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QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE III - DISABILITY RETIREMENT FORMULAS

Estimated Unmodified Retirement Allowance*
As A Percentage Of Final Compensation

NONSERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY RETIREMENT FORMULAS

FORMULA 1

First Tier Miscellaneous Category Members

1.5% times your years of credited service = "X"%.

If "X"% is equal to or greater than 33-1/3%, you receive "X"% of final compensation.

If "X"% is less than 33-1/3%, add to the actual years of credited service, the number of years between the retirement age (current) and age 65, and redo the calculation.

If the new "X"% is greater than 33-1/3%, you receive 33-1/3% of final compensation.

If the new "X"% is equal to or less than 33-1/3%, you receive that percentage of final compensation.

First Tier Safety Category Members-Representation Units 001, 002, 004, 006

Substitute 1.5% (in the above) with 1.8%; and, replace age 65 with 55.

Do the calculation.

FORMULA 2

Second or Third Tier Miscellaneous Category Members, First Tier Safety Category (Representation Unit 003) and Second Tier Safety

Also applicable to certain employees representation unit members per memorandum of understanding.

SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY RETIREMENT FORMULA

First and Second Tier Safety, First Tier Miscellaneous, Second Tier Miscellaneous and Third Tier Miscellaneous Category Members: 50% of final compensation.

*Note: In the event a member's service retirement benefit is higher than the nonservice or service connected disability retirement benefit, SCERS may pay the service retirement benefit.

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