Section 25015 Of Article 4. Annuities From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 13. >> Chapter 38. >> Article 4.
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. (a) If a member elects to receive a benefit payable under
the Defined Benefit Supplement Program as a joint and survivor
annuity, the designation of the beneficiary made pursuant to Section
24300 or 24300.1 shall apply to the benefit payable under this
chapter. The annuity beneficiary designation shall not be changed
after the date the benefit becomes payable to the member, except as
provided in Section 24324, 25011, 25011.1, 25018, or 25018.1, or
Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 22650).
(b) If the member designates one or multiple option beneficiaries
within Option 8 pursuant to Section 24300 or the compound option
pursuant to Section 24300.1, the percentage of the unmodified
allowance attributable to each option beneficiary specified in that
designation shall apply to the joint and survivor annuity payable
under this chapter. The member shall elect one joint and survivor
annuity type and this annuity type shall be applied the same for each
beneficiary and each designated percentage of the member only
annuity. If any percentage of the allowance was designated to remain
unmodified, the member only annuity shall apply for the corresponding
percentage of the annuity provided under this chapter. The annuity
amount payable to the member during his or her lifetime shall be
modified to be payable over the combined lives of the member and the
annuity beneficiary or beneficiaries.
(1) Pursuant to Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code,
the member shall not designate the 100 percent beneficiary annuity
type under this subdivision if any annuity beneficiary is more than
exactly 10 years younger than the member, unless that annuity
beneficiary is the member's spouse or former spouse who has been
awarded a community property interest in the member's benefits under
this part.
(2) Pursuant to Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code,
the member shall not designate the 75 percent beneficiary annuity
type under this subdivision if any annuity beneficiary is more than
exactly 19 years younger than the member, unless that annuity
beneficiary is the member's spouse or former spouse who has been
awarded a community property interest in the member's benefits under
this part.
(c) If the member predeceases an annuity beneficiary, the annuity
beneficiary may designate, on a properly executed form provided by
the system, a payee to receive an amount that may be payable in a
lump sum pursuant to Section 25023 upon the death of the annuity
beneficiary.