Gov. Code, § 21416 · Article 5. Disability Retirement Benefits
Gov. Code, § 21416
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Notwithstanding any provision of this part, a state safety member employed by the Department of Corrections or the Department of the Youth Authority with 25 years or more of service credit as such, shall, upon retirement on or after January 1, 1982, for industrial disability, receive the disability allowance provided for in Section 21411 or a disability allowance equal to 1/50 th of final compensation multiplied by the number of years of state safety member service in the Department of Corrections or the Department of the Youth Authority with which the member is credited at retirement.
This section shall not become operative for any eligible member, until it is first agreed to in a memorandum of understanding reached between the state and the exclusive representatives of the employees in State Bargaining Unit No. 6 pursuant to Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 3512) of Division 4 of Title 1, and approved by the Legislature pursuant to law.
Payment of benefits pursuant to this section for any eligible member shall be retroactive to the effective date of the retirement of the member.
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History
Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.
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