(a) A nonmember shall be entitled to a retirement allowance based on service accrued by the judge during their years of marriage and in accordance with the community property settlement. The retirement allowance percentage to the nonmember shall be calculated based upon the applicable percentages available to the judge at the time he or she becomes eligible to retire and to receive an allowance, multiplied by the number of years and fraction of years of service specified in the court order, not to exceed 20 years.
(b) If the nonmember chooses to retire before attaining age 60, his or her percent of salary shall be reduced by an additional 2 percent for each year by which the nonmember’s age at the time of retirement is below age 60.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 176, Sec. 8. Effective July 13, 1992.)