benefit provided for in Article 12 (commencing with Section 31780), elect to receive a retirement allowance equal to 60 percent of the amount to which the member would have been entitled had the member retired on the date of death with a retirement allowance not modified in accordance with one of the optional settlements specified in this article.If there is an eligible spouse, in addition to the above, 20 percent of the allowance to which the member would have been entitled shall be paid to each of the member’s children. The maximum family benefit under this section shall be 100 percent of the amount to which the member would have been entitled had the member retired on the date of death with a retirement allowance not modified in accordance with one of the optional settlements specified in this article.If there is no spouse eligible for the 60 percent allowance, but there is at least one eligible child, or if the spouse of the member dies either before or after the death of such member without either making such election or receiving any portion of the death benefit, and no part of the death benefit has been paid to any person, prior to the payment of any benefits, the legally appointed guardian of such child or children shall make the election herein provided for on behalf of such surviving child or children as the guardian’s judgment may appear in their interest and advantage and the election so made shall be binding and conclusive upon all parties in interest. If an election is made to receive the 60 percent allowance, the child, or children collectively, shall be entitled to 60 percent of the retirement allowance the member would have received.As used in this section, “child” shall be as defined in Section 31760.11.The provisions of this section also shall apply to the surviving spouse and children of any employee who dies as the result of injury or disease arising out of and in the course of employment prior to the first day of the calendar month when the employee normally would become a member.The rights and privileges conferred by this section upon the surviving spouse and children of such deceased member or employee shall not be dependent upon whether they, or any of them, have been nominated by the deceased member or employee as the beneficiary of any benefits payable upon or by reason of death, but they shall be superior to, and shall supersede, the rights and claims of any other beneficiary so nominated.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 58.)
CA Govt Code § 31765.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 11 - Optional Retirement Allowances|Section 31765.2.

31765.2.  Notwithstanding Section 31765.1, each survivor allowance paid pursuant to Section 31765.1 on account of a member who dies on or after the operative date of this section shall be equal to 65 percent of the monthly retirement allowance to which the deceased member would have been entitled if he or she had retired on the date of death with a retirement allowance not modified in accordance with one of the optional settlements specified in this article.This section shall only be applicable to Los Angeles County and shall not become operative until the board of supervisors of that county elects, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, to make this section operative in the county.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 778, Sec. 11. Effective October 13, 2001. Section conditionally operative by its own provisions.)
CA Govt Code § 31765.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 11 - Optional Retirement Allowances|Section 31765.3.

31765.3.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 31765.1, each survivor allowance paid on or after the operative date of this section pursuant to Section 31765.1 on account of a member who dies before the operative date of this section shall be equal to 65 percent of the monthly retirement allowance to which the deceased member would have been entitled if he or she had retired on the date of death with a retirement allowance not modified in accordance with one of the optional settlements specified in this article, as adjusted for the net cost-of-living percentage increase, if any, awarded to that survivor prior to the operative date of this section.(b) This section shall only be applicable to Los Angeles County and shall not become operative until the board of supervisors of that county elects, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, to make this section operative in the county.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 778, Sec. 12. Effective October 13, 2001. Section conditionally operative by its own provisions.)
CA Govt Code § 31768 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 11 - Optional Retirement Allowances|Section 31768.

31768.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the board may, by a resolution adopted, pursuant to both this section and Section 31792, by a majority vote and with respect only to persons who first become members on or after the effective date of the resolution, elect to increase, by 331/3 percent, the amounts payable pursuant to any one or more of Sections 31760.1, 31760.2, and 31765.1.This section shall apply only to a county of the first class, as defined by Section 28020, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of 1971, and Section 28022, as amended by Chapter 43 of the Statutes of 1961.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 286, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Govt Code § 31770 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 11.5 - Deferred Retirement Option Program|Section 31770.

31770.  This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Deferred Retirement Option Program.”(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 897, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Govt Code § 31770.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 11.5 - Deferred Retirement Option Program|Section 31770.1.

31770.1.  (a) The Deferred Retirement Option Program is hereby created to provide eligible members who elect to participate in the program access to a lump sum, or in some cases, additional monthly payments for a specified period in addition to a monthly retirement allowance.(b) The design and administration of the Deferred Retirement Option Program shall conform to the applicable provisions of Title 26 of the United States Code and the Revenue and Taxation Code.(c) If any provision of this article or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity will not affect other provisions or applications of this article that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of this article are severable.(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 897, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)