Death Benefits
San Diego Municipal Code § 24.0701
in effect§24.0701 Death Benefits
(a) When a Member dies, the System will pay only one of the death benefits in this Division.
(b) The System will pay the active death benefit, the death while eligible benefit or the industrial death benefit when a Member dies:
(1) while in active service and before the effective date of his or her retirement;
(2) while absent on military service, if the Member is actively contributing to the System, or contributions are being made the Member’s behalf;
(3) within four months of discontinuing City service because the Member’s position was abolished; or
(4) while physically or mentally incapacitated from the performance of his or her duties, if the incapacity was continuous from the time the Member stopped working.
(c) When a Member dies, the System will pay the limited death benefit to the Member’s Beneficiary if the System is not required to pay any of the following benefits: the active death benefit, the death while eligible benefit or the industrial death benefit. The limited death benefit consists only of the Member’s Accumulated Contributions and interest thereon.
(“Death Benefits” repealed; “Death Benefits” added 4-2-2002 by O-19043 N.S.)
Source: City of San Diego Office of the City Clerk, San Diego Municipal Code and City Charter (docs.sandiego.gov PDFs)URL: https://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter02/Ch02Art04Division07.pdf#page=1Fetched: 10/28/2026