Government Code section 20020

“Benefit” means the retirement allowance, basic death benefit, limited death benefit, special death benefit, any monthly allowance for survivors of a member or retired person, the insurance benefit, the partial disability retirement program payment, or refund of accumulated contributions.

Source: Section 20020, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=20020. (updated Jan. 1, 1996; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/government_code_section_20020

Original Source: Section 20020, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=20020. (last accessed May 12, 2025).