Eligibility for allowance.
San José Municipal Code § 3.28.1470
in effect3.28.1470 - Eligibility for allowance.
The benefits hereinafter specified in Section 3.28.1480 shall be payable to the persons specified in such section in each of the following situations, and none other:
A. Upon the death before retirement of a non-Tier 2 member who at the time of death was entitled to credit under this System for five (5) or more years of Federated City Service rendered after June 30, 1975;
B. Upon the death before retirement of a Tier 2 member who, at the time of death, would have been entitled to immediately commence a retirement benefit;
C. Upon the death before retirement of a member who was a former member of the Chapter 3.24 Retirement System who became a member of this System pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.28.400 and who, in addition, has five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more of accumulated contributions in the retirement fund at the time of death;
D. Upon the death before retirement of any other member, regardless of amount of service or accumulated contributions, if such death is found and determined by the Retirement Board to be a service-connected death as such is defined in this Part 11.
(Prior code § 2904.1506; Ords. 21371, 23485, 29120, 29904, 30930.)
Source: City of San José, Municipal Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/san_jose/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT3PE_IIREPL_CH3.281975FEEMREPL_PT11DEBERE_3.28.1470ELALFetched: 11/1/2026