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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20890.2.

20890.2. (a) Past miscellaneous service performed as an employee of the Department of the California Highway Patrol while a student at the department’s training school established pursuant to Section 2262 of the Vehicle Code shall be converted to patrol member service if all of the following apply:
(1) The service was rendered by a current employee of the Department of the California Highway Patrol.
(2) The service is credited to an employee who has patrol member service credit for service performed with the Department of the California Highway Patrol.
(3) The member failed to file a written election to retain the service as miscellaneous service within 90 days of notification by the board.
(b) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall notify the board, in the manner established by the board, of any employee who is eligible for conversion of service pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 519, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20891.

20891. Section 20066 and subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 20068 shall not apply to a state miscellaneous or state industrial member subject to Section 21076, 21076.5, or 21077 who becomes a patrol member, a state safety member, or a state peace officer/firefighter member as a result of an amendment to this part defining those members, or is reclassified as a state peace officer/firefighter member pursuant to Section 20395 or 20398, unless the member elects to: (a) deposit in the retirement fund an amount equal to any accumulated contributions that he or she withdrew pursuant to Section 20737, plus an amount equal to the interest which would have been credited to his or her account, to the date of completion of payments, had those contributions not been withdrawn; and (b) deposit in the retirement fund the amount that he or she would have contributed had he or she not been subject to subdivision (c) of Section 20677, plus an amount equal to the interest, to the date of completion of payments, which would have been credited to those contributions had he or she been subject to subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 20677.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 526, Sec. 12. (SB 220) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20892.

20892. Service by a member in two or more school districts having governing boards composed of the same persons, shall be considered as though the service were rendered in one school district.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20893.

20893. If a person is employed concurrently by more than one contracting agency or the state and one or more contracting agencies, his or her status under this system is the same as if he or she were employed in more than one state agency.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20894.

20894. (a) A person shall not receive credit for the same service in two retirement systems supported wholly or in part by public funds under any circumstance.
(b) Nothing in this section shall preclude concurrent participation and credit for service in a public retirement system and in a deferred compensation plan established pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 19993) or Chapter 8.6 (commencing with Section 19999.3) of Part 2.6 or pursuant to Article 1.1 (commencing with Section 53212) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, a tax-deferred retirement plan that meets the requirements of Section 40l(k) of Title 26 of the United States Code, or a money purchase pension plan and trust that meets the requirements of Section 401(a) of Title 26 of the United States Code.
(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude concurrent participation and credit for service in the defined benefit plan provided under this part and in a supplemental defined benefit plan maintained by the employer that meets the requirements of Section 401(a) of Title 26 of the United States Code, provided all of the following conditions exist:
(1) The defined benefit plan provided under this part has been designated as the employer’s primary plan for the person.
(2) The supplemental defined benefit plan has received a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service stating that the plan qualifies under Section 401(a) of Title 26 of the United States Code, and has furnished proof thereof to the employer and, upon request, to the board.
(3) The person’s participation in the supplemental defined benefit plan does not, in any way, interfere with the person’s rights to membership in the defined benefit plan, or any benefit provided, under this part.
(d) For purposes of this section only, a person who elects to purchase service as described in Section 21029.5 for his or her service with the California National Guard is deemed not to receive credit for the same service in two retirement systems supported wholly or in part by public funds.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 355, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20895.

20895. The provisions of this part extending rights to a member of this system, or subjecting him or her to any limitation, by reason of his or her membership in a county retirement system , shall apply in like manner and under like conditions to a member of this system by reason of his or her membership in any retirement system maintained by the university, provided that the member entered this system on or after October 1, 1963, and within 90 days of discontinuance of employment as a member of a retirement system maintained by the university, or he or she entered into employment as a member of any system maintained by the university on or after October 1, 1963, and within 90 days of discontinuance of employment as a member of this system; provided, further, that this section shall have no application whatsoever until the Regents of the University of California agree to provide similar benefits under any university system under like conditions.
This section shall supersede any provision contained in Section 20037 that is in conflict with this section, with respect to any person who enters university employment or employment in which he or she is a member of this system, on or after October 1, 1963.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 906, Sec. 106. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20896.

