Section 31899.7.

(a) If Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code is amended to exclude public retirement systems, or if the application of Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code to public retirement systems is invalidated by the final decision of an appellate court of proper jurisdiction, all sections of this chapter, except this section, shall become inoperative as of the effective date of that amendment or decision. The retirement board shall immediately notify the Secretary of State whenever any provision of this chapter becomes inoperative pursuant to this section.

(b) Whenever all sections of this chapter, except this section, become inoperative pursuant to this section, and to the extent not prohibited by the Internal Revenue Code, the retirement board, county, and districts shall do all of the following:

(1) Remove the pension limitations imposed by Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code for prospective payments to annuitants.

(2) Eliminate the replacement benefits, and pay benefits that are due under the system to the affected annuitants without regard to any limitations of Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(3) Take any and all other actions they deem necessary and feasible.

(Added by renumbering Section 31899.8 by Stats. 2003, Ch. 520, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2004.)