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CA Govt Code § 9359.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 6 - Benefits|Section 9359.6.

9359.6.  The designation of a beneficiary by a member is not affected by termination of nor a break in his membership.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 879.)
CA Govt Code § 9359.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 6 - Benefits|Section 9359.7.

9359.7.  If any person entitled to a benefit of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) from this system is a minor who has no guardian of his estate, the board may pay it to the person entitled to the custody of the minor to hold for the minor, if the person files with the board his acknowledged and verified statement that the total estate of the minor does not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) in value. Payment so made is a full discharge of the board and this system. The person shall account to the minor for the money when the minor reaches the age of majority.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 879.)
CA Govt Code § 9359.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 6 - Benefits|Section 9359.8.

9359.8.  Upon the death of any member before retirement, the member’s accumulated contributions shall be paid to the member’s beneficiary, if he or she has designated one, and if not, to his or her estate. There shall also be paid to his or her beneficiary or estate an amount equal to one-twelfth of the annual compensation of the office last held by the member as a legislator during the 12 months immediately preceding his or her death or that would have been applicable under Section 9359.1, whichever is greater, multiplied by the number of completed years of service and prior service for which the member is entitled to elect to receive credit. The benefits provided by this section are in addition to any benefits provided by Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201) of the Labor Code.The benefit accorded by this section is not payable if the deceased member’s spouse survives him or her and is entitled to receive an allowance for life pursuant to this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 106, Sec. 46.)
CA Govt Code § 9359.83 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 6 - Benefits|Section 9359.83.

9359.83.  Retired members of the system, and beneficiaries, who are entitled to receive allowances under the provisions of this chapter, may authorize deductions to be made from their retirement allowance payments, in accordance with regulations established by the board, for the payment of group insurance premiums and for dues or charges of a nonprofit membership corporation for the purpose of defraying the cost of medical services or hospital care, or both, under any plan approved by the Director of Finance. Those persons may also authorize deductions to be made from their retirement allowance payments, in accordance with regulations established by the board, for the payment of contributions for any health benefit plan coverage for which they may be eligible under the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 22750) of Part 5 of Division 5 of Title 2 of this code.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 69, Sec. 9. Effective June 24, 2004.)
CA Govt Code § 9359.85 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 6 - Benefits|Section 9359.85.

9359.85.  Upon the death of any person, after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, there shall be paid to his or her estate or to those beneficiaries as he or she shall nominate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600).(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 92. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Govt Code § 9359.9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 6 - Benefits|Section 9359.9.

9359.9.  (a) If a beneficiary is not designated, or if the estate is the beneficiary and the estate would not be probated if no amount were due from this system, all of the amount due by reason of the death of a member or retired member, including retirement allowances accrued but not received prior to death, shall be paid directly without probate to the surviving next of kin of the deceased, or the guardians of such survivors’ estates, share and share alike.(b) Such payment shall be made in the same order in which the following groups are listed:(1) Spouse.(2) Children.(3) Father and mother.(4) Grandchildren.(5) Brothers and sisters.(6) Nieces and nephews.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 45. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Govt Code § 9359.95 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 6 - Benefits|Section 9359.95.

9359.95.  In addition to any other benefits provided for in this chapter, upon the death, on or after January 1, 1959, and before retirement, of any member who, at the time of his or her death was a legislator, there shall be paid to his or her beneficiary, if he or she has designated one, and if not, to his or her estate, an amount equal to the annual compensation payable to him or her during the 12 months immediately preceding his or her death.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 92.1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Govt Code § 9360 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 6 - Benefits|Section 9360.

9360.  No payment shall be made to persons included in any group if at the date of payment there are living persons in any of the groups preceding it, as listed. Payment to the persons in any group, upon receipt from them of an affidavit upon a form supplied by the board, that there are no living individuals in the groups preceding it and that the estate of the deceased will not be probated, is in full discharge of the board and system on account of the death.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 879.)
CA Govt Code § 9360.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 6 - Benefits|Section 9360.1.

9360.1.  If the estate of the deceased member is his beneficiary, or if no beneficiary has been designated by him, or if the designated beneficiary cannot be found by the board, it may in its discretion pay to the funeral director who conducted the funeral, or to any person or organization that has paid the funeral director from his or the organization’s funds, all or a portion of any amount payable under this system, but not more than expenses of the funeral or the portion of such expenses paid by the person or organization, as evidenced by the sworn itemized statement of the funeral director and by such other documents as the board may require. Payment so made is a full discharge of the board and system for the amount so paid.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 879.)
CA Govt Code § 9360.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 6 - Benefits|Section 9360.2.