20896. A member who is receiving military retirement pay based on 20 or more years of active duty with the armed forces shall be deemed to have received credit in a publicly supported retirement system for all service performed with the armed forces. Credit toward military retirement pay that is earned by a combination of active duty and nonactive duty with a reserve component of the armed forces and where the retirement pay is payable only upon the attainment of a specified age shall not be deemed credit in a publicly supported retirement system.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20897.

20897. A member who is receiving disability retirement pay that is paid by one of the armed forces shall be deemed to be receiving military retirement pay based on active duty, regardless of the number of years of active duty served. A member who is receiving disability compensation from the Veterans’ Administration and is not receiving retirement pay from one of the armed forces shall not be considered to be receiving military retirement pay.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20898.

20898. In computing the service with which a member is entitled to be credited under this part, time during which the member is excused from working because of holidays, sick leave, vacation, or leave of absence, with compensation, shall be included.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20899.

20899. In computing the amount of service to be credited to a member who is entitled to credit under this part for service as an elective officer, a year of service shall be credited for each year of tenure in the office. A person serving in the office shall be deemed to be serving on a full-time rather than a part-time basis for all purposes of this part.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20899.5.

20899.5. (a) An elective officer of a contracting agency that is a city, county, or city and county shall not receive credit for service or contributions for credit for service in violation of the prohibitions provided in Section 23007.5, 34095, or 50033.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit an elective officer from purchasing service credit pursuant to Section 20909.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 355, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20900.

20900. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a member employed on a part-time basis on and after January 1, 1976, shall, for the period of part-time employment, receive the credit the member would receive if he or she was employed on a full-time basis and have his or her retirement allowance, as well as any other benefits the member is entitled to under this part, based upon the salary that he or she would have received if employed on a full-time basis, if the member and his or her employer both elect to contribute to the retirement fund the amount that would have been contributed if the member was employed on a full-time basis. Prior to the reduction of an employee’s workload under this section, the district personnel responsible for the administration of this program, in conjunction with the administrative staff of the State Teachers’ Retirement System and this system, shall verify the eligibility of the applicant for the reduced workload program. This section shall be applicable only to a member who meets the following criteria:
(1) The member is one of the following:
(A) An academic employee of the California State University.
(B) A certificated employee of a school district.
(C) An academic employee of a community college district.
(2) The member meets the criteria provided in Sections 44922 and 87483 of the Education Code or Section 89516 of the Education Code.
(3) The member is not older than 70 years of age and is limited to a period of five years of part-time status.
(b) The employer shall maintain the necessary records to separately identify each employee receiving credit pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 415, Sec. 29. (AB 2375) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20902.

20902. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, whenever the employer, by formal action, determines that because of an impending curtailment of, or change in the manner of, performing service, the best interests of the state would be served by encouraging the retirement of legislative employees, and that sufficient economies could be realized to offset any cost to the employer resulting from this section, an additional two years of service shall be credited to legislative employees who are members, pursuant to Section 20324, if the following conditions exist:
(a) The member is credited with five or more years of service and retires during a period not to exceed 120 days or less than 60 days commencing no sooner than the operative date of the formal action of the employer that shall specify the period.
(b) The employer transmits to the retirement fund an amount determined by the board that is equal to the actuarial equivalent of the difference between the allowance the member receives after the receipt of service credit under this section and the amount the member would have received without that service credit. The transfer to the retirement fund shall be made in a manner and time period acceptable to the employer and the board.
The amount of service credit shall be two years regardless of credited service.
Any member who qualifies under this section, upon subsequent reentry to this system shall forfeit the service credit acquired under this section.
This section shall not be applicable to any member otherwise eligible if the member receives any unemployment insurance payments arising out of employment with an employer subject to this part during a period extending one year beyond the operative date of the formal action of the employer or if the member is not eligible to retire without the additional credit available under this section.
As used in this section, “employer” means the Joint Rules Committee, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Assembly Rules Committee, with respect to their respective employees.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20902.5.

