California Government Code ARTICLE 12 - Death Benefit

• Section 31780.
  Upon the death before retirement of a member while in service or while physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of his duty, if such...
• Section 31780.1.
  A child eligible to receive a survivor benefit under Section 31760.1, 31781.1, 31786, or 31787 shall be considered unmarried if the child is not married...
• Section 31780.2.
  (a) Any benefits accorded to a spouse pursuant to this article and Article 11 (commencing with Section 31760), Article 15.5 (commencing with Section 31841), Article 15.6...
• Section 31781.
  The death benefit shall consist of:(a) The member’s accumulated contributions.(b) An amount, provided from contributions by the county or district, equal to one-twelfth of the annual compensation...
• Section 31781.01.
  Notwithstanding Section 31781, the death benefit of a member covered under Section 31751 shall consist of:(a) The member’s accumulated contributions.(b) A lump sum of two thousand dollars...
• Section 31781.1.
  (a) If a member of a retirement system established in a county subject to the provisions of Section 31676.1 would have been entitled to retirement in...
• Section 31781.11.
  The board of supervisors of a county of the first class as described by Sections 28020 and 28022 may, by resolution adopted by a majority...
• Section 31781.12.
  Notwithstanding Section 31781.1, each allowance paid pursuant to Section 31781.1 on account of a member who dies on or after the operative date of this...
• Section 31781.13.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 31781.1, each allowance paid on or after the operative date of this section pursuant to Section 31781.1 on account of a member who...
• Section 31781.2.
  In lieu of accepting in cash the death benefit payable under Section 31781 or 31781.01, the surviving spouse of a member who dies prior to...
• Section 31781.3.
  The surviving spouse of a member who dies in service after five years of service or as a result of service-connected injury or disease may...
• Section 31781.31.
  Notwithstanding Sections 31781.1 and 31781.3, the surviving spouse of a member subject to Section 31751 who dies in service after 10 years of service, or...
• Section 31782.
  The nomination of a beneficiary under this system, other than nominations under optional settlements 2, 3 and 4, may be revoked at the pleasure of...
• Section 31783.
  If the nominated beneficiary cannot be found by the board, or if the nominated beneficiary is the estate of the deceased person, the board in...
• Section 31783.5.
  (a) Whenever a person or estate entitled to payment of a member’s accumulated contributions or any other benefit fails to claim the payment or cannot be...
• Section 31784.
  The person to whom the whole or any part of a death benefit is payable may, at any time before payment thereof, elect in writing...
• Section 31785.
  Upon the death of any safety member, after retirement for service or non-service-connected disability from a retirement system established in a county subject to the...
• Section 31785.1.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 31481 or 31785, upon the death of any safety member, after retirement for service or non-service-connected disability from a retirement system established in...
• Section 31785.4.
  Notwithstanding Section 31785, each survivor allowance paid pursuant to Section 31785 on account of a safety member who retires on or after the operative date...
• Section 31785.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 31785, each survivor allowance paid on or after the operative date of this section pursuant to Section 31785 on account of a safety...
• Section 31786.
  Upon the death of any member after retirement for service-connected disability, his or her retirement allowance as it was at his or her death if...
• Section 31786.1.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 31481 or 31786, upon the death of any member after retirement for service-connected disability, his or her retirement allowance as it was at...
• Section 31787.
  (a) If a member would have been entitled to retirement in the event of a service-connected disability, but dies prior to retirement as the result of...
• Section 31787.5.
  (a) A surviving spouse of a member who is killed in the performance of duty or who dies as the result of an accident or an...
• Section 31787.6.
  A surviving spouse of a safety member who is killed in the performance of duty or who dies as the result of an accident or...
• Section 31787.65.
  (a) For purposes of Section 31787, the final compensation upon which the special death benefit is calculated for the eligible surviving spouse or eligible children of...
• Section 31789.
  Upon the death of any person after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, or any superseded system, there shall be paid...
• Section 31789.01.
  Notwithstanding Sections 31786, 31787, and 31787.5, upon the death, after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, of any person who was...
• Section 31789.1.
  Upon the death of any member after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, or any superseded system, there shall be paid...
• Section 31789.12.
  Notwithstanding Section 31789.1, the board may increase the sum payable pursuant to Section 31789.1 to one thousand dollars ($1,000).Upon adoption by any county providing benefits...
• Section 31789.13.
  Upon the death of any person while receiving a retirement allowance from the system, the board of retirement may supplement the sum payable pursuant to...
• Section 31789.2.
  Upon the death of any person after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, or any superseded system, there shall be paid...
• Section 31789.3.
  (a) Upon the death of any person after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, or any superseded system, there shall be paid...
• Section 31789.5.
  (a) Upon the death of any person after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this system, or any superseded system, there shall be paid...
• Section 31790.
  Upon the death of any person before retirement which person shall have to his credit at least 10 years of service with the county or...
• Section 31791.
  Notwithstanding Section 31760.1, 31765.1, 31781.1, 31781.2, 31785, 31786, 31787, or 31787.5, the board of supervisors of a county of the first class as described by...
• Section 31792.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the board may, by a resolution adopted, pursuant to both this section and Section 31768,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018