California Government Code 75502 – (a) “Judge” means a justice of the Supreme Court or of a court …
(a) “Judge” means a justice of the Supreme Court or of a court of appeal, or a judge of a superior court, municipal court, or justice court who is first elected or appointed to judicial office on or after November 9, 1994, and is not a member of the Judges’ Retirement System pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 75000). A retired judge does not acquire status as a judge for the purposes of this chapter by reason of designation as a temporary judge of, or assignment by the Chairperson of the Judicial Council to, any of these courts.
A former member of the Judges’ Retirement System under Section 75002 who withdrew the member’s contributions upon leaving office, and who takes judicial office on or after November 9, 1994, becomes a member of the system existing under Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 75000) and does not become a member of the Judges’ Retirement System II. No person shall be a member of the Judges’ Retirement System II who is or ever has been a member of the Judges’ Retirement System pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 75000).
Terms Used In California Government Code 75502
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
- Spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by §. See California Government Code 12.2
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
(b) “System” means the Judges’ Retirement System II established by this chapter.
(c) “Service” means the period of time a judge received a salary and made contributions to the system by reason of holding office as a judge of any one or more of the courts of this state specified in subdivision (a), computed in years and fractions of years.
(d) “Final compensation” means the average monthly salary of a judge during the 12 months immediately preceding the judge’s retirement from or otherwise leaving judicial office and as limited by Section 75572.
(e) “Benefit factor” means the percentage used in calculating a judge’s monthly retirement allowance under Section 75522 or 75522.5.
(f) “Contributions” means the accumulated deductions from the judge’s salary under Sections 75601 and 75602. References to payment to a judge of their contributions or to the determination of a judge’s and spouse‘s shares in the contributions include both the contributions and interest thereon at the rates determined by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
(g) “Salary” means the compensation received by a judge as the emolument of the office of judge, but does not include any additional compensation received by reason of designation as a temporary judge or assignment by the Chairperson of the Judicial Council or the additional compensation pursuant to Section 68203.1.
(h) “Board” means the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
(i) “Fund” or “retirement fund” means the Judges’ Retirement System II Fund established pursuant to Section 75600.
(j) All references to “spouse,” “surviving spouse,” or “marriage” in this chapter apply equally to a domestic partner or domestic partnership, as defined in § 297 of the Family Code, and all rights and responsibilities granted to a spouse or surviving spouse shall be granted equally to a domestic partner to the extent provided by § 297.5 of the Family Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 159, Sec. 18. (SB 885) Effective January 1, 2024.)