20902.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, whenever the Chief Justice, by formal action, determines that because of an impending curtailment of, or change in the manner of performing, judicial branch services, the best interests of the state would be served by encouraging the retirement of judicial branch state employees from the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Supreme Court, the Courts of Appeal, or the Habeas Corpus Resource Center and that sufficient economies could be realized to offset any costs to the judicial branch resulting from this action, an additional two years of service shall be credited to the affected members, if both of the following conditions exist:
(1) The member is credited with five or more years of service and retires during a period not to exceed 120 days or less than 60 days commencing no sooner than the operative date of the formal action of the Chief Justice that shall specify the period.
(2) The Administrative Office of the Courts transmits to the retirement fund an amount determined by the board that is equal to the actuarial equivalent of the difference between the allowance the member receives after the receipt of service credit under this section and the amount the member would have received without that service credit. The transfer to the retirement fund shall be made in a manner and time period acceptable to the employer and the board with respect to all eligible members who retire during the specified period.
(b) As used in this section, “member” means a state employee who is employed in an organizational unit of the judicial branch designated by the Chief Justice in the formal action crediting the additional service credit.
(c) The amount of service credit shall be two years regardless of credited service. Any member who qualifies under this section shall, upon subsequent reentry to this system, forfeit the service credit acquired under this section.
(d) This section is not applicable to any member otherwise eligible, if the member receives any unemployment insurance payments arising out of employment with an employer subject to this part during a period extending one year beyond the operative date of the formal action of the Chief Justice or if the member is not eligible to retire without the additional credit available under this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 135. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20905.

20905. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a school member employed on a part-time basis on and after January 1, 1991, shall, for that period of part-time employment, receive the credit he or she would receive if he or she was employed on a full-time basis and shall have his or her retirement allowance, as well as any other benefits he or she is entitled to under this part, based upon the salary that he or she would have received if employed on a full-time basis if he or she and his or her employer both contribute to the retirement fund the amount that would have been contributed if the member was employed on a full-time basis. Prior to the reduction of a classified employee’s workload under this section, the school employer personnel responsible for the administration of this program shall verify the eligibility of the applicant for the reduced workload program. This section shall be applicable only to school members who are classified employees of school employers or community college districts and who have met the criteria provided in Sections 45139 and 88038 of the Education Code.
(b) The employer shall maintain the necessary records to separately identify each classified employee receiving credit pursuant to this section.
(c) For the purposes of this section, all contributions, liabilities, actuarial interest rates, and other valuation factors shall be determined on the basis of actuarial assumptions and methods which, in combination, offer the actuary’s best estimate of anticipated experience under this system.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20906.

20906. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a school member who is on an approved leave of absence to serve as an elected officer of an employee organization pursuant to Section 45210 or 88210 of the Education Code, shall receive the service credit the member would have received if not on leave, and shall have benefits the member is entitled to under this part, based upon the salary that the member would receive if not on leave. Both the member and the member’s employer shall contribute to the retirement fund the amount that would have been contributed had the member not been on leave.
(b) The school employer shall verify the eligibility of the applicant for the elected officer’s leave of absence.
(c) The employer shall maintain the necessary records to separately identify each employee receiving service credit pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 539, Sec. 6. (SB 294) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20907.

20907. Any funds transferred to this system on account of liability for additional service credit granted pursuant to Sections 20901, 20902, 20904, or former Section 20822, as added by Chapter 450 of the Statutes of 1992, shall be paid over a time period acceptable to the employer and the board, but in no case shall that period exceed five years.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 519, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20908.

20908. (a) A member who, pursuant to Section 20281.5, did not accrue service credit with respect to his or her service to the state may elect to receive credit for that service within the period of time beginning on the first day of the 47th month and ending on the last day of the 49th month after the date on which the member became a member of the system.
(b) Any member electing to receive credit for service under this section shall cause to be transferred to the system the accumulated contributions, including earnings, standing to the member’s credit in the retirement program established pursuant to Chapter 8.6 (commencing with Section 19999.3) of Part 2.6. Upon transfer of the accumulated contributions, including earnings, the member shall receive credit for all service that, pursuant to Section 20281.5, was not credited.
(c) A member who does not make the election within the period specified in subdivision (a), may elect at any time prior to retirement to receive credit for the service that otherwise would have been credited if the member was not subject to Section 20281.5, by making the contributions specified in Sections 21050 and 21052.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 328, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20909.

