§ 1161 Pilot Pension Fund Use

Harbors and Navigation Code·California

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This law says that any money the pilot pension plan makes can only be used to pay retirement benefits to pilots and their spouses, and to cover the plan’s own costs.

Key Takeaways

•All earnings of the pilot pension plan must go to pension payments or plan expenses.
•Payments go to retired pilots, disabled pilots, and the surviving spouses of pilots.
•The plan’s money cannot be used for any other purpose.

Example

A pilot who retired last year gets a monthly check from the pension plan.

The money for that check comes from the plan’s earnings, and the law makes sure it can’t be spent on anything else like road repairs or school programs.

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§ 1161 Pilot Pension Fund Use

All amounts generated by the pension plan shall be used solely to pay pensions to retired pilots and inland pilots, disabled pilots and inland pilots, the surviving spouses of pilots and inland pilots, and to pay the expenses of the plan. (Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1192, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)

Last verified: January 11, 2026

Key Terms

pension plan retired pilots inland pilots disabled pilots surviving spouses expenses of the plan

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Harbors and Navigation Code. Section 1161.

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