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HomeGovernment CodeDiv. 5Pt. 3Ch. 12Art. 8§ 21231 Retired Elective Officer Service

§ 21231 Retired Elective Officer Service

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§ 21231 Retired Elective Officer Service

Key Takeaways

  • •If you're retired and get elected to a job you used to have, you can work again without losing your retirement money.
  • •But if your retirement pay includes money from that same job, that part of your pay stops while you're working again.
  • •Once you stop working that job again, you get your full retirement pay back, like it never stopped.
  • •Your boss must tell the retirement system right away if they hire a retired person for an elected job.

Example

A retired firefighter gets elected as the new fire chief in the same town.

If part of his retirement pay comes from his time as a firefighter, that part stops while he's fire chief. When he stops being fire chief, he gets his full retirement pay again, including the part that was paused.

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

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§ 21231 Retired Elective Officer Service

(a) On and after January 1, 2013, a retired person may serve without reinstatement from retirement or loss or interruption of benefits provided by this system, as an elective officer. (b) If a retired person serves without reinstatement from retirement in an elective office and part or all of his or her retirement allowance is based on service in that elective office, the portion of the allowance based on service in that elective office shall be suspended during incumbency in that elective office. The entire retirement allowance shall be paid for time on and after the person vacates the elective office in the monthly amount payable had the allowance not been suspended. The governing body of every employer other than the state shall cause immediate notice to be given to this system of the election of any retired person to an office of the employer. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 25, Sec. 33. (SB 84) Effective June 24, 2015.)

Last verified: January 22, 2026

Key Terms

retired personelective officerretirement allowancereinstatement from retirement

Related Statutes

  • § 21221 Retired Persons Service Exceptions
  • § 21222 Retired Officials' Pension Suspension
  • § 21226 Retired Academic Service Limits
  • § 21227 Retired Faculty Service Limits
  • § 21223 Retired Employee Litigation Testimony

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Government Code. Section 21231.
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