California

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

• § 7284.2 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Immigrants are valuable and essential members of the California community.
• § 7284.4 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “California law enforcement agency” means a state or local law enforcement agency, including school police or securit
• § 7284.6 — (a) California law enforcement agencies shall not: (1) Use agency or department moneys or personnel to investigate, interrogate, detain, detect, or arrest persons for immigration enforcement purposes,
• § 7284.8 — (a) The Attorney General, by October 1, 2018, in consultation with the appropriate stakeholders, shall publish model policies limiting assistance with immigration enforcement to the fullest extent pos
• § 7285 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) All protections, rights, and remedies available under state law, except any reinstatement remedy prohibited by federal law, are available to all i
• § 7285.1 — (a) Except as otherwise required by federal law, an employer, or a person acting on behalf of the employer, shall not provide voluntary consent to an immigration enforcement agent to enter any nonpubl
• § 7285.2 — (a) (1) Except as otherwise required by federal law, and except as provided in paragraph (2), an employer, or a person acting on behalf of the employer, shall not provide voluntary consent to an immig
• § 7285.3 — In accordance with state and federal law, nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted, construed, or applied to restrict or limit an employer’s compliance with a memorandum of understanding governing
• § 7286 — (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Deadly force” means any use of force that creates a substantial risk of causing death or serious bodily injury.
• § 7286.5 — (a) (1) A law enforcement agency shall not authorize the use of a carotid restraint or choke hold by any peace officer employed by that agency.
• § 7287 — (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2027, every law enforcement and prosecutorial agency shall maintain a policy requiring a peace officer or prosecuting attorney who initiates a formal interview to gathe
• § 7288 — (a) By January 1, 2026, a law enforcement agency operating in California shall maintain and publicly post a written policy on the visible identification of sworn personnel.
• § 7289 — (a) By July 1, 2026, a law enforcement agency operating in California shall maintain and publicly post a written policy regarding the use of facial coverings.
• § 7290 — This chapter may be known and cited as the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act.
• § 7291 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the effective maintenance and development of a free and democratic society depends on the right and ability of its citizens and residents to communicate
• § 7292 — (a) Every state agency, as defined in Section 11000, except the State Compensation Insurance Fund, directly involved in the furnishing of information or the rendering of services to the public whereby
• § 7293 — Every local public agency, as defined in Section 54951, serving a substantial number of non-English-speaking people, shall employ a sufficient number of qualified bilingual persons in public contact p
• § 7294 — An employee of a state or local agency, as defined by Sections 11000 and 54951, may not be dismissed to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
• § 7295 — Any materials explaining services available to the public shall be translated into any non-English language spoken by a substantial number of the public served by the agency.
• § 7295.2 — Every state agency which serves a substantial number of non-English-speaking people and which provides materials in English explaining services shall also provide the same type of materials in any non
• § 7295.4 — Whenever a state agency finds that the factors listed in both subdivisions (a) and (c) or (b) and (c) exist, it shall distribute the applicable written materials in the appropriate non-English languag
• § 7296 — (a) As used in this chapter, a “qualified bilingual person,” “qualified bilingual employee,” or “qualified interpreter” is a person who is proficient in both the English language and the non-English l
• § 7296.2 — As used in Sections 7292, 7295.
• § 7296.4 — As used in Section 7292, “a sufficient number of qualified bilingual persons in public contact positions” is the number required to provide the same level of services to non-English-speaking persons a
• § 7297 — As used in this chapter, a “public contact position” is a position determined by the agency to be one which emphasizes the ability to meet, contact and deal with the public in the performance of the a
• § 7298 — The provisions of this chapter are not applicable to school districts, county boards of education, or the office of a county superintendent of schools.
• § 7299 — The provisions of this act shall be implemented to the extent that local, state or federal funds are available, and to the extent permissible under federal law and the provisions of civil service law
• § 7299.1 — State agencies may, utilizing existing funds, contract for telephone-based interpretation services in addition to employing qualified bilingual persons in public contact positions.
