California Government Code ARTICLE 2 - Preretirement Death Benefits

• Section 21530.
  (a) This system is liable for either the basic or special death benefit upon the death of a member in any of the following circumstances:(1) Before the...
• Section 21531.
  The basic death benefit and the limited death benefit shall be paid as provided in this article to the beneficiary designated by the member under...
• Section 21532.
  The basic death benefit is payable in all cases where the retirement system is liable under Section 21530 for either the basic or a special...
• Section 21533.
  Notwithstanding Section 20636, if a member who is an academic employee of the California State University dies while on a leave with pay, or within...
• Section 21533.5.
  (a) To the extent required by Section 401(a) of Title 26 of the United States Code, if a member dies while performing qualified military services, the...
• Section 21534.
  Liability imposed on this system with respect to the death of a member who is an academic employee of the California State University while on,...
• Section 21535.
  Notwithstanding Section 20178, for member deaths occurring on or after January 1, 1994, if the actuarial interest rate exceeds 6 percent, the accumulated contributions of...
• Section 21536.
  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...
• Section 21537.
  (a) The special death benefit is payable if the deceased was a patrol, state peace officer/firefighter, state safety, state industrial, or local safety member, if his...
• Section 21537.5.
  (a) The special death benefit is payable if the deceased was a state miscellaneous member in State Bargaining Unit 12 employed by the Department of Transportation,...
• Section 21538.
  The special death benefit is also payable if the deceased was a state member appointed by the Governor, the Director of Corrections, or the Board...
• Section 21539.
  The special death benefit payable with respect to a member who at death prior to March 7, 1973, was a warden, forestry, harbor police, or...
• Section 21540.
  The special death benefit is also payable if the deceased was the Secretary of the Youth and Adult Corrections Agency, or was a state member...
• Section 21540.5.
  (a) The special death benefit is also payable if the deceased was a state, school, or local miscellaneous member, a local safety member described in Section...
• Section 21541.
  (a) The special death benefit consists of the following:(1) An amount equal to and derived from the same source as the basic death benefit exclusive of the...
• Section 21541.5.
  Any child whose benefits under Section 21541 were terminated upon his or her adoption, pursuant to that section as it read prior to January 1,...
• Section 21542.
  The special death benefit shall begin to accrue on the day next following the date of the member’s death, and shall be paid in monthly...
• Section 21543.
  If payment of the special death benefit is stopped because of death of the surviving spouse or death, marriage, or attainment of the age of...
• Section 21544.
  Upon notice of a death as a result of which the special death benefit may be payable, and when there is a survivor who would...
• Section 21546.
  (a) Upon the death of a member who has attained the minimum age for voluntary service retirement applicable to the member in his or her last...
• Section 21547.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article requiring attainment of the minimum age for voluntary service retirement to the member in his or her last...
• Section 21547.5.
  For any survivor receiving a monthly allowance pursuant to Section 21547 prior to January 1, 2000, that allowance shall be adjusted as of January 1,...
• Section 21547.7.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article requiring attainment of the minimum age for voluntary service retirement applicable to him or her in his or...
• Section 21548.
  (a) The surviving spouse of a member who has attained the minimum age for voluntary service retirement applicable to the member in his or her last...
• Section 21551.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the benefits payable to a surviving spouse pursuant to Sections 21541, 21546, 21547, 21548, and Article 3 (commencing...
• Section 21552.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, on and after the effective date of this section, the remarriage of any surviving spouse of any deceased...
• Section 21553.
  (a) The monthly allowance pursuant to Section 21541 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 21570), paid to the surviving spouse of any deceased local safety member...
• Section 21554.
  (a) The monthly allowance pursuant to Section 21541 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 21570), paid to the surviving spouse of any deceased patrol, state safety,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018