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2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 30 - Subrogation › Section 24500.

24500. If a disability retirement allowance, disability allowance, family allowance, or survivor benefit allowance is payable under this part due to the injury to or death of a member and the injury or death is the proximate consequence of the act of a third person or entity, other than the member’s employer, the board may recover from that person or entity on behalf of the plan, an amount equal to the actuarial equivalent of benefits the system paid and became obligated to pay under the plan because of the injury to or death of the member less any amounts the system may be obligated to pay under the plan without regard to the actions of the third party. In determining the amount the system may be obligated to pay without regard to the actions of the third party, the system shall base the actuarial equivalent only on creditable compensation and service credit earned by the member prior to the date the disability retirement allowance, disability allowance, family allowance, or survivor benefit allowance becomes payable. This chapter shall be deemed to create a right of subrogation only to amounts the system paid and became obligated to pay as disability retirement allowances, disability allowances, family allowances, or survivor benefit allowances.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 298, Sec. 13. (AB 1325) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 30 - Subrogation › Section 24501.

24501. The board may act on its own or contract with the State Compensation Insurance Fund or Attorney General for recovery on behalf of the plan of any amounts recoverable from third persons under this chapter, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 3850) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code, Section 11662 of the Insurance Code, or otherwise.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 634, Sec. 257. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 30 - Subrogation › Section 24502.

24502. In the exercise of its rights under this part, the board or the agent under contract may commence or prosecute actions, file liens, intervene in court proceedings, join parties to the action and consolidate actions all in the same manner and to the same extent provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 3850) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code except that recovery shall not be made from benefits payable under this part because of the injury or death.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 893, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 30 - Subrogation › Section 24503.

24503. The board may compromise claims before or after commencement of suit or entry of judgment for an amount as may be approved by a person duly authorized by the board for that purpose.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 298, Sec. 14. (AB 1325) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 30 - Subrogation › Section 24504.

24504. Any amount recovered by way of subrogation by the board on behalf of the member, shall be applied first to the amount which the plan paid or is obligated to pay including court costs, attorney fees, and expenses.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 634, Sec. 258. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 30 - Subrogation › Section 24505.

24505. Actions brought by the board or its agent under contract pursuant to this chapter shall be commenced within three years after the liability of the system to pay benefits under the plan is fixed. Liability of the plan is fixed at the time the board approves the payment of benefits under this plan.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 202. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 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 24601.

24601. Whenever the system determines that payments in the correct amount due cannot be made when payable because required information or documentation is not yet on file in the system, payment of estimated allowances based on preliminary information in the possession of the system may be made, the system may present claims therefore, and the Controller shall draw warrants in payment of the claims.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 893, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 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 24602.

24602. The board may establish a special account and procedures to pay, on an emergency basis, allowances, death payments, and up to 75 percent of the return of the balance of the accumulated retirement contributions as a result of termination of employment or death. Disbursements under the special account shall be by checks issued by the system and subject to the auditing requirements of the Controller. Payments under the special account shall be deducted from allowances, death benefits, and payment of accumulated retirement contributions, otherwise due.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 231, Sec. 1. (AB 1824) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 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 24603.

24603. If any estimated allowances under this part are more or less than the correct amount due, the difference between the correct amount and the estimated allowance shall be adjusted in subsequent payments or the Controller may state an account with the retired member, disabled member, or beneficiary, pursuant to Section 12419 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 205. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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 24616.2. 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. 2022, Ch. 754, Sec. 10. (AB 1667) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 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 from a member, participant, former member, former participant, or beneficiary an amount overpaid under this part or Part 14 (commencing with Section 26000), as determined pursuant to Section 24616.2, the system shall correct the benefit, annuity, or refund, and the corrected monthly allowance payable under the Defined Benefit Program or the corrected annuity benefit payable under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program or the Cash Balance Benefit Program may be reduced by no more than 15 percent if the amount overpaid was due to inaccurate information, untimely submission, or nonsubmission of information by, or on behalf of, a recipient of the allowance or annuity 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.
(c) The amendments to this section enacted during the second year of the 2021–22 Regular Session shall apply when the system notifies a member, participant, former member, former participant, or beneficiary of a benefit adjustment on and after January 1, 2023.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 215, Sec. 4. (SB 432) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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 24704.

