California

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21,845 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 19995.6 — Employees shall be nominated for the award by the directors of the various state departments and agencies and the Governor shall select from the persons so nominated the persons to whom he or she shal
• § 19995.7 — The award shall consist of a suitable medal or trophy.
• § 19996 — The tenure of every permanent employee holding a position is during good behavior.
• § 19996.1 — (a) Resignations from the state civil service are subject to department rules.
• § 19996.19 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Many individuals in our society possess great productive potential which goes unused because they cannot meet the requirements of a sta
• § 19996.2 — (a) Absence without leave, whether voluntary or involuntary, for five consecutive working days is an automatic resignation from state service, as of the last date on which the employee worked.
• § 19996.20 — “Reduced worktime,” as used in this article, means employment of less than 40 hours of work per week, and includes arrangements involving job sharing, four-, five-, or six-hour workdays, jobs which pr
• § 19996.21 — (a) It is the policy of the state that to the extent feasible, reduced worktime be made available to employees who are unable, or who do not desire, to work standard working hours on a full-time basis
• § 19996.22 — (a) Any employee who is being coerced, or who has been required, by the appointing power, a supervisor, or another employee, to involuntarily reduce his or her worktime contrary to the intent of this
• § 19996.23 — In counting the number of employees any state agency employs for purposes of any personnel ceiling, an employee employed on a reduced worktime basis shall be counted as a fraction which is determined
• § 19996.24 — (a) Permanent employees who voluntarily reduce their worktime shall, upon request, be given first priority for returning to a full-time work schedule to the extent that such full-time work is availabl
• § 19996.25 — If the provisions of this article are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Sections 3517.
• § 19996.26 — All persons employed in reduced worktime positions pursuant to Section 19996.
• § 19996.27 — The department shall adopt appropriate rules and guidelines relating to reduced worktime implementation.
• § 19996.28 — The Trustees of the California State University shall adopt the appropriate rules and guidelines relating to the implementation of the reduced worktime program for the employees of the California Stat
• § 19996.29 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Reduced Worktime Act.
• § 19996.3 — (a) Effective July 1, 1992, the department shall implement a personal leave program for state officers and employees excluded from, or otherwise not subject to, the Ralph C.
• § 19996.30 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Partial Service Retirement Act.
• § 19996.31 — It is the intent of the Legislature in adopting this article to pursue the following objectives: (a) To protect the fiscal soundness of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
• § 19996.32 — Any state employee, or legislative employee, who is a state miscellaneous or industrial member working standard hours on a full-time basis, other than a university member, of the Public Employees’ Ret
• § 19996.33 — “Reduced worktime for partial service retirement” means any arrangement of worktime agreeable to both the appointing authority and the employee which aggregates no less, on a monthly basis, than a 20
• § 19996.34 — It is the policy of the state that reduced worktime for partial service retirement shall be made available to state employees and legislative employees eligible pursuant to Section 19996.
• § 19996.35 — (a) Any employee who is being coerced, or who has been required, by the appointing power, a supervisor, or another employee, to involuntarily reduce his or her worktime for partial service retirement
• § 19996.36 — In counting the number of employees any state agency employs for purposes of any personnel ceiling, an employee employed on a reduced worktime basis for partial service retirement shall be counted as
• § 19996.37 — (a) A permanent state employee or legislative employee who voluntarily reduces his or her worktime for partial service retirement pursuant to this article shall, upon request and subject to subdivisio
• § 19996.38 — If the provisions of this article are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.
• § 19996.39 — All persons employed in reduced worktime positions for partial service retirement pursuant to this article, shall receive proportionally reduced compensation and, on a pro rata basis, except for benef
• § 19997 — Whenever it is necessary because of lack of work or funds, or whenever it is advisable in the interests of economy, to reduce the staff of any state agency, the appointing power may lay off employees
• § 19997.1 — The duties performed by any employee laid off may be assigned to any other employee or employees in the state agency holding positions in appropriate classes.
• § 19997.10 — (a) Any officer or employee, directly or indirectly, entitled to or having permanent status under the provisions of Article VII of the Constitution or the State Civil Service Act, who is displaced by
• § 19997.11 — (a) The names of employees to be laid off or demoted shall be placed upon the reemployment list for the subdivision, if such a subdivision was designated, upon the departmental reemployment list and u
• § 19997.12 — (a) An employee who is certified to a position in a class after layoff, or demotion in lieu of layoff, shall receive not less than the same step in the salary range as he or she received in the positi
• § 19997.13 — (a) An employee shall be notified that the employee is to be laid off 30 days prior to the effective date of layoff and not more than 60 days after the date of the seniority computation.
