Section 24332 Of Chapter 28. Options From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 13. >> Chapter 28.
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. (a) A member upon application for a disability retirement
pursuant to Chapter 26 (commencing with Section 24100), may elect, as
provided in Section 24300 or 24300.1 to receive an actuarially
modified disability retirement allowance.
(b) For purposes of this section, the member shall either elect to
receive an unmodified allowance or designate an option beneficiary
on a properly executed form prescribed by the system, either of which
shall be filed with the system on or before the last day of the
month in which the member's disability retirement is approved by the
system. The option shall become effective on the effective date of
the disability retirement allowance. The modification of the
disability retirement allowance under the option elected shall be
based on the ages of the retired member and the designated option
beneficiary as of the effective date of the disability retirement.
The modification shall be applicable only to the disability
retirement allowance payable pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section
24106.
(c) Except as provided in Sections 24300, 24300.1, 24320, 24321,
24322, and 24323, a member may revoke or change an election of an
option no later than 30 days from the date of the member's initial
disability retirement benefit payment.
(d) If a member dies prior to electing an unmodified allowance or
an option, the death benefits shall be payable under Chapter 23
(commencing with Section 23850), regardless of whether the disability
retirement application is or would have been approved.