Section 20340 Of Article 4. Termination Of Membership From California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 4.
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. A person ceases to be a member:
(a) Upon retirement, except while participating in reduced
worktime for partial service retirement.
(b) If he or she is paid his or her normal contributions, unless
payment of contributions is the result of an election pursuant to
paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 21070, or unless, after
reducing the member's credited service by the service applicable to
the contributions being withdrawn, the member meets the requirements
of Section 21075 or if he or she is paid a portion of his or her
normal contributions where more than one payment is made, or these
contributions are held pursuant to Section 21500. For the purposes of
this subdivision, deposit in the United States mail of a warrant
drawn in favor of a member, addressed to the latest address of the
member on file in the office of this system, electronic fund transfer
to the person's bank, savings and loan association, or credit union
account, constitutes payment to the person of the amount for which
the warrant is drawn or electronically transferred.
(c) If the member has less than five years of service credit, or
less than 10 years of service credit if the member is subject to
Section 21076 or 21076.5, and no accumulated contributions in the
retirement fund at the time of termination of service, unless the
member establishes membership in the Judges' Retirement System, the
Judges' Retirement System II, the Legislators' Retirement System, the
State Teachers' Retirement System, or the University of California
Retirement Plan, or establishes reciprocity with a reciprocal
retirement system.