SECTIONS 20000-20003 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 20000-20003

20000. This part may be cited as the Public Employees' Retirement
Law.

20001. The purpose of this part is to effect economy and efficiency
in the public service by providing a means whereby employees who
become superannuated or otherwise incapacitated may, without hardship
or prejudice, be replaced by more capable employees, and to that end
provide a retirement system consisting of retirement compensation
and death benefits.

20002. The Public Employees' Retirement System created by Chapter
700 of the Statutes of 1931, as amended, is continued in existence
under this part. This system is a unit of the State and Consumer
Services Agency.

20003. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and
general provisions set forth in this chapter govern the construction
of this part.