{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-53222.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 53222.5","heading":"","body":"If a local legislative body establishes a pension trust pursuant to this article that provides for disability retirement or has established reciprocity with a retirement system that provides for disability retirement, the legislative body of the local agency, in determining whether a member is eligible to retire for disability, shall make a determination on the basis of competent medical opinion and shall not use disability retirement as a substitute for the disciplinary process.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001. - 57607.]","DIVISION 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000. - 55821.]","PART 1. POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000. - 54999.7.]","CHAPTER 2. Officers and Employees [53200. - 53299.]","ARTICLE 1.5. Pension Trusts [53215. - 53224.]"],"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":"f4b41d247d9698b998a6840d3d9a90fe946a03f5e0bc744a25a30bbc6a0fd439","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-53222","next":"us-ca/gov-53223"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}