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allowance shall be continued to said children while they are unmarried and under the age of 18. Should there be no surviving wife and no surviving children under the age of 18, then a surviving parent or parents dependent upon him for support may collectively receive one-half of his retirement allowance throughout their lives. This benefit is essentially the same benefit that is provided retired employees under service retirement Option 3, The main difference is that under Option 3 the retired member pays the cost of providing this protection to his widow by accepting a lower retirement allowance during his lifetime, whereas, under the one-half continuance benefits of Section 21264, the retired member's widow would be given this protection at the cost of the employing agency. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT If employee contributions are $500 or less contributions must be refunded to employee unless he is credited with 20 or more years of service. When contributions are refunded, Retirement System membership ceases and there is no further right to death, disability, or service retirement benefits. If employee contributions are more than $500 a -terminating employee can leave his contributions in the Retirement System, •thus retaining his right to a deferred retire- ment income (at age 50 or later) based on service and salary prior to termination. GENERAL INFORMATION Eligibility for Membership All employees who are employed full time become members on the effective date of the public agency's contract with the Retirement System. All persons employed on a full- time basis thereafter become members upon entry into employment. Membership of eligible employees is compulsory regardless of age. Employees who are 60 or older on contract date will come into membership for one month and will then be compulsorily retired. How to Retire An Application for Retirement (Ret. Form 369 is available from your employer) should be submitted to the Retirement System about 90 days in advance of the intended retirement. If quotations under optional retirement benefits are desired, the name, birth date, and sex of person intended as beneficiary must be shown on the appli- cation. The System will advise you of the allowance payable and will furnish such forms and instructions as may be necessary for your retirement. When all documents have been properly completed and returned to the Retirement System, your name will be added to the retirement rolls for issuance of allowance payments at the end of each month. Retirements cannot be effective earlier than the first of the month in which your application is received by the System. How to File Claim for Death Benefit Notice of the death of the member will come to the Retirement System from the employer, or may come in a letter from relatives of the deceased member. The Retire- ment System will furnish an affidavit for the beneficiary to sign and will request Ret. Form 1589-8 (1/69)