SECTIONS 20340-20343 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 20340-20343

20340. A person ceases to be a member:
(a) Upon retirement, except while participating in reduced
worktime for partial service retirement.
(b) If he or she is paid his or her normal contributions, unless
payment of contributions is the result of an election pursuant to
paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 21070, or unless, after
reducing the member's credited service by the service applicable to
the contributions being withdrawn, the member meets the requirements
of Section 21075 or if he or she is paid a portion of his or her
normal contributions where more than one payment is made, or these
contributions are held pursuant to Section 21500. For the purposes of
this subdivision, deposit in the United States mail of a warrant
drawn in favor of a member, addressed to the latest address of the
member on file in the office of this system, electronic fund transfer
to the person's bank, savings and loan association, or credit union
account, constitutes payment to the person of the amount for which
the warrant is drawn or electronically transferred.
(c) If the member has less than five years of service credit and
no accumulated contributions in the retirement fund at the time of
termination of service, unless the member establishes membership in
the Judges' Retirement System, the Judges' Retirement System II, the
Legislators' Retirement System, the State Teachers' Retirement
System, or the University of California Retirement Plan, or
establishes reciprocity with a reciprocal retirement system.

20341. When any state member is charged by indictment with the
commission of any felony involving the accepting or giving, or
offering to accept or give, any bribe, the embezzlement of public
money, extortion, theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to
commit any of those crimes, arising directly out of his or her
official duties, and is a fugitive from justice, the board shall
conduct an investigation and shall hold a hearing for the purpose of
determining whether, in the light of all factors, the offense charged
is of such a nature as to justify suspension of his or her
membership in this system. If the board so determines, he or she
shall be suspended from membership in this system while the charge is
pending and until final disposition of the charge. At any time
during the period of suspension of membership, the person so
suspended shall be entitled to withdraw his or her accumulated
contributions from this system, and that withdrawal shall constitute
an election to terminate membership in this system.

20342. Until his or her return to state service any member absent
on military service may resign from this system.

20343. Notwithstanding Section 21259, a person ceases to be a
member for any portion of his or her service as an elected public
officer that is forfeited pursuant to Section 1243.