Section 26702 Of Chapter 8. Rights To Benefits From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 14. >> Chapter 8.
26702
. (a) For the purpose of payments into or out of the fund for
adjustments of errors or omissions with respect to the Cash Balance
Benefit Program, the period of limitation shall be applied as
follows:
(1) No action may be commenced by or against the board, the
system, or the plan more than three years after all obligations to or
on behalf of the participant or beneficiary have been discharged.
(2) In cases where the system makes an error resulting in
incorrect payment to the participant or beneficiary, the system's
right to commence recovery shall expire three years from the date of
payment.
(3) If an erroneous payment is made due to lack of information or
inaccurate information regarding eligibility of a participant or
beneficiary to receive a benefit from the Cash Balance Benefit
Program, the period of limitation shall commence when the system
discovers the erroneous payment.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if any
erroneous payment has been made on the basis of fraud or intentional
misrepresentation by a participant or beneficiary, or other party in
relation to or on behalf of a participant or beneficiary, the
three-year period of limitation shall not be deemed to commence or to
have commenced until the system discovers the erroneous payment.