{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-20035.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 20035.5","heading":"","body":"Notwithstanding Section 20037, “final compensation” for the purposes of determining any pension or benefit with respect to a school member who retires or dies on or after January 1, 2000, and with respect to benefits based on service with a school employer, means the highest annual compensation that was earnable by the school member during any consecutive 12-month period of employment preceding the effective date of his or her retirement or the date of his or her last separation from service if earlier.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 5. PERSONNEL [18000. - 22980.]","PART 3. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM [20000. - 21716.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions [20000. - 20085.]","ARTICLE 2. Definitions [20010. - 20071.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"3cf848bd0a04cb58b15037e664d077cb72b75d9d82e8006d5ae124854d57e655","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-20035.4","next":"us-ca/gov-20035.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}