• § 7299.2 — The Department of Human Resources shall be responsible for informing state agencies of their responsibilities under this chapter and providing state agencies with technical assistance, upon request on
• § 7299.3 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, by July 1, 2015, a state agency subject to the requirements of this chapter shall translate and make accessible on the homepage of its Internet Web
• § 7299.4 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, each state agency shall conduct a language survey and develop and update an implementation plan that complies with the requirements of this cha
• § 7299.5 — The Department of Human Resources may exempt state agencies from the requirements of Section 7299.
• § 7299.6 — The Department of Human Resources shall review the results of the surveys and implementation plans required to be made by Section 7299.
• § 7299.7 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and commencing January 1, 2025, in the event of an emergency within the jurisdiction of a local agency that provides emergency response service
• § 7299.8 — It is not the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to prohibit the establishment of bilingual positions, or printing of materials, or use of qualified interpreters, where less than 5 per
• § 7301 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Land” means any right or interest, including development rights, in real property which is essentially unimproved and devoted to an open-space use as defined in Sect
• § 7302 — Any person may offer land included within a transfer described in Section 7301 to the state for preservation as open-space land.
• § 7303 — The inheritance tax referee shall certify the appraised value of the land and the amount of taxes due and payable by the transferee.
• § 7304 — The secretary shall establish criteria to evaluate the significance of the land offered and the feasibility of the state accepting any right or interest in such land.
• § 7305 — Upon receipt of the offer, the secretary shall notify the county in which the land being offered is located of the state’s consideration.
• § 7306 — Upon acceptance of an offer of land pursuant to this chapter, the secretary shall forward appropriate certification of such acceptance to the Controller.
• § 7307 — Land accepted by the state pursuant to this chapter shall be maintained and preserved in perpetuity as open-space land, except as provided in Section 7308.
• § 7308 — Unless otherwise provided in the terms of acceptance or prohibited by encumbrances on the land, real property conveyed to the state under this chapter may be conveyed, transferred, exchanged, or grant
• § 7309 — Notwithstanding Section 14103 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, inheritance tax imposed on land offered to the state pursuant to this chapter shall not be delinquent until 160 days after receipt of an
• § 7310 — (a) A city, county, city and county, or local law enforcement agency that does not, as of June 15, 2017, have a contract with the federal government or any federal agency to detain adult noncitizens f
• § 7311 — (a) A city, county, city and county, or local law enforcement agency that does not, as of June 15, 2017, have a contract with the federal government or any federal agency to house or detain any accomp
• § 7320 — (a) Any private detention facility operator shall comply with, and adhere to, the detention standards of care and confinement agreed upon in the facility’s contract for operations.
• § 7321 — (a) A private detention facility operator shall comply with, and adhere to, all local and state public health orders and occupational safety and health regulations.
• § 73640 — This article applies to the municipal court established in a district embracing the Judicial District of El Cajon.
• § 73642 — (a) In addition to any other compensation and benefits, each judge of the municipal court shall receive the same life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, comprehensive annual phys
• § 73643 — (a) This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2074, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 73758 — The Sheriff of Madera County shall be responsible for the transportation of prisoners held in the county’s adult correctional facility to and from necessary court appearances, medical and dental trips
• § 73950 — This article applies to the Municipal Court of the North County Judicial District.
• § 73952 — (a) In addition to any other compensation and benefits, each judge of the municipal court shall receive the same life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, comprehensive annual phys
• § 73953 — (a) This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2074, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 7400 — (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that subdivision (a) of Section 31 of Article I of the California Constitution prohibits state and local government agencies from discriminating against or g
• § 7401 — (a) The Governor’s Task Force on Diversity and Outreach, in its August 1, 2000, report, concluded that data on minority business participation is not currently available, and that lack of useful data
• § 7405 — The Legislature finds and declares that the ability to utilize electronic or information technology is often an essential function for successful employment in the current work world.