24704. The San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System shall provide concurrent retirement benefits for classified and other noncertificated service in the San Francisco system according to the provisions applicable to miscellaneous employees of the time of the concurrent retirement for:
(a) Members of that system who transfer to the Defined Benefit Program after June 30, 1972.
(b) Persons who were members of both the San Francisco system and the Defined Benefit Program on June 30, 1972.
(c) A person who could have qualified under subdivision (b) if he or she had not taken a refund from either the San Francisco system or the Defined Benefit Program, but not both, provided the person qualifies for and redeposits prior to retirement.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 655, Sec. 48. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 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 24705.

24705. Notwithstanding the provisions in Section 24201, a member of the San Francisco system may retire concurrently and receive credit for service performed in other states of the United States, its territories and possessions, and in Canada.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 655, Sec. 49. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 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 24706.

24706. The system shall pay from the fund to the San Francisco Unified School District and the San Francisco Community College District the amounts due for subventions required prior to July 1, 1972, on account of persons who retired or died prior to that date.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 634, Sec. 281. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 33 - Los Angeles Unified School District Plan › Section 24750.

24750. Those members who took a refund of their accumulated contributions from the former Los Angeles Unified School District Retirement System or the former Los Angeles Community College District Retirement System or the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System, prior to July 1, 1972, and who have former Permanent Fund contributions only on deposit related to former local system service shall have those accumulated former Permanent Fund contributions on deposit as of July 1, 1972, treated in the same manner as accumulated retirement contributions of all nonlocal members. Upon discovery and notification to those members, they shall do either of the following:
(a) Redeposit all or a portion of the accumulated retirement contributions required to bring the account into full balance with regular interest prior to retirement under this part.
(b) Leave those former Permanent Fund accumulated contributions on deposit and receive a reduced retirement allowance under the law as it read on June 30, 1972.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 351, Sec. 36. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 13 - STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 33 - Los Angeles Unified School District Plan › Section 24751.

