Education Code section 27100

A participant may at any time designate or change the designation of one or more primary beneficiaries and one or more contingent beneficiaries to receive any lump-sum death benefit that may be payable under the plan. The beneficiary shall be designated on a form prescribed by the system that is received by the system before the participant’s death.

Source: Section 27100, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=27100. (updated Jan. 1, 2023; accessed Nov. 3, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/education_code_section_27100

Original Source: Section 27100, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=27100. (last accessed May 12, 2025).