(a) “Benefit” or “benefits,” with respect to the Defined Benefit Program, means any monthly payment due a retired member, disabled member, or beneficiary, and includes lump-sum payments due on account of death.
(b) “Benefit” and “benefits,” with respect to the Defined Benefit Supplement Program, means an amount equal to the balance of credits in a member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 74, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2001.)