Section 24214 Of Chapter 27. Service Retirement From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 13. >> Chapter 27.
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. (a) A member retired for service under this part may perform
retired member activities, but the member shall not make
contributions to the retirement fund or accrue service credit based
on compensation earned from that service. The employer shall maintain
accurate records of the earnings of the retired member and report
those earnings monthly to the system and retired member as described
in Section 22461.
(b) If a member is retired for service under this part, the
annualized rate of pay for retired member activities performed by
that member shall not be less than the minimum, nor exceed the
maximum, paid by the employer to other employees performing
comparable duties.
(c) A member retired for service under this part shall not be
required to reinstate for performing retired member activities.
(d) A member retired for service under this part may earn
compensation for performing retired member activities in any one
school year up to the limitation specified in subdivision (f) without
a reduction in his or her retirement allowance.
(e) The postretirement compensation limitation provisions set
forth in this section are not applicable to compensation earned for
the performance of retired member activities that are not wholly or
in part supported by state, local, or federal funds.
(f) (1) The limitation that shall apply to the compensation paid
in cash to the retired member for performance of retired member
activities, excluding reimbursements paid by an employer for expenses
incurred by the member in which payment of the expenses by the
member is substantiated, shall, in any one school year, be an amount
calculated by the system each July 1 equal to one-half of the median
final compensation of all members who retired for service during the
fiscal year ending in the previous calendar year.
(2) For written agreements pertaining to the performance of
retired member activities entered into, extended, renewed, or amended
on or after January 1, 2014, the limitation in paragraph (1) shall
also apply to payments made for the performance of retired member
activities, including, but not limited to, those for participation in
a deferred compensation plan; to purchase an annuity contract,
tax-deferred retirement plan, or insurance program; and for
contributions to a plan that meets the requirements of Section 125,
401(a), 401(k), 403(b), 457(b), or 457(f) of Title 26 of the United
States Code when the cost is covered by an employer.
(g) If a member retired for service under this part earns
compensation for performing retired member activities, in excess of
the limitation specified in subdivision (f), the member's retirement
allowance shall be reduced by the amount of the excess compensation.
The amount of the reduction in an individual month shall be no more
than the monthly allowance payable in that month, and the total
amount of the reduction shall not exceed the amount of the annual
allowance payable under this part for the fiscal year in which the
excess compensation was earned after any reduction made in accordance
with subdivision (h) of Section 24214.5.
(h) The language of this section derived from the amendments to
the section of this number added by Chapter 394 of the Statutes of
1995, enacted during the 1995-96 Regular Session, is deemed to have
become operative on July 1, 1996.
(i) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2017.