Wilmot

*836 *849 A long-time county employee decided to retire, and in December 2012, he submitted his application for retirement to the county's retirement authority. On January 1, 2013, the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (Pension Reform Act or PEPRA) took effect. Included in that measure is a provision that mandates the complete or partial forfeiture of pension benefits/payments if a public employee is convicted of "any felony under state or federal law for conduct arising out of or in the performance of his or her official duties." ( Gov. Code, 1 § 7522.72, subd. (b)(1).) In February 2013, the employee was indicted for stealing from the county for more than a decade. In April 2013, the county pension authority approved the employee's retirement application, fixing the employee's actual retirement on the day he submitted that application in December 2012. Also in April 2013, the employee began receiving monthly pension checks starting from December 2012. In December 2015, the employee pled guilty to embezzling county funds for a 12-year period ending in December 2012. Thereafter, the county pension authority reduced the employee's monthly check in accordance…