ARTICLE 2. Preretirement Death Benefits

Article 2 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2.

§§ 21530–21554 · 28 sections

§ 21530 (a) This system is liable for either the basic or special death benefit upon the death of a member in any of the following circumstances: (1) Before the…
§ 21531 The basic death benefit and the limited death benefit shall be paid as provided in this article to the beneficiary designated by the member under Section 21490…
§ 21532 The basic death benefit is payable in all cases where the retirement system is liable under Section 21530 for either the basic or a special death benefit and…
§ 21533 Notwithstanding Section 20636, if a member who is an academic employee of the California State University dies while on a leave with pay, or within 12 months…
§ 21533.5 (a) To the extent required by Section 401(a) of Title 26 of the United States Code, if a member dies while performing qualified military services, the…
§ 21534 Liability imposed on this system with respect to the death of a member who is an academic employee of the California State University while on, or within 12…
§ 21535 Notwithstanding Section 20178, for member deaths occurring on or after January 1, 1994, if the actuarial interest rate exceeds 6 percent, the accumulated…
§ 21536 In the determination of the portion of the basic death benefit provided in subdivision (b) of Section 21532, for local members who were members of a local…
§ 21537 (a) The special death benefit is payable if the deceased was a patrol, state peace officer/firefighter, state safety, state industrial, or local safety member,…
§ 21537.5 (a) The special death benefit is payable if the deceased was a state miscellaneous member in State Bargaining Unit 12 employed by the Department of…
§ 21538 The special death benefit is also payable if the deceased was a state member appointed by the Governor, the Director of Corrections, or the Board of Prison…
§ 21539 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…
§ 21540 The special death benefit is also payable if the deceased was the Secretary of the Youth and Adult Corrections Agency, or was a state member appointed by the…
§ 21540.5 (a) The special death benefit is also payable if the deceased was a state, school, or local miscellaneous member, a local safety member described in Section…
§ 21541 (a) The special death benefit consists of the following: (1) An amount equal to and derived from the same source as the basic death benefit exclusive of the…
§ 21541.5 Any child whose benefits under Section 21541 were terminated upon his or her adoption, pursuant to that section as it read prior to January 1, 2001, shall have…
§ 21542 The special death benefit shall begin to accrue on the day next following the date of the member’s death, and shall be paid in monthly installments to the…
§ 21543 If payment of the special death benefit is stopped because of death of the surviving spouse or death, marriage, or attainment of the age of 22 years by a child…
§ 21544 Upon notice of a death as a result of which the special death benefit may be payable, and when there is a survivor who would qualify under subdivision (b) of…
§ 21546 (a) Upon the death of a member who has attained the minimum age for voluntary service retirement applicable to the member in his or her last employment…
§ 21547 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article requiring attainment of the minimum age for voluntary service retirement to the member in his or her…
§ 21547.5 For any survivor receiving a monthly allowance pursuant to Section 21547 prior to January 1, 2000, that allowance shall be adjusted as of January 1, 2000, to…
§ 21547.7 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article requiring attainment of the minimum age for voluntary service retirement applicable to him or her in…
§ 21548 (a) The surviving spouse of a member who has attained the minimum age for voluntary service retirement applicable to the member in his or her last employment…
§ 21551 Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the benefits payable to a surviving spouse pursuant to Sections 21541, 21546, 21547, 21548, and Article 3…
§ 21552 Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, on and after the effective date of this section, the remarriage of any surviving spouse of any deceased local…
§ 21553 (a) The monthly allowance pursuant to Section 21541 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 21570), paid to the surviving spouse of any deceased local safety…
§ 21554 (a) The monthly allowance pursuant to Section 21541 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 21570), paid to the surviving spouse of any deceased patrol, state…