California Government Code ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

• Section 22760.
  “Annuitant” means:(a) A person, other than a National Guard member defined in Section 20380.5, who has retired within 120 days of separation from employment and who...
• Section 22762.
  “Board” means the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 69, Sec. 22. Effective June 24, 2004.)
• Section 22764.
  “Carrier” means a private insurance company holding a valid outstanding certificate of authority from the Insurance Commissioner, a medical society or other medical group, a...
• Section 22766.
  “Complementary annuitant premium” means the additional amount to be paid by an annuitant whose allowance falls below the premium required to maintain enrollment in the...
• Section 22768.
  “Contracting agency” means an entity that meets the eligibility criteria set forth in Section 22920 that has elected to be subject to this part pursuant...
• Section 22770.
  “Domestic partner” means an adult in a domestic partnership, as defined in Section 22771, with an employee or annuitant of an employer subject to this...
• Section 22771.
  A “domestic partnership” means either of the following:(a) Two people who meet all of the criteria set forth in Section 297 or 299.2 of the Family...
• Section 22772.
  (a) “Employee” means:(1) An officer or employee of the state or of any agency, department, authority, or instrumentality of the state, including the University of California.(2) An employee...
• Section 22773.
  “Employer” means the state or any contracting agency that is subject to this part.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 69, Sec. 22. Effective June 24, 2004.)
• Section 22774.
  “Exempt employee” means an employee exempt from civil service pursuant to subdivision (a), (c), (f), or (g) of Section 4 of Article VII of the...
• Section 22775.
  “Family member” means an employee’s or annuitant’s spouse or domestic partner and any child, including an adopted child, a stepchild, or recognized natural child. The...
• Section 22777.
  “Health benefit plan” means any program or entity that provides, arranges, pays for, or reimburses the cost of health benefits.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 69,...
• Section 22778.
  “Medicare health benefit plan” means a health benefit plan that provides benefits in coordination with Medicare Parts A and B, including, but not limited to,...
• Section 22779.
  “Out-of-state employee” means an employee permanently assigned to perform his or her duties outside of the state. An employee is permanently assigned out-of-state if the...
• Section 22781.
  “Prefunding” means the making of periodic payments by an employer or employee to partially or completely fund or amortize the actuarially determined normal costs or...
• Section 22783.
  “School employer” means a contracting agency that is a school district, county board of education, personnel commission of a school district, a county superintendent of...
• Section 22785.
  “Special district” means a nonprofit, self-governed public agency located within the state, comprised solely of public employees, and performing a governmental function.(Added by Stats. 2004,...
• Section 22787.
  “System” means the California Public Employees’ Retirement System.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 69, Sec. 22. Effective June 24, 2004.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018