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HomeEducation CodeDiv. 1Pt. 13Ch. 28§ 24344 Retirement Option Change Rules

§ 24344 Retirement Option Change Rules

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§ 24344 Retirement Option Change Rules

Key Takeaways

  • •If you had a retirement plan choice before 2000, you could switch to Option 8 without losing money, but only between January 1, 2000, and July 1, 2000.
  • •If you switched, you had to keep the same beneficiary (the person who gets the money if you die) as before.
  • •The switch had to be done at least 30 days before your beneficiary died, or it wouldn’t count.

Example

Imagine you picked a retirement plan in 1998 and named your spouse as the beneficiary. In early 2000, you decide you want to switch to Option 8.

You could switch to Option 8 without losing money, but you had to keep your spouse as the beneficiary. If you waited until June 2000 and your spouse got very sick, you had to make the switch at least 30 days before they passed away, or the change wouldn’t happen.

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§ 24344 Retirement Option Change Rules

(a) A member who has a preretirement election of an option in effect on December 31, 1999, may change his or her preretirement election of Option 2, Option 3, Option 4, Option 5, Option 6, or Option 7 to Option 8 without the allowance reduction prescribed in Sections 24309 and 24310, provided the change is made on or after January 1, 2000, and prior to the earlier of July 1, 2000, or the member’s benefit effective date. (b) If the member elects to change his or her option under this section then the member shall retain the same option and the same option beneficiary as named in the prior preretirement election of an option as one of the options under Option 8. The election to change the preretirement election under this section shall be void if not received in the system’s headquarters office at least 30 days prior to the death of the option beneficiary. (c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2000. (Added by renumbering Section 24312 by Stats. 2014, Ch. 755, Sec. 61. (SB 1220) Effective January 1, 2015.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

preretirement electionOption 8allowance reductionbenefit effective dateoption beneficiary

Related Statutes

  • § 24340 Retirement Option Change Rules
  • § 24307 Preretirement Option Election Rules
  • § 24300 Retirement Beneficiary Payment Options
  • § 24300.1 Retirement Beneficiary Payment Options
  • § 24307.5 Retirement Option Factor Adjustment

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 24344.
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