9360.2.  As used in this chapter, “disability” and “incapacity for performance of duty” as a basis of retirement, mean disability of permanent or extended and uncertain duration, as determined by the board on the basis of competent medical opinion.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1109.)
CA Govt Code § 9360.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 6 - Benefits|Section 9360.3.

9360.3.  Application to the board for retirement of a member for disability may be made by the member or any person in his or her behalf. Upon receipt of the application and determination of the board that the applicant is incapacitated for the performance of duty, the board shall retire the member for disability. The application shall be made only during one or more of the three following periods:(a) While the person is a member of this system.(b) During any time as he or she has allowed his or her accumulated contributions to remain in the system pursuant to Section 9355.2.(c) If the person has not allowed his or her accumulated contributions to remain in the system pursuant to Section 9355.2 and if he or she was physically or mentally incapacitated to perform his or her duties on the date of discontinuance of his or her service as a legislator and the incapacity continued to the time of application, while he or she is physically or mentally incapacitated.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 92.2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Govt Code § 9360.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 6 - Benefits|Section 9360.4.

9360.4.  The board may require any recipient of a disability allowance under the minimum age for voluntary retirement to undergo medical examination. The examination shall be made by a physician or surgeon, appointed by the board, at the place of residence of the recipient or other place mutually agreed upon. Upon the basis of the examination, the board shall determine whether the physical or mental disability still exists. If the board determines that the recipient is not so incapacitated, his or her disability allowance shall be canceled forthwith.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 92.3. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Govt Code § 9360.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 6 - Benefits|Section 9360.5.

9360.5.  If any recipient of a disability retirement allowance under the minimum age for voluntary retirement refuses to submit to medical examination, the retirement allowance shall be discontinued until he or she agrees to submit to the examination. If the refusal continues for one year, disability retirement allowance shall be discontinued.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 92.4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Govt Code § 9360.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 6 - Benefits|Section 9360.6.

9360.6.  The disability allowance for other than legislative statutory officers is the same as the retirement allowance that would be payable to the member had he or she retired under this chapter for reasons other than disability, and shall be paid regardless of the age of the member at the time of his or her retirement for disability. The disability retirement allowance for legislative statutory officers is the same as the retirement allowance provided in Section 9359.10, and shall be paid regardless of the age of the member at the time of his or her retirement for disability.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 92.5. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Govt Code § 9360.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 6 - Benefits|Section 9360.7.

9360.7.  (a) Any Member of the Senate or Assembly who, after the effective date of this section, retires for service or disability shall receive the retirement allowance provided by this chapter unmodified by any optional settlement elected pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 9361) of this chapter.(b) The surviving spouse of a member described in subdivision (a) who dies after retirement may elect to receive an allowance under this section. Any surviving spouse making that election shall receive an allowance equal to one-half of the retirement allowance, unmodified by any optional settlement that would be payable to the member were he or she living and retired under this chapter.(c) The surviving spouse of a member who is a Member of the Senate or Assembly and who dies before retirement but after becoming eligible for retirement may elect to receive an allowance under this section. Any surviving spouse making that election shall receive an allowance equal to one-half of the amount of the retirement allowance, unmodified by any optional settlement, that would be payable to the member were he or she living and retired under this chapter. If there is no surviving spouse, or if the spouse dies or remarries, then the allowance payable under this paragraph shall be payable to the children of the member under the same conditions and qualifications as provided for the allowances of children under Article 8 (commencing with Section 9371) of this chapter.(d) The election provided for in this section shall be made by a writing filed with the board within 60 days after the death of the member.(e) The allowance to a surviving spouse provided by this section is payable commencing upon the death of the member and continuing until the death or remarriage of the surviving spouse. If pursuant to this section, an allowance is paid to a surviving spouse, no payment shall be made pursuant to Section 9359.8 or pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 9361) of this chapter.(f) The provisions of this section apply to the surviving spouse of any Member of the Senate or Assembly who was credited with 20 or more years of service at the time of his or her retirement and regardless of the date of retirement.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 92.6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Govt Code § 9360.10 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 6 - Benefits|Section 9360.10.

9360.10.  On or before January 15, 1968, and on or before January 15 of each year thereafter, the amount of any allowances provided by this chapter and not subject to Section 9360.9 shall be adjusted by the board to reflect any increase in cost of living occurring after January 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year. Effective January 1, 1985, the United States city average of the “Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers,” as published by the United States Bureau of Statistics, shall be used as the basis for determining the changes in the cost of living. For the period from January 1, 1978, through December 31, 1984, the average of the separate indices of the “Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers” for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area and the San Francisco-Oakland area, as published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, shall be used as the basis for determining the changes in the cost of living. For the period prior to January 1, 1978, the average of the separate indices for the Los Angeles-Long Beach area and the San Francisco-Oakland area, as published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, shall be used as the basis for determining the changes in the cost of living. The cost-of-living increase shall equal or exceed 1 percent before any adjustment is made in the allowance. The adjustment provided by this section shall be made only if it operates to effect an increase over the allowance payable for the calendar year immediately preceding.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 110, Sec. 2. Effective May 3, 1984.)
CA Govt Code § 9360.11 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 6 - Benefits|Section 9360.11.