20909. (a) A member who has at least five years of credited state service, may elect, by written notice filed with the board, to make contributions pursuant to this section and receive not less than one year, nor more than five years, in one-year increments, of additional retirement service credit in the retirement system.
(b) A member may elect to receive this additional retirement service credit at any time prior to retirement by making the contributions as specified in Sections 21050 and 21052. A member may not elect additional retirement service credit under this section more than once.
(c) For purposes of this section, “additional retirement service credit” means time that does not qualify as public service, military service, leave of absence, or any other time recognized for service credit by the retirement system.
(d) Additional retirement service credit elected pursuant to this section may not be counted to meet the minimum qualifications for service or disability retirement or for health care benefits, or any other benefits based upon years of service credited to the member.
(e) This section only applies to the following members:
(1) A member while he or she is employed in state service at the time of the additional retirement service credit election.
(2) A member of the system defined in Section 20324.
(f) For purposes of this section, “state service” means service as defined in Section 20069.
(g) This section shall apply only to an application to purchase additional retirement credit that was received by the system prior to January 1, 2013, that is subsequently approved by the system.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 526, Sec. 13. (SB 220) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 20910.

20910. A member whose right to elect to receive service credit pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 20990) and Article 5 (commencing with Section 21020) has been awarded in part to a nonmember, pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 21290, may elect to receive service credit for the same amount and type of service credit that the nonmember is entitled to purchase, if the nonmember has permanently waived all rights in the system by effecting a refund of accumulated contributions pursuant to Section 21292. A member electing to receive service credit pursuant to this section shall make the contributions required under this chapter for the particular amount and type of service credit.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 855, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 2 - Prior Service Credit › Section 20930.

20930. Credit for prior service shall be granted to each member who was employed by the university at the time of becoming a member .
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 906, Sec. 108. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 2 - Prior Service Credit › Section 20931.

20931. Credit for prior service shall be granted to each member who was employed by the state, but not by the university, at the time of becoming a member. Credit for prior service shall be granted to each state member who, on or before the effective date of his or her retirement under this system, becomes entitled to be credited with five years or more of current service rendered as a state member.
The status under this system of each state member who qualifies for credit for prior service under this section shall be adjusted to what it would have been if the prior service had been credited to the member at the date he or she became a member of this system.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 84. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 2 - Prior Service Credit › Section 20932.

20932. Credit for prior service shall also be granted to each state member who became a member while employed on a part-time basis, as a result of amendments of the laws governing this system, or who became a member prior to those amendments, because of a change in status to a full-time basis.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 2 - Prior Service Credit › Section 20933.

20933. Credit for prior service shall be granted to each person who was employed by a contracting agency at the time of becoming a member and who became a member on the effective date of the agency’s contract or within three years after last rendering prior service.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 2 - Prior Service Credit › Section 20934.

20934. Credit for prior service rendered as an employee of a contracting agency shall be granted to each local member at the date the local member becomes a member of this system.
This section shall apply to all local members who are in active state service on or after January 1, 1977, and notwithstanding any other provision in this article shall operate prospectively.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 2 - Prior Service Credit › Section 20936.

20936. Credit for prior service shall be granted to each local member who rendered service to a public agency if that agency or a function of that agency is assumed by a contracting agency or a public agency that thereafter becomes a contracting agency.
The future annual costs incurred pursuant to this section shall be determined in the manner prescribed for actuarial investigations and valuations in Article 1 (commencing with Section 20460) of Chapter 5 and shall be made public at a public meeting at least two weeks prior to the election by a public agency to be subject to this section.
This section shall not apply to any contracting agency nor to the employees of any contracting agency until the agency elects to be subject to this section by contract or by amendment to its contract made in the manner prescribed for approval of contracts.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 2 - Prior Service Credit › Section 20937.

20937. The credit for prior service to be granted local members and the benefits pertaining thereto, shall be established by contract between the board and the governing body of the agency. Benefits on account of each year of credited prior service shall be in the form of a percentage of either of the following:
(a) The final compensation of local safety members.
(b) The final compensation of a local miscellaneous member who retires after December 1, 1969, whether or not the contracting agency has elected to be subject to the provisions of this subdivision.
The percentages shall not exceed the analogous percentages applicable to the members’ current service, and shall be uniform for all local safety members, according to age at entry into the service of the contracting agency, if the member is entitled to credit for prior service, or age at entry into this system, if the member is not so entitled, and uniform for all local miscellaneous members regardless of age at entry.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 2 - Prior Service Credit › Section 20938.

