Section 24208 Of Chapter 27. Service Retirement From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 13. >> Chapter 27.
24208
. (a) A member retired for service under this part may
terminate the retirement allowance payable under this part and
applicable to his or her credited service upon written request to the
system effective upon a date designated by the member, subject to
the following conditions:
(1) The request for termination of the retirement allowance is
filed on a form provided by the system, and the form is executed no
earlier than six months before the effective date of the termination.
(2) The effective date of the termination of the retirement
allowance is no earlier than the first day of the month in which the
request for termination is received in the system's headquarters
office or no earlier than one day after the benefit effective date of
the most recent retirement, whichever is later.
(b) A member who files a request for termination of the retirement
allowance may cancel the termination upon written request to the
system, provided that the cancellation request is received in the
system's headquarters office no later than the last day of the month
in which the termination is effective.
(c) A member whose retirement allowance is terminated pursuant to
this section may apply for retirement pursuant to Section 24209 or
Section 24209.3, in accordance with Section 24204.
(d) A member whose retirement allowance is terminated pursuant to
this section may not file a preretirement election of an option
pursuant to Section 24307 within one year of reinstatement that
elects either a different option or a different beneficiary or set of
beneficiaries, or both, than were in effect at the time the
retirement allowance was terminated.
(e) A member whose retirement allowance is terminated pursuant to
this section and retires pursuant to Section 24209 with a benefit
effective date within one year of reinstatement shall elect the same
option and beneficiary or beneficiaries that were in effect at the
time the retirement allowance was terminated.