Education Code section 22459

(a)

The county superintendent or other employing agency shall withhold the salary of any member who fails to file information required by the board in the administration of the Defined Benefit Program, or to pay amounts due from the members to the fund with respect to the Defined Benefit Program.

(b)

The salary shall be withheld by the county superintendent or employing agency upon his or her own knowledge, if any, of the failure or upon notice from the board of the failure of the member to file or pay.

(c)

The salary shall be withheld and not released until notice is given by the board to the county superintendent or employing agency, or until the county superintendent or agency knows otherwise, that the information has been filed or the payment has been made.

Source: Section 22459, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=22459.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2000; accessed Jun. 18, 2026).

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