20938. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, credit for prior service shall be granted only to each person who was employed by a contracting agency on the effective date of the agency’s contract or amendment to the contract under which that prior service is granted.
This section shall not apply to a contracting agency nor to the employees of a contracting agency, unless the agency elects to be subject to this section by express provision in the contract making the contracting agency subject to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 118, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 3 - Computation of Service Credit › Section 20960.

20960. Except as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 20990), time during which a member is absent from state service without compensation shall not be allowed in computing service.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 3 - Computation of Service Credit › Section 20961.

20961. Credit for more than one year of service shall not be allowed for service rendered in any fiscal year.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 3 - Computation of Service Credit › Section 20962.

20962. (a) One year of service credit shall be granted for service rendered and compensated in a fiscal year in full-time employment for any of the following:
(1) One academic year of service for persons employed on an academic year basis by the University of California, the California State University system, or school employees who are certificated members, under terms and conditions prescribed by the board.
(2) Ten months of service for persons employed on a monthly basis.
(3) Two hundred fifteen days of service after June 30, 1951, and 250 days prior to July 1, 1951, for persons employed on a daily basis.
(4) One thousand seven hundred twenty hours of service after June 30, 1951, and 2,000 hours prior to July 1, 1951, for persons employed on an hourly basis.
(5) Nine months of service for state employees represented by State Bargaining Unit 3 and subject to the 9–12 pay plan or leave plan, provided a memorandum of understanding has been agreed to by the state employer and the recognized employee organization to become subject to this subdivision.
(b) A fractional year of credit shall be given for service rendered in a fiscal year in full-time employment for less than the time prescribed in this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 130, Sec. 24. (AB 966) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 3 - Computation of Service Credit › Section 20963.

20963. (a) A state member, whose effective date of retirement is within four months of separation from employment with the state, shall be credited at the member’s retirement with 0.004 year of service credit for each unused day of sick leave certified to the board by the state. The certification shall report only those days of unused sick leave that were accrued by the member during the normal course of the member’s employment and shall not include any additional days of sick leave reported for the purpose of increasing the member’s retirement benefit. Reports of unused days of sick leave shall be subject to audit and retirement benefits may be adjusted where improper reporting is found. For purposes of this subdivision, sick leave shall not include sick leave earned as a National Guard member as described in Section 20380.5.
(b) This section shall not apply to a state employee, with respect to sick leave credits earned as a state member under Section 21353.5, except that the member shall be entitled to receive credit under this section for the sick leave the member has earned as a state member subject to any other retirement formula, provided the member has a sick leave credit balance remaining at the time of retirement.
(c) For the purposes of this section, sick leave benefits provided to state employees pursuant to the state sick leave system shall be construed to mean compensation paid to employees on approved leaves of absence because of sickness.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 330, Sec. 11. (SB 782) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 3 - Computation of Service Credit › Section 20963.1.

20963.1. (a) A state member whose effective date of retirement is within four months of separation from employment of the state, shall be credited at his or her retirement with 0.004 year of service for each unused day of educational leave credit, as certified to the board by the employer. The provisions of this section shall be effective for eligible state members who retire directly from state employment on and after January 1, 2000.
(b) This section shall apply to eligible state members in state bargaining units that have agreed to this section in a memorandum of understanding, or as authorized by the Director of Human Resources for classifications of state employees that are excluded from the definition of “state employee” by paragraph (c) of Section 3513 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 127. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 3 - Computation of Service Credit › Section 20963.5.

