California Code, Government Code - GOV § 75109.5

The Judges' Retirement System shall keep in convenient form such data as is necessary for the actuarial valuation of this retirement law.  As of June 30, 1973, and thereafter at the ends of periods not to exceed four years, the Judges' Retirement System shall cause to be made an actuarial investigation into the mortality, service and compensation experience of members and persons receiving benefits and an actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of this retirement law.  From time to time the Judges' Retirement System shall determine the rate of interest being earned on the Judges' Retirement Fund.

The Judges' Retirement System shall cause to be published, as of the date of the investigation and valuation, a financial statement showing an actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the system and a certified statement as to the accumulated cash and securities in the Judges' Retirement Fund.  The Judges' Retirement System shall include recommendations for financing the retirement law in the financial statement.