County employees' retirement: optional settlements revision.
The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 permits a member or retired member of a retirement system established pursuant to its provisions, prior to the time that the first payment of any retirement allowance is made, to elect certain optional settlements, which operate to reduce the allowance payable to the member through his or her life and provide for a subsequent payment to another party or parties, including his or her spouse. Existing law authorizes a person to revoke a beneficiary nomination at his or her pleasure and nominate a different beneficiary, except for a nomination made under 3 specified optional settlements.
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20132014
AB 1824
California AB 1824 (20132014)
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County employees' retirement: optional settlements revision.
California AB 1824 (20132014) — County employees' retirement: optional settlements revision.
The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 permits a member or retired member of a retirement system established pursuant to its provisions, prior to the time that the first payment of any retirement allowance is made, to elect certain optional settlements, which operate to reduce the allowance payable to the member through his or her life and provide for a subsequent payment to another party or parties, including his or her spouse. Existing law authorizes a person to revoke a beneficiary nomination at his or her pleasure and nominate a different beneficiary, except for a nomination made under 3 specified optional settlements.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1824 RENDON Assembly Third Reading — 51–22 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Rendon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2014-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2014-02-27 Referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. referral-committee
2014-04-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2014-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. referral-committee
2014-05-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (May 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 22. Page 5095.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-06-05 Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee
2014-06-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 4808.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-25 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2014-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2014-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 726, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02a7248f-11f7-4ef8-841a-3c4a0278d531. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).