California CodesCalifornia Constitution - CONSArticle VII — Public Officers and EmployeesSection 11

(a) The Legislators’ Retirement System shall not pay any unmodified retirement allowance or its actuarial equivalent to any person who on or after January 1, 1987, entered for the first time any state office for which membership in the Legislators’ Retirement System was elective or to any beneficiary or survivor of such a person, which exceeds the higher of (1) the salary receivable by the person currently serving in the office in which the retired person served or (2) the highest salary that was received by the retired person while serving in that office.

(b) The Judges’ Retirement System shall not pay any unmodified retirement allowance or its actuarial equivalent to any person who on or after January 1, 1987, entered for the first time any judicial office subject to the Judges’ Retirement System or to any beneficiary or survivor of such a person, which exceeds the higher of (1) the salary receivable by the person currently serving in the judicial office in which the retired person served or (2) the highest salary that was received by the retired person while serving in that judicial office.

(d) If any part of this measure or the application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications which reasonably can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.

Notes

Limits unmodified Legislators’ and Judges’ Retirement System allowances, including actuarial equivalents paid to beneficiaries or survivors, for persons first entering covered office on or after January 1, 1987, to the higher of the current officeholder’s salary or the retiree’s highest salary in that office. Allows statutory definitions and preserves severable applications if part is invalid.

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