ARTICLE 12. Death Benefit

Article 12 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.

§§ 31780–31792 · 37 sections

§ 31780 Upon the death before retirement of a member while in service or while physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of his duty, if such incapacity…
§ 31780.1 A child eligible to receive a survivor benefit under Section 31760.1, 31781.1, 31786, or 31787 shall be considered unmarried if the child is not married as of…
§ 31780.2 (a) Any benefits accorded to a spouse pursuant to this article and Article 11 (commencing with Section 31760), Article 15.5 (commencing with Section 31841),…
§ 31781 The death benefit shall consist of: (a) The member’s accumulated contributions. (b) An amount, provided from contributions by the county or district, equal to…
§ 31781.01 Notwithstanding Section 31781, the death benefit of a member covered under Section 31751 shall consist of: (a) The member’s accumulated contributions. (b) A…
§ 31781.1 (a) If a member of a retirement system established in a county subject to the provisions of Section 31676.1 would have been entitled to retirement in the event…
§ 31781.11 The board of supervisors of a county of the first class as described by Sections 28020 and 28022 may, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, increase the…
§ 31781.12 Notwithstanding Section 31781.1, each allowance paid pursuant to Section 31781.1 on account of a member who dies on or after the operative date of this section…
§ 31781.13 (a) Notwithstanding Section 31781.1, each allowance paid on or after the operative date of this section pursuant to Section 31781.1 on account of a member who…
§ 31781.2 In lieu of accepting in cash the death benefit payable under Section 31781 or 31781.01, the surviving spouse of a member who dies prior to reaching the minimum…
§ 31781.3 The surviving spouse of a member who dies in service after five years of service or as a result of service-connected injury or disease may elect, in lieu of…
§ 31781.31 Notwithstanding Sections 31781.1 and 31781.3, the surviving spouse of a member subject to Section 31751 who dies in service after 10 years of service, or as a…
§ 31782 The nomination of a beneficiary under this system, other than nominations under optional settlements 2, 3 and 4, may be revoked at the pleasure of the person…
§ 31783 If the nominated beneficiary cannot be found by the board, or if the nominated beneficiary is the estate of the deceased person, the board in its discretion…
§ 31783.5 (a) Whenever a person or estate entitled to payment of a member’s accumulated contributions or any other benefit fails to claim the payment or cannot be…
§ 31784 The person to whom the whole or any part of a death benefit is payable may, at any time before payment thereof, elect in writing to have such death benefit or…
§ 31785 Upon the death of any safety member, after retirement for service or non-service-connected disability from a retirement system established in a county subject…
§ 31785.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 31481 or 31785, upon the death of any safety member, after retirement for service or non-service-connected disability from a…
§ 31785.4 Notwithstanding Section 31785, each survivor allowance paid pursuant to Section 31785 on account of a safety member who retires on or after the operative date…
§ 31785.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 31785, each survivor allowance paid on or after the operative date of this section pursuant to Section 31785 on account of a safety…
§ 31786 Upon the death of any member after retirement for service-connected disability, the member’s retirement allowance as it was at the member’s death if not…
§ 31786.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 31481 or 31786, upon the death of any member after retirement for service-connected disability, the member’s retirement allowance…
§ 31787 (a) If a member would have been entitled to retirement in the event of a service-connected disability, but dies prior to retirement as the result of injury or…
§ 31787.5 (a) A surviving spouse of a member who is killed in the performance of duty or who dies as the result of an accident or an injury caused by external violence…
§ 31787.6 A surviving spouse of a safety member who is killed in the performance of duty or who dies as the result of an accident or injury caused by external violence…
§ 31787.65 (a) For purposes of Section 31787, the final compensation upon which the special death benefit is calculated for the eligible surviving spouse or eligible…
§ 31789 Upon the death of any person after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, or any superseded system, there shall be paid to his…
§ 31789.01 Notwithstanding Sections 31786, 31787, and 31787.5, upon the death, after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, of any person…
§ 31789.1 Upon the death of any member after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, or any superseded system, there shall be paid to his…
§ 31789.12 Notwithstanding Section 31789.1, the board may increase the sum payable pursuant to Section 31789.1 to one thousand dollars ($1,000). Upon adoption by any…
§ 31789.13 Upon the death of any person while receiving a retirement allowance from the system, the board of retirement may supplement the sum payable pursuant to Section…
§ 31789.2 Upon the death of any person after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, or any superseded system, there shall be paid to his…
§ 31789.3 (a) Upon the death of any person after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, or any superseded system, there shall be paid to…
§ 31789.5 (a) Upon the death of any person after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, or any superseded system, there shall be paid to…
§ 31790 Upon the death of any person before retirement which person shall have to his credit at least 10 years of service with the county or district, there shall be…
§ 31791 Notwithstanding Section 31760.1, 31765.1, 31781.1, 31781.2, 31785, 31786, 31787, or 31787.5, the board of supervisors of a county of the first class as…
§ 31792 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the board may, by a resolution adopted, pursuant to both this section and Section 31768,…