• § 74130 — This article applies to the municipal courts established in Riverside County.
• § 74145 — (a) In addition to any other compensation and benefits, each judge of the municipal court shall receive the county flexible benefits plan.
• § 74146 — (a) This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2074, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 74340 — This article applies to the municipal court established in a district embracing that portion of the City of San Diego not included within the South Bay Municipal Court District.
• § 74342 — (a) In addition to any other compensation and benefits, each judge of the municipal court shall receive the same life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, comprehensive annual phys
• § 74343 — (a) This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2074, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 7450 — Every local agency in this state owning common stock and whose stock is by contract managed by a fiduciary shall request such fiduciary to forward any proxies for shares owned by the agency which are
• § 7451 — Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, every local agency in this state owning common stock shall, when returning proxies to a corporation, vote each proxy that is returned to the corporation
• § 7460 — This chapter shall be known as the “California Right to Financial Privacy Act.
• § 7461 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Procedures and policies governing the relationship between financial institutions and government agencies have in some cases developed without due re
• § 7465 — For the purposes of this chapter: (a) The term “financial institution” includes state and national banks, state and federal savings associations, trust companies, industrial loan companies, and state
• § 7470 — (a) Except as provided in Section 7480, no officer, employee, or agent of a state or local agency or department thereof, in connection with a civil or criminal investigation of a customer, whether or
• § 7471 — (a) Except in accordance with requirements of Title 11 (commencing with Section 14160) of Part 4 of the Penal Code or Section 7473, 7474, 7475, or 7476, no financial institution, or any director, offi
• § 7473 — (a) A customer may authorize disclosure under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 7470 if those seeking disclosure furnish to the financial institution a signed and dated statement by which th
• § 7474 — (a) An officer, employee, or agent of a state or local agency or department thereof, may obtain financial records under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 7470 pursuant to an administrative s
• § 74740 — Notwithstanding Section 71040, there shall be a municipal court in a judicial district, embracing the Cities of Chula Vista, Coronado, Imperial Beach, National City, that portion of the City of San Di
• § 74742 — (a) In addition to any other compensation and benefits, each judge of the municipal court shall receive the same life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, comprehensive annual phys
• § 74743 — (a) This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2074, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 7475 — An officer, employee, or agent of a state or local agency or department thereof, may obtain financial records under paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 7470 only if he obtains a search warrant
• § 7476 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), an officer, employee, or agent of a state or local agency or department thereof, may obtain financial records under paragraph (4) of subdivision (a)
• § 7480 — Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any of the following: (a) The dissemination of any financial information that is not identified with, or identifiable as being derived from, the financial record
• § 74820 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the San Joaquin County Court Security and Civil Process Act.
• § 74820.1 — This article applies to the court security functions and service of process and notice functions in the sheriff’s office.
• § 74820.2 — There is a court services division within the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Department to provide security within the superior court.
• § 74820.3 — (a) The sheriff shall be the appointing authority for all court services division positions and employees.
• § 7485 — (a) Any person who, with the intent to violate, knowingly participates in a violation of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned for not more than one year, or
• § 7486 — In any successful action to enforce liability for a violation of the provisions of this chapter, the customer may recover the cost of the action together with reasonable attorney’s fees as determined
• § 7487 — In addition to any other remedy contained in this chapter or otherwise available, injunctive relief shall be available to any customer aggrieved by a violation, or threatened violation, of this chapte
• § 7488 — An action to enforce any provision of this chapter must be commenced within three years after the date on which the violation occurred.
• § 7489 — Evidence obtained in violation of this chapter is inadmissible in any proceeding except a proceeding to enforce the provisions of this article.
• § 7490 — Except as provided in Sections 6069, 10145, 10146, and 17766.
