- 7 - Chief Justice or Acting Chief Justice and the Commission on Judicial Performance, be retired from office. * * * * * * * * * * 75061. Disability retirement; prerequisites. (a) Any person who becomes a judge during the period of January 1, 1980, through December 31, 1988, shall not be eligible to be retired for disability unless the judge is credited with at least two years of judicial service or unless the disability is a result of injury or disease arising out of and in the course of judicial service. Judges who are retired under CGC sections 75025 and 75060(a) are eligible for benefits which are calculated and paid pursuant to article 3.6, Benefits Payable, CGC sections 75075 (West 1993) and 75076(a) (West Supp. 2002): 75075. Election of benefits. Any judge hereafter retiring pursuant to Section 75025 or 75060 may elect to receive the benefits accorded by this article if he or she retires for service or disability prior to the end of the term of office during which he or she attains the age of 70 years. * * * * * * * 75076. Retirement allowances; contributions for prior service. (a) A judge who qualifies, as prescribed in Section 75075, to receive the benefits accorded by this article shall receive a retirement allowance equal to 65 percent of the salary payable, at the time payment of the allowance falls due, to the judge holding the judicial office to which he or she was last elected or appointed; except that if upon retirement a judge has received credit for 20 or more years of service rendered prior to the expiration of the time within which the judge is eligible to elect to receive the benefits accorded by this article and for which he or she has contributed to the Judges’ Retirement Fund his or her retirement allowance shall equal 75 percent of that salary.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Next
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