Government Code - GOV
TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000 - 22980]
( Title 2 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) DIVISION 5. PERSONNEL [18000 - 22980]
( Division 5 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 123. ) PART 3. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM [20000 - 21716]
( Part 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. ) CHAPTER 14. Death Benefits [21490 - 21635.5]
( Chapter 14 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. ) ARTICLE 5. Postretirement Death Benefits [21620 - 21635.5]
( Article 5 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. ) 21633.
The monthly allowance provided by Section 21624 shall be paid on account of patrol and state safety members retired for nonindustrial disability with effective dates of retirement prior to April 1, 1972, and who did not at retirement elect the optional settlement in Section 21456, 21457, or 21459 or an optional settlement involving life contingency in Section 21458. Upon receipt of a written application by the board, the benefits provided by this section shall also be payable to eligible survivors of retired members who are not receiving a monthly allowance on account of service as a patrol or state safety member if the retired member was alive and receiving a monthly allowance on June 30, 1974. The benefits shall be subject to the same eligibility and termination
provisions that apply to members at retirement and shall be paid only for the period of time commencing on the first of the month following receipt by the board of the application for those benefits.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 199, Sec. 38. (AB 2404) Effective January 1, 2017.)