• § 7491 — Should any other law grant or appear to grant power or authority to any person to violate the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall supersede and pro tanto override and annu
• § 7492 — If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or applications of this
• § 7493 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude a state or local agency from obtaining a credit report or consumer credit report from anyone other than a financial institution.
• § 74984 — (a) There shall be one marshal who shall be appointed by the Shasta County Superior Court.
• § 74985 — Each employee of the marshal’s office who is a county employee shall be provided the same employment benefits by Shasta County as the county provides to other county employees in equivalent categories
• § 74988 — The marshal and employees of the office of the marshal who provide court security services, except reserve deputy marshals, are employees of the Shasta County Superior Court for all purposes.
• § 7500 — Any city with a population of 1,000,000 or more, and any agency thereof, which has established any pension and retirement plan which requires officers and employees of one sex to pay greater contribut
• § 7500.5 — (a) This section shall only apply to the City of San Diego.
• § 75000 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Judges’ Retirement Law.
• § 75001 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 75002 — “Judge” means a justice of the Supreme Court or of a court of appeal, or a judge of a superior court, municipal court, or justice court.
• § 75003 — “Salary” means the compensation received by a judge as the emolument of the office of judge, and as limited by Section 75075.
• § 75004 — “Service” means the period of time a person has made contributions by reason of holding office as a judge of any one or more of the courts of this state specified in Section 75002, computed in years a
• § 75004.5 — All references to “spouse,” “surviving spouse,” or “marriage” in this chapter apply equally to a domestic partner or domestic partnership, as defined in Section 297 of the Family Code, and all rights
• § 75005 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this chapter shall be administered and governed by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System in accordance with the Public Empl
• § 75006 — (a) Any allowance payable to a retired judge or to a surviving spouse or to an eligible surviving child which has accrued and remained unpaid at the time of the judge’s or the surviving spouse’s or su
• § 75006.6 — The surviving spouse or eligible surviving child of a deceased judge who is receiving a monthly allowance from the Judges’ Retirement System, or a retired judge, if there is no spouse or eligible chil
• § 7501 — It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to safeguard the solvency of all public retirement systems and funds.
• § 7502 — The Controller shall review the annual financial report of each state and local public retirement system submitted pursuant to Section 7504 giving particular consideration to the adequacy of funding o
• § 75025 — Every judge who has the age and service qualifications specified in one of the following subdivisions, and who is not ineligible for retirement under Section 75026, shall be retired for service upon f
• § 75025.1 — A judge whose service is discontinued by the expiration of his term of office and who is otherwise eligible to retire under this chapter may file the notice of retirement provided for in Section 75025
• § 75026 — Except as provided in Section 75029, no judge shall be eligible to retire under Section 75025 if he or she has not received a salary from which contributions for the Judges’ Retirement Fund have been
• § 75027 — Any judge whose term of office expires within 60 days before he or she has rendered the minimum service required for retirement at his or her age shall be deemed to have rendered that minimum service.
• § 75028 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 75060.
• § 75028.1 — (a) At the time of the filing of a notice of retirement under the Judges’ Retirement Law to be effective after 69 1 2 years of age but before the end of the term of office during which the judge attai
• § 75028.2 — A retired judge on senior judge status shall not receive a retirement allowance, except for health and welfare benefits generally available to judges of courts on which the judge served as an active j
• § 75028.3 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, senior judge status shall terminate at the end of five years, except that the status shall terminate earlier when any of the following occurs: (a) The judge
• § 75028.4 — (a) A judge whose senior judge status is terminated may elect to receive the retirement benefits for which the judge was eligible at the time he or she elected senior judge status.
• § 75028.5 — After a judge has withdrawn his or her accumulated contributions upon discontinuance of his or her service, that service shall not count in the event he or she later becomes a judge again, until he or
• § 75028.6 — The senior judge status program shall terminate on January 1, 1997.
