(a) Notwithstanding Section 21479, a member retiring for service who became a member of the system on or after January 1, 2002, and who is covered under the federal system but is not yet receiving a retirement or disability benefit under that system, may elect to have the actuarial equivalent of his or her unmodified service retirement allowance paid in two parts as follows:

(1) A temporary annuity that shall not exceed the primary social security benefit that is anticipated the member shall be entitled to receive at social security retirement age, which age shall be designated by the member.

(2) A life income consisting of the member’s service retirement annuity plus the pension provided by the actuarial value of the member’s current and prior service pensions remaining after providing the temporary annuity in paragraph (1).

(b) The temporary annuity under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall not be subject to further optional settlement under this article and shall be payable monthly as an addition to the member’s monthly life income beginning on the member’s effective date of retirement and continuing until the retired member attains the age designated by the member under subdivision (a). If the member dies prior to the designated age, the commuted value of any installments payable for the period remaining until the member would have attained that age shall be paid to the member’s designated beneficiary in a lump sum.

(c) This section shall apply to any member who retires on or after January 1, 2018.

(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 199, Sec. 22. (AB 2404) Effective January 1, 2017.)