{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-31776","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 31776","heading":"","body":"Participation in the program shall be completed and the participant shall be entitled to benefits under the program upon the first occurrence of either of the following during the program period:\n(a) Retirement of the participant for service.\n(b) Death of the participant.","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 11.5. Deferred Retirement Option Program [31770. - 31779.3.]"],"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":"686c7efc56d6ec5dfa1f2ddeb331445ae42174b03ced05b0fd2e4d3f1f6690f1","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-31775","next":"us-ca/gov-31776.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}