Gov. Code, § 21536 · Article 2. Preretirement Death Benefits
Gov. Code, § 21536
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
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 retirement system at the time of that system’s discontinuance wholly or in part as provided in Section 20483, service included in the calculation of the completed years of service shall not be limited to service under this system, but instead service rendered as members of the local system, shall also be included.
This section shall not apply to employees of any contracting agency nor to any such agency unless and until the contracting agency elects to be subject to its provisions by amendment to its contract with the board, made as provided in Section 20474, or unless the agency’s contract with the board includes at its effective date, a provision making the agency and its employees subject to the provisions of this section.
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History
Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 906, Sec. 189. Effective January 1, 1997.
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