• § 75029 — For any judge who, prior to becoming a judge, served as a “judge of an excluded court” as defined below, there shall be included in the computation of the number of years of service as a judge the num
• § 75029.1 — On and after January 1, 1990, the right to elect to receive credit for prior service as a judge of an excluded court pursuant to Section 75029 shall apply only to a justice of the Supreme Court or a c
• § 75029.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any justice court judge who was a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System on December 31, 1989, and became a member of this system on January 1, 1
• § 7503 — All state and local public retirement systems shall prepare an annual report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• § 75030.10 — Any person who filed a declaration of candidacy for a judicial office pursuant to Section 8023 or 8201 of the Elections Code prior to May 1, 1962, and was elected to that office at the subsequent elec
• § 75030.5 — (a) Any judge who first becomes a judge on or after May 1, 1962, and who has served as an elected state constitutional officer before becoming a judge, or any judge who first became a judge prior to t
• § 75030.6 — On and after October 1, 1961, the right to elect to receive credit for service pursuant to Section 75030.
• § 75030.7 — Any judge has a right to elect, by written election filed with the Judges’ Retirement System at any time prior to retirement, to make contributions pursuant to this section for, and receive service cr
• § 75030.8 — (a) A judge may elect, by written election filed with the board at any time prior to retirement, to make contributions and receive service credit for all of the time he or she served as a full-time su
• § 75030.9 — A Member of the Senate or Assembly whose contributions as a judge remain on deposit in the fund under Section 75033, shall, during the term of office for which he or she was elected: (a) Have a right
• § 75031 — In computing the number of years a person has been a judge for the purposes of retirement under Sections 75025 or 75060, there shall be included any time as he or she was absent from his or her positi
• § 75031.5 — (a) A judge may elect, in writing filed with the Judges’ Retirement System, to make contributions and receive service credit in this system for active service, performed prior to entering the system,
• § 75032 — Every judge who has retired or who retires pursuant to Section 75025 before or after September 11, 1957, shall, during the remainder of his or her life, receive an allowance equal to one-half the sala
• § 75032.5 — Retired judges, 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 accorda
• § 75033 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the service of a judge, who has been elected or appointed as such, is discontinued by any means other than death, resignation, recall, impeachme
• § 75033.1 — Any judge who is removed from office by the Supreme Court shall not receive any of the benefits provided by Section 75033.
• § 75033.2 — A judge who pleads guilty or no contest or is found guilty of a crime committed while holding judicial office which is punishable as a felony under California or federal law and which either involves
• § 75033.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any judge with at least five years of service, may retire, and upon his or her application therefor to the Judges’ Retirement System after reaching
• § 75033.6 — If a judge retires pursuant to Section 75033 or 75033.
• § 75035 — “Resignation,” as used in this article, does not include a resignation, express or implied, which is for the purpose of accepting an elective or appointive public office.
• § 7504 — (a) All state and local public retirement systems shall, not less than triennially, secure the services of an actuary.
• § 7505 — Every state and local public retirement system shall permit any person entitled to the receipt of benefits to designate that payment of such benefits shall be transmitted to a bank, savings and loan a
• § 75050 — (a) Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage of a member, the court shall include in the judgment or a court order the date on which the parties separated.
• § 75051 — “Nonmember,” as used in this article, means the spouse or former spouse of a member, who as a result of petitioning the court for the division of community property, has been awarded a distinct and se
• § 75052 — (a) The nonmember who is awarded a separate account shall have the right to a refund of accumulated retirement contributions in the separate account of the nonmember.
• § 75052.5 — If the nonmember withdraws accumulated contributions in accordance with Section 75052, the member may redeposit those contributions pursuant to this part.
• § 75053 — (a) The nonmember who is awarded a separate account may redeposit accumulated contributions previously refunded to the member in accordance with the determination of the court required by Section 7505
• § 75054 — (a) The nonmember shall have the right to purchase service credit pursuant to the determination of the court required by Section 75050.