20963.5. On and after January 1, 2020, a school member, a school safety member, or a local member employed by a contracting agency that is a school district, county office of education, or community college district, whose effective date of retirement is within four months of separation from employment with the employer subject to this section that granted the sick leave credit, shall be credited at the member’s retirement with 0.004 year of service credit for each unused day of sick leave certified to the board by the employer. The certification shall report only those days of unused sick leave that were accrued by the member during the normal course of the member’s employment and shall not include any additional days of sick leave reported for the purpose of increasing the member’s retirement benefit. Reports of unused days of sick leave shall be subject to audit and retirement benefits may be adjusted where improper reporting is found. For purposes of this subdivision, sick leave shall include sick leave granted by the employer subject to this section and any sick leave transferred to that employer pursuant to Section 44979, 45202, 87783, or 88202 of the Education Code.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 330, Sec. 13. (SB 782) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 3 - Computation of Service Credit › Section 20964.

20964. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any employee who voluntarily resigns from state service during the period January 1, 1980, through June 30, 1980, shall be credited at retirement with additional service credit pursuant to Section 20963 for sick leave accumulated while employed by the state and assumed and maintained by the county pursuant to the agreement with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and certified as unused to the board by the county. County employees having accumulated sick leave credits for both state and county service shall be deemed to draw from county earned sick leave balances existing at the time sick leave is taken prior to the drawing from state earned balances.
This section applies only to probationary and permanent employees of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection assigned to the Orange Ranger Unit who, before the June 30, 1980, cancellation of the local government fire protection contract between the department and the County of Orange, voluntarily resign from state service and accept similar employment by Orange County in a fire protection organization.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 3 - Computation of Service Credit › Section 20965.

20965. (a) A local miscellaneous member and a local safety member, whose effective date of retirement is within four months of separation from employment with the employer that granted the sick leave credit, shall be credited at the member’s retirement with 0.004 year of service credit for each unused day of sick leave certified to the board by the member’s employer. The certification shall report only those days of unused sick leave that were accrued by the member during the normal course of the member’s employment and shall not include any additional days of sick leave reported for the purpose of increasing the member’s retirement benefit. Reports of unused days of sick leave shall be subject to audit and retirement benefits may be adjusted where improper reporting is found.
(b) (1) This section shall not apply to any contracting agency nor to the employees of a contracting agency until the agency elects to be subject to this section by contract or by amendment to its contract made in the manner prescribed for approval of contracts, except that an election among the employees is not required, or, in the case of contracts made after September 26, 1974, by express provision in the contract making the contracting agency subject to this section.
(2) This section shall only apply to members who retire after the effective date of the contract amendments.
(c) Any contracting agency that is a school district, county office of education, or community college district that elects to contract for unused sick leave conversion under this section or participates in a risk pool pursuant to Section 20840 shall be subject to the provisions of Section 20963.5.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 330, Sec. 14. (SB 782) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 3 - Computation of Service Credit › Section 20966.

20966. For the purpose of calculating retirement allowances, credit for service rendered on a part-time basis in each fiscal year shall be based on the ratio that the service rendered bears:
(a) To one academic year if rendered on an academic year basis, for members employed by the University of California, the California State University system, or school employees who are certificated members, under terms and conditions prescribed by the board.
(b) To 10 months if rendered on a monthly basis.
(c) To 215 days if the service was rendered after June 30, 1951, or to 250 days if the service was rendered prior to July 1, 1951, for services rendered on a daily basis.
(d) To 1,720 hours if the service was rendered after June 30, 1951, or to 2,000 hours if the service was rendered prior to July 1, 1951, for service rendered on an hourly basis.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1030, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 3 - Computation of Service Credit › Section 20966.5.

20966.5. For purposes of Sections 20326 and 21029.5, each day of compensated service with the California National Guard or service by a National Guard member authorized by Title 10 of the United State Code shall count as one day of service and shall be credited in each fiscal year based on the ratio that service bears to 215 days.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 355, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 3 - Computation of Service Credit › Section 20967.

20967. For the purpose of calculating retirement benefits based on part-time service, except under Section 21381, compensation earnable shall be taken as the compensation that would have been earnable if the employment had been on a full-time basis and the member had worked full time, and shall conform to the definitions given in Section 20636.1 for school members and Section 20636 for all other members.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 130, Sec. 25. (AB 966) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM › CHAPTER 11 - Service Credit › ARTICLE 3 - Computation of Service Credit › Section 20968.

20968. For all retirement purposes including benefit eligibility and calculations of retirement allowances for state employees in the personal leave program, credit for service shall be based on the amount of service that would have been credited had the employee not been in the personal leave program.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)