Gov. Code, § 31739.34 · Article 10. Disability Retirement
Gov. Code, § 31739.34
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section, a retirement allowance, optional death allowance or annual death allowance, including an allowance payable to a survivor of a member, payable to or on account of any member of this system, or of a superseded system, who retired for disability on or before December 31, 1971, is hereby increased as follows:
Number of Years of Percentage of Increase in
County or District Monthly Retirement
Service Allowance
25 or more years ...... 10%
20–25 years ...... 8%
15–20 years ...... 6%
10–15 years ...... 4%
(b) No allowance shall be increased to more than five hundred dollars ($500) per month pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section.
This section shall not be operative in any county until such time as the board of supervisors shall, by resolution adopted by majority vote, make the provisions of this section applicable in such county.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 442.
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