Sec. 513.  Miscellaneous.

(a)  No modification of the benefits provided in this article shall be made on account of any amount or amounts payable to a member or beneficiary as defined herein, under the provisions of any law providing for the payment of any compensation or damages arising out of or in the course of any employment, nor shall any such modification of benefits be made on account of any amount or amounts payable under the provisions of any pension or retirement system now or hereafter established by the State of California.  (Added, 1937.)

(b)  Any retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this article shall be payable in equal monthly installments.  (Added, 1937.)

(c)  The right of every member and of every beneficiary to receive and be paid any money under any of the provisions of this article is hereby declared to be a right personal to such member or beneficiary which cannot be assigned by him to any other person, in any manner or for any purpose, the intent being that any such payments shall in all cases be made directly to such employee or member.  (Added 1937.)

(d)  (Repealed, 1951.)

(e)  The purpose of this article is to provide a means whereby superannuated public employees or those incapacitated as a result of age or disability may be replaced by more capable employees, thus promoting economy and efficiency in the public service without prejudice and without inflicting hardship upon the employees removed, and to recognize a public obligation to such employees and to their surviving widows and minor children or dependent parents. The intent and meaning of this article is such that if any section, subsection, sentence, phrase or clause shall be held to be void or inoperative for any reason whatever, such decision shall not affect in any manner the remaining portions of this article.  (Added, 1937.)

(f)  Save and except as otherwise provided in this article its provisions shall not be limited or controlled by the provisions of any other article, section, subsection, sentence, phrase or clause in this Charter.  (Added, 1937.)

(g)  In the event that this amendment is not submitted to and approved by the Fifty-second (52nd) Session of the Legislature of the State of California, then upon such submission and approval at any subsequent session it shall become operative for all purposes upon such approval, provided only that the date of the 90th day following such approval shall take the place of and be considered as the first day of July in the years 1937 and 1938 wherever such dates are mentioned herein.  (Added, 1937.)