Gov. Code, § 21473 · Article 7. Optional Settlements On and After January 1, 2018
Gov. Code, § 21473
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Notwithstanding Section 21472, the election of an optional settlement in Section 21475, 21475.5, 21476, 21476.5, or 21477 in which a spouse is designated as the beneficiary, may be modified as provided in this section in the event of a dissolution of marriage or a legal separation in which the division of the community property awards the total interest in the retirement system to the retired member, or in an annulment of marriage in which a court confirms the annulment. The modification shall provide that payment shall be continued during the retired member’s lifetime in accordance with the optional settlement then in effect but that no monthly allowance shall be paid following the retired member’s death, and in lieu thereof there shall be paid in a lump sum to the member’s estate or a beneficiary designated by him or her the amount, if any, by which the member’s accumulated contributions at retirement exceed the total payments made to the retired member to the date of his or her death.
(b) This section shall apply to any member who retires on or after January 1, 2018.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 241, Sec. 15. (SB 525) Effective January 1, 2018.
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- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=21473.
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Government Code
- Gov. Code, § 21472Printed as Section 21472
- Gov. Code, § 21475Printed as Section 21475, 21475.5, 21476, 21476.5, or 21477
- Gov. Code, § 21475.5Printed as Section 21475, 21475.5, 21476, 21476.5, or 21477
- Gov. Code, § 21476Printed as Section 21475, 21475.5, 21476, 21476.5, or 21477
- Gov. Code, § 21476.5Printed as Section 21475, 21475.5, 21476, 21476.5, or 21477
- Gov. Code, § 21477Printed as Section 21475, 21475.5, 21476, 21476.5, or 21477
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