• § 75055 — A nonmember shall be retired upon his or her written application to the board if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The nonmember has attained the age of 50.
• § 75056 — Retirement shall be effective and the retirement allowance shall begin to accrue as of the date designated in the nonmember’s application as the effective date of retirement, or the day following the
• § 75057 — For a nonmember, the retirement allowance shall be based on the salary payable, at the time payment of the allowance falls due, to the judge holding the judicial office to which the member judge was l
• § 75058 — (a) A nonmember shall be entitled to a retirement allowance based on service accrued by the judge during their years of marriage and in accordance with the community property settlement.
• § 75059 — (a) Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage of a retired member, the court shall include in a judgment or court order the date on which the parties separated.
• § 75059.1 — (a) A former spouse of a judge retired or deceased as of January 1, 2001, shall be eligible for the benefits provided by this section if the community property interest in the system was divided by co
• § 7506 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person entitled to the receipt of benefits from any state retirement system may authorize the payment of the benefits to be directly deposited by electr
• § 7506.5 — The Controller shall make an agreement with one or more financial institutions participating in the Automated Clearing House pursuant to the local rules, and shall establish a program, for the direct
• § 75060 — (a) Any judge who is unable to discharge efficiently the duties of his or her office by reason of mental or physical disability that is or is likely to become permanent may, with his or her consent an
• § 75060.1 — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, every judge retired for disability before or after the effective date of this section shall receive a retirement allowance in an amount that he or
• § 75060.5 — Every judge retired under Section 75060, who on the ninetieth day after the final adjournment of the 1957 Regular Session of the Legislature is receiving a retirement allowance computed pursuant to Se
• § 75060.6 — The Commission on Judicial Performance, in its discretion, but not more often than once every two years, may require any judge who is receiving an allowance under this section and who is under the age
• § 75061 — (a) Any person who becomes a judge during the period of January 1, 1980, through December 31, 1988, shall not be eligible to be retired for disability unless the judge is credited with at least two ye
• § 75062 — A judge who applies for disability retirement and against whom there is pending a criminal charge of the commission of, or who has been convicted of, a felony under California or federal law (allegedl
• § 75063 — A judge against whom there is pending a disciplinary proceeding which could lead to his or her removal from office or who has been removed from office for judicial misconduct, prior to the approval of
• § 75064 — A member who is defeated at an election and who either had submitted, prior to the date of the election, an application for disability retirement or submits, on or after the date of the election, an a
• § 7507 — (a) For the purpose of this section: (1) “Actuary” means an actuary as defined in Section 7504.
• § 7507.2 — (a) There is hereby enacted the California Actuarial Advisory Panel.
• § 7507.5 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the Regents of the University of California provide written notice to the Legislature of any proposed changes to retirement plan benefits, employer or employee
• § 75070 — In lieu of electing the unmodified allowance for his or her life alone, a judge may elect to have the actuarial equivalent of his or her retirement allowance as of the date of retirement applied to a
• § 75070.5 — If a judge elects an optional settlement that provides for a monthly allowance for his or her named beneficiary or beneficiaries, the combined allowance payable to the judge’s named beneficiary or ben
• § 75071 — This section shall apply to any judge who retires on or before December 31, 2017.
• § 75071.5 — This section shall apply to any judge who retires on or after January 1, 2018.
• § 75072 — If, during the life of a judge who has elected to receive an optional settlement in lieu of a retirement allowance for his or her life alone, or during the life of a beneficiary under an optional sett
• § 75073 — A judge who elects to receive optional settlement two or three in Section 75071 may concurrently and irrevocably elect to waive the provision for an increase to his or her allowance, as specified in s
• § 75074 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a judge may, at any time, including, but not limited to, at any time after reaching retirement age, designate a beneficiary to receive the benefits as may be
• § 75074.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of any judge who designated a beneficiary to receive an optional settlement benefit by a writing filed with
• § 75075 — Any judge hereafter retiring pursuant to Section 75025 or 75060 may elect to receive the benefits accorded by this article if he or she retires for service or disability.
