Gov. Code, § 53222.5 · Article 1.5. Pension Trusts
Gov. Code, § 53222.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
If a local legislative body establishes a pension trust pursuant to this article that provides for disability retirement or has established reciprocity with a retirement system that provides for disability retirement, the legislative body of the local agency, in determining whether a member is eligible to retire for disability, shall make a determination on the basis of competent medical opinion and shall not use disability retirement as a substitute for the disciplinary process.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 370, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2009.
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