{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-31720.1","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 31720.1","heading":"","body":"Notwithstanding Section 31720, any member covered under Section 31751 who is permanently incapacitated shall be retired for disability regardless of age if, and only if:\n(a) The member’s incapacity is substantially caused by injury or disease arising out of and in the course of the member’s employment, or\n(b) The member has completed a total of 10 years of service.\n“Permanently incapacitated,” for the purpose of this section, means that the member is unable permanently to engage in any substantial gainful employment.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES [23000. - 33205.]","DIVISION 4. EMPLOYEES [31000. - 33017.]","PART 3. RETIREMENT SYSTEMS [31200. - 33017.]","CHAPTER 3. County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 [31450. - 31898.]","ARTICLE 10. Disability Retirement [31720. - 31755.4.]"],"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":"98a3a57757d4b077fef521c8e39864ec63ac265f513524c56dc7e6eda13a47b1","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-31720","next":"us-ca/gov-31720.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}