Section 75521 Of Article 2. Early Retirement And Normal Retirement From California Government Code >> Title 8. >> Chapter 11.5. >> Article 2.
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. (a) A judge who leaves judicial office before accruing at
least five years of service shall be paid the amount of his or her
contributions to the system, and no other amount.
(b) A judge who leaves judicial office after accruing five or more
years of service and who is not eligible to elect to retire under
Section 75522 shall be paid the amount of his or her monetary credits
determined pursuant to Section 75520, including the credits added
under subdivision (b) of that section computed to the last day of the
month preceding the date of distribution, and no other amount.
(c) Judges who leave office as described in subdivision (b) are
"retired judges" for purposes of a concurrent retirement with respect
to the benefits provided under Section 20639 and assignment pursuant
to Article 2 (commencing with Section 68540.7) of Chapter 2 and are
eligible for benefits provided under Section 22814.
(d) After a judge has withdrawn his or her accumulated
contributions or the amount of his or her monetary credits upon
leaving judicial office, the service shall not count in the event he
or she later becomes a judge again, until he or she pays into the
Judges' Retirement System II Fund the amount withdrawn, plus interest
thereon at the rate of interest then being required to be paid by
members of the Public Employees' Retirement System under Section
20750 from the date of withdrawal to the date of payment.