of a concurrent retirement with respect to the benefits provided under Section 20639 and assignment pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 68540.7) of Chapter 2 and are eligible for benefits provided under Section 22814.

or other hardship, but once made, the election shall be final and irrevocable.

of distribution. Under rules adopted by the board, the judge may elect to receive that amount in a single payment, or may direct that it be paid in an annuity of actuarially equivalent value for the judge’s life or in one of the optional forms provided for in Section 75571 if the judge retires on or before December 31, 2017, or Section 75571.5 if the judge retires on or after January 1, 2018.

vacant on the date of retirement.

if the judge had continued to accrue years of service credit rather than retire pursuant to this section.

monthly allowance or optional settlement payable under this chapter to a surviving spouse of a judge who elected to retire pursuant to this section, and who died before receiving a retirement allowance, shall begin the date the judge would have been eligible to receive a retirement allowance under this section and shall continue until the death of the surviving spouse.

elected to retire under Section 75522.5 shall be adjusted effective in January of each year after a judge has received a retirement allowance under this chapter for more than six months, to reflect any increase in the cost of living occurring after January 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year. The United States city average of the “Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers,” as published by the United States Bureau of Statistics, shall be used as the basis for determining changes in the cost of living.

shall provide, by rule, any details needed for the implementation of this section.

Any designation as a temporary judge or any assignment by the Chairperson of the Judicial Council shall be disregarded for purposes of this chapter. For the purposes of this chapter, no person shall acquire status as a judge, nor shall any person’s status as a judge be affected, by that designation or assignment.

Retired judges, and beneficiaries, who are entitled to receive allowances under this chapter, may authorize deductions to be made from their retirement allowance payments, in accordance with regulations established by the board for payment of group life insurance premiums for a group life insurance plan approved by the Director of Finance.

A judge who pleads guilty or no contest or is found guilty of a crime committed while holding judicial office that is punishable as a felony under California or federal law and which either involves moral turpitude under that law or was committed in the course and scope of performing the judge’s duties, and the conviction becomes final shall not receive any benefits from the system, except that the amount of his or her contributions to the system shall be paid to him or her by the system.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the benefits payable to any person shall be subject to the limitations set forth in the Internal Revenue Code.

judge’s severance from employment or annuity starting date. The amount payable to a judge in any limitation year, including any cost-of-living adjustments provided under this chapter, shall not exceed the limit applicable under Section 415(b) of the Internal Revenue Code at the annuity starting date, as increased in subsequent years pursuant to Section 415(d)

of the Internal Revenue Code and the associated regulations.

of that code, provided that the judge’s allowance or monetary credits annuity determined without regard to Section 415 equals or exceeds the applicable limit as indexed. Nothing in this section is intended to, nor shall be construed to, entitle a retired

judge to an adjustment to their allowance or monetary credits annuity in excess of that provided pursuant to this chapter.

A judge must have a minimum of six years of judicial service to be eligible for benefits provided by retiring concurrently from this system and the Public Employees’ Retirement System or a retirement system subject to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 pursuant to Section 20639 or 31840.8.