• § 19997.14 — (a) An employee may appeal to the department within 30 days after receiving notice of layoff on the ground that the required procedure has not been complied with or that the layoff has not been made i
• § 19997.15 — (a) In order to provide state civil service employees of the California Maritime Academy with an opportunity to remain in the state civil service system, there shall be a transition period from Januar
• § 19997.2 — (a) With the approval of the department, only the employees of a designated geographical, organizational or functional subdivision of a state agency need be considered for layoff, and reemployment lis
• § 19997.3 — (a) Layoff shall be made in accordance with the relative seniority of the employees in the class of layoff.
• § 19997.4 — (a) For the purposes of determining seniority pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 19997.
• § 19997.5 — (a) Separations that are necessary by reason of reinstatement of an employee or employees after recognized military service as provided for in Section 19780 shall be made by layoff.
• § 19997.6 — (a) A veteran, except a veteran who was reinstated from military leave, shall in the event of layoff receive seniority credit for recognized military service if the veteran entered the state service a
• § 19997.7 — (a) Employees in the class under consideration, up to the number of positions to be abolished or discontinued, shall be laid off in the order as determined under this part.
• § 19997.8 — (a) In lieu of being laid off an employee may elect demotion to: (1) any class with substantially the same or a lower maximum salary in which he or she had served under permanent or probationary statu
• § 19997.9 — (a) Any employee replaced by such demotion has the same option of demotion afforded by Section 19997.
• § 19998 — (a) It is the policy of the state that when an employee is to be separated from state service because the tasks he or she was assigned are to be eliminated or substantially changed due to management-i
• § 19998.1 — (a) The department may temporarily restrict the choice of methods of appointment available to an appointing power if such restriction is deemed necessary in the placement in other state civil service
• § 19998.3 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an employee whose continuity of employment in the state service as either an exempt or civil service employee is broken for six months or lo
• § 19998.4 — (a) An employee who entered county employment pursuant to a resolution or agreement effecting the transfer of that employee by the State Department of Mental Health to a local mental health services p
• § 19999 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that retirement costs to the state and its employees would be reduced by the establishment of a two-tiered retirement system which would improve the coordinat
• § 19999.1 — The Department of Human Resources, in conjunction with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, shall develop legislation which will implement a two-tiered retirement sy
• § 19999.2 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that this chapter is intended to satisfy the requirements prescribed by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA).
• § 19999.21 — The Department of Human Resources shall administer the retirement program established by this chapter.
• § 19999.3 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that this chapter is intended to provide an alternate retirement program for new state employees who are members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System pursu
• § 19999.31 — The Department of Human Resources shall administer the retirement program established by this chapter.
• § 19999.5 — In order to encourage savings and increase the savings options available to officers and employees, the department may establish and administer tax-advantaged retirement savings plans in accordance wi
• § 19999.7 — (a) The department may establish and administer the purchase of annuity contracts which meet the requirements of Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code and shall prescribe regulations in connecti
• § 2 — The provisions of this code in so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and
• § 20 — “City” includes “city and county” and “incorporated town,” but does not include “unincorporated town” or “village.
• § 200 — The State has the rights prescribed in this article over persons within its limits, to be exercised in the cases and in the manner provided by law.
• § 20000 — This part may be cited as the Public Employees’ Retirement Law.
• § 20001 — The purpose of this part is to effect economy and efficiency in the public service by providing a means whereby employees who become superannuated or otherwise incapacitated may, without hardship or p
• § 20002 — The Public Employees’ Retirement System created by Chapter 700 of the Statutes of 1931, as amended, is continued in existence under this part.
• § 20003 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this part.
• § 20004 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section and amending this part, to comply with, and implement the provisions of, the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (
• § 20010 — “Accumulated additional contributions” means the sum of all additional contributions standing to the credit of a member’s individual account, and interest thereon.
• § 20011 — “Accumulated contributions” means accumulated normal contributions plus any accumulated additional contributions standing to the credit of a member’s account.
• § 20012 — “Accumulated normal contributions” means the sum of all normal contributions standing to the credit of a member’s individual account, and interest thereon.
