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Cal. Gov. Code § 21422

Disability Retirement Benefits

Known as the Public Employees’ Retirement Law

The act spans §§ 20000 to 21716 (1,037 sections).

Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2

Every member retired for disability for whom a different disability retirement allowance is not prescribed by any other provision of this article, including a member who is entitled to an industrial disability retirement allowance if the disability is industrial but who retires for nonindustrial disability shall receive a disability retirement allowance which shall consist of:

(a) An annuity that is the actuarial equivalent of his or her accumulated contributions at the time of retirement; and

(b) If, in the opinion of the board, his or her disability is not due to intemperance, willful misconduct or violation of law on his or her part, a disability retirement pension derived from the contributions of the employer.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.