If the retirement allowance of any person retired for disability is canceled for any cause other than reentrance into state service, and if he or she does not reenter state service, an amount that is the actuarial equivalent of his or her annuity at cancellation, based on a disabled life, but not exceeding the amount of his or her accumulated contributions at the time of his or her retirement for disability, shall be credited to his or her individual account, and shall be refunded to him or her unless he or she elects, under Section 20731, to allow his or her accumulated contributions to remain in the retirement fund.

The actuarial equivalent under this section shall be adjusted by the board every 10 years, or more frequently, to agree with the interest rate and mortality tables in effect at the commencement of each such 10-year or succeeding interval.

Terms Used In California Government Code 21172

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18

(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 906, Sec. 140. Effective January 1, 1997.)

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