Section 22308 Of Chapter 5. Administration From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 13. >> Chapter 5.
22308
. (a) Subject to subdivision (d), the board may, in its
discretion and upon any terms it deems just, correct the errors or
omissions of any member or beneficiary of the Defined Benefit
Program, and of any participant or beneficiary of the Cash Balance
Benefit Program, if all of the following facts exist:
(1) The error or omission was the result of mistake, inadvertence,
surprise, or excusable neglect, as each of those terms is used in
Section 473 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(2) The correction will not provide the party seeking correction
with a status, right, or obligation not otherwise available under
this part.
(b) Failure by a member, participant or beneficiary to make the
inquiry that would be made by a reasonable person in like or similar
circumstances does not constitute an "error or omission" correctable
under this section.
(c) Subject to subdivision (d), the board may correct all actions
taken as a result of errors or omissions of the employer or this
system.
(d) The duty and power of the board to correct errors and
omissions, as provided in this section, shall terminate upon the
expiration of obligations of the board, system, and plan to the party
seeking correction of the error or omission, as those obligations
are defined by Section 22008.
(e) Corrections of errors or omissions pursuant to this section
shall be such that the status, rights, and obligations of all parties
described in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) are adjusted to be the
same that they would have been if the act that was taken or would
have been taken, but for the error or omission, was taken at the
proper time. However, notwithstanding any of the other provisions of
this section, corrections made pursuant to this section shall adjust
the status, rights, and obligations of all parties described in
subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) as of the time that the correction
actually takes place if the board finds any of the following:
(1) That the correction cannot be performed in a retroactive
manner.
(2) That even if the correction can be performed in a retroactive
manner, the status, rights, and obligations of all of the parties
described in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) cannot be adjusted to be
the same as they would have been if the error or omission had not
occurred.