Section 21505 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 14. >> Article 1.
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. If a member who has been retired for service because he or
she has attained the mandatory age of retirement applicable to
members of his or her category dies within 30 days after the date
upon which his or her retirement was mandatory, and without having
elected an optional settlement 2 or 3 or an optional settlement if
involving payment of an allowance throughout the life of a
beneficiary under Article 6 (commencing with Section 21450) of
Chapter 13, and if no part of the allowance of the member is
automatically continued by this part after his or her death, his or
her death shall be considered as that of a member before retirement,
and the basic death benefit shall be payable, or, if the
circumstances are such that a special death benefit would be payable
if the death had occurred prior to retirement, the special death
benefit shall be payable.