SECTIONS 25000-25000.9

25000.  The Defined Benefit Supplement Program is hereby establishedto provide supplemental benefits for members of the Defined BenefitProgram. The Teachers' Retirement Board shall administer the DefinedBenefit Supplement Program in accordance with the provisions of thispart.25000.5.  The design and administration of the Defined BenefitSupplement Program shall comply with the applicable provisions of theInternal Revenue Code and the Revenue and Taxation Code. The boardmay amend the plan with respect to the Defined Benefit SupplementProgram to do any of the following: (a) Comply with applicable federal law and regulations to theextent permitted by law. (b) Adopt or amend actuarial assumptions. (c) Designate the initial plan year. (d) Declare the annual the minimum interest rate. (e) Declare an additional earnings credit. (f) Declare an additional annuity credit.25000.7.  (a) A member shall have a vested right to a benefit underthe Defined Benefit Supplement Program in an amount equal to thebalance of credits in the member's Defined Benefit Supplementaccount. That right shall accrue when the member's Defined BenefitSupplement account is established pursuant to Section 25004. (b) If a person becomes entitled to a distribution from theprogram under this part that constitutes an eligible rolloverdistribution within the meaning of Section 401(a)(31) of Title 26 ofthe United States Code, the person may elect, under terms andconditions established by the board, to have the distribution or aportion thereof paid directly to a plan that constitutes an eligibleretirement plan within the meaning of Section 401(a)(31), asspecified by that person. Upon the exercise of the election by aperson with respect to a distribution or a portion thereof, thedistribution from the program of the amount so designated, oncedistributable under the terms of the program, shall be made in theform of a direct rollover to the eligible retirement plan sospecified.25000.9.  (a) For purposes of this chapter and Section 23300,"nonmember spouse" means a member's spouse or former spouse who isbeing or has been awarded a community property interest in theservice credit, accumulated retirement contributions, accumulatedDefined Benefit Supplement account balance, or benefits of the memberunder this part. (b) For purposes of this chapter and Section 23300, a member'sregistered domestic partner or former registered domestic partner whois being or has been awarded a community property interest in theservice credit, accumulated retirement contributions, accumulatedDefined Benefit Supplement account balance, or benefits of the memberunder this part shall be treated in the same manner as a nonmemberspouse. (c) A nonmember spouse may not be considered a member based uponhis or her receipt of any of the following being awarded to thenonmember spouse as a result of legal separation, dissolution ofmarriage, or dissolution of domestic partnership: (1) A separate account of service credit and accumulatedretirement contributions, a retirement allowance, or an interest inthe member's retirement allowance under the Defined Benefit Program. (2) A separate account based on the member's Defined BenefitSupplement account balance, a retirement benefit, or an interest inthe member's retirement benefit under the Defined Benefit SupplementProgram.