{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"20896","citation":"Gov. Code, § 20896","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 5. PERSONNEL [18000. - 22980.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-5"},{"name":"PART 3. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM [20000. - 21716.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-5/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 11. Service Credit [20890. - 21054.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-5/part-3/chapter-11"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [20890. - 20910.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-5/part-3/chapter-11/article-1"}],"history":"Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2.   Effective January 1, 1996.","effective":"1996-01-01","html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/general-provisions-20896","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}