{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-22970.76","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 22970.76","heading":"","body":"Notwithstanding Section 22970.75, the participant’s beneficiary designation shall not be given effect and shall be overridden to the extent that such a designation would impair the rights of any surviving spouse under applicable federal or state law.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 5. PERSONNEL [18000. - 22980.]","PART 8. SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS PROGRAM [22970. - 22970.89.]","CHAPTER 10. Beneficiary [22970.75. - 22970.78.]"],"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":"827000c88d04a1c7e37c32402bda1f390d6128c2ead87bc1c8f694f79c921dc3","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-22970.75","next":"us-ca/gov-22970.77"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}