24751. Those members who took a refund of their accumulated retirement contributions from the former Los Angeles Unified School District Retirement System or the former Los Angeles Community College District Retirement System or the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System, prior to July 1, 1972, and who also took a refund of their Permanent Fund contributions from the State Teachers’ Retirement System with respect to the Defined Benefit Program, and who redeposited their contributions in the local system but who did not redeposit their Permanent Fund contributions in the State Teachers’ Retirement System with respect to the Defined Benefit Program, shall redeposit all or a portion of the accumulated retirement contributions required to bring the account into full balance with regular interest from the date of refund to the date of payment. The redeposit may be made immediately upon notification by the system and shall be made prior to retirement under this part. The redeposit shall be made in a lump sum or by installment payments as specified by the chief executive officer.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 351, Sec. 37. Effective January 1, 2006.)
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24800. (a) All payments from the district retirement fund shall be made in the same manner as payments from school district funds but shall be subject to approval of the district retirement board. Warrants drawn on the fund shall be signed by at least one member of the district retirement board who shall be designated by the board.
(b) The duties imposed upon the county treasurer shall be a part of his or her official duties, for the faithful performance of which he or she shall be liable upon his or her official bond.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 893, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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24801. (a) Any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, whenever any retirement benefits under a district retirement system payable solely by reason of death of the retired member to his or her estate, heir or beneficiary have been unclaimed for a period of four years from the date of notification, by the district retirement system, by means of United States mail, to the estate, heir or beneficiary, such funds shall revert to and become a part of the contributions of the district and shall be applied to reduce the cost to the taxpayers of the district maintaining the retirement system.
(b) The district retirement system may at any time after reversion of these benefits to the district and upon receipt of proper information satisfactory to it, return from district contributions, an amount equal to that which had, on account of the deceased member, reverted to the district.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 893, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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24802. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any warrant drawn in payment of contributions or accumulated contributions or benefits under a district retirement system, remains unclaimed or the claimant cannot be found, the proceeds of the warrant shall be redeposited in the respective fund, or funds, from which they were derived, and held for the claimant, without further accumulation of interest, and the redeposit shall not operate to reinstate the membership of the claimant in the district retirement system. If the proceeds, whether heretofore or hereafter redeposited, are not claimed within four years after the date of redeposit, they shall revert to and become a part of the contributions of the district and shall be applied to reduce the cost to the taxpayers of the district maintaining the retirement system and on account of which the contributions were made.
(b) The provisions of this section shall apply to warrants drawn under a district retirement system and that would become void under Section 85270.
(c) The district retirement system may at any time, after the reversion of proceeds to the district maintaining the retirement system, and upon receipt of proper information satisfactory to it, return from district contributions, an amount equal to those proceeds, to the credit of the claimant to be administered in the manner prescribed under the district retirement system.
(d) The deposit in those funds of the proceeds of unclaimed and unpaid warrants prior to September 7, 1955, in accordance with the procedure specified in this section, is hereby validated, ratified, and confirmed.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 893, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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24803. (a) If any benefit is payable by a district retirement system to the estate of a deceased person, whether because the estate is the beneficiary of the person or because no beneficiary was designated or because an allowance payable to the person had accrued and remained unpaid at the date of the death, and the estate would not be administered if no amount were due from the system, then the benefit shall be paid directly without procuring letters of administration to the surviving next of kin of the deceased, or the guardians of the survivors’ estates, share and share alike. The payment shall be made in the same order in which the following groups are listed:
(1) Spouse.
(2) Children and issue of deceased children by right of representation.
(3) Father and mother.
(4) Brothers and sisters.
(5) Nieces and nephews.
(b) Payment may also be made to persons in the groups listed in subdivision (a) to the extent those persons are the only beneficiaries under the last will and testament of a deceased former member of a district retirement system, without the probate of the will.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 29. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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24804. Except in the case where the deceased former member of a district retirement system leaves a will, no payment shall be made to persons included in any group specified in subdivision (a) of Section 24803, if at the date of death of any person or persons to whom any benefit is payable by a district retirement system 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 system, that there were no surviving individuals in the groups preceding it, or that they are one of the beneficiaries in any group specified in subdivision (a) of Section 24803 under the will of the deceased former member, and that the estate of the deceased will not be administered, is in full discharge of the liability of the board and system on account of the death.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 893, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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24805. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any member of the district retirement system dies while in active membership status, including those on a deferred membership status, or within four months after the termination of the member’s employment in a status requisite for membership in the retirement system, benefits payable at death, unless a claim by someone other than the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries is filed with the retirement system during the period provided in this section, shall be paid to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by him on a form provided by the retirement system and on file in the office of the retirement system prior to the death of the member.
(b) Payment to a beneficiary or beneficiaries designated in the form on file in the retirement system at the date of death by a warrant drawn prior to any claim under a will or under community property rights, shall constitute full discharge of any and all liability of the district retirement board and retirement system by reason of the member’s death. The retirement system shall provide a 30-day claim period subsequent to notification of death before drawing a warrant in favor of the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 893, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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24807.5. Any certificated employee of a district having an annuity reserve fund may enter into an amendment of his or her employment contract for the purpose of effecting a reduction in salary. The reduction shall be deposited by the employer, at the employee’s request, in the district’s annuity reserve fund. The deposits shall be used to provide the employee an annuity within the meaning of Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.A. Sec. 403(b)).
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 893, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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24807.7. Notwithstanding Section 24807, the annuity reserve fund board may adopt rules allowing participants who have reached 70 years of age to withdraw their benefits.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 893, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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24808. The governing board may provide that members of the annuity reserve fund board be paid one hundred dollars ($100) for each meeting, not to exceed one meeting each month, if they are not being paid by the governing board for any other assignment at the time of the meeting. The compensation shall be a charge against the annuity reserve fund.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 893, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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24811. If two or more districts have been included in one contract between the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, and the governing board of the districts, as provided in paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of Section 24810, and if, since that inclusion, two or more of the districts have been combined into a unified district, the unified district, by amendment to the contract, may, notwithstanding Section 20580 of the Government Code, be substituted for the districts so combined, and for all purposes of the contract.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 893, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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24812. If two districts, one of which is a community college district, have been included in one contract between the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the governing board of the districts, as provided in paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of Section 24810, and thereafter members of the governing board of the community college district are precluded by law from serving as members of the governing body of the other district, the contract shall be deemed a separate contract as to each district. The Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall determine the accumulated contributions held for or as having been made by each district and its employees, and shall credit the contributions to the respective contracts. Benefits based on all service of an employee to the districts prior to the date upon which employees’ elections to serve the respective districts are effective shall be a liability of the contract of the district employing the person on the effective date. A person retired prior to the effective date shall, for all purposes of this section, be deemed an employee of the district other than the community college district.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 893, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)