• § 75075.01 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the benefits payable to any person who for the first time becomes a member on or after January 1, 1990, shall be subject to the limitations set fo
• § 75075.02 — The benefits payable to any person who first becomes a member of this system on or after July 1, 1996, shall not exceed the limitations in Section 401(a) of Title 26 of the United States Code upon pub
• § 75075.03 — (a) The cost-of-living adjustments under Section 415(d) of the Internal Revenue Code to the limits described in Section 415(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as prescribed by the regulations of the Dep
• § 75076 — (a) A judge who qualifies, as prescribed in Section 75075, to receive the benefits accorded by this article shall receive a retirement allowance equal to 65 percent of the salary payable, at the time
• § 75076.1 — If a community property benefit has been awarded to a judge’s ex-spouse pursuant to Article 2.
• § 75076.2 — A judge who renders part-time service after January 1, 1990, shall receive a reduced retirement allowance.
• § 75076.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in no event shall an allowance payable pursuant to this chapter to a retired member on the effective date of a reduction in judges’ salaries ever be reduced
• § 75077 — The surviving spouse of a judge who qualifies, as prescribed in Section 75075, to receive the benefits accorded by this article and who dies during retirement shall receive, until death, an allowance
• § 75077.5 — For a judge who dies after retirement, the spouse of a judge at death may receive benefits payable to a surviving spouse under this chapter only if the spouse was married to the judge as of January 1,
• § 75078 — The allowance to the judge and to his surviving spouse under this article shall be paid by the State at the times and in the manner provided for the payment of salaries of justices of the Supreme Cour
• § 75079 — (a) When a judge elects and becomes entitled to receive the benefits accorded by this article, he or she does not have the right to select an optional settlement under the provisions of Article 3.
• § 75079.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a judge who retires on or after January 1, 2002, and who elects to retire pursuant to Section 75025 shall have the right to elect an optional settleme
• § 7508 — A retired member of a state retirement system, other than the University of California Retirement System, the Judges’ Retirement System, the Judges’ Retirement System II, and the State Teachers’ Retir
• § 7508.5 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 20098 or 31528 of this code, or Section 22212.
• § 75080 — (a) If, after retirement for disability, a retired judge engages in the practice of law or other gainful occupation, the retirement allowance otherwise payable to him or her shall continue and shall n
• § 75080.5 — (a) Except as described in subdivision (b), if a person who is retired under this system is appointed or elected to serve as a judge, he or she shall reinstate from retirement and again become a membe
• § 75083 — Any judge retired pursuant to this chapter who is appointed by the Supreme Court or any court of appeal, or division thereof, to act as a master or referee in any proceeding pending before those court
• § 75085 — The Extended Service Incentive Program is hereby created to provide an incentive to judges who are eligible to receive the maximum retirement benefit to remain in public service.
• § 75085.1 — The design and administration of the Extended Service Incentive Program shall conform to the applicable provisions of Title 26 of the United States Code and the Revenue and Taxation Code.
• § 75085.2 — If any provision of this article or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this article that can be giv
• § 75085.3 — The board shall implement the Extended Service Incentive Program pursuant to the provisions of this article no later than July 1, 2001, unless the board determines, by resolution, that the implementat
• § 75085.4 — The board may adopt regulations to implement the program.
• § 75085.5 — “Program” means the Extended Service Incentive Program.
• § 75085.6 — “Extended service calculation date” means the later of (a) January 1, 2001, or (b) the date the judge first becomes eligible to participate in the program pursuant to Section 75086.
• § 75085.7 — “Extended service period” means a period of time commencing on the extended service calculation date and ending (a) on the date of the judge’s retirement or his or her earlier termination of service,