{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"20938","citation":"Gov. Code, § 20938","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 2. Prior Service Credit [20930. - 20938.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-5/part-3/chapter-11/article-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 118, Sec. 6.   Effective January 1, 2007.","effective":"2007-01-01","html":"<p>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.</p><p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/prior-service-credit-20938","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}