• § 20013 — “Actuarial equivalent” means a benefit of equal value when computed upon the basis of the mortality tables adopted and the actuarial interest rate fixed by the board.
• § 20014 — “Actuarial interest rate” means the interest rate fixed by the board for purposes of actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of this system.
• § 20015 — “Actuary” means an actuary regularly employed on a full-time or part-time basis by the board.
• § 20016 — “Additional contributions” means contributions made by members and their employers in addition to their normal contributions under Article 2 (commencing with Section 20710) of Chapter 8.
• § 20017 — “Annual interest rate” means the net earnings rate reduced by 110 basis points for purposes of crediting interest.
• § 20018 — “Annuity” means payments for life derived from contributions made by a member.
• § 20019 — “Beneficiary” means any person or corporation designated by a member, a retired member, or by statute to receive a benefit payable under this part, on account of the death of a member or a retired mem
• § 20020 — “Benefit” means the retirement allowance, basic death benefit, limited death benefit, special death benefit, any monthly allowance for survivors of a member or retired person, the insurance benefit, t
• § 20021 — “Board” means the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
• § 20022 — “Contracting agency” means any public agency that has elected to have all or any part of its employees become members of this system and that has contracted with the board for that purpose.
• § 20023 — “County peace officer service” shall include service rendered in the sheriff’s office of a city and county in positions that were subsequently reclassified as positions within the definition of “count
• § 20023.5 — “County retirement system” means a retirement system established under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 31450) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 3, the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937.
• § 20024 — “Current service” means all state service rendered by a member on and after the date upon which he or she first became a member, service in employment while not a member but after persons employed in
• § 20025 — “Dependent,” in reference to any benefit provided, upon the death of a member, for a surviving dependent parent, or parent dependent upon the member for support, shall mean receipt of at least one-hal
• § 20026 — “Disability” and “incapacity for performance of duty” as a basis of retirement, mean disability of permanent or extended duration, which is expected to last at least 12 consecutive months or will resu
• § 20027 — “Disability,” “disabled,” or “incapacitated” means, with respect to qualification for an allowance payable to a surviving child, inability to engage in any substantial gainful occupation by reason of
• § 20027.5 — (a) “Electronic funds transfer” means any transfer of funds, other than a transaction originated by check, draft, or similar paper instrument, that is initiated through an electronic terminal, telepho
• § 20028 — “Employee” means all of the following: (a) Any person in the employ of the state, a county superintendent of schools, or the university whose compensation, or at least that portion of his or her compe
• § 20029 — “Employee federal contributions” means those contributions required of employees under the federal system with respect to wages paid to individuals who perform services in employment in any coverage g
• § 20030 — “Employer” means the state, the university, a school employer, and any contracting agency employing an employee.
• § 20031 — “Employer federal contributions” means those contributions required of employers under the federal system with respect to wages paid to individuals who perform services in employment in any coverage g
• § 20032 — “Federal-state agreement” means the agreement or any modification thereof executed by the board pursuant to Section 418 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
• § 20033 — “Federal system” means the old age, survivors, disability, and health insurance provisions of the Social Security Act.
• § 20034 — The highest annual average compensation during any consecutive 12- or 36-month period of employment as a member of any retirement system maintained by the university shall be considered compensation e
• § 20035 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 20037, “final compensation” for the purposes of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a state member who retires or dies on or after July 1, 1991, and with res
• § 20035.10 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, “final compensation,” for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a state miscellaneous member (1) who retires or dies on or aft
• § 20035.11 — (a) For purposes of this section, “pay letter” means the set of instructions issued by the Department of Human Resources to the Controller and other state agencies of approved changes to civil service
• § 20035.2 — Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, “final compensation,” for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a patrol member who retires or dies on or after July 1, 2003, who
• § 20035.21 — Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, “final compensation” for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a patrol member who retires or dies on or after July 1, 2004, who w
• § 20035.3 — Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, “final compensation,” for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a state miscellaneous or peace officer/firefighter member who reti
• § 20035.4 — Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, “final compensation,” for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a member who retires or dies on or after July 1, 2003, who was a m
• § 20035.5 — Notwithstanding Section 20037, “final compensation” for the purposes of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a school member who retires or dies on or after January 1, 2000, and with res
• § 20035.6 — Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, “final compensation,” for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a member who retires or dies on or after July 1, 2003, who was a m
• § 20035.9 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, “final compensation,” for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a state miscellaneous member (1) who retires or dies on or aft
• § 20036 — In the computation of the disability retirement allowance payable upon the retirement of a member for industrial disability, final compensation shall be determined only with respect to compensation ea
• § 20037 — For a state member, or for a local member who is an employee of a contracting agency that is subject to this section, “final compensation” means the highest annual average compensation earnable by a m
• § 20037.10 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, final compensation for a person who is employed by the state for the first time and becomes a state member of the system on or after January 1, 2007, and
• § 20037.11 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, final compensation for a person who is employed by the state for the first time and becomes a state member of the system on or after January 1, 2007, and
• § 20037.12 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, final compensation for a person who is employed by the state for the first time and becomes a state member of the system on or after January 1, 2007, and
• § 20037.13 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, for the purposes of determining any pension or benefit with respect to benefits based on service with the state, “final compensation” means the highest an
• § 20037.14 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, final compensation for a person who is employed by the state for the first time and becomes a state member of the system on or after October 31, 2010, and
• § 20037.15 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 3517.
