Section 21506 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 14. >> Article 1.
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. Any monthly allowance payable to a person, that had accrued
and remained unpaid at the time of his or her death, or any uncashed
warrant issued prior to the date of death of the person that has been
returned to this system, or any balance of prepaid complementary
health premiums received pursuant to Section 21691 or prepaid
complementary annuitant health plan premiums received pursuant to
Section 22802, shall be paid in the following order:
(a) In the event of the death of a retired person, to one of the
following:
(1) The beneficiary entitled to payment in accordance with an
optional settlement chosen by the member.
(2) The survivor entitled to payment of the survivor continuance
benefit provided under Section 21624.
(3) The beneficiary entitled to receive the lump-sum death benefit
provided upon death of a retired person if the person had not chosen
an optional settlement and there was no survivor who was entitled to
receive the survivor continuance benefit.
(b) In the event of the death of a person receiving a survivor
benefit, that benefit shall be paid to the beneficiary designated by
the survivor of a member under Section 21491.
(c) If there is no beneficiary entitled to receive payment under
either subdivision (a) or (b), the benefit shall be paid to either
the estate of the deceased person or the duly authorized
representative or representatives of the estate upon receipt by this
system of a court order appointing an executor, administrator,
personal representative, or, in the case of an estate with a total
value not exceeding the amount prescribed in paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) of Section 7660 of the Probate Code, to a public
administrator upon receipt by this system of a written certification
of authority for summary administration from that public
administrator. If the estate does not require probate and the
deceased person had a trust, benefits may, in the judgment of the
board, be paid to the successor trustee as named in the trust.
(d) If there is no beneficiary entitled to receive payment of
benefits under subdivision (a), (b), or (c), the benefits shall be
paid to the surviving next of kin of the person pursuant to the order
of distribution specified in Section 21493.