9360.11.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, any member who would have been eligible to retire under Section 9359.01 had it not been repealed because he or she did not return to office or who would have been eligible to retire under that section had it not been repealed and had he or she chosen not to run or not been returned to office following the reapportionment of his or her district is deemed eligible for retirement for purposes of Sections 9360.7 and 9361.1 at any time thereafter.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 92.7. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Govt Code § 9361 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 7 - Optional Settlements|Section 9361.

9361.  In lieu of the retirement allowance for his life alone, a member or retired member may elect, or revoke or change a previous election, to have the actuarial equivalent of his retirement allowance as of the date of retirement applied to a lesser retirement allowance, in accordance with one of the optional settlements specified in this article.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1871.)
CA Govt Code § 9361.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 7 - Optional Settlements|Section 9361.1.

9361.1.  (a) The election, revocation, or change of election set forth in Section 9361 may be made at any time before the effective date of retirement or after the effective date and prior to the making of the first payment on account of any retirement allowance.(b) If at any time before the making of the first payment on account of the member’s retirement allowance, his or her spouse dies, or his or her marriage is terminated by a final judgment of divorce or annulment, the election of the member is automatically void, and the member may make a new election.(c) A member who has elected an optional settlement providing for the payment of a benefit to his or her spouse may at any time before the making of the first payment on account of his or her retirement allowance substitute a different optional settlement.(d) The election, revocation, or change of election shall be made by a writing filed with the board.(e) If a member who is eligible for retirement has elected one of the optional settlements specified in this article, the surviving spouse of that member shall receive the same benefits as the surviving spouse would have received if the date of his or her death had also been the date of his or her retirement and if retirement had preceded death. If in that event benefits are paid to a surviving spouse, no payment shall be made pursuant to Section 9359.8. If a member dies without having elected an optional settlement and there is a surviving spouse, he or she shall be deemed for the purposes of this paragraph to have elected Optional Settlement No. 2. In either case, the benefits payable to the surviving spouse shall be in the same amount as if the member had elected to receive credit for service rendered prior to the date he or she became a member of this system and had paid the full amount of the contributions in respect to that service.(f) Any election filed under this section prior to the effective date of the amendments to this section enacted by the Legislature at the 1957 Regular Session shall continue to be effective in accordance with the terms of this section as it read prior to those amendments and may thereafter be revoked or changed or become void only in accordance with this section as it read prior to such amendment.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 92.8. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Govt Code § 9361.12 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 7 - Optional Settlements|Section 9361.12.

9361.12.  Notwithstanding any provision of this part, a retired member who was a Member of the Senate or Assembly may revoke an optional settlement and may designate a different beneficiary by a writing filed with the board. The new beneficiary shall receive an allowance based upon the actuarial equivalent, as of the date of the election, of the retired member’s allowance payable for the remainder of the lifetime of the retired member under one of the optional settlements specified in this article.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 255, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 9361.15 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 7 - Optional Settlements|Section 9361.15.

9361.15.  A member may designate one or more persons as beneficiaries. If more than one person is designated under an optional settlement involving life contingency of the beneficiary, the member will be deemed to have elected such optional settlement on an equal portion of his allowance independently for each beneficiary.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1716.)
CA Govt Code § 9361.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 7 - Optional Settlements|Section 9361.2.

9361.2.  Optional Settlement 1 consists of the right 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 the amount of his or her accumulated contributions at retirement, to have the balance at death paid to his or her beneficiary or estate.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 92.9. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Govt Code § 9361.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 7 - Optional Settlements|Section 9361.3.

9361.3.  Optional Settlement 2 consists of the right to have a retirement allowance paid him or her until his or her death and thereafter to his or her beneficiary for life.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 93. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Govt Code § 9361.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 7 - Optional Settlements|Section 9361.4.

9361.4.  Optional Settlement 3 consists of the right 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 his or her beneficiary for life.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 93.1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Govt Code § 9361.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 2 - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 1 - LEGISLATURE|CHAPTER 3.5 - Retirement of Legislators|ARTICLE 7 - Optional Settlements|Section 9361.5.

9361.5.  Optional Settlement 4 consists of such other benefits as are the actuarial equivalent of his retirement allowance, that he may select subject to the approval of the board.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 879.)