• § 20037.5 — Notwithstanding Section 20035, “final compensation” for a state member who has elected to be subject to Section 21353.
• § 20037.6 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, final compensation for a person who is employed by the state for the first time and becomes a state member of the system on or after July 1, 2006, and is
• § 20037.7 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, final compensation for a person who is employed by the state for the first time and becomes a state member of the system on or after January 1, 2007, and
• § 20037.8 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, final compensation for a person who is employed by the state for the first time and becomes a state member of the system on or after January 1, 2007, and
• § 20037.9 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 20035 and 20037, final compensation for a person who is employed by the state for the first time and becomes a state member of the system on or after January 1, 2007, and
• § 20039 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, “final compensation” of a local member for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit resulting from state service as an elective or appointed
• § 20039.5 — Notwithstanding Article 5 (commencing with Section 20350) of Chapter 3, or any other provision of this part, “final compensation” for the purposes of determining any pension or benefit for service wit
• § 20040 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, “final compensation,” for the purposes of determining any benefits payable under this part for coverage under the Second Tier, shall not be reduced by
• § 20042 — On the election of a contracting agency, other than a county superintendent of schools with respect to a contract under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 20610), “final compensation” for a local memb
• § 20044 — “Fiscal year” is any year commencing on July 1st and ending with June 30th next following.
• § 20045 — “Highway patrol service” means service rendered as a member of the California Highway Patrol, only while the member is receiving compensation from the state for that service, except as provided in Art
• § 20046 — “Industrial,” in reference to the death or disability of any member of this system who is in a membership category under which special benefits are provided by this part because the death or disabilit
• § 20046.5 — “Industrial” with respect to state miscellaneous members also means death or disability on or after January 1, 1995, resulting from an injury that is a direct consequence of a violent act perpetrated
• § 20047 — “Industrial” with respect to state miscellaneous members also means death or disability after January 1, 1993, resulting from an injury that is a direct consequence of a violent act perpetrated on his
• § 20047.5 — “Industrial,” with respect to state miscellaneous members, means death or disability on or after January 1, 2002, or the date agreed to in the memorandum of understanding between the state employer an
• § 20048 — “Industrial,” with respect to state industrial members, means death or disability resulting from an injury that is a direct consequence of a violent act perpetrated on his or her person by an inmate o
• § 20049 — “Labor policy or agreement” means any written policy, agreement, memorandum of understanding, legislative action of the elected or appointed body governing the employer, or any other document used by
• § 20050 — “Local safety service” means state service rendered as a local firefighter, local police officer, county peace officer, local safety officer, or positions defined as local safety member in Sections 20
• § 20051 — “Month,” except as otherwise expressly provided, means a period commencing on any day of a calendar month and extending through the day preceding the corresponding day of the succeeding calendar month
• § 20052 — “Net earnings” means the earnings of the retirement fund less the amounts specified in Sections 20173 and 20174.
• § 20053 — “Normal contributions” means contributions required to be paid by a member at the normal rates of contribution fixed by the law, by contract, or by contract amendment, but does not include additional
• § 20054 — “Pension” means payments for life derived from contributions made from employer controlled funds.
• § 20055 — (a) “Prior service” as applied to a state member who while employed on a part-time basis became a member because of amendments of the laws governing this system or because of a change in his or her em
• § 20056 — “Public agency” means any city, county, district, other local authority or public body of or within this state.
