{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-22960.91","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 22960.91","heading":"","body":"A beneficiary who is not the spouse of the participant, and who is entitled to a distribution that equals or exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000), may elect to receive the distribution in one of the following forms:\n(a) A single lump-sum payment.\n(b) Substantially level installment payments for a period not to exceed five years.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 5. PERSONNEL [18000. - 22980.]","PART 7. STATE PEACE OFFICERS' AND FIREFIGHTERS' DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN [22960. - 22960.99.]","CHAPTER 11. Benefits [22960.85. - 22960.92.]"],"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":"85450113e3af2bdf38fecebf7790b6a963a19207f3a596de9d2d4d7cc1054637","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-22960.90","next":"us-ca/gov-22960.92"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}