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HomeGovernment CodeDiv. 5Pt. 3Ch. 5Art. 5§ 20583 Retirement Rights After Contract Termination

§ 20583 Retirement Rights After Contract Termination

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§ 20583 Retirement Rights After Contract Termination

Key Takeaways

  • •If you retired before the contract ended, your retirement money is safe.
  • •If you applied for retirement before the contract ended (even if approved later), you still get your money.
  • •If someone died before the contract ended, their family still gets the death benefit.
  • •The only way you lose these benefits is if the agency didn’t pay their part for employees in the system.

Example

A teacher retires in June, and the school’s contract with the retirement system ends in July.

The teacher still gets their retirement money because they retired before the contract ended.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 20583 Retirement Rights After Contract Termination

The right to a retirement allowance, of a person who had retired prior to the effective date of the termination of a contract, or who has qualified and applied for retirement by written document received at the board’s office in Sacramento, prior to the effective date, even though the board does not approve the application until a later date, and the right of any person to a benefit on account of a death that occurred prior to the effective date, is not affected by termination of the contract, unless the contracting agency fails to make the contributions required of it because of the participation of its employees in this system. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Last verified: January 22, 2026

Key Terms

retirement allowancetermination of a contracteffective datecontributions

Related Statutes

  • § 20572 Contract Termination For Nonpayment
  • § 20576 Contract Termination Benefit Protection
  • § 20580 Post-Contract Membership Continuation
  • § 20582 Post-Termination Contract Events
  • § 20586 Firefighter Contract Termination

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Government Code. Section 20583.
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