{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"21539","citation":"Gov. Code, § 21539","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 5. PERSONNEL [18000. - 22980.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-5"},{"name":"PART 3. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM [20000. - 21716.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-5/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 14. Death Benefits [21490. - 21635.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-5/part-3/chapter-14"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Preretirement Death Benefits [21530. - 21554.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-5/part-3/chapter-14/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2.   Effective January 1, 1996.","effective":"1996-01-01","html":"<p>The special death benefit payable with respect to a member who at death prior to March 7, 1973, was a warden, forestry, harbor police, or law enforcement member shall be continued in accordance with the provisions of this part as they read and applied to that benefit on the day preceding that date.</p>","text":"The special death benefit payable with respect to a member who at death prior to March 7, 1973, was a warden, forestry, harbor police, or law enforcement member shall be continued in accordance with the provisions of this part as they read and applied to that benefit on the day preceding that date.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/preretirement-death-benefits-21539","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}