• § 20057 — “Public agency” also includes the following: (a) The Commandant, Veterans’ Home of California, with respect to employees of the Veterans’ Home Exchange and other post fund activities whose compensatio
• § 20057.1 — To qualify as a “public agency” within the meaning of this part, any organization that qualifies under amendments to the definitions of “public agency” effective on or after January 1, 2002, shall als
• § 20058 — (a) “Retirement system” or “this system” means the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
• § 20059 — “Regular interest” means interest at the annual interest rate for purposes of crediting of interest, compounded annually.
• § 20060 — “Retirement” means the granting of a retirement allowance under this part.
• § 20061 — “Retirement allowance” means the service retirement allowance or the disability retirement allowance.
• § 20062 — “Retirement fund” means the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund continued in existence by this part.
• § 20062.5 — “Risk pool” means the combination of assets and liabilities with respect to one or more contracting agencies for the purpose of pooling actuarial experience and setting the employer contribution rates
• § 20063 — (a) “School employer” means a county superintendent of schools, other than the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools and the San Diego County Superintendent of Schools, that has entered into a
• § 20064 — “School safety service” includes service rendered as a school safety member in employment with a school district or community college district, as defined in subdivision (i) of Section 20057.
• § 20065 — An employee is “serving on a part-time basis” when he or she engages in his or her duties for less time than is required of employees serving on a full-time basis, even though he or she is subject to
• § 20065.5 — All references to “spouse,” “surviving spouse,” or “marriage” in this part apply equally to a domestic partner or domestic partnership, as defined in Section 297 of the Family Code, and all rights and
• § 20066 — “State peace officer/firefighter service” means service rendered as a state peace officer/firefighter member only while receiving compensation for that service, except as provided in Article 4 (commen
• § 20067 — “State peace officer/firefighter service,” with respect to a member who becomes a state peace officer/firefighter member pursuant to Section 20394, also includes service prior to July 1, 1986, as an e
• § 20068 — (a) “State safety service” means service rendered as a state safety member only while receiving compensation for that service, except as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 20990) of Chapte
• § 20069 — (a) “State service” means service rendered as an employee or officer (employed, appointed, or elected) of the state, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the officers and employees o
• § 20069.1 — “Trial court” shall have the same meaning as the term is defined in the Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 71600) of Title 8).
• § 20070 — “1959 survivor allowance” means the allowance provided for in Sections 21571, 21572, 21573, 21574, 21574.
• § 20071 — “University” means the University of California and includes The Regents of the University of California as defined and authorized by Section 9 of Article IX of the California Constitution.
• § 20085 — (a) It is unlawful for a person to do any of the following: (1) Make, or cause to be made, any knowingly false material statement or material representation, to knowingly fail to disclose a material f
• § 20090 — The Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System is continued in existence.
• § 20090.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the member of the board who is an elected official of a contracting agency appointed by the Governor, pursuant to subdivision (e) of Sec
• § 20091 — The members of the board appointed by the Governor pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 20090, the public member appointed jointly by the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly pu
• § 20092 — Each employing agency that employs an elected member of the board shall be reimbursed by the retirement fund in an amount equal to the salary and benefits paid to the elected board member by the emplo
• § 20093 — The members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred through service on the board.
• § 20094 — The counsel to the board shall notify each new member of the board upon his or her assumption of office and each member of the board annually that he or she is subject to the gift provisions of Chapte
• § 20095 — The term of office of members of the board is four years expiring on January 15 in the order fixed by law.
• § 20096 — The board shall cause ballots to be distributed to each active and retired member of the system in advance of each election, and shall provide for the return of the voted ballots to the board without
• § 20096.3 — If an incumbent member of the board, holding a board seat described in subdivision (g) of Section 20090, does not deliver his or her completed nomination documents to the election coordinator for reel
• § 20096.5 — Candidates for board seats described in subdivision (g) of Section 20090, including incumbent board members running for reelection, shall file campaign statements with the Secretary of State and the b
• § 20097 — The board shall maintain its office in the City of Sacramento.
• § 20098 — (a) The board shall appoint and, notwithstanding Sections 19825, 19826, 19829, and 19832, shall fix the compensation of an executive officer, a general counsel, a chief actuary, a chief investment off
• § 20099 — The board may appoint a committee of one or more of its members to perform any act within the power of the board itself to perform.
