Section 25018 Of Article 5. Disability Benefits From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 13. >> Chapter 38. >> Article 5.
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. (a) A member may elect to receive the disability benefit as
an annuity, payable in monthly installments, provided the balance of
credits in the member's Defined Benefit Supplement account on the
date the disability benefit becomes payable equals at least three
thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) after any lump-sum payment has
been made from this account.
(b) If the member elects to receive the disability benefit as an
annuity, the member shall elect one of the following forms of
payment:
(1) A single life annuity without a cash refund feature. This form
of payment is the actuarial equivalent of the amount that would be
payable to the member if the member elected to receive the disability
benefit in a lump-sum payment. Upon the death of the member, no
other benefit shall be payable to the member's beneficiary under the
Defined Benefit Supplement Program.
(2) A single life annuity with a cash refund feature. This form of
payment is the actuarial equivalent of the amount that would be
payable to the member if the member elected to receive the disability
benefit in a lump-sum payment. Upon the death of the member, an
amount equal to the remaining balance of credits, if any, transferred
from the member's Defined Benefit Supplement account to the
Annuitant Reserve shall be returned in a lump-sum payment to the
member's beneficiary.
(3) For a member receiving an allowance pursuant to Chapter 26
(commencing with Section 24100), a 100-percent joint and survivor
annuity with a "pop-up" feature. This form of payment is the
actuarial equivalent of the lump-sum payment modified to be payable
over the combined lives of the member and the member's annuity
beneficiary. Upon the death of the member, the same monthly amount
that was payable to the member shall be paid monthly to the member's
surviving annuity beneficiary. However, if the annuity beneficiary
predeceases the member, the annuity payable to the member shall be
the single life annuity with a cash refund feature that would have
been payable had the member elected that form of payment at the
commencement of the benefit. That single life annuity shall be
payable as of the day following the date of the annuity beneficiary's
death upon receipt by the system of proof of the annuity beneficiary'
s death. If the annuity beneficiary predeceases the member and the
member designates a new option beneficiary pursuant to Section 24300,
the new option beneficiary shall be the new annuity beneficiary. The
effective date shall be six months following the date notification,
on a properly executed form, is received by the board, provided both
the member and the new annuity beneficiary are then living. The new
annuity beneficiary under this paragraph shall be subject to an
actuarial modification of the single life annuity with a cash refund
feature and shall not result in any additional liability to the fund.
The new annuity beneficiary shall not be an existing annuity
beneficiary.
(4) For a member receiving an allowance pursuant to Chapter 26
(commencing with Section 24100), a 50-percent joint and survivor
annuity with a "pop-up" feature. This form of payment is the
actuarial equivalent of the lump-sum payment modified to be payable
over the combined lives of the member and the member's annuity
beneficiary. Upon the death of the member, one-half of the monthly
amount that was payable to the member shall be paid monthly to the
member's surviving annuity beneficiary. However, if the annuity
beneficiary predeceases the member, the annuity payable to the member
shall be the single life annuity with a cash refund feature that
would have been payable had the member elected that form of payment
at the commencement of the benefit. That single life annuity shall be
payable as of the day following the date of the annuity beneficiary'
s death upon receipt by the system of proof of the annuity
beneficiary's death. If the annuity beneficiary predeceases the
member and the member designates a new option beneficiary pursuant to
Section 24300, the new option beneficiary shall be the new annuity
beneficiary. The effective date shall be six months following the
date notification, on a properly executed form, is received by the
board, provided both the member and the new annuity beneficiary are
then living. The new annuity beneficiary under this paragraph shall
be subject to an actuarial modification of the single life annuity
with a cash refund feature and shall not result in any additional
liability to the fund. The new annuity beneficiary shall not be an
existing annuity beneficiary.
(5) A period certain annuity. This form of payment is an annuity
equal to the actuarial equivalent of the balance of credits in the
member's Defined Benefit Supplement account on the date the
disability benefit becomes payable. The annuity shall be payable in
whole year increments over a period of years specified by the member,
from a minimum of three years to a maximum of 10 years. However, the
annuity period may not exceed the life expectancy of the member, or
the life expectancy of the member and the member's annuity
beneficiary. If the member's death occurs prior to the end of the
period certain, the remaining balance of payments shall be paid to
the member's annuity beneficiary pursuant to Section 25022.
(c) Except as described in subdivision (d) of Section 25018.1, on
or after January 1, 2007, a member may not make a new election for an
annuity described in subdivision (b).
(d) On or after January 1, 2007, a member may not make a new
election of a joint and survivor annuity described in subdivision
(b), except as provided by subdivision (e) of Section 25018.1.
(e) Any member with a disability benefit effective on or after
January 1, 2007, shall elect an annuity from the annuities described
in Section 25018.1.