• § 201 — The State may punish for crime.
• § 20100 — The board shall adopt a policy for providing education to board members.
• § 20120 — The management and control of this system is vested in the board.
• § 20121 — The board may make such rules as it deems proper.
• § 20122 — Each member and each person retired is subject to this part and the rules adopted by the board.
• § 20123 — Subject to this part and its rules, the board shall determine and may modify benefits for service and disability.
• § 20124 — The board shall adjust the payment of benefits payable pursuant to this part, as necessary, in order to maximize the benefits available to members who are subject to the limits of Section 415 of Title
• § 20125 — The board shall determine who are employees and is the sole judge of the conditions under which persons may be admitted to and continue to receive benefits under this system.
• § 20126 — Refusal by this system to admit liability pursuant to any provision of this part shall not be considered arbitrary or capricious action or conduct within the meaning of Section 800, or any other provi
• § 20127 — The board may require a member to provide evidence of his or her entitlement to benefits under the federal system.
• § 20128 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may require a member or beneficiary to provide information it deems necessary to determine this system’s liability with respect to, and an individ
• § 20129 — The board shall secure and pay reasonable compensation for medical service and advice necessary to discharge its duties respecting matters involving disability or death, or both.
• § 20130 — The board may enter into an agreement with the State Compensation Insurance Fund under which the latter shall represent this system, as its agent, or the Attorney General under which the latter shall
• § 20131 — The board shall keep in convenient form data necessary for the actuarial valuation of this system.
• § 20132 — (a) Upon the basis of any investigation, valuation, or determination, or all of these, the board shall adopt mortality, service and other tables and annual and actuarial interest rates it deems necess
• § 20133 — As of June 30, 1991, and thereafter at the end of periods not to exceed four years, the actuary shall make an actuarial investigation into the mortality, service, and compensation experience of member
• § 20134 — The board may, in its discretion, hold a hearing for the purpose of determining any question presented to it involving any right, benefit, or obligation of a person under this part.
• § 20135 — To the extent possible, the board shall resolve conflicts between retirement systems applicable to state hospital employees transferred to county or local mental health programs as a result of state h
• § 20136 — (a) Commencing March 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the board shall submit a report to the Legislature on the status of achieving appropriate objectives and initiatives, as defined by the board, re
• § 20138 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the board shall provide by rule for conducting education, including, but not limited to, structured preretirement information seminars, for the benefit
• § 20139 — The board shall have the power to administer funds in the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust pursuant to a contract with the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Investment Board
• § 20140 — (a) The board shall require fingerprint images and related information from any employee or prospective employee while a conditional offer is still pending whose duties include or would include access
• § 20150 — A board member or employee of the board shall not, directly or indirectly: (a) Have any interest in the making of any investment, or in the gains or profits accruing therefrom.
• § 20151 — The board and its officers and employees shall discharge their duties with respect to this system solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries: (a) For the exclusive purpose of both of
• § 20152 — Notwithstanding Section 13340, there is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, from the retirement fund to the board, the amount necessary to pay for any insurance obtained
• § 20152.5 — No matter involving any vendor or contractor in their individual or any other capacity shall be considered during a closed session on any transaction involving the system unless, prior to the closed s
• § 20153 — (a) During the process leading to an award of any contract by the system, no member of the board or its staff shall knowingly communicate concerning any matter relating to the contract or selection pr
• § 20160 — (a) Subject to subdivisions (c) and (d), the board may, in its discretion and upon any terms it deems just, correct the errors or omissions of any active or retired member, or any beneficiary of an ac
• § 20161 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this part or of Section 12438 or 16302.
• § 20163 — (a) If more or less than the correct amount of contribution required of members, the state, or any contracting agency, is paid, proper adjustment shall be made in connection with subsequent payments,
• § 20164 — (a) The obligations of this system to its members continue throughout their respective memberships, and the obligations of this system to and in respect to retired members continue throughout the live
• § 20164.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, “disallowed compensation” means compensation reported for a member by the state, school employer, or a contracting agency that the system subsequently determines is n
• § 20170 — The Public Employees’ Retirement Fund in the State Treasury is continued in existence.
• § 20171 — The board has the exclusive control of the administration and investment of the retirement fund.
• § 20172 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may retain a bank or trust company to serve as custodian for safekeeping, delivery, securities valuation, investment performance reporting, and ot